NAI
David McKay
NASA Johnson Space Center
Current Projects
- Planetary Biology, Evolution, and Intelligence — 2007 NAI
- Archean Biosignatures — 2003 NAI
- Terrestrial Analogs and Martian Meteorites — 2003 NAI
- Organic Biosignatures — 2003 NAI
- New Technique Development and Application — 2003 NAI
- Mineral Biosignatures — 2003 NAI
- Morphologic Biomarkers and Microbial Ecology — 2002 NAI
- Mineral Biomarkers — 2002 NAI
- Secondary Carbonate in Igneous Rocks — 2002 NAI
- MASSE Development (Formally MILDI) — 2002 NAI
- New Technique Development and Application — 2002 NAI
- Rock Varnish and Microbes — 2002 NAI
- Mineral Biomarkers — 2001 NAI
- Rock Varnish and Microbes — 2001 NAI
- MILDI Development — 2001 NAI
- Morphologic Biomarkers and Microbial Ecology — 2001 NAI
- Carbonate Globules in Igneous Rocks — 2001 NAI
- New Technique Development and Application — 2001 NAI
- Astrobiology Education and Public Outreach -- JSC — 2000 NAI
- Biomarkers Database — 2000 NAI
- Biomarkers in Terrestrial Samples — 2000 NAI
- Biosignatures in Extraterrestrial Samples — 2000 NAI
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NAI Project Collaborators
- Project collaborators as reported by the latest NAI Annual Report.
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Publications
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Brown, I. I., Bryant, D. A., Casamatta, D., Thomas-Keprta, K. L., Sarkisova, S. A., Shen, G., … McKay, D. S. (2010). Polyphasic Characterization of a Thermotolerant Siderophilic Filamentous Cyanobacterium That Produces Intracellular Iron Deposits. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 76(19), 6664–6672. doi:10.1128/aem.00662-10
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Clemett, S. J., Sandford, S. A., Nakamura-Messenger, K., HÖRZ, F., & McKAY, D. S. (2010). Complex aromatic hydrocarbons in Stardust samples collected from comet 81P/Wild 2. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 45(5), 701–722. doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01062.x
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Spencer, M. K., Clemett, S. J., Sandford, S. A., McKAY, D. S., & Zare, R. N. (2009). Organic compound alteration during hypervelocity collection of carbonaceous materials in aerogel. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 44(1), 15–24. doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.tb00714.x
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Phone:
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Fax:
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Email:
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Discipline
Geology
Past NAI Teams
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SETI Institute
CAN 3 -
NASA Ames Research Center
CAN 1 -
NASA Johnson Space Center
CAN 1