She is Co-Director of DCO’s PRIME (Piezophile Research Instrumentation for Microbial Exploration) Facility and Associate Director of the New York Center for Astrobiology. Rogers’ research focuses on the relationships between microbial communities and environmental conditions in extreme ecosystems, and is broadly applied to understanding the nature of the origin of life on Earth, the potential for life throughout the solar system, and the extent of life in modern extreme environments. She is a member of the Deep Life Community.