NAI
Marc Fries
Carnegie Institution for Science
Current Projects
- Project 3: The Origin, Evolution, and Volatile Inventories of Terrestrial Planets — 2012 NAI
- Path to Flight — 2011 NAI
- Project 2: Origin and Evolution of Organic Matter in the Solar System — 2011 NAI
- Project 6: Application of Laboratory Experimentation to Flight Instrument Testing — 2011 NAI
- Project 2: Origin and Evolution of Organic Matter in the Solar System — 2010 NAI
- Project 6: Application of Laboratory Experimentation to Flight Instrument Testing — 2010 NAI
- Path to Flight — 2010 NAI
- Project 2: Origin and Evolution of Organic Matter in the Solar System — 2009 NAI
- Project 6: Application of Laboratory Experimentation to Flight Instrument Testing — 2009 NAI
- 6. Molecular and Isotopic Biosignatures — 2008 NAI
- 2. Extraterrestrial Materials: Origin and Evolution of Organic Matter and Water in the Solar System — 2008 NAI
- Project 7. Astrobiotechnology — 2007 NAI
- Project 2. Extraterrestrial Materials: Origin and Evolution of Organic Matter and Water in the Solar System — 2007 NAI
- Project 6. Molecular and Isotopic Biosignatures — 2007 NAI
- Project 7. Astrobiotechnology — 2006 NAI
- Project 2. Extraterrestrial Materials: Origin and Evolution of Organic Matter and Water in the Solar System — 2006 NAI
- Project 6. Molecular and Isotopic Biosignatures — 2006 NAI
- Project 2. Extraterrestrial Materials: Origin and Evolution of Organic Matter and Water in the Solar System — 2005 NAI
- Project 7. Astrobiotechnology — 2005 NAI
- Project 6. Molecular and Isotopic Biosignatures — 2005 NAI
- Biosignatures and Abiosignatures — 2004 NAI
- Astrobiotechnology — 2004 NAI
- Extraterrestrial Materials: Origin and Evolution of Organic Matter and Water in the Solar System — 2004 NAI
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NAI Project Collaborators
- Project collaborators as reported by the latest NAI Annual Report.
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Publications
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McCubbin, F. M., Steele, A., Nekvasil, H., Schnieders, A., Rose, T., Fries, M., … Jolliff, B. L. (2010). Detection of structurally bound hydroxyl in fluorapatite from Apollo Mare basalt 15058,128 using TOF-SIMS. American Mineralogist, 95(8-9), 1141–1150. doi:10.2138/am.2010.3448
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Papineau, D., De Gregorio, B. T., Cody, G. D., Fries, M. D., Mojzsis, S. J., Steele, A., … Fogel, M. L. (2010). Ancient graphite in the Eoarchean quartz–pyroxene rocks from Akilia in southern West Greenland I: Petrographic and spectroscopic characterization. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(20), 5862–5883. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2010.05.025
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Steele, A., McCubbin, F. M., Fries, M., Kater, L., Boctor, N. Z., Fogel, M. L., … Jull, A. J. T. (2012). A Reduced Organic Carbon Component in Martian Basalts. Science, 337(6091), 212–215. doi:10.1126/science.1220715
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Zolensky, M., Herrin, J., Mikouchi, T., Ohsumi, K., Friedrich, J., Steele, A., … Shaddad, M. H. (2010). Mineralogy and petrography of the Almahata Sitta ureilite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 45(10-11), 1618–1637. doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01128.x
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- Bower, D.M., Steele, A., Fries, M.D. & Kater, L. (2011b). Micro Raman spectroscopic investigations of the nature and provenance of carbonaceous material in microfossil bearing rocks: redefining D and G carbon band parameters for the detection of biosignatures. Conference on micro Raman and Luminescence in Earth and Space Sciences II. Madrid, Spain. See Project
- Bower, D.M., Steele, A., Fries, M.D. & Kater, L. A micro Raman spectroscopy investigation of carbonaceous material in geologic samples for life detection: unraveling the mysteries of G-and D- band parameters. AbSciCon 2012, Atlanta, Georgia, #1045. See Project
- Bower, D.M., Steele, A., Fries, M.D. & Kater, L. Micro Raman spectroscopic investigations of carbonaceous material in microfossils and meteorites: improving the use of G- and D-band parameters for life detection. Astrobiology. See Project
- Rotundi, A., Baratta, G.A., Borg, J., Brucato, J.R., Busemann, H., Colangeli, L., D’HenDecourt, L., Djouadi, Z., Ferrini, G., Franchi, I.A., Fries, M., Grossemy, F., Keller, L.P., Mennella, V., Nakamura, K., Nittler, L.R., Palumbo, M.E., Sandford, S.A., Steele, A. & Wopenka, B. (2008). Combined Micro-Raman, Micro-Infrared, and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope Analyses of Comet 81P/Wild 2 Particles Collected by Stardust. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 43: 367-397. See Project
- Steele, A., Fries, M., Jenniskens, P. & Zolensky, M. (2009). Characterisation of Diamond in the Almahata Sita Meteorite. AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts. See Project
- Steele, A., McCubbin, F.M., Fries, M., Glamoclija, M., Kater, L. & Nekvasil, H. (2011). Graphite in an Apollo 17 Impact Melt Breccia. Lunar and Planetary Institute Science Conference Abstracts. See Project
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