NAI
2007 Annual Science Report
Pennsylvania State University
Reporting | JUL 2006 – JUN 2007
Executive Summary
The Evolution of a Habitable Planet
The Penn State Astrobiology Research Center (PSARC) was created in 1998 as part of the NASA Astrobiology Institute. PSARC currently comprises 19 (Co)-PIs and their research teams from The Pennsylvania State University (Mike Arthur, Sue Brantley, Lisa Brown, Jean Brenchley, Will Castleman, Greg Ferry, Kate Freeman, Blair Hedges, Chris House, Jim Kasting, Lee Kump, Jenn Macalady, Hiroshi Ohmoto, Mark Patzkowsky, Steinn Sigurdsson, and Alex Wolszczan), The University of Pittsburgh (Rosemary Capo and Brian Stewart), and SUNY Stony Brook, Martin Schoonen). During the period of July 1, 2006 — June 30, 2007, PSARC has supported all or part of the research/education/PO activities carried out by 96 persons (19 (Co)PIs, 6 research associates, 9 postdoctoral fellows, 43 graduate students, 14 undergraduate students, 1 technician, and 4 staff in administration/IT/EPO). The total number of PSARC personnel ...
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Hiroshi Ohmoto
NAI, ASTEP, ASTID, Exobiology -
TEAM Active Dates:
11/2003 - 10/2008 CAN 3 -
Members:
68 (See All) - Visit Team Page
Project Reports
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Ferry Report
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: None Selected -
Castleman Report
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: None Selected -
Search for Planets Around Evolved Stars (Wolszczan)
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.2 -
Laboratory Microbial Simulations
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: None Selected -
Modeling Early Atmospheric Composition and Climate (Kasting)
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1 7.2 -
Genomic Record of the Earth’s Early Biosphere (Hedges)
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1 4.2 4.3 -
Evolution of Atmospheric O2, Climate, and Biosphere (Ohmoto)
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1 2.1 4.1 4.3 5.1 5.2 6.1 7.1 -
Investigations of Modern Analogues of Precambrian Microbial Ecosystems
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1 4.3 6.1 -
Evolution of a Habitable Planet (Brantley)
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1 -
Genomics of Sulfidic Cave Extremophiles (Supplement to NNA04CC06A)
Fieldwork and sampling for geochemistry and microbial genomics was conducted in four sulfidic cave systems hosting extreme acidophile communities, the Frasassi Caves and Grotta Nuova del Rio Garaffo in Italy, and Cueva de Villa Luz and Cueva Luna Azufre in Mexico.
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.1 5.3 6.2 -
PSARC: Evolution of a Habitable Planet
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1 1.2 -
Examination of the Microbial Diversity Found in Ice Cores (Brenchley)
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1 5.1 5.2 5.3 6.1 6.2 7.1 -
Rise of Oxygen, Modern Analogs for Anoxic Oceans, and Effect of Early Life on Soil Development
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1 4.1 4.3 6.1 7.1 7.2
Publications
- There are no publications for this team in the 2007 annual report.
2007 Teams
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Carnegie Institution of Washington
Indiana University, Bloomington
Marine Biological Laboratory
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