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  1. VPL at University of Washington

    PI Victoria Meadows
    Members 65 (See)
    Active Dates 11/2007 - 7/2012
    Team Website http://vpl.astro.washington.edu

    Executive Summary

    VPL at University of Washington

    Project Reports

    AbGradCon 2009

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2

    Astronomical Observations of Planetary Atmospheres and Exoplanets

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.2, 2.2

    Delivery of Volatiles to Terrestrial Planets

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.3

    Detectability of Biosignatures

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 1.2, 4.1, 6.2

    Earth as an Extrasolar Planet

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.2, 7.2

    Hydrodynamic Escape from Planetary Atmospheres

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 2.1, 3.1

    Limits of Habitability

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 4.3, 6.2

    Planet Formation and Dynamical Modeling

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 3.1, 4.3

    Planetary Surface and Interior Models and SuperEarths

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 1.2, 4.1, 5.2, 6.1

    Postdoctoral Fellow Report: Mark Claire

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 1.2, 4.1, 7.2

    Postdoctoral Fellow Report: Steven Mielke

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.2

    Stellar Effects on Planetary Habitability

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 4.3, 5.3, 6.1, 7.2

    Stromatolites in the Desert: Analogs to Other Worlds

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1, 4.2, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2

    The VPL Life Modules

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.2

    Thermodynamic efficiency of electron-transfer reactions in the Chlorophyll d-containing cyanobacterium, Acharyochloris marina

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.2, 4.2, 5.1, 5.3, 6.2, 7.2

    Understanding Past Earth Environments

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1

    Understanding the Early Mars environment

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 2.1

    VPL Databases, Model Interfaces and the Community Tool

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 1.2

    EPO Reports

    Night Sky Network Astrobiology Outreach Toolkit

    Extreme Planet Makeover Interactive

    Public Talks

    Non Science Major Education

    Project Reports

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