Elizabeth Trembath-Reichert

Elizabeth Trembath-Reichert (born February, 1986) is a geomicrobiologist and astrobiologist at Arizona State University's School of Earth and Space Exploration.

Early life and education Trembath-Reichert earned a bachelors degree in environmental science and physics from Barnard College in 2008, graduating Cum Laude. She received a masters degree and a Ph.D. in Geobiology from the California Institute of Technology in 2013 and 2016, respectively.

Career and research From 2017 to 2019, Trembath-Reichert was a postdoctoral fellow at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute's Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry. She also participated in an Ocean Trust expedition to the Lō`ihi Seamount.

Currently, she is an associate professor at Arizona State University whose research focuses on microbially mediated Earth-life interactions to identify key players in global biogeochemical cycles and determine their rates of activity in past and modern environments. She has also received the L'Oreal award from L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Programme.

Field work Trembath-Reichert was the chief scientist on the Early Career Chief Scientist Training Cruise with the remote vehicle Atlantis in 2018. Additionally, she was also the principal investigator of fieldwork in the Taupo Volcanic Zone at New Zealand in 2018.