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Roseli Ocampo-Friedmann was an employee for whom from 1974 to 1987?
Roseli Ocampo-Friedmann Roseli Ocampo-Friedmann ( November 23 , 1937 – September 4 , 2005 ) was a Filipino-American microbiologist and botanist who specialized in the study of cyanobacteria and extremophiles . Her work has been cited in work exploring the terraforming of Mars . Biography . Ocampo-Friedmann was born Roseli Ocampo on November 23 , 1937 in Manila , Philippines to Eliseo and Generosa Ocampo . She earned a degree in botany from the University of the Philippines in 1958 . After completing her masters at Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1966 , she returned to the Philippines to work for Manilas National Institute of Science and Technology . In 1968 , she joined Dr . Imre Friedmann at Florida State University where she received her PhD in 1973 . Roseli married Friedmann in 1974 . In 1987 , she became a professor at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee , while working summers at Florida State University with Friedmann . Later in her career , she served as a scientific consultant for the SETI Institute . Together with her husband , the couple traveled internationally to study algae and other microorganisms . In the mid-1970s , the couple went to the Ross Desert in the Dry Valleys region of Antarctica , where the mountain ranges were thought to be lifeless . They were a frigid , arid area mostly without ice or snow . These microorganisms ( called cryptoendoliths ) would tolerate the cold and in the summer thaw , rehydrate , and photosynthesize , and were able to colonize the Beacon sandstone . After successfully culturing them in the laboratory with her blue-green thumb , the couple wrote an article detailing their discovery on September 24 , 1976 . This work was cited by NASA and Walter Cronkite as the basis for life on Mars when the Viking 1 spacecraft touched down on the planet on July 20 , 1976 as the planet has similar conditions . Friedmann Peak , in the Darwin Mountains of Antarctica , where she co-discovered endolithic microorganisms in the Beacon sandstone , is named after her . The National Science Foundation awarded her the Antarctic Service Medal in 1981 . During her lifetime , she collected over 1,000 types of microorganisms from extreme environments around the world . Ocampo-Friedmann died September 4 , 2005 , of Parkinsons disease in Kirkland , Washington . Publications . - Onofri S , Fenice M , Cicalini AR , Tosi S , Magrino A , Pagano S , Selbmann L , Zucconi L , Vishniac HS , Ocampo‐Friedmann R , Friedmann EI . Ecology and biology of microfungi from Antarctic rocks and soils . Italian journal of Zoology . 2000 Jan 1;67 ( S1 ) :163-7 . - Billi D , Friedmann EI , Hofer KG , Caiola MG , Ocampo-Friedmann R . Ionizing-radiation resistance in the desiccation-tolerant cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis . Appl . Environ . Microbiol. . 2000 Apr 1;66 ( 4 ) :1489-92 . - Friedmann EI , Ocampo-Friedmann R . A primitive cyanobacterium as pioneer microorganism for terraforming Mars . Advances in Space Research . 1995 Mar 1;15 ( 3 ) :243-6 . - Grilli Caiola M , Ocampo-Friedmann R , Friedmann EI . Cytology of long-term desiccation in the desert cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis ( Chroococcales ) . Phycologia . 1993 Sep 1;32 ( 5 ) :315-22 . - Friedmann EI , Hua M , Ocampo-Friedmann RO . Terraforming Mars : dissolution of carbonate rocks by cyanobacteria . Journal of the British Interplanetary Society . 1993;46:291-2 . - Friedmann EI , Hua M , Ocampo-Friedmann R . 3.6 Cryptoendolithic lichen and cyanobacterial communities of the Ross Desert , Antarctica . Polarforschung . 1988;58 ( 2/3 ) :251-9 . - Bonani G , Friedmann EI , Ocampo-Friedmann R , McKay CP , Woelfli W . Preliminary report on radiocarbon dating of cryptoendolithic microorganisms . Polarforschung . 1988;58 ( 2-3 ) :199 . - Friedmann EI , Ocampo-Friedmann R.Endolithic microorganisms in extreme dry environments : analysis of a lithobiontic microbial habitat . Current perspectives in microbial ecology . 1984:177-85 . - Friedmann EI , Ocampo-Friedmann R . The Antarctic cryptoendolithic ecosystem : relevance to exobiology . Origins of life . 1984 Dec 1;14 ( 1-4 ) :771-6 . - Potts M , Ocampo-Friedmann R , Bowman MA , Tözűn B . Chroococcus S24 and Chroococcus N41 ( cyanobacteria ) : morphological , biochemical and genetic characterization and effects of water stress on ultrastructure . Archives of microbiology . 1983 Aug 1;135 ( 2 ) :81-90 . - Friedmann EI , Ocampo R . Endolithic blue-green algae in the dry valleys : primary producers in the Antarctic desert ecosystem . Science . 1976 Sep 24;193 ( 4259 ) :1247-9 . In other media . In between the Elinor Wonders Why episodes Burrowing Owl Girl and Olives Tree , Roseli Ocampo-Friedmann was featured during a song by Señor Tapir . She was depicted as a flying squirrel .