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Ricardo Amils
Centro de Astrobiologia

Current Projects

Environmental Evolution and Complex Life — 2016 NAI
Mars Analog Studies: Mineral Assemblages in Terrestrial Settings — 2015 NAI
Microbial Diversity and Population Structure Studies in the Rio Tinto — 2008 NAI
Microbial Diversity and Population Structure Studies in the Rio Tinto — 2007 NAI
Hindcasting Ecosystems — 2006 NAI

Microbial Diversity and Population Structure Studies in the Rio Tinto — 2006 NAI

Microbial Diversity and Population Structure Studies in the Rio Tinto — 2005 NAI

Microbial Diversity and Population Structure Studies in the Rio Tinto — 2004 NAI

Eukaryotic Biodiversity and Physiology at Acidic Extremes: Spain's Tinto River — 2003 NAI

Eukaryotic Biodiversity and Physiology at Acidic Extremes: Spain's Tinto River — 2002 NAI

Eukaryotic Diversity in the Rio Tinto: Spain's Acidic/High Metal Extreme Environment — 2001 NAI

Eukaryote Biodiversity and Physiology at Acidic Extremes: Spain's Tinto River — 2000 NAI

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NAI Project Collaborators

Project collaborators as reported by the latest NAI Annual Report.
Zachary Adam
University of Washington
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Eric Alm
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Ross Anderson
Yale University
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Steven Beaupre
Harvard University
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Matthias Bender
University of Oldenburg
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Kristen Bergmann
California Institute of Technology
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Uyanga Bold
Harvard University
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Tanja Bosak
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Samuel Bowring
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Derek Briggs
Yale University
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Joshua Burton
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Changqun Cao
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Anthony Carrasquillo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Jens Christoffers
University of Oldenburg
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Hilary Close
Harvard University
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Phoebe Cohen
Williams College
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Ben Cowie
Harvard University
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Simon Darroch
Yale University
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Frank Dudas
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Jonathan Eisen
University of California, Davis
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Douglas Erwin
Smithsonian Institution
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Gordon Fain
California State University, Los Angeles
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David Fernández Remolar
Centro de Astrobiologia
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Greg Fournier
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Katherine French
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Marco Ghisalberti
University of Western Australia
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Aimee Gillespie
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Peter Girguis
Harvard University
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David Gold
University of California, Los Angeles
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Jonathan Grabenstatter
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Christy Grettenberger
University of California, Davis
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Jeniffer Griffes
California Institute of Technology
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John P. Grotzinger
California Institute of Technology
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Christian Hallmann
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Galen Halverson
Harvard University
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Volker Hartenstein
University of California, Los Angeles
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Ian Hawe
University of Canterbury
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Lindsay Hays
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Greg Henkes
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Spencer Irvine
Williams College
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David Jacobs
University of California, Los Angeles
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Linda Jahnke
NASA Ames Research Center
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David Johnston
Harvard University
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Matt Joss
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Anne Jungblut
American Museum of Natural History
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Lisa Kaltenegger
Cornell University
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Hannah Kaplan
Brown University
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Alex Kasprak
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Amy Kelly
Arizona State University
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Ben King
The MDI Biological Laboratory
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Nicole King
University of California, Berkeley
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Vanja Klepac-Ceraj
Wellesley College
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Niels Klitgord
Boston University
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Andrew Knoll
Harvard University
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Benjamin Kotrc
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Megan Krusor
University of California, Davis
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Stephanie Kusch
Harvard University
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Marc LaFlamme
Smithsonian Institution
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Daniel Lahr
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Gordon Love
University of California, Riverside
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Francis Macdonald
Harvard University
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Tyler Mackey
University of California, Davis
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Matthew Marcus
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Giulio Mariotti
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Rowan Martindale
University of Texas, Austin
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Emily Matys
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Victoria McCoy
Yale University
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Sean McMahon
Yale University
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David McNei
Natural Resources Canada
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Joannah Metz
Shell Oil Company
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D'Arcy Meyer-Dombard
University of Illinois at Chicago
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Ralph Milliken
Brown University
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Kelsey Moore
Smith College
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Nagayasu Nakanishi
University of California, Los Angeles
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Sharon Newman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Scott Nichols
University of Denver
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Shuhei Ono
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Magdalena Osburn
Northwestern University
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Ann Pearson
Harvard University
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Taylor Perron
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Kevin Peterson
Dartmouth College
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Davide Pisani
National University of Ireland
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Albert Poustka
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
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Sara Pruss
Smith College
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Jahandar Ramezani
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Frances Rivera-Hernandez
University of California, Davis
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Mark Roberts
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Don Rocher
GeoMark Research
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Daniel Rogers
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Alan Rooney
Harvard University
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Dan Rothman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Jürgen Rullkötter
University of Oldenburg
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Dimitar Sasselov
Harvard University
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Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa
University of Hamburg
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Florence Schubotz
Research Center Ocean Margins
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Daniel Segre
Boston University
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Julio Sepulveda
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Vladimir Sergeev
Russian Academy of Sciences
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Everett Shock
Arizona State University
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Georg Shulze
University of British Columbia
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Ainara Sistiaga Gutiérrez
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Emily Smith
Harvard University
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Erik Sperling
Stanford University
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Kathryn Stack
California Institute of Technology
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Daniel Stolper
California Institute of Technology
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Justin Strauss
Harvard University
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Roger Summons
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Dawn Sumner
University of California, Davis
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Nobumichi Tamura
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Lidya Tarhan
University of California, Riverside
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Katherine Thomas
National Park Service
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Tina Treude
GeoMark Research
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Sarah Tweedt
Smithsonian Institution
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Kate Wall
University of California, Davis
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Malcolm Walter
University of New South Wales
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Paula Welander
Stanford University
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Jessica Whiteside
University of Southampton
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Kenneth Williford
University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Richard Wrangham
Harvard University
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Shikma Zaarur
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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John Zumberge
GeoMark Research
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Publications

Coustenis, A., Atreya, S. K., Balint, T., Brown, R. H., Dougherty, M. K., Ferri, F., … Young, E. F. (2008). TandEM: Titan and Enceladus mission. Exp Astron, 23(3), 893–946. doi:10.1007/s10686-008-9103-z
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Email:
ricardo.amils@uam.es

Past NAI Teams

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
CAN 6
Marine Biological Laboratory
CAN 1
Marine Biological Laboratory
CAN 3
NASA Ames Research Center
CAN 3