NAI
Robert Hazen
Carnegie Institution for Science
Current Projects
- Project 4: Geochemical Steps Leading to the Origins of Life — 2013 NAI
- Project 5: Geological-Biological Interactions — 2013 NAI
- Project 5: Geological-Biological Interactions — 2012 NAI
- Project 3: The Origin, Evolution, and Volatile Inventories of Terrestrial Planets — 2012 NAI
- Project 4: Geochemical Steps Leading to the Origins of Life — 2012 NAI
- Project 4: Geochemical Steps Leading to the Origins of Life — 2011 NAI
- Project 3: The Origin, Evolution, and Volatile Inventories of Terrestrial Planets — 2011 NAI
- Project 5: Geological-Biological Interactions — 2011 NAI
- Project 4: Geochemical Steps Leading to the Origins of Life — 2010 NAI
- Project 3: The Origin, Evolution, and Volatile Inventories of Terrestrial Planets — 2010 NAI
- Project 5: Geological-Biological Interactions — 2010 NAI
- Project 4: Geochemical Steps Leading to the Origins of Life — 2009 NAI
- Project 3: The Origin, Evolution, and Volatile Inventories of Terrestrial Planets — 2009 NAI
- Project 5: Geological-Biological Interactions — 2009 NAI
- 4. Prebiotic Molecular Selection and Organization — 2008 NAI
- 6. Molecular and Isotopic Biosignatures — 2008 NAI
- Project 4. Prebiotic Molecular Selection and Organization — 2007 NAI
- Project 6. Molecular and Isotopic Biosignatures — 2007 NAI
- Project 4. Prebiotic Molecular Selection and Organization — 2006 NAI
- Project 6. Molecular and Isotopic Biosignatures — 2006 NAI
- Project 4. Prebiotic Molecular Selection and Organization — 2005 NAI
- Project 6. Molecular and Isotopic Biosignatures — 2005 NAI
- Prebiotic Molecular Selection and Organization — 2004 NAI
- Astrobiotechnology — 2004 NAI
- Biosignatures and Abiosignatures — 2004 NAI
- Prebiotic Chemical and Isotopic Evolution on Earth — 2004 NAI
- Hydrothermal Organic Synthesis — 2003 NAI
- Hydrothermal Organic Synthesis — 2002 NAI
- Biological Studies of Hydrothermal Systems — 2002 NAI
- A New Molecular Recognition Instrument for Astrobiological Applications — 2002 NAI
- Hydrothermal Organic Synthesis — 2001 NAI
- JPL a New Molecular Recognition Instrument for Astrobiological Applications — 2001 NAI
- CIW a New Molecular Recognition Instrument for Astrobiological Applications — 2001 NAI
- Biological Studies of Hydrothermal Systems — 2001 NAI
- The Planetary Context of Biological Evolution: Research on Terminal Proterozoic Evolution and the Coevolution of Life and Environments — 2000 NAI
- Hydrothermal Organic Synthesis — 2000 NAI
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NAI Project Collaborators
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Publications
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Bahri, S., Jonsson, C. M., Jonsson, C. L., Azzolini, D., Sverjensky, D. A., & Hazen, R. M. (2011). Adsorption and Surface Complexation Study of L-DOPA on Rutile (α-TiO 2 ) in NaCl Solutions. Environ. Sci. Technol., 45(9), 3959–3966. doi:10.1021/es1042832
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Cleaves, H. J., Jonsson, C. M., Jonsson, C. L., Sverjensky, D. A., & Hazen, R. M. (2010). Adsorption of Nucleic Acid Components on Rutile (TiO 2 ) Surfaces. Astrobiology, 10(3), 311–323. doi:10.1089/ast.2009.0397
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Golden, J., McMillan, M., Downs, R. T., Hystad, G., Goldstein, I., Stein, H. J., … Hazen, R. M. (2013). Rhenium variations in molybdenite (MoS2): Evidence for progressive subsurface oxidation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 366, 1–5. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2013.01.034
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Grew, E. S., Bada, J. L., & Hazen, R. M. (2011). Borate Minerals and Origin of the RNA World. Orig Life Evol Biosph, 41(4), 307–316. doi:10.1007/s11084-010-9233-y
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Hazen, R. M., Bekker, A., Bish, D. L., Bleeker, W., Downs, R. T., Farquhar, J., … Valley, J. W. (2011). Needs and opportunities in mineral evolution research. American Mineralogist, 96(7), 953–963. doi:10.2138/am.2011.3725
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Hazen, R. M., Golden, J., Downs, R. T., Hystad, G., Grew, E. S., Azzolini, D., & Sverjensky, D. A. (2012). Mercury (Hg) mineral evolution: A mineralogical record of supercontinent assembly, changing ocean geochemistry, and the emerging terrestrial biosphere. American Mineralogist, 97(7), 1013–1042. doi:10.2138/am.2012.3922
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James Cleaves II, H., Michalkova Scott, A., Hill, F. C., Leszczynski, J., Sahai, N., & Hazen, R. (2012). Mineral–organic interfacial processes: potential roles in the origins of life. Chem. Soc. Rev., 41(16), 5502. doi:10.1039/c2cs35112a
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James Cleaves, H., Crapster-Pregont, E., Jonsson, C. M., Jonsson, C. L., Sverjensky, D. A., & Hazen, R. A. (2011). The adsorption of short single-stranded DNA oligomers to mineral surfaces. Chemosphere, 83(11), 1560–1567. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.01.023
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Jonsson, C. M., Jonsson, C. L., Estrada, C., Sverjensky, D. A., Cleaves, H. J., & Hazen, R. M. (2010). Adsorption of l-aspartate to rutile (α-TiO2): Experimental and theoretical surface complexation studies. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(8), 2356–2367. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2010.01.003
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Jonsson, C. M., Jonsson, C. L., Sverjensky, D. A., Cleaves, H. J., & Hazen, R. M. (2009). Attachment of l -Glutamate to Rutile (α-TiO 2 ): A Potentiometric, Adsorption, and Surface Complexation Study. Langmuir, 25(20), 12127–12135. doi:10.1021/la901635t
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Marshall-Bowman, K., Ohara, S., Sverjensky, D. A., Hazen, R. M., & James Cleaves, H. (2010). Catalytic peptide hydrolysis by mineral surface: Implications for prebiotic chemistry. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(20), 5852–5861. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2010.07.009
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Parikh, S. J., Kubicki, J. D., Jonsson, C. M., Jonsson, C. L., Hazen, R. M., Sverjensky, D. A., & Sparks, D. L. (2011). Evaluating Glutamate and Aspartate Binding Mechanisms to Rutile (α-TiO 2 ) via ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Calculations. Langmuir, 27(5), 1778–1787. doi:10.1021/la103826p
See Project See Project - Anbar, A.D., Boyd, E.S., Buick, R., Claire, M., Des Marais, D., Domagal-Goldman, S., Eigenbrode, J., Erwin, D., Freeman, K., Hazen, R., Johnson, C., Lyons, T., Meadows, V., Ohmoto, H., Ono, S., Peters, J.W., Shapiro, B., Summons, R. & Walter, M. (2010). An Archean biosphere initiative [abstract 5593]. Astrobiology Science Conference 2010. See Project
- Cleaves, H.J., Jonsson, C.M., Jonsson, C.L., Sverjensky, D.A. & Hazen, R.M. (2009). Adsorption of nucleic acid components on rutile (TiO2) surfaces. 238th American Chemical Society National Meeting. Washington, DC. See Project
- Cleaves, H.J., Sverjensky, D.A., Jonsson, C.M., Jonsson, C.L. & Hazen, R.M. (2008). Distinguishing multiple surface species of glutamate on hydrous ferric oxide. American Geophysical Union National Meeting. San Francisco. See Project
- Estrada, C.F., Jonsson, C.M., Jonsson, C.L., Parikh, S.J., Sverjensky, D.A., Cleaves, H.J. & Hazen, R.M. (2008). Surface speciation of glutamate and aspartate on titanium dioxide. American Geophysical Union National Meeting. San Francisco. See Project
- Ewing, R.C., Hazen, R.M. & Sverjensky, D.A. (2008). Mineral evolution of uranium and thorium. American Geophysical Union National Meeting. San Francisco. See Project
- Grew, E. & Hazen, R.M. (2010a). Evolution of the minerals of beryllium, and comparison with boron mineral evolution. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. See Project
- Grew, E. & Hazen, R.M. (2010b). Evolution of boron minerals: Has early species diversity been lost from the geological record? Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. See Project
- Hazen, R.M. & Papineau, D. (2011). Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres. In: Knoll, A.H., Konhauser, K.O. & Canfield, D.E. (Eds.). A Geobiology Reader. Vol. in press. Wiley-Blackwell. See Project
- Hazen, R.M. & Papineau, D. (2012). Mineralogical Co-Evolution of the Geosphere and Biosphere [Book Chapter]. Fundamentals of Geobiology. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. See Project
- Hazen, R.M. & Papineau, D. (accepted for publication). Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres. In: Knoll, A.H., Konhauser, K.O. & Canfield, D.E. (Eds.). Fundamentals of Geobiology. See Project
- Hazen, R.M. (2009). Chapter 10 – Mineral Surfaces, Geochemical Complexities, and the Origins of Life. In: Deamer, D.W. & Szostak, J.W. (Eds.). Origins of Cellular Life. Cold Springs Harbor Perspectives. See Project
- Hazen, R.M. (2009). Emergence and the experimental pursuit of the origin of life. In: Bertka, C.M. (Eds.). Exploring the Origins, Extent, and Future of Life: Philosophical, Ethical, and Theological Perspectives. New York: Cambridge University Press. See Project
- Hazen, R.M. (2009). The geochemical origin of life. In: Knoll, A.H., Canfield, D.E. & Konhauser, K.O. (Eds.). A Geobiology Reader. See Project
- Hazen, R.M. (2011). What’s new in mineral evolution. Italy Symposium publication. See Project
- Hazen, R.M., Downs, R.T., Golden, J., Grew, E.S., McMillan, M., Ralph, J.P. & Sverjensky, D.A. (2011). Mineral evolution: What’s next? Goldschmidt Cinference, Prague Czech Republic. See Project
- Hazen, R.M., Jonsson, C.M., Jonsson, C.L., Cleaves, H.J. & Sverjensky, D.A. (2009). Molecule-mineral interactions and the origins of life. 238th American Chemical Society National Meeting. Washington, DC. See Project
- Jonsson, C.M., Jonsson, C.L., Parikh, S.J., Sverjensky, D.A., Cleaves, H.J. & Hazen, R.M. (2008). Surface speciation of glutamate and aspartate on titanium dioxide. American Geophysical Union National Meeting. San Francisco. See Project
- Jonsson, C.M., Jonsson, C.L., Sverjensky, D.A. & Hazen, R.M. (2008). The adsorption of aspartic acid on rutile: implications for biochirality. American Geophysical Union National Meeting. San Francisco. See Project
- Jonsson, C.M., Jonsson, C.L., Sverjensky, D.A., Cleaves, H.J. & Hazen, R.M. (2009). Surface speciation of aspartate and glutamate on titanium dioxide. 237th American Chemical Society National Meeting. Salt Lake City. See Project
- Jonsson, C.M., Jonsson, C.L., Sverjensky, D.A., Cleaves, H.J. & Hazen, R.M. (2009). Surface speciation of glutamate and aspartate on rutile as a function of environmental conditions. 238th American Chemical Society National Meeting. Washington, DC. See Project
- McMillan, M.M., Downs, R.T., Stein, H.J., Zimmerman, A., Beitscher, B., Sverjensky, D.A., Papineau, D., Armstrong, J. & Hazen, R.M. (2010). Molybdenite mineral evolution: A study of trace elements through time. Geological Society of America. See Project
- Sverjensky, D.A. & Hazen, R.M. (2008). MoS2 and ReS2 stabilities as indicators of oxidation state on the early Earth. American Geophysical Union National Meeting. San Francisco. See Project
- Sverjensky, D.A., Jonsson, C.M., Jonsson, C.L., Cleaves, H.J. & Hazen, R.M. (2008). Glutamate surface speciation on amorphous titanium dioxide and hydrous ferric oxide. Environmental Science & Technology, 42: 6034-6039. See Project
- Sverjensky, D.A., Jonsson, C.M., Jonsson, C.L., Hazen, R.M. & Cleaves, H.J. (2009). Surface complexation models of glutamate and aspartate on rutile. 238th American Chemical Society National Meeting. Washington, DC. See Project
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Discipline
Earth Science
Current NAI Teams
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Rutgers University
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