NAI
2016 Annual Science Report
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Reporting | JAN 2016 – DEC 2016
The Evolution of Homochirality as a Universal Biosignature
Project Summary
4
Institutions
3
Teams
0
Publications
0
Field Sites
Project Progress
TBD
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PROJECT INVESTIGATORS:
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PROJECT MEMBERS:
Hongkai Bi
Project Investigator
Elbert Branscomb
Project Investigator
Isaac Cann
Project Investigator
Scott Dawson
Project Investigator
Lee DeVille
Project Investigator
Bruce Fouke
Project Investigator
Glen Fried
Project Investigator
Nigel Goldenfeld
Project Investigator
Philip Hastings
Project Investigator
Yoshizumi Ishino
Project Investigator
Neil Kim
Project Investigator
DanielK Krause
Project Investigator
Tom Kuhlman
Project Investigator
Gloria Lee
Project Investigator
Zaida Luthey-Schulten
Project Investigator
Rod Mackie
Project Investigator
Michael Martini
Project Investigator
Gary Olsen
Project Investigator
Susan Rosenberg
Project Investigator
Nick Sherer
Project Investigator
Hong-Yan Shih
Project Investigator
Rajveer Singh
Project Investigator
Maria Spies
Project Investigator
Shen Shee Thor
Project Investigator
Charles Werth
Project Investigator
Rachel Whitaker
Project Investigator
Chi Xue
Project Investigator
Changyi Zhang
Project Investigator
Lang Zhou
Project Investigator
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RELATED OBJECTIVES:
Objective 1.2
Indirect and direct astronomical observations of extrasolar habitable planets.
Objective 2.1
Mars exploration.
Objective 3.2
Origins and evolution of functional biomolecules
Objective 4.1
Earth's early biosphere.
Objective 4.2
Production of complex life.
Objective 7.1
Biosignatures to be sought in Solar System materials
Objective 7.2
Biosignatures to be sought in nearby planetary systems