NAI
2005 Annual Science Report
University of Arizona
Reporting | JUL 2004 – JUN 2005
Executive Summary
This year has been an extremely productive year for the Arizona NAI team. We have not only had significant progress in instrumentation and research but have made great advances in administrative and collaborative areas within our local community, within NAI, nationally and internationally.
Collaborations
In July 2005, the Arizona Board of Regents approved the establishment of the Life and Planets Astrobiology Center — LAPLACE — establishing a formal commitment to the pursuit of astrobiology and its primacy in research activities. This LAPLACE complements and overlaps with the entity within the NAI team structure, also known by the acronym LAPLACE. This center within the University of Arizona (UA) system will provide the administrative means to expand our study of astrobiology to complement the astronomical focused NAI team. Additionally, the UA’s College of Science hired its first astrobiology-designated faculty position under LAPLACE. Alex Pavlov (an NAI Ph ... Continue reading.
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Neville Woolf
NAI, ASTEP, ASTID, Exobiology -
TEAM Active Dates:
11/2003 - 10/2008 CAN 3 -
Members:
50 (See All) - Visit Team Page
Project Reports
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An Astronomical Search for the Essential Ingredients for Life: Placing Our Habitable System in Context.
Module 1: The Building Blocks of Life
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1 1.2 3.1 3.2 4.3
Publications
- There are no publications for this team in the 2005 annual report.
2005 Teams
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Carnegie Institution of Washington
Indiana University, Bloomington
Marine Biological Laboratory
Michigan State University
NASA Ames Research Center
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Pennsylvania State University
SETI Institute
University of Arizona
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Colorado, Boulder
University of Hawaii, Manoa
University of Rhode Island
University of Washington
Virtual Planetary Laboratory (JPL/CalTech)