Editorial Board for section 'Astrobiology'
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- Origin of Life Section
- Paleobiology Section
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- Proteins and Proteomics Section
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Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.
Members
Prof. Dr. Roberto Barbieri
Editorial Board Member
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
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
Department of Ecological and BiologicalSciences (DEB), University of Tuscia, Largo dell'Università snc, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
Interests: fungi from extreme environments
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Interests: fungi from extreme environments
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1. Five Alarm Bio Ltd., Cambridge CB22 5HX, UK
2. Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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
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2. Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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
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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 Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Roma, Italy
Interests: astrobiology; extreme environments; cyanobacteria; molecular biology
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Interests: astrobiology; extreme environments; cyanobacteria; molecular biology
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CBM Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, 4301 Orleans, France
Interests: astrobiology; chirality; prebiotics; organic chemistry; evolution; synthetic organic chemistry; meteorites; organic synthesis; chromatography; mars
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Interests: astrobiology; chirality; prebiotics; organic chemistry; evolution; synthetic organic chemistry; meteorites; organic synthesis; chromatography; mars
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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 Radiation Oncology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA
Interests: space radiation; radiobiology; cognitive testing; executive functions; neurocircuit
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Interests: space radiation; radiobiology; cognitive testing; executive functions; neurocircuit
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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
Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali (BiGeA), Università di Bologna, Via Zamboni 67, 40126 Bologna, Italy
Interests: geobiology; palaeontology; astrobiology; extreme environments
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Interests: geobiology; palaeontology; astrobiology; extreme environments
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Paul Whitfield Horn Professor of Geosciences & Curator of Paleontology, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79415, USA
Interests: astrobiology; origin; evolution; functional anatomy
Interests: astrobiology; origin; evolution; functional anatomy
Laboratoire de Physique des Interactions Ioniques et Moléculaires (PIIM), UMR CNRS 7345, 13397 Marseille, France
Interests: astrochemistry; meteoritics; ultrahigh-resolving analytical chemistry; data analysis; origin of life
Interests: astrochemistry; meteoritics; ultrahigh-resolving analytical chemistry; data analysis; origin of life
1. Department of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
2. BIOTA Institute, 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. BIOTA Institute, 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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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
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
Department of Bioscience, Aarhus Universitet, 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
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
Interests: astrobiology; ocean worlds; hydrothermal systems; chemosynthesis
Interests: astrobiology; ocean worlds; hydrothermal systems; chemosynthesis
Prof. Dr. José Eduardo González-Pastor
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Department of Molecular Evolution, Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Carretera de Ajalvir km 4, Torrejón de Ardoz, 28850 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
Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawai'i-Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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
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
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
School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
Interests: phosphorus chemistry; abiogenesis; astrobiology
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Interests: phosphorus chemistry; abiogenesis; astrobiology
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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
Faculty of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
Interests: biophysics; microbiology; astrobiology; extremophiles; evolutionary biology; systems biology; statistical physics; condensed matter theory
Interests: biophysics; microbiology; astrobiology; extremophiles; evolutionary biology; systems biology; statistical physics; condensed matter theory
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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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
Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Carretera de Ajalvir km 4, Torrejón de Ardoz, 28850 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
Prof. Dr. Nigel Mason
Section Board Member
School of Physical Sciences, Ingram Building, University of Kent, Giles Ln, Canterbury CT2 7NZ, UK
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
