Laura Zinke
E-mail: zinke@usc.edu
Address: University of Southern California, Department of Earth Sciences
825 Bloom Walk, ACB 302
Los Angeles, California 90089-0740



RESEARCH POSITIONS
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Associate Editor, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment (2019 - now)
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Post-doc, University of California- Davis, Dept of Plant Pathology (2018-2019)
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Graduate Research Assistant, University of Southern California, Marine and Environmental Biology Dept. (2013-2018)
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Undergraduate Research Assistant,Texas A&M College of Geosciences, Oceanography Dept. (2011-2013)
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Summer Research Fellow, Texas A&M Health Science Center (2012)
EDUCATION
University of Southern California, Ph.D. in Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography, NOW
Texas A&M University, B.S. in Biology, Minor in Geography, 2009
FIELD EXPERIENCE
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AUBO16 Cruise in the Baltic Sea (Bornholm Basin) (2016)
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AT26-‐‑24: Dorado Outcrop Science Party (2014)
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Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) (2014)
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
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Zinke, L.A., Buongiorno, J., Chou, L., van Maldegem, L.M., et al. 2015. Couple geochemical and microbiologicalcharacterization of non-‐‑carbonate firmgrounds from a modern soda lake, Walker Lake, Nevada. Poster atGeological Society of America conference in Baltimore, MD.
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Zinke, L.A., Reese, B.K., Orcutt, B.N, Wheat, C.G., Amend, J.P. 2015 Microbial communities in near surface sediments on the Dorado Outcrop, invited talk presented at CDEBI Annual Meeting.
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Zinke, L.A., Sobol, M., Bird, J., Marshall, I.P.G., Lloyd, K., Amend, J.P., Reese, B.K. 2015. Metatranscriptomic insight into active microbial populations in Baltic sediments. Poster at IODP Expedition 347 Post-‐‑Cruise Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Zinke, L.A., Reese, B.K., Amend, J.P. 2015. Bacterial Diversity in Deep Sediments in the Baltic Sea Basin. Poster presented at the Southern California Regional Geobiology Symposium.
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Zinke, L.A., Reese, B.K., St. Peter, C., Mills, H.J. 2013. A quantitative RNA approach to marine deep subsurface microbial community characterization. Presented at the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography conference in New Orleans, LA.
AWARDS AND HONORS
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Schlanger Fellowship (2016 - 2017)
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Census of Deep Life sequencing proposal, Co-I (2016)
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Census of Deep Life sequencing proposal, PI (2015)
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Census of Deep Life sequencing proposal, PI (2015)
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Best Teaching Assistant, BISC 120 (2013)
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Dornsife Doctoral Fellowship (2013-)
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Texas A&M University President’s Endowed Scholar (2009-2013)
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Texas A&M University Director’s Excellence Award (2009-2013)
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Girl Scout Gold Award (2009)
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National Merit Scholar (2009)
2010 - present
2010 - present
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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BISC 221: Introduction to Biology II (spring 2016)
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BISC 121: Honors introduction to biology, Biological Sciences, University of Southern California(Fall 2015)
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BISC 320: Molecular biology, Biological Sciences, University of Southern California(Fall 2014)
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BISC 120: Introduction to biology, Biological Sciences, University of Southern California(Fall 2013)
MEMBERSHIPS
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American Geophysical Society
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American Society of Microbiology
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Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography
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Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations
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Geological Society of America
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Toastmasters International
OUTREACH AND BROADER IMPACTS
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Author, Oceanbites blog (2016-)
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Mentor, South Central Scholars summer fellowship (2015)
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American Society of MicrobiologyDepartmental Retreat Planning Committee (Head) (2014-2015)
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Science Judge, Ocean Sciences Bow l(2014-2015)
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Outreach Speaker, CDEBI (2014-)
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Mentor, CC-‐‑RISE (2014)