Carrie Masiello
Rice University
W. Maurice Ewing Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
Masiello is the W. Maurice Ewing professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Rice University in Houston, Texas, where she is also joint faculty in the department of Biosciences and the department of Chemistry, and is a Baker Institute for Public Policy Faculty Scholar. She is a biogeochemist and geobiologist interested in developing new tools to understand the processes that control carbon, nitrogen, and water fluxes through the Earth system. Theoretical aspects of her research include development of new tools to measure physical and chemical properties of the Earth, as well as applications of synthetic biology to Earth system questions. Her applied research uses these tools to understand biogeochemical processes relevant to climate, water, and agriculture. She has published more than 80 peer review studies and has received over $10 million in research support from the NSF, DOE, USDA, DOD, and a number of private foundations and businesses.
