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Section Board for 'Astrobiology' (40)
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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: geobiology; palaeontology; astrobiology; extreme environments
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Interests: astrobiology; cosmology; habitability; exoplanets; biosignatures; technosignatures; extraterrestrial intelligence

Interests: extreme environments; microbial communities; foraminifera; geomicrobiology; astrobiology

Interests: astrobiology; extreme environments; cyanobacteria; molecular biology
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Special Issue in Life: Frontiers in Extremophiles: From Life at Edge on Earth to Space Exploration

Interests: astrobiology; prebiotic chemistry; origins of life; homochirality; extraterrestrial life; Mars; Europa; exoplanets
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Interests: interior structure and mantle dynamics of terrestrial planets and exoplanets; thermo-chemical evolution of small bodies and rocky planets; interior-atmosphere coupling

Interests: mass spectrometry; molecular biosignatures; laser desorption/ionization; hypervelocity impact chemistry; Mars; Europa; habitability; analytical techniques

Interests: astrobiology; Mars; asteroids; comets; astrochemistry; laboratory studies on dust; ices; biomolecule; spectroscopy; photo processing

Interests: paleoecology; extreme environments; hot springs; hydrocarbon seeps; trace fossils

Interests: astrobiology

Interests: precambrian paleontology; organic geochemistry; low temperature geochemistry; geobiology; planetary geology; astrobiology

Interests: astrochemistry; meteoritics; ultrahigh-resolving analytical chemistry; data analysis; origin of life

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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Special Issue in Life: Themed Issue Commemorating Prof. David Deamer's 80th Birthday
Topical Collection in Life: Experimentally Testing Origin of Life Hypotheses in the Laboratory, at Field Analogs and Computationally

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: RNA; prebiotic molecular; astrobiology; origin of life

Interests: astrobiology; aeromicrobiology; microbial physiology; microbial ecology; extreme environments

Interests: organic chemistry; meteorite analysis; astrobiology; space missions; life detection instrumentation
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Interests: extremophiles; molecular mechanisms of resistance to extreme conditions; acidophiles; halophiles; UV resistance; metagenomics; metatranscriptomics; bacterial social behavior; extracellular DNA; horizontal gene transfer

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: microbial ecology and biogeochemistry; anaerobic processes; hydrogen cycling; bioenergetics; subsurface and low energy ecosystems; planetary habitability

Interests: geobiology; astrobiology; hydrothermal organic geochemistry; subsurface biosphere

Interests: microbial geobiology; biogeochemistry; molecular evolution and genomics; astrobiology; geomicrobiology; origin of life

Interests: phosphorus chemistry; abiogenesis; astrobiology
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Interests: origins of life; astrobiology; chemical evolution; organic trace analysis

Interests: biophysics; microbiology; astrobiology; extremophiles; evolutionary biology; systems biology; statistical physics; condensed matter theory

Interests: astrobiology; habitability; exoplanets; origin of life; space science; ecology; biophysics; extraterrestrial intelligence
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Interests: biogeochemical cycles; astrobiology; geobiology; Earth history; isotope geochemistry; oceanic anoxia; evolution of the ocean and atmosphere and the co-evolution of life

Interests: planetary geosciences; meteorites; geoeducation; geoethics; mineralogy; geochemistry; sustainability; conceptual changes; astrobiology; future earth
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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
Topical Collection in Geosciences: Early Career Scientists’ (ECS) Contributions to Geosciences
Special Issue in Geosciences: Selected Papers from the 4th International Electronic Conference on Geosciences (IECG 2022)
Special Issue in Geosciences: Feature Review Papers in Geosciences

Interests: biomolecules; surfaces; minerals; prebiotic chemistry; planetary simulation chambers; XPS spectroscopy; IR spectroscopy

Interests: astrophysics and astrochemistry; environmental and atmospheric physics; plasma physics and nanolithography; next-generation radiotherapy

Interests: bioanalytical chemistry; prebiotic chemistry and astrobiology; G-quadruplex DNA and guanosine gels; aptamer discovery and applications; DNA separation

Interests: comets; delivery of volatiles in the early solar system to habitable worlds; space missions

Interests: digital holographic microscopy; nanomaterials; astrobiology; scintillating materials
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Interests: astrobiology; stable isotopes; ore deposits; Precambrian geochemistry

Interests: prebiotic chemistry; extraterrestrial organic chemistry; astrobiology; exobiology; astrobiologically oriented space missions; Titan; Mars; comets

Interests: planetary habitability; astrobiology; evolutionary biology; extreme environments; geobiology; space missions
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Special Issue in Life: Planetary Exploration of Habitable Environments
Special Issue in Life: Feature Review Papers for Life

Interests: fungi from extreme environments
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Special Issue in Life: Advances in Fungal -Omics

Interests: hydrothermal ecosystems; hydrothermal organic chemistry; the deep biosphere; serpentinization; submarine hydrothermal systems; the geochemistry of icy solar bodies; aqueous alteration of meteorite parent bodies; environmental biogeochemistry

Interests: geomicrobiology; biogeochemistry; astrobiology; extremophiles; limits of life and biosphere; habitability; exploration of boundary biosphere