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Section Board for 'Astrobiology' (34)
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1. NASA Center for Computational Astrobiology and Fundamental Biology, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA 2. Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94035, 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
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
DLR, Institute of Planetary Research, Rutherfordstrasse 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany
Interests: interior structure and mantle dynamics of terrestrial planets and exoplanets; thermo-chemical evolution of small bodies and rocky planets; interior-atmosphere coupling
Interests: interior structure and mantle dynamics of terrestrial planets and exoplanets; thermo-chemical evolution of small bodies and rocky planets; interior-atmosphere coupling
Faculty of Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
Interests: paleoecology; extreme environments; hot springs; hydrocarbon seeps; trace fossils
Interests: paleoecology; extreme environments; hot springs; hydrocarbon seeps; trace fossils
Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali and Museo Geologico Giovanni Capellini, University of Bologna, Via Zamboni 63-67, 40126 Bologna, Italy
Interests: extreme environments; microbial communities; foraminifera; geomicrobiology; astrobiology
Interests: extreme environments; microbial communities; foraminifera; geomicrobiology; astrobiology
Department of Ecological and BiologicalSciences (DEB), University of Tuscia, Largo dell'Università snc, Viterbo 01100, Italy
Interests: fungi from extreme environments
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Interests: fungi from extreme environments
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Life: Fungi from Extreme Environments
Special Issue in Life: Advances in Fungal -Omics
Special Issue in Life: Advances in Fungal -Omics
Solar System Exploration Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Interests: organic chemistry; meteorite analysis; astrobiology; space missions; life detection instrumentation
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Interests: organic chemistry; meteorite analysis; astrobiology; space missions; life detection instrumentation
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Life: Meteorites and the Origin of Life
Physics Department, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207, USA
Interests: digital holographic microscopy; nanomaterials; astrobiology; scintillating materials
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Interests: digital holographic microscopy; nanomaterials; astrobiology; scintillating materials
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Life: Microbial Life in the Solar System
Lab. of Astrobiology and Molecular Biology of Cyanobacteria, Department of Biology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, 00133 Rome, Italy
Interests: life in extreme environments; desert cyanobacteria under space and simulated planetary conditions; cyanobacterium-based life support
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Interests: life in extreme environments; desert cyanobacteria under space and simulated planetary conditions; cyanobacterium-based life support
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Life: Life on Mars
NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA 94035, USA
Interests: microbial ecology and biogeochemistry; anaerobic processes; hydrogen cycling; bioenergetics; subsurface and low energy ecosystems; planetary habitability
Interests: microbial ecology and biogeochemistry; anaerobic processes; hydrogen cycling; bioenergetics; subsurface and low energy ecosystems; planetary habitability
Prof. Dr. Gözen Ertem
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Interests: RNA; prebiotic molecular; astrobiology; origin of life
Interests: RNA; prebiotic molecular; astrobiology; origin of life
Centre de Biophysique Moleculaire, CNRS, Orleans, France
Interests: astrobiology; prebiotic chemistry; origins of life; homochirality; extraterrestrial life; Mars; Europa; exoplanets
Interests: astrobiology; prebiotic chemistry; origins of life; homochirality; extraterrestrial life; Mars; Europa; exoplanets
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133 Roma, Italy
Interests: astrobiology; cosmology; habitability; exoplanets; biosignatures; technosignatures; extraterrestrial intelligence
Interests: astrobiology; cosmology; habitability; exoplanets; biosignatures; technosignatures; extraterrestrial intelligence
Department of Aerospace, Physics and Space Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 32901, USA
Interests: astrobiology; habitability; exoplanets; origin of life; space science; ecology; biophysics; extraterrestrial intelligence
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Interests: astrobiology; habitability; exoplanets; origin of life; space science; ecology; biophysics; extraterrestrial intelligence
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Life: Frontiers of Astrobiology
Paul Whitfield Horn Professor of Geosciences & Curator of Paleontology, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79415, United States
Interests: astrobiology
Interests: astrobiology
Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, United States
Interests: precambrian paleontology; organic geochemistry; low temperature geochemistry; geobiology; planetary geology; astrobiology
Interests: precambrian paleontology; organic geochemistry; low temperature geochemistry; geobiology; planetary geology; astrobiology
Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 503 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Interests: microbial geobiology; biogeochemistry; molecular evolution and genomics; astrobiology; geomicrobiology; origin of life
Interests: microbial geobiology; biogeochemistry; molecular evolution and genomics; astrobiology; geomicrobiology; origin of life
Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Carretera de Ajalvir km 4, 28850 Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid), Spain
Interests: biomolecules; surfaces; minerals; prebiotic chemistry; planetary simulation chambers; XPS spectroscopy; IR spectroscopy
Interests: biomolecules; surfaces; minerals; prebiotic chemistry; planetary simulation chambers; XPS spectroscopy; IR spectroscopy
Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawai'i-Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, United States
Interests: formation and dynamics of planets and planetary systems; formation, detection, characterization and dynamical evolution of solar system and extrasolar planets; origin of Earth's water; habitability and habitable planets; habitable zone
Interests: formation and dynamics of planets and planetary systems; formation, detection, characterization and dynamical evolution of solar system and extrasolar planets; origin of Earth's water; habitability and habitable planets; habitable zone
Planetary Environments Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Interests: mass spectrometry; molecular biosignatures; laser desorption/ionization; hypervelocity impact chemistry; Mars; Europa; habitability; analytical techniques
Interests: mass spectrometry; molecular biosignatures; laser desorption/ionization; hypervelocity impact chemistry; Mars; Europa; habitability; analytical techniques
Department of Chemistry, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Hodogaya-ku, TokiwadaI, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
Interests: origins of life; astrobiology; chemical evolution; organic trace analysis
Interests: origins of life; astrobiology; chemical evolution; organic trace analysis
Penn State Astrobiology Research Center, Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, PA 16802, USA
Interests: astrobiology; stable isotopes; ore deposits; Precambrian geochemistry
Interests: astrobiology; stable isotopes; ore deposits; Precambrian geochemistry
School of Physical Sciences, Ingram Building, University of Kent, Giles Ln, Canterbury CT2 7NZ, United Kingdom
Interests: astrophysics and astrochemistry; environmental and atmospheric physics; plasma physics and nanolithography; next-generation radiotherapy
Interests: astrophysics and astrochemistry; environmental and atmospheric physics; plasma physics and nanolithography; next-generation radiotherapy
INAF-Astrophysical Observatory of Arcetri, L.go E. Fermi 5, IT-50125 Firenze, Italy
Interests: astrobiology; Mars; asteroids; comets; astrochemistry; laboratory studies on dust; ices; biomolecule; spectroscopy; photo processing
Interests: astrobiology; Mars; asteroids; comets; astrochemistry; laboratory studies on dust; ices; biomolecule; spectroscopy; photo processing
Department of Molecular Evolution, Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Carretera de Ajalvir km 4, 28850 Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid), Spain
Interests: extremophiles; molecular mechanisms of resistance to extreme conditions; acidophiles; halophiles; UV resistance; metagenomics; metatranscriptomics; bacterial social behavior; extracellular DNA; horizontal gene transfer
Interests: extremophiles; molecular mechanisms of resistance to extreme conditions; acidophiles; halophiles; UV resistance; metagenomics; metatranscriptomics; bacterial social behavior; extracellular DNA; horizontal gene transfer
Department of Bioscience, Ny Munkegade 116, Building 1540, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
Interests: astrobiology; aeromicrobiology; microbial physiology; microbial ecology; extreme environments
Interests: astrobiology; aeromicrobiology; microbial physiology; microbial ecology; extreme environments
Director of the Stockholm University Astrobiology Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Frescativägen, 114 19 Stockholm, Sweden
Interests: molecular astrophysics; atmospheric chemistry; interstellar chemistry; complex molecules in space; modelling of large chemical reaction networks; spectroscopy of interstellar and atmospheric molecules; radioastronomy observations; asroobiology; interaction between microbial populations and their geological substrates
Interests: molecular astrophysics; atmospheric chemistry; interstellar chemistry; complex molecules in space; modelling of large chemical reaction networks; spectroscopy of interstellar and atmospheric molecules; radioastronomy observations; asroobiology; interaction between microbial populations and their geological substrates
Program Director, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science & Technology, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan
Interests: geomicrobiology; biogeochemistry; astrobiology; extremophiles; limits of life and biosphere; habitability; exploration of boundary biosphere
Interests: geomicrobiology; biogeochemistry; astrobiology; extremophiles; limits of life and biosphere; habitability; exploration of boundary biosphere
Astrobiology Group, Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Technical University Berlin, Germany
Interests: planetary habitability; astrobiology; evolutionary biology; extreme environments; geobiology; space missions
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Interests: planetary habitability; astrobiology; evolutionary biology; extreme environments; geobiology; space missions
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Life: Planetary Exploration: Habitats and Terrestrial Analogs
Special Issue in Life: Planetary Exploration of Habitable Environments
Special Issue in Life: Feature Review Papers for Life
Special Issue in Life: Planetary Exploration of Habitable Environments
Special Issue in Life: Feature Review Papers for Life
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, France
Interests: prebiotic chemistry; extraterrestrial organic chemistry; astrobiology; exobiology; astrobiologically oriented space missions; Titan; Mars; comets
Interests: prebiotic chemistry; extraterrestrial organic chemistry; astrobiology; exobiology; astrobiologically oriented space missions; Titan; Mars; comets
Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
Interests: comets; delivery of volatiles in the early solar system to habitable worlds; space missions
Interests: comets; delivery of volatiles in the early solar system to habitable worlds; space missions
Instituto de Geociencias, IGEO (CSIC-UCM), C/ Del Doctor Severo Ochoa 7, Edificio Entrepabellones 7 y 8, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Interests: planetary geosciences; meteorites; geoeducation; geoethics; mineralogy; geochemistry; sustainability; conceptual changes; astrobiology; future earth
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Interests: planetary geosciences; meteorites; geoeducation; geoethics; mineralogy; geochemistry; sustainability; conceptual changes; astrobiology; future earth
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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
Special Issue in Geosciences: Educating for Geoscience
Special Issue in Geosciences: Selected Papers from the 2th International Electronic Conference on Geosciences
Special Issue in Geosciences: 2020: A 10 Years Journey-Advances in Geosciences
Special Issue in Geosciences: COVID-19 and Geosciences: Implications, Current State and Future Perspectives
Special Issue in Geosciences: Selected Papers from the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Geosciences
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
Special Issue in Geosciences: Educating for Geoscience
Special Issue in Geosciences: Selected Papers from the 2th International Electronic Conference on Geosciences
Special Issue in Geosciences: 2020: A 10 Years Journey-Advances in Geosciences
Special Issue in Geosciences: COVID-19 and Geosciences: Implications, Current State and Future Perspectives
Special Issue in Geosciences: Selected Papers from the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Geosciences
Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
Interests: biogeochemical cycles; astrobiology; geobiology; Earth history; isotope geochemistry; oceanic anoxia; evolution of the ocean and atmosphere and the co-evolution of life
Interests: biogeochemical cycles; astrobiology; geobiology; Earth history; isotope geochemistry; oceanic anoxia; evolution of the ocean and atmosphere and the co-evolution of life
Prof. Dr. Nils G. Holm
Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, 114 19 Stockholm, Sweden
Interests: geobiology; astrobiology; hydrothermal organic geochemistry; subsurface biosphere
Interests: geobiology; astrobiology; hydrothermal organic geochemistry; subsurface biosphere
1. Department of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
2. DigitalSpace Research, Boulder Creek, CA 95006, USA
Interests: origins of life; nonenzymatic polymerization; lipid biophysics; astrobiology; biosignature detection; Archean geology; space mission design; computational simulation
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2. DigitalSpace Research, Boulder Creek, CA 95006, USA
Interests: origins of life; nonenzymatic polymerization; lipid biophysics; astrobiology; biosignature detection; Archean geology; space mission design; computational simulation
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Life: Origin of Cellular Life
Special Issue in Life: Themed Issue Commemorating Prof. David Deamer's 80th Birthday
Special Issue in Life: Experimentally Testing Origin of Life Hypotheses in the Laboratory, at Field Analogs and Computationally
Special Issue in Life: Themed Issue Commemorating Prof. David Deamer's 80th Birthday
Special Issue in Life: Experimentally Testing Origin of Life Hypotheses in the Laboratory, at Field Analogs and Computationally
