Member Since 1990
Barbara Sherwood Lollar
Professor, University of Toronto
Professional Experience
University of Toronto
Professor
1992 - Present
Education
University of Waterloo
Doctorate
1990
Harvard University
Bachelors
Honors & Awards
Carl Sagan Lecture
Received December 2023
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Union Fellow
Received December 2015
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For outstanding contributions to understanding the subsurface carbon systems and energy sources required for sustaining life in extreme environments.
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Publications
Clumped Isotope Signatures of Abiotic Methane: The Role of the Combinatorial Isotope Effect
Methane clumped isotope signatures of abiogenesis may be diagnostic of the origin of methane on Earth and other planetary bodies. We performed synt...
July 17, 2024
Crustal Groundwater Volumes Greater Than Previously Thought
August 17, 2021
ABIOTIC METHANE ON EARTH
June 26, 2013
AGU Abstracts
The Hidden Biogeosphere – Metabolic Biodiversity and Rate-Limiting Steps in the Deep Subsurface Continental Biosphere
AGU 2024
biogeosciences | 13 december 2024
Barbara Sherwood Lollar
Terrestrial analogs in the deep ancient groundwaters of the Earths continental crust revealed a subsurface biosphere that includes low biomass, low bi...
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Molecular Composition of Organic Matter in 2.7-Billion-Year-Old Rocks and Fracture Water from the Deep Continental Subsurface
AGU 2024
biogeosciences | 13 december 2024
Jonas Brünjes, Min Song, Michael Seidel, Benedicte...
Water and organic molecules are considered prerequisites for habitability and the origin of life. The deep continental subsurface provides conditions ...
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Small Organic Compounds in Earth’s Deep Fracture Waters: Contributions of Radiolysis and Other Processes
AGU 2024
biogeosciences | 13 december 2024
Min Song, Jonas Brünjes, Verena B. Heuer, Jenny We...
Understanding the formation mechanisms for organic molecules in the absence of life (i.e., abiotic processes) has significant implications for prebiot...
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Volunteer Experience
2020 - 2021
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Honors and Recognition Committee
2018 - 2019
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Honors and Recognition Committee
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