Astrobiology: Life in the Universe

NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI)


  1. 2009 Santander Summer School: Summer School Scholars

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    Zena Cardman Zena Cardman, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (NAI Scholar)
    Field: Microbiology of extreme environments
    Advisor: Andreas Teske
    Aditya Chopra Aditya Chopra, Australian National University (ANU Scholar)
    Field: Origin and early evolution of life on Earth
    Advisor: Charles Lineweaver
    David Honig David Honig, Duke University (NAI Scholar)
    Field: Energetics of chemosynthetic microbial communities
    Advisor: Cindy Van Dover
    Paul Mayeur Paul Mayeur, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NAI Scholar)
    Field: Interstellar origins of preplanetary materials
    Advisor: Douglas Whittet
    Lisa Mayhew Lisa Mayhew, University of Colorado, Boulder (NAI Scholar)
    Field: Microbiology of serpentinizing regions
    Advisor: Alexis Templeton
    Rebecca McCauley Rebecca McCauley, Pennsylvania State University (NAI Scholar)
    Field: Energy-limited extremophiles in Italian cave systems
    Advisor: Jennifer Macalady
    Shawn McGlynn Shawn McGlynn, Montana State University (NAI Scholar)
    Field: Quantum mechanics in the origin of life
    Advisor: John Peters
    Jorge Nuñez Sanchez Jorge Nuñez Sanchez, Arizona State University (NAI Scholar)
    Field: Mars and early Earth analog environments
    Advisor: Jack Farmer
    No Photo Camille Partin, University of Manitoba (CIFAR Scholar)
    Field: Redox sensitive proxies and trace metal nutrients
    Advisor: Andrey Bekker
    Rishi Ram Adhikari Rishi Ram Adhikari, University of Potsdam (UIMP Scholar)
    Field: Enzyme-based quantification of subsurface microbial activity
    Advisor: Jens Kallmeyer
    Maria Resendes de Sousa António Maria Resendes de Sousa António, Washington State University (NAI Scholar)
    Field: Extremophiles in Mars analog environments
    Advisor: Dirk Schulze-Makuch
    No Photo Matthew Rhodes, Pennsylvania State University (NAI Scholar)
    Field: Geochemistry and microbiology of the Dead Sea
    Advisor: Christopher House
    José Robles Martínez José Robles Martínez, University of Florida (NAI Scholar)
    Field: Spore-forming bacterial survival under Martian conditions
    Advisor: Wayne Nicholson
    Luis Servín Garcidueñas Luis Servín Garcidueñas, National University of Mexico (UNAM Scholar)
    Field: Genomics of microbial extremophiles
    Advisor: Esperanza Martínez Romero
    Taylor Stratton Taylor Stratton, University of California, San Diego (NAI Scholar)
    Field: Microbial adaptation to extreme environments
    Advisor: Eric Allen
    Elizabeth Swanner Elizabeth Swanner, University of Colorado, Boulder (NAI Scholar)
    Field: Astrobiology and the deep terrestrial biosphere
    Advisor: Alexis Templeton
    No Photo Madhan Tirumalai, University of Houston (NAI Scholar)
    Field: RNA evolution and the RNA World
    Advisor: George Fox
    Rebecca Turk Rebecca Turk, University of Colorado, Boulder (NAI Scholar)
    Field: Ribozymes and the origin of life
    Advisor: Michael Yarus
    Shannon Ulrich Shannon Ulrich, Colorado School of Mines (NAI Scholar)
    Field: Gas hydrates and microbial life in extreme environments
    Advisor: John Spear