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Managing Editor
Ms. Candy Wan
MDPI Beijing Office, Liyuanbeijie Road 186, Suite 307, Liyuan Town, Tongzhou District, 101101 Beijing, China
Tel. +86 10 59011009; Fax: +86 10 59011089
E-Mail: candy.wan@mdpi.com

Section Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Helga Stan-Lotter *
Division of Molecular Biology, Department of Microbiology, University of Salzburg, Billrothstrasse 11, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria
Tel. +43 662 8044 7233; Fax: +43 662 8044 7209
Website: http://www.uni-salzburg.at/portal/page?_pageid=146,66552&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
E-Mail: helga.stan-lotter@sbg.ac.at
Interests: extremophilic microorganism; archaea; halobacteria; desiccation; microbial longevity; subsurface environments; salt sediments; extraterrestrial halite; life detection methods
* Section 'Life Sciences'

Section Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Antonio Bianconi *
Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", Dipartimento di Fisica, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
Tel. +39 06 49914405; Fax: +39 06 4957697
Website: http://www.roma1.infn.it/stripes/Menu/007GroupHome/cards/cardBianco.html
E-Mail: antonio.bianconi@roma1.infn.it
Interests: synchrotron radiation research; protein fluctuations; active sites of metalloproteins; origin of life; selected molecules in prebiotic world; quantum phenomena in complex matter; quantum confinement; superstripes in complex matter; lattice complexity in transition metal oxides; high Tc superconductors; valence fluctuation materials
* Section 'Physics'

Production Editor
Dr. Brietta Pike
MDPI AG, Postfach, CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland. Office: Kandererstrasse 25, 4057 Basel
Tel. +41 61 683 77 34; Fax: +41 61 302 89 18
E-Mail: pike@mdpi.com

Publisher
Dr. Shu-Kun Lin
MDPI AG, Postfach, CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland. Office: Kandererstrasse 25, 4057 Basel
Tel. +41 61 683 77 34; Fax: +41 61 302 89 18
Website: http://www.mdpi.org/lin/
E-Mail: lin@mdpi.com

Editorial Board

Prof. Dr. Rainer Glaser
Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA
Tel. +1 573 882 0331; Fax: +1 573 882 2754
Website: http://faculty.missouri.edu/~glaserr/
E-Mail: glaserr@missouri.edu
Interests: origin of life; prebiotic chemistry; nucleobase synthesis; reaction mechanisms; nonlinear chemical dynamics; catalysis; STEM education

Prof. Dr. Jack Green
Department of Geological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd. Long Beach, CA 90840-3902, USA
Tel. +1 562 985 4198; Fax: +1 562 985 8638
Website: http://www.csulb.edu/colleges/cnsm/departments/geology/people/
E-Mail: jgreen3@csulb.edu
Interests: volcanic mechanisms; protolife in archean fumaroles
Contribution: In other journals:
Special Issue: Origin of Life 2011

Prof. Dr. Piet Herdewyn
Laboratory for Medicinal Chemistry, Minderbroedersstraat 10 blok x - box 1030, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Tel. +32 16 337387
Website: http://www.kuleuven.be/wieiswie/en/person/u0010383
E-Mail: piet.herdewijn@rega.kuleuven.be
Interests: chemistry of nucleoside; nucleotide; nucleic acids and their applications in medicine and biotechnology; organic chemistry; synthetic biology, systems chemistry

Dr. Christopher H. House
Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 503 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Tel. +1 814 865 8802
Website: http://www.geosc.psu.edu/academic-faculty/house-christopher
E-Mail: chouse@psu.edu
Interests: microbial geobiology; biogeochemistry; molecular evolution and genomics; astrobiology; geomicrobiology; origin of life

Prof. Dr. Niles Lehman
Department of Chemistry, Portland State University, PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207, USA
Tel. +1 503 725 8769
Website: http://www.pdx.edu/clas/profile/dr-niles-lehman
E-Mail: niles@pdx.edu
Interests: origins of life; RNA; ribozymes; recombination; prebiotic chemistry; systems chemistry, cooperation; in vitro evolution

Prof. Dr. Jesus Martinez-Frias
Centro de Astrobiologia, CSIC-INTA, Ctra. Ajalvir km-4. Torrejón de Ardoz, 28850 Madrid, Spain
Tel. +34 91 520 6418; Fax: +34 91 5201621
Website: http://tierra.rediris.es/jmfrias/
E-Mail: jmfrias@cab.inta-csic.es
Interests: planetary geology; astrobiology; natural resources of near earth space and sustainability; geo and biomarkers; extreme environments and planetary habitability; geodiversity and biodiversity; natural hazards and planetary ecosystems; mineralogy; geoethics in earth and space sciences; geoeducation; science and technology for development; emerging sciences, cultural implications; new paradigms
Contribution: In other journals:
Special Issue: Astrobiology and Sustainability

Prof. Dr. John F. Mustard
Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Box 1846, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
Tel. +1 401 863 2417; Fax: +1 401 863 3978
Website: http://planetary.brown.edu/html_pages/mustard.htm
E-Mail: john_mustard@brown.edu
Interests: planetary surface composition, evolution, and surface processes; remote sensing and spectroscopy of planetary bodies; habitability on Mars and significance of hydrous mineralogy; weathering and alteration of terrestrial environments and their relationship to Mars

Prof. Dr. Vic Norris
AMMIS Laboratory, EA 3829, University of Rouen, Mont Saint Aignan, 76821 France
Website: http://www.univ-rouen.fr/5446/0/fiche_annuaire/
E-Mail: victor.norris@univ-rouen.fr
Interests: integrative approaches to the bacterial cell cycle, cytoskeleton and motility; genome of organelles; systems biology

Prof. Dr. Gian Gabriele Ori
Int'l Research School of Planetary Sciences, Universita d'Annunzio, Viale Pindaro 42, 65127 Pescara, Italy
Tel. +39 085 453 7890; Fax: +39 085 453 7545
Website: http://irsps.sci.unich.it
E-Mail: ggori@irsps.unich.it

Prof. Dr. Andrea Paglietti
Department of Structural Engineering, University of Cagliari, Piazza D’armi, 09123 Cagliari, Italy
Tel. +34 070 6755417; Fax: +34 070 6755418
Website: http://www.unica.it/~dis/Teachers/Paglietti.htm
E-Mail: paglietti@unica.it
Interests: strength of materials; mechanical engineering; structures; dynamics of structures; seismic engineering; elasticity; inelasticity and plasticity; classical mechanics; classical thermodynamics (macroscopic); continuum mechanics; continuum thermodynamics; applied physics; biophysics; living system theories

Prof. Dr. John W. Peters
Montana State University, 224 Chemistry and Biochemistry Bldg., Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
Tel. +1 406 994 7211; Fax: +1 406 994 7470
Website: http://www.chemistry.montana.edu/~john.peters/id1.html
E-Mail: john.peters@chemistry.montana.edu
Interests: astrobiology; origin of life; microbial physiology; microbial ecology; hydrogen metabolism; nitrogen fixation; photosynthesis; molecular evolution; enzyme evolution; iron-sulfur enzymes; catalysis and prebiotic chemistry

Dr. Anthony M. Poole
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
Tel. +64 3 364 2987; Fax: +64 3 364 2590
Website: http://www.biol.canterbury.ac.nz/people/poole.shtml
E-Mail: anthony.poole@canterbury.ac.nz
Interests: molecular evolution and genomics; eukaryote origins; RNA; cellular evolution

Prof. Pabulo Henrique Rampelotto
Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research, Federal University of Pampa, Antônio Trilha Avenue, P.O.Box 1847, 97300-000, São Gabriel – RS, Brazil
Website: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-5752-2009
E-Mail: pabulo@lacesm.ufsm.br
Interests: origins of life; prebiotic chemistry; molecular biology and biochemistry of microorganisms; molecular evolution and genomics; microbial ecology; extreme environments; panspermia; astrobiology; planetary habitability; space biotechnology; Solar System exploration; Mars; Europa; Titan
Contribution: Special Issue: Extremophiles and Extreme Environments
In other journals:
Special Issue: Polar Microbiology: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives

Prof. Dr. Robert Root-Bernstein
Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823 USA
Website: https://www.msu.edu/~rootbern/
E-Mail: rootbern@msu.edu
Interests: prebiotic chemical ecology; origins of life; origins of genetic code; origins of homochirality; molecular complementarity; origins of cellular transporters and receptors; STEM education; scientific creativity
Contribution: In other journals:
Special Issue: Origin of Life 2011

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