Tori Hoehler
NASA Ames Research Center
Current Projects
- Task A: Solar System Analogs for Extrasolar Planetary Processes and Observations — 2016 NAI
- Hydrogeochemistry of Serpentinizing Systems — 2016 NAI
- Global Surface Biosignatures: Reflectance Spectra of Anoxygenic Phototrophs and Cyanobacteria — 2015 NAI
- Astronomical Biosignatures, False Positives for Life, and Implications for Future Space Telescopes — 2015 NAI
- Modeling Habitable Environments Generated by Water/rock Reactions — 2015 NAI
- High Temperature W/R Hosted Microbial Ecosystems in Yellowstone — 2015 NAI
- Biogenic Gases From Anoxygenic Photosynthesis in Microbial Mats — 2015 NAI
- Field Activities at the Coast Range Ophiolite Microbial Observatory (CROMO) — 2015 NAI
- Mineralogical Traces of Early Habitable Environments — 2014 NAI
- Biogenic Gases From Anoxygenic Photosynthesis in Microbial Mats — 2014 NAI
- Coupled Energy Balance Ecosystem-Atmosphere Modeling of Thermodynamically-Constrained Biogenic Gas Fluxes Project — 2014 NAI
- Mineralogical Traces of Early Habitable Environments — 2013 NAI
- Biogenic Gases From Anoxygenic Photosynthesis in Microbial Mats — 2013 NAI
- Mineralogical Traces of Early Habitable Environments — 2012 NAI
- Understanding Past Earth Environments — 2012 NAI
- Understanding Past Earth Environments — 2011 NAI
- Mineralogical Traces of Early Habitable Environments — 2011 NAI
- Understanding Past Earth Environments — 2010 NAI
- Mineralogical Traces of Early Habitable Environments — 2010 NAI
- Understanding Past Earth Environments — 2009 NAI
- Mineralogical Traces of Early Habitable Environments — 2009 NAI
- Stoichiometry of Life, Task 2a: Field Studies - Yellowstone National Park — 2009 NAI
- Biosignatures in Chemosynthetic and Photosynthetic Systems — 2008 NAI
- Biosignatures in Chemosynthetic and Photosynthetic Systems — 2007 NAI
- Biosignatures in Chemosynthetic and Photosynthetic Systems — 2006 NAI
- Biosignatures in Chemosynthetic and Photosynthetic Systems — 2005 NAI
- Biosignatures in Chemosynthetic and Photosynthetic Systems — 2004 NAI
- Early Microbial Ecosystems — 2003 NAI
- Early Microbial Ecosystems — 2002 NAI
- Early Microbial Ecosystems — 2001 NAI
- Early Microbial Ecosystems: Modern Analogs — 2000 NAI
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NAI Project Collaborators
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Publications
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(no authors found) (2009). Crystal ball – 2009. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 1(1), 3–26. doi:10.1111/j.1758-2229.2008.00010.x
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Alperin, M. J., & Hoehler, T. M. (2009). Anaerobic methane oxidation by archaea/sulfate-reducing bacteria aggregates: 1. Thermodynamic and physical constraints. American Journal of Science, 309(10), 869–957. doi:10.2475/10.2009.01
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Alperin, M., & Hoehler, T. (2010). The Ongoing Mystery of Sea-Floor Methane. Science, 329(5989), 288–289. doi:10.1126/science.1189966
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Burow, L. C., Woebken, D., Bebout, B. M., McMurdie, P. J., Singer, S. W., Pett-Ridge, J., … Hoehler, T. M. (2011). Hydrogen production in photosynthetic microbial mats in the Elkhorn Slough estuary, Monterey Bay. ISME J, 6(4), 863–874. doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.142
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Cardace, D., & Hoehler, T. M. (2009). Serpentinizing Fluids Craft Microbial Habitat. Northeastern Naturalist, 16(sp5), 272–284. doi:10.1656/045.016.0520
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Des Marais, D. J., Allamandola, L. J., Benner, S. A., Boss, A. P., Deamer, D., Falkowski, P. G., … Yorke, H. W. (2003). The NASA Astrobiology Roadmap. Astrobiology, 3(2), 219–235. doi:10.1089/153110703769016299
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Des Marais, D. J., Nuth, J. A., Allamandola, L. J., Boss, A. P., Farmer, J. D., Hoehler, T. M., … Spormann, A. M. (2008). The NASA Astrobiology Roadmap. Astrobiology, 8(4), 715–730. doi:10.1089/ast.2008.0819
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Fike, D. A., Finke, N., Zha, J., Blake, G., Hoehler, T. M., & Orphan, V. J. (2009). The effect of sulfate concentration on (sub)millimeter-scale sulfide δ34S in hypersaline cyanobacterial mats over the diurnal cycle. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73(20), 6187–6204. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2009.07.006
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Hausrath, E. M., Treiman, A. H., Vicenzi, E., Bish, D. L., Blake, D., Sarrazin, P., … Brantley, S. L. (2008). Short- and Long-Term Olivine Weathering in Svalbard: Implications for Mars. Astrobiology, 8(6), 1079–1092. doi:10.1089/ast.2007.0195
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Hoehler, T. M. (2010). Innumerable globes like this one?. Nature Geosci, 3(7), 447–447. doi:10.1038/ngeo900
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Hoehler, T. M., & Westall, F. (2010). Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group Goal One: Determine If Life Ever Arose on Mars. Astrobiology, 10(9), 859–867. doi:10.1089/ast.2010.0527
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Orphan, V. J., & Hoehler, T. M. (2011). Microbiology: Hydrogen for dinner. Nature, 476(7359), 154–155. doi:10.1038/476154a
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Woebken, D., Burow, L. C., Prufert-Bebout, L., Bebout, B. M., Hoehler, T. M., Pett-Ridge, J., … Singer, S. W. (2012). Identification of a novel cyanobacterial group as active diazotrophs in a coastal microbial mat using NanoSIMS analysis. ISME J, 6(7), 1427–1439. doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.200
See Project - Alperin, M.J. & Hoehler, T.M. (2012). Modeling microbial life under extreme energy limitation. Abstracts of the Second International Workshop on Microbial Life Under Extreme Energy Limitation. See Project
- Alperin, M.J., Hoehler, T.M. & Lloyd, K.G. (2012). On the reversibility of methane production from CO2 and H2: Revisited. Abstracts of the Second International Workshop on Microbial Life Under Extreme Energy Limitation. See Project
- Cardace, D. & Hoehler, T.M. (2009). Serpentinizing Fluids Craft Microbial Habitat. In: Favolise-Stanton, A. (Eds.). Soil and Biota of Serpentine: A World View. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of Serpentine Ecology. Vol. 5. Northeastern Naturalist (Steuben, Maine) Special Issue. See Project
- Cardace, D. & Hoehler, T.M. (2010). Extremophiles in serpentinizing systems: Implications for life on the Early Earth and Other Planets. In: Harrison, S. & Rajakaruna, N. (Eds.). Serpentine: A Model for Evolution and Ecology. University of California Press. See Project
- Cardace, D. & Hoehler, T.M. (2010). Subsurface Investigation of the Coast Range Ophiolite, Northern California: Field Campaign Findings [abstract]. Abstracts of the NASA Astrobiology Science Conference. See Project
- Cardace, D. & Hoehler, T.M. Extremophiles in serpentinizing systems. In: Rajakaruna, H.a. (Eds.). Serpentine: A Model for Evolution and Ecology. University of California Press. See Project
- Cardace, D., Carnevale, D., Hoehler, T., McCollom, T. & Schrenk, M. (2011). Active Serpentinization in the Coast Range Ophiolite: Intersections of Petrography, Geochemistry, and Bioenergetics [poster]. Astrobiology Science Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. See Project
- Cardace, D., Carnevale, D., Hoehler, T., McCollom, T. & Schrenk, M. (2012). Active Serpentinization in the Coast Range Ophiolite: Intersections of Petrography, Geochemistry, and Bioenergetics. Abstract #4491. Presented at the Astrobiology Science Conference, Atlanta, GA, 16-20 April. See Project
- Carnevale, D., Cardace, D., McCann, A. & Hoehler, T.M. (2011). Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Coast Range Ophiolite, CA Rock Cores Keys to Understanding Subsurface Serpentinite Habitability on Mars. Abstract B51B-0401. Presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec. See Project
- Ehlmann, B.L., Cardace, D., Hoehler, T., Blake, D. & Kelemen, P. (2011). Terrestrial serpentinizing systems as mineralogical, geochemical (and biological?) analogs for Mars. Analogue sites for Mars missions: MSL and beyond. The Woodlands, TX. See Project
- Hoehler, T.M. & Pohorille, A. (2011). The importance of water for high fidelity information processing and for life. [Invited] EOS Trans. AGU, 92(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., P24B-02. See Project
- Hoehler, T.M. (2008). Energy as a constraint on habitability in the subsurface. [ABSTRACT] (Invited). EOS Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl: B52B-01. See Project
- Hoehler, T.M. (2009). Life at the common denominator: Mechanistic and quantitative biology for the earth and space sciences [ABSTRACT]. EOS Transactions AGU, 90(52): P32B-01. See Project
- Hoehler, T.M. (2010). Compound extremes and energy limitation in aqueous environments on Mars: A case-study of methanogenesis in serpentinizing systems. 2010 Extremophiles Meeting. Azores, Portugal. See Project
- Hoehler, T.M. (2011). Energetic constraints on subsurface life: A case study of methanogenesis in serpentinizing systems. [Invited] Abstracts of the 2011 International Society for Subsurface Microbiology Meeting. See Project
- Hoehler, T.M., Alperin, M.J. & McCollom, T.M. (2012). Energy and habitability: A case study of methanogenesis in serpentinizing systems. [Invited] Abstracts of the 2012 Astrobiology Science Conference. See Project
- Hoehler, T.M., Alperin, M.J., McCollom, T.M. & Rogers, K.L. (2008). Habitability of serpentinizing systems for methanogenic microorganisms: an energy balance model. [ABSTRACT]. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72(12), Supplement 1: 383. See Project
- Hoehler, T.M., Alperin, M.J., McCollom, T.M. & Rogers, K.L. (2010). An energy balance model for the habitability of serpentinizing systems [ABSTRACT]. Abstracts of the 2010 Astrobiology Science Conference. See Project
- Hoehler, T.M., Alperin, M.J., McCollom, T.M. & Rogers, K.L. (2010). Modeling energy flow at the cellular level [ABSTRACT]. Abstracts of the 13th International Society for Microbial Ecology Meeting. See Project
- Hoehler, T.M., Gunsalus, R.P. & McInerney, M.J. (2010). Environmental constraints that limit methanogenesis. In: Timmis, K.N. (Eds.). Handbook of hydrocarbon and lipid microbiology. Springer-Verlag. See Project
- Hoehler, T.M., McCollom, T., Schrenk, M.O., Kubo, M. & Cardace, D. (2011). One-carbon (bio?) geochemistry in subsurface waters of the serpentinizing Coast Range Ophiolite (Invited), Abstract B22A-04 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec., EOS Trans. AGU, 92(53). See Project
- Hoehler, T.M., McCollom, T., Schrenk, M.O., Kubo, M. & Cardace, D. (2011). One-carbon (bio?)geochemistry in subsurface waters of the serpentinizing Coast Range Ophiolite. [invited talk]. Abstract B22A-04 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA. See Project
- McCollom, T.M., Bach, W. & Hoehler, T.M. (2010). Constraints on the generation of hydrogen for microbial metabolism during serpentinization [ABSTRACT]. Abstracts of the 2010 Astrobiology Science Conference. See Project
- McInerney, M.J., Hoehler, T.M. & Gunsalus, R.P. (2010). Introduction to hydrocarbon production: Bioenergetics. In: Timmis, K. (Eds.). Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. See Project
- Som, S., Alperin, M. & Hoehler, T. (2012). Numerical quantification of habitability in serpentinizing systems. Abstract and poster presented at the 2012 Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon), April 16-20 2012, Atlanta, GA. See Project
- Som, S., Alperin, M. & Hoehler, T. (2012). Numerical quantification of habitability in serpentinizing systems. Poster presented at the 2012 Astrobiology Graduate Conference (AbGradCon), August 27-30 2012, Los Angeles, CA. See Project
- Wray, A.C., Bolser, D., Kubo, M. & Hoehler, T. (2012). Carbon Monoxide and its Role in Subsurface Anaerobic Microbial Metabolism, Poster presented at Astrobiology Science Conference 2012, Atlanta, Georgia, April 16-20. See Project
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Phone:
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Email:
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Discipline
Biogeochemistry, Microbial Ecology
Past NAI Teams
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University of Colorado, Boulder
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Arizona State University
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NASA Ames Research Center
CAN 5 -
NASA Ames Research Center
CAN 1 -
VPL at University of Washington
CAN 6 -
VPL at University of Washington
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NASA Ames Research Center
CAN 3