NAI
2005 Annual Science Report
University of Rhode Island
Reporting | JUL 2004 – JUN 2005
Executive Summary
The University of Rhode Island (URI) team of the NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) works to gain a fundamental understanding of Earth’s subsurface life. Our principal research objectives are to understand (1) the subsurface microbial ecosystems of marine sediments, (2) their role in Earth’s biogeochemical cycles, and (3) their relevance to the search for life on other planets. Our investigators are based at the University of Rhode Island (URI), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). To effectively accomplish our objectives, URI team researchers collaborate with each other and with scientists at other institutions throughout the world (e.g., D’Hondt et al., 2004). Our current collaborators include members of the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Pennsylvania State University (PSU) and Indiana/Princeton/Tennessee (IPTAI) NAI teams. Other collaborators include scientists at the University of Bremen (Germany), the Max Planck ... Continue reading.
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Steven D'Hondt
NAI, ASTEP, ASTID, Exobiology -
TEAM Active Dates:
7/2001 - 6/2006 CAN 2 -
Members:
41 (See All) - Visit Team Page
Project Reports
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Subsurface Biospheres
Members of our team at UNC Chapel Hill focus on molecular studies of deep subsurface communities
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1 2.2 4.1 4.3 5.2 5.3 6.1 7.1 7.2
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)