Astrobiologist of the Month
August
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Every month we feature two astrobiologists from around the world. Our aim is for everyone to get to know each other, connect and network. If you would like to be featured, let us know here.
✉️ barbara [dot] sherwoodlollar [at] utoronto [dot] ca
🌎 Toronto, Canada
Opportunities
Undergraduate students
Masters students
PhD students
Postdoc fellows
BARBARA SHERWOOD LOLLAR
“I am an isotope geochemist using stable isotopes of CHNOS and conservative noble gas geochemistry to understand the geoenvironment and habitability of the deep subsurface continental biosphere.”
Position
University Professor University of Toronto
Career Pathway
Bachelor Harvard 1985 Geological Sciences; PhD University of Waterloo 1990 Earth Sciences
Research Topics
Water-rock Reactions Sustaining Deep Subsurface Habitability; Defining the Timescales of Deep Fracture Fluids
Why did you decide to become an Astrobiologist?
A natural evolution of my interests in the deep carbon and water cycle
If your lab/research group had a nickname, what would it be?
Stable Isotope Lab (SIL)
Are you accepting students?
Undergraduate, Masters and PhD students; Also Postdocs fellows!!