Bio
Dawn Sumner, Ph.D.
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Geobiology
NSF-Funded Research Exploring Life in Earth’s Harshest Places
Microbes in Antarctica are helping scientists unlock the secrets to how life survives in extreme environments. At UC Davis, Dawn Sumner investigates how life and our planet have evolved together over billions of years. Her NSF- and DOE-funded team studies microbial ecosystems in frozen
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