Dr Laura M. Otter

Photo of Laura standing in front of a microscope and holding a bivalve shell

Contacts

Contact email:Laura.Otter@anu.edu.au
Contact phone:02 6125 2069
Location:J3
Link:ANU Researchers profile
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B.Sc (University of Mainz), M.Sc (joint University of Mainz & Max Planck Institiute for Chemistry), Ph.D (Macquarie University)
Postdoctoral Fellow

April 2020: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Macquarie University, Australia

July 2015: Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Geosciences, Johannes Gutenberg University and Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Germany

September 2012: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Geosciences, Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany

Research interests

I use a range of novel and traditional micro to nanoanalytical techniques to solve problems related to biomineralization processes of e.g. mollusk shells and pearls. My research is interdisciplinary and brings together aspects from aquaculture, biology, geochemistry, gemmology, and material sciences.

See my personal wbsite to find out more: www.lauraotter.com

Groups

Projects

  • Weis, U, Stoll, B, Arns, J et al. 2021, 'Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research Bibliographic Review 2019', Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 29-35.
  • Otter, L, Forster, M, Belousova , E et al. 2021, 'Nanoscale Chemical Imaging by Photo-Induced Force Microscopy: Technical Aspects and Application to the Geosciences', Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 5-27.
  • Gim, J, Koch, A, Otter, L.M, Savitzky, B.H., Estroff, L.A., Erland, S., Jacob, D.E., Hovden, R. 2021, 'The Mesoscale Order of Nacreous Pearls', PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 118, no. 42.
  • Otter, LM, Foerster, MW, Belousova, E, O'Reilly, P, Nowak, D, Park, S, Clark, SM, Foley, SF, Jacob, DE 2021. Nanoscale Chemical Imaging by Photo-Induced Force Microscopy: Technical Aspects and Application to the Geosciences, Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 45, 5-27.
  • Foerster, M, Zemlitskaya, A, Otter, L et al. 2020, 'Late Pleistocene Eifel eruptions: insights from clinopyroxene and glass geochemistry of tephra layers from Eifel Laminated Sediment Archive sediment cores', Journal of Quaternary Science, vol. 35, no. 1-2, pp. 186-198.
  • Otter, L, Macholdt, D, Jochum, K et al. 2020, 'Geochemical insights into the relationship of rock varnish and adjacent mineral dust fractions', Chemical Geology, vol. 551.
  • Eder, K, Otter, LM, Yang, L, Jacob, DE, Cairney, J. 2019, 'Overcoming Challenges Associated with the Analysis of Nacre by Atom Probe Tomography', Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 385-395.
  • Gim, J, Schnitzer, N, Otter, LM, Kui, Y, Motreuil, S, Marin, F, Wolf, SE, Jacob, DE, Misra, A, Hovden, R 2019, 'Nanoscale deformation mechanics reveal resilience in nacre of Pinna nobilis shell', Nature Communications, 10, 4822.
  • Jacob, DE, Ruthensteiner, B, Trimby, P, Henry, H, Martha, SO, Leitner, J, Otter, LM, Scholz, J. 2019, 'Architecture of Anoteropora latirostris (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) and implications for their biomineralization', Scientific Reports, vol. 9, no. 1:11439.
  • Otter, LM, Agbaje, OBA, Kilburn, MR, Lenz, C, Henry, H, Trimby, P, Hoppe, P, Jacob, DE. 2019, 'Insights into architecture, growth dynamics, and biomineralization from pulsed Sr-labelled Katelysia rhytiphora shells (Mollusca, Bivalvia)', Biogeosciences, vol. 16, no. 17, pp. 3439-3455.
  • Sturman, N, Otter, LM, Homkrajae, A, Manustrong, A, Nilpetploy, N, Lawanwong, K, Nessrapong, P, Jochum, KP, Stoll, B, Götz, H, Jacob, DE 2019. A pearl identification challenge, Gems & Gemology, 55, 229-243.
  • Huong, L, Otter, L, Forster, M et al. 2018, 'Femtosecond laser ablation-ICP-mass spectrometry and CHNS elemental analyzer reveal trace element characteristics of Danburite from Mexico, Tanzania, and Vietnam', Minerals, vol. 8, no. 6, p. 15.
  • Otter, LM, Agbaje, OBA, Huong, LTT, Hanger, T, Jacob, DE 2017, 'Akoya cultured pearl farming in eastern Australia', Gems & Gemology, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 423-437.
  • Macholdt, D, Jochum, K, Wilson, S et al. 2016, 'Suitability of Mn- and Fe-Rich Reference Materials for Microanalytical Research', Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 493-504.
  • Huong, L, Otter, L, Haeger, T et al. 2016, 'A new find of danburite in the luc yen mining area, Vietnam', Gems & Gemology, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 393-401.
  • Weis, U, Schwager, B, Nohl, U et al. 2016, 'Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research Bibliographic Review 2015', Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 599-601.
  • Jochum, K, Wilson, S, Becker, H et al. 2016, 'FeMnOx-1: A new microanalytical reference material for the investigation of Mn-Fe rich geological samples', Chemical Geology, vol. 432, pp. 34-40.
  • Weis, U, Schwager, B, Nohl, U et al. 2015, 'Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research Bibliographic Review 2014', Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 497-500.
  • Otter, LM, Wehrmeister, U, Enzmann, F, Wolf, M, Jacob, DE 2014, 'A look inside a remarkably large beaded South Sea cultured pearl', Gems & Gemology, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 58-62.

Supervised students