Elisse Magnuson

Elisse Magnuson is a postdoctoral scholar in the School of Environmental Sciences with Dr. Jackie Goordial. Her research examines microbial diversity and activity in extreme environments on Earth in order to explore the origin, potential, and limits of life on Earth and other worlds. She completed her M.A.Sc. in Applied Chemistry at the University of Toronto and Ph.D. in microbiology at McGill University, where she studied microbial communities in Martian analogue saline springs in the Canadian high Arctic. Her postdoctoral work focuses on the potential for microbial life and activity in the atmosphere.