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Dr. William Bains *
Section Editor-in-Chief1. Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QT, UK 2 Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA Website | E-Mail Interests: astrobiology; detection of life; limits of life; origin of life; nature of aging; anti-aging medicine; computational chemistry; science commercialization; biotechnology financing; venture capital * Section 'Hypotheses in the Life Sciences' Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals |
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Prof. Dr. Niles Lehman *
Section Editor-in-ChiefDepartment of Chemistry, Portland State University, PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207, USA Website | E-Mail Interests: origins of life; RNA; ribozymes; recombination; prebiotic chemistry; systems chemistry, cooperation; in vitro evolution * Section 'Chemistry' Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals |
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Prof. Dr. Andrew Pohorille *
Section Editor-in-Chief1. Director, NASA Center for Computational Astrobiology and Fundamental Biology, NASA-Ames Research Center, Mail Stop 239-4, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA 2. Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA Interests: statistical mechanics of chemical and biological systems, molecular and cellular-scale computer simulations and modeling, astrobiology, origin of life, protein structure, function and folding, biological membranes, transport through membranes, evolutionary innovation * Section 'Astrobiology' |
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Prof. Pabulo H. Rampelotto
Former Editor-in-ChiefCenter of Biotechnology and PPGBCM, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil Interests: biotechnology; next generation sequencing; metagenomics; molecular biology and biochemistry of microorganisms; extremophiles; grand challenges Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals |
Advisory Board
Prof. Dr. David Deamer *
Department of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USAWebsite | E-Mail Interests: membrane biophysics; nanopore sequencing; origin of cellular life * Former Editor-in-Chief (from January 2016 to January 2018) Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Life: Origin of Cellular Life |
Editorial Board
Prof. Dr. Jeffrey Bada
Distinguished Research Professor of Marine Chemistry, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0212, USAWebsite | E-Mail Interests: primitive Earth; prebiotic amino acids; cosmogeochemistry; origin of life chemistry; homochirality Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Life: Conditions on the Early Earth >3.5Gy: Limitations for the Sources/Stability of Prebiotic Compounds and the Prebiotic/Biotic Transition |
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Prof. Dr. Henderson James Cleaves
1. Director, ELSI Origins Network (EON), Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI), Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-IE-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8550, JAPAN2. Associate Professor, Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI), Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-IE-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8550, JAPAN 3. Long-Term Member, Program in Interdisciplinary Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA Website | E-Mail Interests: origins of life; prebiotic chemistry; organic geochemistry; molecular evolution; analytical chemistry; astrobiology; astrochemistry |
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Dr. Bruce Damer
1. Department of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA 2. DigitalSpace Research, Boulder Creek, CA 95006, USA Website | E-Mail Interests: origin of life; computational modeling; space science; theoretical biology Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Life: Origin of Cellular Life Special Issue in Life: Themed Issue Commemorating Prof. David Deamer's 80th Birthday |
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Prof. Dr. Luis Delaye
Departamento de Ingeniería Genética, CINVESTAV Irapuato, Km. 9.6 Libramiento Norte Carr., Irapuato-León 36821, Irapuato Guanajuato, MexicoWebsite | E-Mail Interests: genome evolution; endosymbiotic bacteria; novel genes; horizontal gene transfer; early evolution of life; phylogenetic analysis |
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Prof. Dr. Paul Higgs
Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, CanadaWebsite | E-Mail Interests: origin of life; RNA structure and evolution; RNA world; mathematical and computational models; phylogenetic methods; molecular evolution; population genetics; biophysics Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Life: The RNA World and the Origin of Life |
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Prof. Dr. Nils G. Holm
Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, SwedenInterests: geobiology; astrobiology; hydrothermal organic geochemistry; subsurface biosphere |
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Dr. Sohan Jheeta
NoR HGT & LUCA*, 1 Scott Hall Crescent, Leeds, LS7 3RB, UKWebsite | E-Mail Interests: origin of life; RNA world; panspermia,; hydrothermal vent; horizontal gene transfer; tree of life; phylogenetics; extraterrestrial life; astrochemistry Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Life: Horizontal Gene Transfer and the Last Universal Common Ancestor Special Issue in Life: The Landscape of the Emergence of Life |
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Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Klenk
Head, School of Biology, Ridley Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UKWebsite | E-Mail Interests: origins of life; archaea; actinomycetes; phages; life in extreme environments; microbial genomics; phylogenomics; taxonomy; microbial diversity; systems biology Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Life: Archaea: Evolution, Physiology, and Molecular Biology |
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Prof. Dr. Timothy W. Lyons
Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USAWebsite | E-Mail Interests: biogeochemical cycles; astrobiology; geobiology; Earth history; isotope geochemistry; oceanic anoxia; evolution of the ocean and atmosphere and the co-evolution of life |
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Prof. Dr. Jesus Martinez-Frias
Instituto de Geociencias, IGEO (CSIC-UCM), C/ Del Doctor Severo Ochoa 7, Facultad de Medicina (Edificio Entrepabellones 7 y 8), 28040 Madrid, SpainWebsite | E-Mail 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 Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Sustainability: Astrobiology and Sustainability Special Issue in Challenges: Challenges in Astrobiology Special Issue in Geosciences: Planetary Geosciences and Space Exploration Special Issue in Challenges: Challenges in Astrobiology II Special Issue in Minerals: Meteorites and Cosmic Mineralogy Special Issue in Geosciences: Geosciences and Future Earth Special Issue in Geosciences: Ethics and Geoethics in Geosciences Special Issue in Geosciences: Detection and Characterization of Extrasolar Planets Special Issue in Geosciences: Selected Papers from the 1st International Electronic Conference on Geosciences |
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Prof. Dr. Esperanza Martinez-Romero
Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, UNAM, Cuernavaca, Morelos, MexicoWebsite | E-Mail Interests: biodiversity; taxonomy; evolution and molecular genetics of bacterial symbiosis; nitrogen fixation in plants of agricultural and forestry interest; use of biofertilizers in reforestation projects and in agricultural fields; bacterial genomics; metagenomics of endosymbionts and arthropod microbiome |
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Prof. Marie-Christine Maurel
Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité ISYEB- UMR 7205 - CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE - Sorbonne Universités 57 Rue Cuvier - CP39 F-75005 Paris, FranceWebsite | E-Mail Interests: origins of life; RNA; ribozymes; prebiotic chemistry; extreme conditions; in vitro evolution; viroids; heredity |
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Prof. Dr. Vic Norris
Theoretical Biology Unit, EA 4312, University of Rouen, Mont Saint Aignan, 76821 FranceInterests: integrative approaches to the bacterial cell cycle, origins of life; biotechnology; systems biology |
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Prof. Dr. Aharon Oren
Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, The Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, IsraelWebsite | E-Mail Interests: Microbial life in extreme environments; Halophiles; Prokaryote; taxonomy and nomenclature Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Life: Proceedings from the 11th Conference on Halophilic Microorganisms Halophiles 2016 |
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Prof. Dr. Juli Peretó
Institute for Integrative Systems Biology I2SysBio, University of Valencia-CSIC, SpainWebsite | E-Mail Interests: origin and early evolution of life; the evolution of metabolism; the symbiogenetic evolution of metabolic pathways; the stoichiometric analysis of metabolic networks; the microbial bioprospection of natural environments; and the history of ideas on the natural origin and the artificial synthesis of life |
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Prof. Dr. Francois Raulin
Laboratoire Inter-universitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (LISA), UMR CNRS 7583, Université Paris Est Créteil et Paris Diderot, Institute Pierre Simon Laplace, 61 avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010, Créteil, FranceWebsite | E-Mail Interests: prebiotic chemistry; extraterrestrial organic chemistry; astrobiology; exobiology; astrobiologically oriented space missions; Titan; Mars; comets |
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Prof. Dr. Lluís Ribas de Pouplana
Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Parc Científic de Barcelona, C/Baldiri Reixac 10, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainWebsite | E-Mail Interests: genetic code; genetic translation; codon usage; proteome control; tRNAs; ribosomes; proteome quality control in cell biology and disease; structure-function studies of protein-RNA interactions; biomedicine and biotechnology Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Life: Evolution of tRNA Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Functions of Transfer RNAs 2.0 |
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Prof. Dr. Robert Root-Bernstein
Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823 USAWebsite | E-Mail 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 Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Origin of Life 2011 Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Structure, Function and Evolution of the Ribosome |
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Prof. Dr. Nita Sahai
1. Department of Polymer Science, University of Akron, 170 University Ave, Akron, USA 2. Integrated Bioscience Program, University of Akron, 170 University Ave, Akron, USA Website | E-Mail Interests: biomolecular and cellular (human and bacterial cells) interactions with biomaterials and minerals; interfacial chemistry; bone-tissue engineering; organic-mediated crystal nucleation and growth (biomineralization); origin and early evolution of life; relationship between molecular-level, nanoscale & macroscopic properties |
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Prof. Dr. Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Astrobiology Group, Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Technical University Berlin, GermanyInterests: planetary habitability; astrobiology; evolutionary biology; extreme environments; geobiology; space missions Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Life: Planetary Exploration: Habitats and Terrestrial Analogs |
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Prof. Dr. Peter F. Stadler
1. Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science + Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics + German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research, University Leipzig, D-04107, Leipzig, Germany 2. Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Inselstraße 22, D-04103, Leipzig, Germany; RNomics Group, Fraunhofer Institut for Cell Therapy and Immunology, Perlickstraße 1, D-04103, Leipzig, Germany 3. Department of Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währingerstraße 17, A-1090, Wien, Austria 4. Center for non-coding RNA in Technology and Health, University of Copenhagen, Grønnegårdsvej 3, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark; 5. Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Rd., Santa Fe, NM, 87501, USA Website | E-Mail Interests: bioinformatics; structural biology; evolution; phylogenetics; RNA; genomics; transcriptomics; systems chemistry; graph theory; discrete mathematics; algorithmics; origins of life |
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Prof. Dr. Ken Takai
Program Director, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science & Technology, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, JapanWebsite | E-Mail Interests: geomicrobiology; biogeochemistry; astrobiology; extremophiles; limits of life and biosphere; habitability; exploration of boundary biosphere |
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