NAI
2003 Annual Science Report
Pennsylvania State University
Reporting | JUL 2002 – JUN 2003
Executive Summary
The Penn State Astrobiology Research Center (PSARC), created five years ago as part of the NASA Astrobiology Institute, is composed of 16 (Co)-PIs and their research teams from The Pennsylvania State University (13), The University of Pittsburgh (2), and SUNY Stony Brook (1). The investigators represent a wide range of disciplines: geochemistry (Michael Arthur, Susan Brantley, Rosemary Capo, Lee Kump, Hiroshi Ohmoto, Martin Schoonen, and Brian Stewart), paleontology (Mark Patzkowski), atmospheric chemistry (Jim Kasting and Robert Minard), geomicrobiology (Kate Freeman and Chris House), evolutionary genomics (Blair Hedges and Masatoshi Nei), and biochemistry and microbiology (Jean Brenchley and Greg Ferry). The proximity of all members has enabled close interaction and a variety of collaborative research, teaching, and public outreach programs. During the fifth year, PSARC has supported all or part of the research/education/PO activities carried out by 142 persons (16 (Co-)PIs, 22 ...
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Hiroshi Ohmoto
NAI, ASTEP, ASTID, Exobiology -
TEAM Active Dates:
7/1998 - 10/2003 CAN 1 -
Members:
106 (See All) - Visit Team Page
Project Reports
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Evolution of Atmospheric O2, Climate, and Biosphere – Kump
Ellen Herman (MS Student) has received some support from the Pennsylvania State Astrobiology Research Center (PSARC) to develop a numerical model of the microbial mat
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1 4.2 4.3 5.2 6.1 -
Modeling Early Atmospheric Composition and Climate
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1 4.1 -
Evolution of Atmospheric O2, Climate, and Biosphere – K. Freeman
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1 4.2 5.2 6.1 7.1 -
Evolution of Atmospheric O2, Climate and the Terrestrial Biosphere – Capo
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1 6.1 -
Evolution of Atmospheric O2, Climate, and the Terrestrial Biosphere – Stewart
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1 4.1 6.1 -
Evolution of Atmospheric O2, Climate, and Biosphere – Ohmoto
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1 2.1 4.1 4.3 5.2 5.3 6.1 7.1 7.2 -
Causes and Consequences of the Diversification and Tetinction of Metazoans: Neoproterozoic Variations – Arthur
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1 5.2 5.3 6.1 -
The Late Ordovician Glaciation and Mass Extinction: Environmental Causes and Evolutionary Consequences – Mark Patzkowsky
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.3 -
Environment of Prebiotic Earth and the Origin of Life: Experimental Approach – Schoonen
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.1 3.2 -
Studies of Hydrogen Cyanide Chemistry
The role of hydrogen cyanide polymer chemistry in the origin of life has provoked much speculation
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.1 3.2 -
Enzymes of Ancient Metabolic Pathways
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.3 4.1 5.1 5.2 5.3 6.1 6.2 -
Isolation of Psychrophilic Microorganisms
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.4 4.2 5.1 5.2 5.3 6.1 6.2 -
Microbe-Mineral Interactions
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1 5.3 6.1 7.1 -
Geopulse
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1 5.2 5.3 6.1 7.2 -
A Timescale for the Evolution of Life on Earth – Hedges
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.2 2.1 3.4 4.1 4.2 4.3 5.2 5.3 7.1 7.2 -
A Timescale for the Evolution of Life on Earth – Nei
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.2 2.1 3.4 4.1 4.2 4.3 5.2 5.3 7.1 7.2
Publications
- There are no publications for this team in the 2003 annual report.
2003 Teams
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Arizona State University
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Harvard University
Marine Biological Laboratory
Michigan State University
NASA Ames Research Center
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA Johnson Space Center
Pennsylvania State University
Scripps Research Institute
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Colorado, Boulder
University of Rhode Island
University of Washington
Virtual Planetary Laboratory (JPL/CalTech)