Speaker: Dr. Claudia Álvarez Carreño, NASA Astrobiology Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for the Origin of Life (COOL) at Georgia Institute of Technology.
PSAS: Protein fold evolution before LUCA
PSAS: Illuminating organomineral interactions within the Western United States and beyond
Speaker: Dr. Emily Cardarelli, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Astrobiogeochemistry Laboratory at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) California Institute of Technology
PSAS: Roles of small bodies in habitability: their influences on the Earth-Moon system and contributions to the water ice distribution on the Moon
Speaker: Dr. Masatoshi Hirabayashi, Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Auburn University
Celebrating the legacy of Sandra Pizzarello (1933-2021)
The Georgia Tech Astrobiology community mourns the loss and celebrates the legacy of Dr. Sandra Pizzarello, Emeritus Research Professor at ASU, who passed away on October 24, 2021.
Dr. Pizzarello co-discovered the enantiomeric excess of amino acids in carbonaceous chondritic meteorites, a seminal finding in the field, with key relevance for the origin of life.
She was featured on the Center for Chemical Evolution mural painted by Christine He and David Fialho, shown below.
Her influence on the field of astrobiology burns bright.
PSAS: Applications of Critical Zone Science in the Exploration of Mars
Speaker: Dr. Laura Frackell, Planetary Scientists of Geochemistry and Geomicrobiology
PSAS: Informing Perseverance Rover Biosignature Studies with Raman and Fluorescence Spectroscopy
PSAS: Siliceous hot springs preserve biosignatures, but how well do they retain them?
Speaker: Dr. Marisol Juárez Rivera, Geobiologist in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University
PSAS: Detecting life as we don’t know it
Speaker: Natalie Grefenstette, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Santa Fe Institute
PSAS: Deciphering global tectonic patterns on Mercury
PSAS: The Once and Future Lunar Atmosphere: Modeling the Moon’s Water Cycle
Speaker: Dr. Parvathy Prem, Planetary Scientist at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)