Curriculum Vitae

Gabrielle N. Erwin

  • West Orange High School, 2012-2016 

    Winter Garden, FL  

    Winston-Salem State University

    Bachelor’s of Science in Biology

    Winston-Salem, NC  

    Cornell University 2015, 2016

    Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP)

    Ithaca, NY 

     

  • Student Researcher and Lab Coordinator 2024-Present

    Astrobotany Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, WSSU, Winston-Salem, NC  

     

    Undergraduate Interest Group Chair  2024-Present

    American Society for Horticultural Science 

     

    NSF REU Scholar  2025

    Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) 

     

    NASA’s ‘Ask an Astrobiologist’ Production Assistant  2025- Present Blue Marble Space Institute  

    • National Merit Commended Scholar, 2016

      West Orange High School, Winter Garden, FL  

    • Dean’s List, 2024-Present

      Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC 

    • NASA NC Space Grant 2024-25

      MSI STEM Pathways Scholarship 

    • International Research Contributions, 2025

      EMBRAPA and Blue Origin NS-31 

    • American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) 

    • American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR) 

    • American Society for Women in Science (AWIS) 

    • Beta Beta Beta (Tri Beta)  

    • Directed evolution and seedling stress response in suborbital flight-flown seedlings and seeds (NS-31) to inform closed loop life support agriculture.  

    • Volatile organic compound dynamics in lung organ tissue equivalent (OTE) engineered models. 

    • Regolith substrate optimization for early plant development and resilience. 

    1. Lang S, Buckner A, Jones S,Erwin G, Lee S, Loureiro R (2025) Inkspot: A stress-resilient, anthocyanin rich, dwarf tomato variant for off-world cultivation. Published May 22, 2025. 

    2. Loureiro R, Erwin G (2025). Plant Trek: Genesis Bed- Early-Stage Pioneer Species Assessment for Regolith Bioactivation. Gravitational and Space Research. In preparation. 

    • Erwin G.N., et al. “Impact of Spaceflight-relevant stressors on Astronaut health using Lung OTEs,’ Poster and Rapid-fire presentation, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Research Symposium, June 2025. 

    • Erwin G.N., et al. “Impact of Spaceflight-relevant stressors on Astronaut health using Lung OTEs,’ Poster and Oral Presentation, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) Research Day, June 2025. 

    • Erwin G.N., et al. ‘Impact of Spaceflight-relevant stressors on Astronaut health using Lung OTEs’, Poster, American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR), December 2025.  

    • Erwin G.N., et al. ‘Inkspot: A stress-resilient, anthocyanin rich, dwarf tomato variant for off-world cultivation,’ Poster, American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR), December 2025.