Des Marais, D.J., Borg, L., Beaty, D.W. & MEPAG_ND-SAG_TEAM, D.W.  (2008).  Possible Science Priorities for Mars Sample Return [Abstract] Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIX 10-14 March 2008, League City, TX (Abstract No. 4037).

Des Marais, D.J. & Athena_Science_Team, D.J.  (2008).  MER Spirit assessed potential ancient habitable environments in Gusev Crater, Mars [Abstract] Astrobiology Science Conference 2008, April 14-17 2008, Santa Clara, CA.  Astrobiology, 8(2):433.

Des Marais, D.J. & , A.  (2007).  Mars Exploration Rovers and water. Bioastronomy 2007, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 16-20, 2007.

Des Marais, D.J. & , A.  (2007).  Assessing the potential for ancient habitable environments in Gusev Crater, Mars. AGU Conference, San Francisco, December 10-14, 2007. Abstract No. P23A-1096.

Des Marais, D.J.  (2008).  Exploring for photosynthesis in deep time and space.  Goldschmidt Conference 2008, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, July 2008. [Abstract].

Des Marais, D.J.  (2007).  Assessing the potential for ancient habitable environments in Gusev crater, Mars.  Seventh International Conference on Mars, Pasadena, CA, July 9-13, 2007:54.

Des Marais, D.J.  (2007).  Astrobiological exploration of the surface of Mars.  Gravitational and Space Biology, 21(1):2.

Des Marais, D.  (2008).  Photosynthetic microbial mats: today, early Earth, (early Mars?). Spring AGU Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, May 2008. [Abstract].

Blake, D., Sarrazin, P., Vaniman, D., Bish, D., Chipera, S., Farmer, J., Des Marais, D.J., Treiman, A., Ming, D. & Morris, D.  (2008).  Mineralogy: The key to habitability for Mars astrobiological studies [Abstract]. Astrobiology Science Conference 2008, April 14-17 2008, Santa Clara, CA.  Astrobiology, 8(2):432.

Bertaux, J.L., Carr, M., Des Marais, D.J. & Gaidos, E.  (2007).  Conversations on the habitability of worlds: the importance of volatiles.  Space Science Reviews, 129(1-3):123-165.

Decker, K.L.M., Potter, C.S., Hoehler, T.M., Orphan, V., Bebout, B.M. & Des Marais, D.J.  (In Preparation, 2007).  A Mathematical Simulation of Methanogenesis in a Hypersaline Microbial Mat.

Vogel, M.B., Des Marais, D.J., Jahnke, L.L., Turk, K.A. & Kubo, M.D.  (In Press, 2007).  Biosignatures In Sulfates: Textures, Composition and Biogenic Fabrics From Gypsum Deposits of Guerrero Negro, Baja Sur, Mexico.  BAR Field Workshop, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

Vogel, M.B., Des Marais, D.J., Jahnke, L.L., Turk, K.A.. & Kubo, M.D.  (2006).  Organic geochemistry of endoevaporitic environments: Ecological interpretations of lipid biomarkers from gypsum crystallizers as the E.S.S.A. Salt Works, Guerrero Negro, Baja, Mexico.  EOS Transactions AGU Fall Meeting Supplement, 87(52):B11D-07.

Orphan, V., Jahnke, L., Embaye, T., Turk, K., Pernthalerk, A. & Des Marais, D.J.  (In Preparation, 2007).  Characterization and spatial distribution of methanogens and methanogenic biosignatures in hypersaline microbial mats.  Geobiology Journal.

McSween, H.Y., Wyatt, M.B., Gellert, R., Bell III, J.F., Morris, R.V., Herkenhoff, K.E., Crumpler, L.S., Milam, K.A., Stockstill, K.R., Tornabene, L., Arvidson, R.E., Bartlett, P., Blaney, D., Cabrol, N.A., Christensen, P.R., Clark, B.C., Crisp, J.A., Des Marais, D.J. & , e.a.  (2006).  Characterization and petrologic interpretation of olivine-rich basalts at Gusev Crater, Mars.  Journal of Geophysical Research, 111:E02S10.

Li, R., Di, K., Wu, B., Chen, W., Maimone, M.W., Matthies, L.H., Richter, L., Kirk, R., Sullivan, R., Crumpler, L., Parker, T., Des Marais, D.J., Arvidson, R., Sims, M.H., Squyres, S. & , A.  (2007).  Over three years of rover localization and topographic mapping for MER 2003 mission. [Abstract].  Seventh International Conference on Mars:10.  Pasadena, CA.

Li, R., Archinal, B.A., Arvidson, R.E., Bell, J., Christensen, P., Crumpler, L., Des Marais, D.J. & , e.a.  (2006).  Rover localization and topographic mapping at the landing side of Gusev Crater, Mars.  Journal of Geophysical Research, 111:E02S06.

Fishbaugh, K.E., Des Marais, D.J., Korablev, O., Lognonne, P. & Raulin, F.  (In Press, 2007).  In Geology and Habitability of Terrestrial Planets, Space Science Series of ISSI.  In: K.E. Fishbaugh, D.J. Des Marais, O. Korablev, P. Lognonne & F. Raulin (Eds.).  .  Springer.

Des Marais, D.J. & Morrison, D.  (2007).  The new Mars: habitability of a neighbor world. [Abstract].  AAAS Annual Meeting:86.  San Francisco.

Des Marais, D.J. & , A.  (2007).  Mars Exploration Rovers and water. [Abstract].  Bioastronomy 2007.  San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Des Marais, D.J. & , A.  (2007).  Assessing the potential for ancient habitable environments in Mars? Gusev crater. [Abstract].  AAAS Annual Meeting:87.  San Francisco.

Des Marais, D.J.  (In Press, 2006).  Advancing astrobiology beyond Viking, Spirit and Opportunity.  AIAA Space 2006 Conference Proceedings.

Des Marais, D.J.  (2007).  Assessing the potential for ancient habitable environments in Gusev crater, Mars. (Abstract).  Seventh International Conference on Mars, Pasadena, CA, July 9-13, 2007:54.

Des Marais, D.J.  (2006).  Exploring Mars broadens the biogeosciences into the realm of astrobiology. [Abstract].  Carl Sagan Lecture, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.  San Francisco, CA.

Des Marais, D.J.  (2006).  Potential lifestyles in ancient environments of Gusev crater, Mars. [Abstract].  16th Annual V. M. Goldschmidt Conference.  Melbourne, Australia.

Blank, J.G., Blake, D.F., Green, S.J., Brinley, A.I., Jahnke, L.L., Kubo, M.D., Hoehler, T.M. & Des Marais, D.J.  (2006).  Biogeochemistry of Ca-Mg Carbonate Cements Associated with Ophiolite-Hosted Cold Springs, Coast Range, California, USA [ABSTRACT].  Geo. Soc. Am. Abstracts with Programs, 38:505.

Bertaux, J.-L., Carr, M., Des Marais, D.J. & Gaidos, E.  (In Press, 2007).  Conversations on the habitability of worlds: the importance of volatiles.  In: K.E. Fishbaugh, D.J. Des Marais, O. Korablev, L. ognonne P. & F. Raulin (Eds.).  Geology and Habitability of Terrestrial Planets, Space Science Series of ISSI.  Springer.

Arvidson, R.E., Squyres, S.W., Anderson, R.C., Bell III, J.F., Brückner, J., Cabrol, N.A., Calvin, W.M., Carr, M.H., Christensen, P.R., Clark, B.C., Crumpler, L., Des Marais, D.J. & , e.a.  (2006).  Overview of the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover Mission to Gusev Crater: Landing site to the Methuselah outcrop in the Columbia hills.  Journal of Geophysical Research, III(E2):E02501.

Ward, D.M., Blumberg, B.S., Des Marais, D.J., Farmer, J., Hinman, N., Hoehler, T., Jahnke, L., Mancinelli, R.L., Rothschild, L.J. & Tsairides, C.J.  (2006).  Research on extremophiles and astrobiology to be showcased in a new Old Faithful Visitor Education Center in Yellowstone National Park. [Abstract].  Astrobiology, 6(1):154.

Ward, D.M., Blumberg, B., Des Marais, D.J., Farmer, J., Hinman, N.W., Hoehler, T.M., Jahnke, L.L., Mancinelli, R.L., Rothschild, L.J. & Tsairides, C.J.  (2006).  Research on extremophiles and astrobiology to be showcased in a new Old Faithful visitor education center in Yellowstone National Park [Abstract]. 2006 Astrobiology Science Conference.  Astrobiology, 6(1):154.

Vogel, M.B., Moldowan, J.M., Jahnke, L.L., Des Marais, D.J. & Dehler, C.M.  (2005).  Biomarkers From The Neoproterozoic Red Pine Shale, Uinta Mountain Group, Utah [Abstract].  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 37:7.

Vogel, M.B., Des Marais, D.J., Zinniker, D.J. & Moldowan, J.M.  (2005).  Branched alkanes in Precambrian manganese carbonates and modern hypersaline environments [Abstract].  22nd International Meeting of Organic Geochemists, Seville, Spain.

Hoehler, T.M., Albert, D.B. & Des Marais, D.J.  (2006).  An energy balance model to predict chemical partitioning in a photosynthetic microbial mat [Abstract]. 2006 Astrobiology Science Conference.  Astrobiology, 6(1):187.

Haskin, L.A., Wang, A., McSween, H.Y., Clark, B.C., Des Marais, D.J., McLennan, S.M., Tosca, N.J., Hurowitz, J.A., Jolliff, B.L., Farmer, J.D., Yen, A., Squyres, S.W., Arvidson, R.E., Klingelhöfer, G., Schröder, C., A., d.S.J.P., D., M.R., Ming, D., Gellert, R., Zipfel, J., Brückner, J., Bell III, J.F., Herkenhoff, K., Christensen, P.R., Ruff, S., Blaney, D., Gorevan, S., Cabrol, N.A., Crumpler, L., Grant, J. & Soderblom, L.  (2005).  Water alteration of rocks and soils from the Spirit rover site, Gusev Crater, Mars.  Nature, 436(7047):66-69.

Des Marais, D.J., Londry, K., Orphan, V., Turk, K., Bebout, B., Carpenter, S., Embaye, T., Hoehler, T.M., Jahnke, L. & Kubo, M.  (2005).  Carbon biogeochemistry in sulfate-rich environments [Abstract].  Exobiology Principal Investigators' Conference, NASA Ames Research Center, August 2005.

Des Marais, D.J. & Athena-Science-Team, D.J.  (2005).  Astrobiology and the exploration of Gusev Crater by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit [Abstract].  International Society for the Study of the Origins of Life, Beijing, China, 19-24 June 2005.

Des Marais, D.J.  (2006).  Moving forward from Viking, Spirit, and Opportunity [Abstract #518].  AbSciCon 2006, Washington, DC.  Astrobiology, 6(1):168.

Des Marais, D.J.  (2005).  Sea change in sediments.  Nature, 437(7060):826-827.

Decker, K.L.M., Potter, C.S., Bebout, B.M., Des Marais, D.J., Carpenter, S., Discipulo, M., Hoehler, T.M., Miller, S.R., Thamdrup, B., Turk, K.M. & Visscher, P.T.  (2005).  Mathematical simulation of the diel O, S, and C biogeochemistry of a hypersaline mat.  FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 52.

Beaty, D.W., Clifford, S.M., Borg, L.E., Catling, D., Craddock, R.A., Des Marais, D.J., Farmer, J.D., Frey, H.V., Haberle, R.M., McKay, C.P., Newsom, H.E., Parker, T.J., Segura, T. & Tanaka, K.L.  (2005).  Key Science Questions from the Second Conference on Early Mars: Geologic, Hydrologic, and Climatic Evolution and the Implications for Life.  Astrobiology, 5(6):663-689.

Albert, D.B., Hoehler, T., Bebout, B. & Des Marais, D.J.  (Submitted, 2006).  Diel Organic Acid Fluxes from Hypersaline Microbial Mats.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

Turk, K.A., Orphan, V.J., Prufert-Bebout, L.E., Bebout, B.M., Jahnke, L.L., ichael D.Y Kubo, M., Embaye, T. & Des Marais, D.J.  (2005).  Geochemical and Population Changes in a Hypersaline Microbial Mat Maintained at Lower Salinites.  Astrobiology, 5(2):269.

Ward, D.M., Blumberg, B., Des Marais, D., Farmer, J., Hinman, N., Hoehler, T., Mancinelli, R., Rothschild, L.J. & Tsairides, C.  (In Preparation, 2005).  Microbiology/Astrobiology in Yellowstone Resources and Issues 2004, Division of Interpretation, Yellowstone National Park.

Hoehler, T.M., Ward, D.M., Blumberg, B., Des Marais, D.J., Farmer, J., Hinman, N.W., Mancinelli, R.L., Rothschild, L.J. & Tsairides, C.  (2005).  Astrobiology Outreach Education in Yellowstone National Park [Abstract].  2005 Biennial Meeting of the NASA Astrobiology Institute, Boulder, CO.  Astrobiology, 5:278.

Vogel, M.B., Des Marais, D.J., Zinniker, D. & Moldowan, J.M.  (2005).  Branched alkanes in Precambrian manganese carbonates and modern hypersaline environments [Abstract].  International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry.  Seville, Spain.

Turk, K.A., Orphan, V.J., Prufert-Bebout, L.E., Bebout, B.M., Jahnke, L.L., Kubo, M.D.Y., Embaye, T. & Des Marais, D.J.  (2005).  Geochemical and population changes in a hypersaline microbial mat maintained at lower salinities [Abstract].  2005 Biennial Meeting of the NASA Astrobiology Institute, Boulder CO.  Astrobiology, 5:269.

McSween, H.Y., Arvidson, R.E., Bell III, J.F., Blaney, D., Cabrol, N.A., Christensen, P.R., Clark, B.C., Crisp, J., Crumpler, L.S., Des Marais, D.J., Farmer, J.D., Gellert, R., Ghosh, A., Gorevan, S., Graff, T., Grant, J., Haskin, L.A., Herkenhoff, K.E., Johnson, J.R., Joliff, B.L., Klingelhoefer, G., Knudson, A.T., McLennan, S., Milam, K.A., Moersch, J.E., Morris, R.V., Rieder, R., Ruff, S.W., deSouza, P.A., Squyres, S.W., Wänke, H., Wang, A., Wyatt, M.B., Yen, A. & Zipfel, J.  (2004).  Basaltic rocks at the Spirit landing site in Gusev Crater.  Science, 305(5685):842-845.

Lawson, J., Doran, P.T., Kenig, F., Des Marais, D.J. & Priscu, J.C.  (In Press, 2005).  Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of benthic and pelagic organic matter in lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.  Aquatic Geochemistry.

Knoll, A.H., Carr, M., Clark, B., Des Marais, D.J., Farmer, J.D., Fischer, W.W., Grotzinger, J.P., Hayes, A., McLennan, S.M., Malin, M., Schröder, C., Squyres, S., Tosca, N.J. & Wdowiak, T.  (In Press, 2005).  An astrobiological perspective on Meridiani Planum.  Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.

Hoehler, T.M., Ward, D.M., Blumberg, B., Des Marais, D.J., Farmer, J., Hinman, N.W., Mancinelli, R.L., Rothschild, L.J. & Tsairides, C.J.  (2005).  Astrobiology outreach education in Yellowstone National Park [Abstract].  2005 Biennial Meeting of the NASA Astrobiology Institute, Boulder, CO.  Astrobiology, 5:278.

Hoehler, T.M., Albert, D.B., Bebout, B.M. & Des Marais, D.J.  (2004).  Cycling of fermentation products in hypersaline microbial mats [Abstract].  Abstracts of Papers, Tenth International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Cancun, Mexico.

Des Marais, D.J.  (2005).  Astrobiology and the exploration of Gusev Crater by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit [Abstract].  International Society for the Study of the Origins of Life, Beijing, China.

Des Marais, D.J.  (2005).  Astrobiology and the exploration of Gusev Crater by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit [Abstract].  International Society for the Study of the Origins of Life, Beijing, China.

Des Marais, D.J., Clark, C.C., Crumpler, L.S., Farmer, J.D., Grotzinger, J.P., Haskin, L.A., Knoll, A.H., Landis, G.A., Moersch, J., Schröder, C., Wdowiak, T., Yen, A.S., Blaney, D., Cabrol, N.A., Hayes, A.G., Rice, J. & Squyres, S.  (Submitted, 2005).  Astrobiological perspectives on the basaltic plains in Gusev Crater.  Nature.

Des Marais, D.J., Clark, B.C., Crumpler, L.S., Farmer, J.D., Grotzinger, J.P., Haskin, L.A., Knoll, A.H., Landis, G.A., Moersch, J., Schröder, C., Wdowiak, T., Yen, A.S. & Squyres, S.W.  (2005).  Astrobiology and the basaltic plans in Gusev Crater [Abstract].  Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVI:Abstract #2353.  Houston, Texas.

Des Marais, D.J.  (In Press, 2005).  The biogeochemical carbon and sulfur cycles.  In: W. Sullivan & J. Baross (Eds.).  Planets and life: the emerging science of astrobiology.  Cambridge University Press.

Des Marais, D.J.  (2005).  Long-term evolution of the biogeochemical carbon cycle [Abstract].  Penrose Conference on Secular Variation in Tectonics and Allied Fields.  St. George, UT.

Des Marais, D.J.  (2005).  Ames Research Center: Linking our origins to our future [Abstract].  2005 Biennial Meeting of the NASA Astrobiology Institute, Boulder, CO.  Astrobiology, 5:170.

Des Marais, D.J.  (2004).  Did habitable environments once exist in Gusev Crater? Astrobiology and the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. [Abstract].  AGU Fall meeting:Abstract #P23B-07.  San Francisco, California.

Des Marais, D.J.  (2004).  Biogeochemical cycles of carbon and sulfur on early Earth (and on Mars?) [Abstract].  Second conference on early Mars.  Jackson Hole, WY.

Dehler, C.M., Elrick, M., Bloch, J.D., Crossey, L.J., Karlstrom, K.E. & Des Marais, D.J.  (2005).  High resolution d13C stratigraphy of the Chuar Group (ca. 770-742 MA), Grand Canyon: Implications for mid-Neoproterozoic climate change.  GSA Bulletin, 117(1/2):32-45.

Decker, K.L.M., Potter, C.S., Bebout, B.M., Des Marais, D.J., Carpenter, S., Discipulo, M., Hoehler, T.M., Miller, S.R., Thamdrup, B., Turk, K.A. & Visscher, P.T.  (2005).  Mathematical simulation of the diel O, S, and C biogeochemistry of a hypersaline mat.  FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 52(3):377-395.

Bebout, B.M., Hoehler, T.M., Thamdrup, B., Albert, D., Carpenter, S.P., Hogan, M., Turk, K. & Des Marais, D.J.  (2004).  Methane production by microbial mats under low sulfate concentrations.  Geobiology, 2(2):87-96.