Liza Roger
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Phone: 480-884-2720
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Walton Center for Planetary Health 777 E. University Dr. Tempe, AZ 85281
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Mail code: 1604Campus: Tempe
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Liza M. Roger is an Assistant Professor in the School of Molecular Sciences at Arizona State University affiliated with the School of Ocean Futures. She has an associate’s degree from the Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale (France), a B.Sc. Hon. in Marine Biology and Natural Resources Management, and a Ph.D. in Marine Biology and Geochemistry from the University of Western Australia. She did a postdoc in Dr. Nastassja Lewinski’s Sustainable Nanotechnologies Laboratory at Virginia Commonwealth University (USA).
Her research focuses on the impacts of environmental change on marine organisms involved in symbiotic relationship with microscopic algae (corals, mollusks, anemones, jellyfish) from a wide range of marine ecosystems. Her multidisciplinary approach to research stems from her professional and scientific experience. Her efforts have been concentrated on developing coral in vitro methodologies to unlock the next level of coral research.
Before obtaining her Ph.D., she worked for the Australian Institute of Marine Science where she collaborated on a variety of reef-based projects, from biological and physical oceanography to benthic ecology. She also has experience as a cetacean naturalist (Iceland) and a scuba diving instructor (Mediterranean Sea and SE Asia).
- Ph.D. University of Western Australia, Australia (2017)
- B.SC. with Hon. University of Western Australia, Australia (2011)
- Associate’s Degree, the Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale, France (2006)
Marine sciences, marine carbonate biomineralization, cnidarian biology, affects of environmental stress on marine invertebrates involved in symbiosis with Symbiodiniaceae
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Roger, L. M., et al. (2023) Nanobiotech engineering for future coral reefs. One Earth. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.05.008
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Roger, L. M., et al. (2023) Nanotechnology for coral reef conservation, restoration and rehabilitation. Nature Nanotechnology. 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-023-01402-6
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Reich, H., Roger, L. M., Camp, E. F., Putnam, H. M. (2022) Trace metals are critical to the nutritional economy of the coral holobiont. 2023. Biological Reviews 98.2: 623-642
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Roger, L. M., Lewinski, N. A. (2022) Evaluation of fluorescence-based viability stains in cells dissociated from scleractinian corals Pocillopora damicornis. Scientific Reports, 12(15297)
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Roger, L. M., Reyes-Bermudez, A., Traylor-Knowles, N. (2022) The Cnidarian Cell Culture Consortium. Reef Encounter, (51) p71
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Roger, L. M., Klein-Seetharaman, J., Klein, C. (2022) When Art Meets Coral Research: the tandem humans-corals competition exhibition. Reef Encounters, (51) p16
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Roger, L. M., et al (2022) Engineered nanoceria alleviates thermally induced oxidative stress in free-living Breviolum minutum (Symbiodiniaceae, formerly Clade B). Frontiers in Marine Science. p1435. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.960173
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Li, S., Roger, L. M., Lewinski, N., Klein-Seetharaman, J., Putnam, H. M., Yang, J. (2022) Spatiotemporal dynamics of coral polyps on a fluidic platform. Physical Review Applied, 18 (024078).
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Li, S., Roger, L. M., Kumar, L., Lewinski, N., Klein-Seetharaman, J., Putnam, H. M., Yang, J. (2021). Coral bleaching and tissue loss dynamics captured through the high frequency imagery. Manuscript submitted for publication with Scientific Reports
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Jasbi, P., Shivana, M., Visgaudis, W., Kumar, L., Olaosebikan, M., Roger, L., Seldzieski, S., Yang, J., Lewinski, N., Singh, R., Daniels, N., Cowen, L., Klein-Seetharaman, J. (2021). Insulin signaling and pharmacology in Humans and Corals. Manuscript submitted for publication with the British Journal of Pharmacology
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Li, S., Roger, L. M., Kumar, L., Lewinski, N., Klein, J., Gagnon, A., ... & Yang, J. (2021). Digital image processing to detect subtle motion in stony coral.Scientific Reports, 11(7722). https://doi.otg/10.1038/s41598-021-85800-7
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Roger, L. M., et al (2021). Applying model approaches in non-model systems: a review and case study on coral cell culture. PloS one, 16(4), e248953
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Roger, L. M., et al (2020) Coral microbioreactors for model validation. F1000Research 2020, 9:1396 (poster) (doi: 10.7490/f1000research.1118398.1)
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Kumar L., Lyn-Goin M., Olaosebikan M., Roger L. M., Reich H., Putnam H., Leinski N., Singh R., Daniels N., Cowen L., Klein-Seetharaman J. (2020) Toll-Like receptor signaling in Pocillopora damicornis [version 1; not peer reviewed]. F1000Research 2020 9:1411 (poster) (https://doi.org/10.7490/f1000research.1118411.1)
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Roger, L. M., et al (2018). Geochemical and Crystallographic Study of Turbo torquatus (Mollusca: Gastropoda) From Southwestern Australia. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.
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Roger, L. M., et al (2017). Geochemical and microstructural characterisation of two species of cool- water bivalves (Fulvia tenuicostata and Soletellina biradiata) from Western Australia, Biogeosciences. doi:10.5194/bg-14-1721-20172.
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Roger, L. M., et al (2012). Comparison of the shell structure of two tropical Thecosomata (Creseis acicula and Diacavolinia longirostris) from 1963 to 2009: potential implications of declining aragonite saturation. ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil, 69(3), 465-474.
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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CHM 303 | Environmental Chemistry Lab |
LIA 194 | Special Topics |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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BCH 392 | Intro to Research Techniques |
BCH 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BCH 493 | Honors Thesis |
CHM 392 | Intro to Research Techniques |
CHM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
CHM 493 | Honors Thesis |
BCH 392 | Intro to Research Techniques |
CHM 392 | Intro to Research Techniques |
BCH 494 | Special Topics |
BCH 598 | Special Topics |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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CHM 303 | Environmental Chemistry Lab |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
- NSF’s 2021 Coral Bleaching Research Coordination Network Early Career Training Program Award
- VCU’s 2021 Postdoctoral Independent Research Award.