NAI
Isik Kanik
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Current Projects
- Inv 1 - Geochemical Reactor: Energy Production at Water-Rock Interfaces — 2016 NAI
- Astrobiology of Icy Worlds — 2014 NAI
- Investigation 4: Path to the Flight — 2013 NAI
- Investigation 1: Habitability of Icy Worlds — 2013 NAI
- Habitability of Water-Rich Environments, Task 5: Evaluate the Habitability of Small Icy Satellites and Minor Planets — 2013 NAI
- Habitability of Icy Worlds — 2012 NAI
- Path to Flight — 2012 NAI
- Survivability of Icy Worlds — 2012 NAI
- Project 4C: New Ways for Exploring Mars for Environmental History and Biosignatures — 2012 NAI
- Survivability of Icy Worlds — 2011 NAI
- Path to Flight — 2011 NAI
- Survivability of Icy Worlds — 2010 NAI
- Path to Flight — 2010 NAI
- Astrobiology of Icy Worlds — 2009 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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Barge, L. M., Doloboff, I. J., Russell, M. J., VanderVelde, D., White, L. M., Stucky, G. D., … Kanik, I. (2014). Pyrophosphate synthesis in iron mineral films and membranes simulating prebiotic submarine hydrothermal precipitates. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 128, 1–12. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2013.12.006
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Hodyss, R., Howard, H. R., Johnson, P. V., Goguen, J. D., & Kanik, I. (2011). Formation of radical species in photolyzed CH4:N2 ices. Icarus, 214(2), 748–753. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.05.023
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Hodyss, R., Parkinson, C. D., Johnson, P. V., Stern, J. V., Goguen, J. D., Yung, Y. L., & Kanik, I. (2009). Methanol on Enceladus. Geophysical Research Letters, 36(17), None. doi:10.1029/2009gl039336
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Johnson, P. V., Hodyss, R., Bolser, D. K., Bhartia, R., Lane, A. L., & Kanik, I. (2011). Ultraviolet-Stimulated Fluorescence and Phosphorescence of Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Water Ice. Astrobiology, 11(2), 151–156. doi:10.1089/ast.2010.0568
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McGlynn, S. E., Kanik, I., & Russell, M. J. (2012). Peptide and RNA contributions to iron-sulphur chemical gardens as life’s first inorganic compartments, catalysts, capacitors and condensers. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 370(1969), 3007–3022. doi:10.1098/rsta.2011.0211
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Mielke, R. E., Robinson, K. J., White, L. M., McGlynn, S. E., McEachern, K., Bhartia, R., … Russell, M. J. (2011). Iron-Sulfide-Bearing Chimneys as Potential Catalytic Energy Traps at Life’s Emergence. Astrobiology, 11(10), 933–950. doi:10.1089/ast.2011.0667
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Mielke, R. E., Russell, M. J., Wilson, P. R., McGlynn, S. E., Coleman, M., Kidd, R., & Kanik, I. (2010). Design, Fabrication, and Test of a Hydrothermal Reactor for Origin-of-Life Experiments. Astrobiology, 10(8), 799–810. doi:10.1089/ast.2009.0456
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Orzechowska, G. E., Kidd, R. D., Foing, B. H., Kanik, I., Stoker, C., & Ehrenfreund, P. (2011). Analysis of Mars analogue soil samples using solid-phase microextraction, organic solvent extraction and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. International Journal of Astrobiology, 10(03), 209–219. doi:10.1017/s1473550410000443
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Orzechowska, G. E., Kidd, R. D., Foing, B. H., Kanik, I., Stoker, C., & Ehrenfreund, P. (2011). Analysis of Mars analogue soil samples using solid-phase microextraction, organic solvent extraction and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. International Journal of Astrobiology, 10(03), 209–219. doi:10.1017/s1473550410000443
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Sokol, E., Noll, R. J., Cooks, R. G., Beegle, L. W., Kim, H. I., & Kanik, I. (2011). Miniature mass spectrometer equipped with electrospray and desorption electrospray ionization for direct analysis of organics from solids and solutions. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 306(2-3), 187–195. doi:10.1016/j.ijms.2010.10.019
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Tsou, P., Brownlee, D. E., McKay, C. P., Anbar, A. D., Yano, H., Altwegg, K., … Kanik, I. (2012). LIFE: Life Investigation For Enceladus A Sample Return Mission Concept in Search for Evidence of Life. Astrobiology, 12(8), 730–742. doi:10.1089/ast.2011.0813
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- Hodyss, R., Howard, H.R., Johnson, P.V., Goguen, J.D. & Kanik, I. (2010). Atomic Carbon Chemistry in Photolyzed Triton-Like Ices. Icarus. See Project
- Hodyss, R., Howard, H.R., Johnson, P.V., Goguen, J.D. & Kanik, I. (To Be Submitted). Atomic Carbon Chemistry in Photolyzed Triton-Like Ices. Icarus. See Project
- Hodyss, R., Johnson, P.V. & Kanik, I. (2010, To be submitted). Photolytic lifetimes of hydrocarbons in water ice matrices. J. Phys Chem. See Project
- Hodyss, R., Johnson, P.V., Boxe, C., Lane, A.L. & Kanik, I. (2009, Submitted.). Fluorescence spectra and quantum yields of aromatic compounds in water ice. Astrobiology. See Project
- Hodyss, R., Kim, H.I., Bolser, D.K., Johnson, P.V., Goguen, J.D. & Kanik, I. (2010). Ultraviolet Photolysis of Lipids. Icarus. See Project
- Hodyss, R., Kim, H.I., Bolser, D.K., Johnson, P.V., Goguen, J.D. & Kanik, I. (To Be Sbmitted). Ultraviolet Photolysis of Lipids. Icarus. See Project
- Hodyss, R., Parkinson, C.D., Johnson, P.V., Stern, J.V., Goguen, J.D., Yung, Y.L. & Kanik, I. (2009). Methanol on Enceladus, American Geophysical Union. American Geophysical Union (AGU). San Francisco, California, USA. See Project
- Johnson, P.V., Hodyss, R., Howard, H.R., Goguen, J.D. & Kanik, I. (2010). Atomic Carbon Chemistry in Photolyzed Triton-like Ices. 42nd annual meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society. Pasadena, CA, USA. See Project
- Johnson, P.V., Hodyss, R., Howard, H.R., Goguen, J.D. & Kanik, I. (2010). Atomic Carbon Chemistry in Photolyzed Triton-like Ices. 42nd annual meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society. Pasadena, CA. See Project
- Kanik, I., Beegle, L.W., Johnson, P.V., Hodyss, R. & Young, D.T. (2010, to be submitted). Mass spectrometers and other analytical separation devices for planetary applications: a critical review. Review of Scientific Instruments. See Project
- Kanik, I., Russell, M.J., Hodyss, R.P. & Johnson, P.V. (14–18 December 2009). Acetate: A better astrobiological indicator of life than methane? AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA. See Project
- Russell, M.J. & Kanik, I. (2010). Why Does Life Start, What Does It Do, Where Will It Be, And How Might We Find It? Journal of Cosmology, 5: 1008-1039. See Project
- Soparawalla, S., Duncan, J.S., Ouyang, Z., Beegle, L.W., Fisher, A.M., Kanik, I. & Cooks, G.R. (2012). In Situ Analysis of Organics with a Portable Mass Spectrometer. Engineering in Extreme Environment, Earth and Space 2012 Conference. Pasadena CA. See Project
- Soparawalla, S., Duncan, J.S., Ouyang, Z., Beegle, L.W., Fisher, A.M., Kanik, I. & Cooks, G.R. In Situ Analysis of Organics with a Portable Mass Spectrometer. To be presented at ASCE, Engineering in Extreme Environment. See Project
- Tsou, P., Brownlee, D.E., McKay, C.P., Yano, H., Strange, N., Beegle, L.W., Dissley, R. & Kanik, I. (2011). LIFE: Life Investigation For Enceladus, A Sample Return Mission Concept in Search for Evidence of Life. AGU Fall meeting. San Francisco, CA. See Project
- White, L., Bhartia, R., Stucky, G., Kanik, I. & Russell, M. (2012, Submitted). Determining Catalytic Iron-sulfide Species in Ancient Alkaline Hydrothermal Vent Systems. Earth and Planetary Science. See Project
- White, L.M., Bhartia, R., Stucky, G.D., Kanik, I. & Russell, M.J. (In Review). Characterizing compositional variations in catalytic iron-sulfide species in ancient alkaline hydrothermal vent systems. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. See Project
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