Astrobiology: Life in the Universe

NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI)


  1. University of Hawaii

    PI Karen Meech
    Members 0 (Inactive)
    Active Dates 11/2003 - 10/2008
    Team Website http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/UHNAI/

    Executive Summary

    Hawaii Executive Summary

    UHNAI Lead Team Executive Summary

    Project Reports

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    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES:

    Identifying the Missing Young Low-Mass Stars

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    A Search for H3+ from the Atmospheres of Hot Jupiters

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    A search for Main Belt Comets in Pan-STARRS 1

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    A Supertree Analysis of the Metazoan Phylogeny

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    Acquisition of Witec Confolcal Raman Scanning System

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.1

    Assessing the likelihood of supernova impact of protoplanetary disks

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1

    Characterizing the Mineral Phases in Placozoans

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.2

    Chemistry and biology of ultramafic-hosted alkaline springs

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.3

    Chondritic Meteorites as Records of Aqueous Activity on Asteroidal Parent Bodies

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1

    Diversity and phylogeny of the

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    Ecology of a Hawaiian lava cave microbial mat

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    First Workshop on Titan- Observations, Experiments, Computations, and Modeling

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    FMARS Long Duration Mission: a simulation of manned Mars explora

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1, 4.3, 5.3

    FMARS Long Duration Mission: a simulation of manned Mars exploration in an analogue environment, Devon Island, Canada

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1, 4.3, 5.3

    Formation and Detection of Hot-Earth Objects in Systems with Close-in Jupiters

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 1.2

    Formation of Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Hydrogen Peroxide in Electron Irradiated Crystalline Water Ice

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    Formation of Planetesimals in a Dynamically Evolving Nebula

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1

    Geomicrobiology of neutrophilic iron-oxidizing bacteria at Loihi Seamount

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1

    Habitability and Water Delivery in Binary-Planetary Systems

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1

    Ice in Sublimation Environments

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1

    Icelandic subglacial lakes

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    Identification of the D3h Isomer of Carbon Trioxide (CO3)

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    Improved comet astrometry for Pan-STARRS 1

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    In situ voltammetry integrated with a cabled nearshore observatory

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.1, 6.1

    Induced Vibronic Circular Dichroism in Ice Bioclathrates as a Potential Remotely Observable Biosignature

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 7.1

    Installation of Cameca ims 1280 ion microprobe

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    Laboratory Simulation of Ammonia-Water Ices Relevant to the Outer Solar System

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    Laboratory Simulation of Interstellar and Solar System Ices

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    Laboratory Studies of Solid Ammonia Relevant to Interstellar and Solar System Ices

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    Martian Slope Streaks

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1

    Mechanistical Studies on the Irradiation of Methanol in Extraterrestrial Ices

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    Molecular Deuteration on grain surfaces

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    Monte Carlo Markov Chain modeling of grain surface chemistry

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    On the Formation of Glycolaldehyde (HCOCH2OH) and Methyl Formate (HCOOCH3) in Interstellar Ice Analogues

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    Origin of Irregular Satellites

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.2

    Outreach for ANSMET 2006-2007

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    Proteins in Extreme Environments

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.1

    Rapid response to remotely detected seafloor eruptions

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1, 5.3, 6.1

    Recovery of comet 85P/Boethin for the Deep Impact Extended Mission

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    Star-Planet Interactions (SPI) as a Probe of Extrasolar Planetary Magnetic

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    Subseafloor basement (basalt) biosphere studies

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 3.3, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2

    TES study of intracrater low albedo deposits, Amazonis Planitia, Mars

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1

    The Formation of Acetic Acid (CH3COOH) in Interstellar Ices

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    THEMIS thermal inertia study of sulfates identified in Valles Marineris, Mars

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1

    Understanding the Effect of the Atmosphere of a Growing Jupiter on Capturing Planetesimals

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.2

    Unveiling the evolution and interplay of ice and gas in star-forming regions

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    Water-Rock Chemistry and Habitats for Life

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.1

    EPO Reports

    Astrobiology Laboratory Institute for Instructors

    Hawaii Student/Teacher Astronomy Research

    Astronomy Mentor Workshop

    Intermediate CCD Photometry Workshop

    Astrobiology Teacher Workshop

    LEGO Robotics Student Workshop

    HI STAR (Hawaii Student/Teacher Astronomy Research) Mini-Workshops

    Project Reports

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