Liza M. Roger

@asu.edu

School of Molecular Sciences
Arizona State University

Liza M. Roger

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Marine Biology and Geochemistry from the University of Western Australia

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Marine biology, coral reefs, marine carbonate biomineralization, cnidarian cellular biology, marine invertebrate molecular sciences
257

Scholar Citations

9

Scholar h-index

9

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Advancing reef recovery through insights into coral nutrition
    JL Matthews, C Ferrier-Pagès, J Moorhead, RS Peixoto, ...
    Iscience 29 (2) , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 1
  • Mathematical Modeling of a Coral-Symbiont System to Assess Heat-Induced Bleaching
    A Zittle, A Reynolds, R Segal, L Roger, N Lewinski
    2026
  • Deep conservation of mitochondrial HSP60 structure with lineage-specific and context-dependent regulation reflects thermal resilience in cnidarians
    S Chowdhury, AJ Kruger, LM Roger
    bioRxiv, 2025.10. 29.685423 , 2025
    2025
  • Insulin Signaling in Corals
    MHS Murthy, L Roger, J Klein-Seetharaman
    JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 301 (5) , 2025
    2025
  • Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of the Heat Shock Response in Corals: Implications for Thermal Tolerance and Resilience to Climate Change
    S Chowdhury, A Kruger, K Fetkenhour, L Roger
    JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 301 (5) , 2025
    2025
  • Abstract 1955 Insulin Signaling Pathways in Corals
    MHS Murthy, L Roger, J Klein-Seetharaman
    Journal of Biological Chemistry 301 (5) , 2025
    2025
  • Abstract 2207 Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of the Heat Shock Response in Corals: Implications for Thermal Tolerance and Resilience to Climate Change
    S Chowdhury, A Kruger, K Fetkenhour, L Roger
    Journal of Biological Chemistry 301 (5) , 2025
    2025
  • Decoding the functional interactome of non-model organisms with PHILHARMONIC
    S Sledzieski, C Versavel, R Singh, F Ocitti, K Devkota, L Kumar, ...
    International Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology, 268-272 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • A mathematical model for wound healing in the reef-building coral Pocillopora damicornis
    Q Hay, E Pak, L Gardner, A Shaw, LM Roger, NA Lewinski, RA Segal, ...
    Journal of Theoretical Biology 593, 111897 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • Abstract 2204 Subcellular Expression of Heat-Shock Protein in the Coral Holobiont
    S Chowdhury, R White, A Ewell, L Roger
    Journal of Biological Chemistry 300 (3) , 2024
    2024
  • Insulin Signaling and Pharmacology in Corals
    W Vizgaudis, L Kumar, M Olaosebikan, L Roger, N Brenner, S Sledzieski, ...
    authorea , 2024
    2024
  • Insulin signaling and pharmacology in humans and in corals
    MHS Murthy, P Jasbi, W Lowe, L Kumar, M Olaosebikan, L Roger, J Yang, ...
    PeerJ 12, e16804 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 4
  • IntBIO: Collaborative Research: Integrating nanobiotechnologies to understand the role of nitro-oxidative stress in the coral-dinoflagellate mutualistic symbiosis dynamics
    LM Roger
    NSF Award Number 2316389. Directorate for Biological Sciences 23 (2316389 … , 2023
    2023
  • Nanotechnology for coral reef conservation, restoration and rehabilitation
    L Roger, N Lewinski, H Putnam, S Chen, D Roxbury, M Tresguerres, ...
    nature nanotechnology 18 (8), 831-833 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 19
  • Nanobiotech engineering for future coral reefs
    LM Roger, NA Lewinski, HM Putnam, D Roxbury, M Tresguerres, ...
    One Earth 6 (7), 778-789 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 25
  • The trace metal economy of the coral holobiont: supplies, demands and exchanges
    HG Reich, EF Camp, LM Roger, HM Putnam
    Biological Reviews 98 (2), 623-642 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 35
  • High-frequency imagery to capture coral tissue ( Montipora capricornis ) response to environmental stress, a pilot study
    S Li, LM Roger, L Kumar, NA Lewinski, J Klein-Seetharaman, HM Putnam, ...
    PloS one 18 (3), e0283042 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 2
  • Data-driven discovery of spatiotemporal coherent patterns in pulsating soft coral tentacle motion with dynamic mode decomposition
    S Li, LM Roger, J Klein-Seetharaman, LJ Cowen, NA Lewinski, J Yang
    Physical Review Research 5 (1), 013175 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 9
  • Transfer of knowledge from model organisms to evolutionarily distant non-model organisms: The coral Pocillopora damicornis membrane signaling receptome
    L Kumar, N Brenner, S Sledzieski, M Olaosebikan, LM Roger, ...
    PloS one 18 (2), e0270965 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 13
  • Insulin and reef-building corals
    L Roger, M Murthy, S Weinzweig, P Jasbi, G Ghirlanda, L Cowen, ...
    Journal of Biological Chemistry 299 (3), 103353 , 2023
    2023

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Comparison of the shell structure of two tropical Thecosomata ( Creseis acicula and Diacavolinia longirostris ) from 1963 to 2009: potential implications of declining …
    LM Roger, AJ Richardson, AD McKinnon, B Knott, R Matear, C Scadding
    ICES Journal of Marine Science 69 (3), 465-474 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 54
  • The trace metal economy of the coral holobiont: supplies, demands and exchanges
    HG Reich, EF Camp, LM Roger, HM Putnam
    Biological Reviews 98 (2), 623-642 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 35
  • Applying model approaches in non-model systems: A review and case study on coral cell culture
    LM Roger, HG Reich, E Lawrence, S Li, W Vizgaudis, N Brenner, L Kumar, ...
    PLoS One 16 (4), e0248953 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 31
  • Nanobiotech engineering for future coral reefs
    LM Roger, NA Lewinski, HM Putnam, D Roxbury, M Tresguerres, ...
    One Earth 6 (7), 778-789 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 25
  • Geochemical and microstructural characterisation of two species of cool-water bivalves ( Fulvia tenuicostata and Soletellina biradiata ) from Western Australia
    LM Roger, AD George, J Shaw, RD Hart, M Roberts, T Becker, ...
    Biogeosciences 14 (6), 1721-1737 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 21
  • Nanotechnology for coral reef conservation, restoration and rehabilitation
    L Roger, N Lewinski, H Putnam, S Chen, D Roxbury, M Tresguerres, ...
    nature nanotechnology 18 (8), 831-833 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 19
  • Transfer of knowledge from model organisms to evolutionarily distant non-model organisms: The coral Pocillopora damicornis membrane signaling receptome
    L Kumar, N Brenner, S Sledzieski, M Olaosebikan, LM Roger, ...
    PloS one 18 (2), e0270965 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 13
  • Digital image processing to detect subtle motion in stony coral
    S Li, LM Roger, L Kumar, NA Lewinski, J Klein-Seetharaman, A Gagnon, ...
    Scientific reports 11 (1), 7722 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 12
  • Evaluation of fluorescence-based viability stains in cells dissociated from scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis
    LM Roger, Y Adarkwa Darko, T Bernas, F White, M Olaosebikan, L Cowen, ...
    Scientific reports 12 (1), 15297 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 10
  • Data-driven discovery of spatiotemporal coherent patterns in pulsating soft coral tentacle motion with dynamic mode decomposition
    S Li, LM Roger, J Klein-Seetharaman, LJ Cowen, NA Lewinski, J Yang
    Physical Review Research 5 (1), 013175 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 9
  • Engineered nanoceria alleviates thermally induced oxidative stress in free-living Breviolum minutum (Symbiodiniaceae, formerly Clade B)
    LM Roger, JA Russo, RE Jinkerson, JP Giraldo, NA Lewinski
    Frontiers in Marine Science 9, 960173 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 8
  • Geochemical and Crystallographic Study of Turbo Torquatus (Mollusca: Gastropoda) From Southwestern Australia
    LM Roger, AD George, J Shaw, RD Hart, MP Roberts, T Becker, NJ Evans, ...
    Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 19 (1), 214-231 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 6
  • Insulin signaling and pharmacology in humans and in corals
    MHS Murthy, P Jasbi, W Lowe, L Kumar, M Olaosebikan, L Roger, J Yang, ...
    PeerJ 12, e16804 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 4
  • Spatiotemporal dynamics of coral polyps on a fluidic platform
    S Li, LM Roger, J Klein-Seetharaman, NA Lewinski, J Yang
    Physical Review Applied 18 (2), 024078 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 4
  • A mathematical model for wound healing in the reef-building coral Pocillopora damicornis
    Q Hay, E Pak, L Gardner, A Shaw, LM Roger, NA Lewinski, RA Segal, ...
    Journal of Theoretical Biology 593, 111897 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • High-frequency imagery to capture coral tissue ( Montipora capricornis ) response to environmental stress, a pilot study
    S Li, LM Roger, L Kumar, NA Lewinski, J Klein-Seetharaman, HM Putnam, ...
    PloS one 18 (3), e0283042 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 2
  • Advancing reef recovery through insights into coral nutrition
    JL Matthews, C Ferrier-Pagès, J Moorhead, RS Peixoto, ...
    Iscience 29 (2) , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 1
  • Decoding the functional interactome of non-model organisms with PHILHARMONIC
    S Sledzieski, C Versavel, R Singh, F Ocitti, K Devkota, L Kumar, ...
    International Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology, 268-272 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Mathematical Modeling of a Coral-Symbiont System to Assess Heat-Induced Bleaching
    A Zittle, A Reynolds, R Segal, L Roger, N Lewinski
    2026
  • Deep conservation of mitochondrial HSP60 structure with lineage-specific and context-dependent regulation reflects thermal resilience in cnidarians
    S Chowdhury, AJ Kruger, LM Roger
    bioRxiv, 2025.10. 29.685423 , 2025
    2025