Beth Orcutt | |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Georgia |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Oceanography |
Institutions | Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences |
Doctoral advisor | Samantha Joye |
Beth N. Orcutt is an American oceanographer whose research focuses on the microbial life of the ocean floor. As of 2012, she is a senior research scientist at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences.[1] She is also a senior scientist of the Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations, a Science and Technology Center funded by the National Science Foundation and headquartered at the University of Southern California[2] and part of the Deep Carbon Observatory Deep Life Community. Orcutt has made fundamental contributions to the study of life below the seafloor, particularly in oceanic crust[3][4][5][6][7] and has worked with the International Scientific Ocean Drilling Program.