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Tullis Onstott
Princeton University

Current Projects

In-Situ Life Detection and Characterization — 2016 NAI
Environmental Genomics Reveals a Single Species Ecosystem Deep Within the Earth. — 2008 NAI
Application of U-Tube and Fiber-Optic Distributed Temperature Sensor to Characterize the Chemical and Physical Properties of a Deep Permafrost and Sub-Permafrost Environment at High Lake, Nunavut, Canada. — 2008 NAI
High Lake Gossan Deposit: An Arctic Analogue for Ancient Martian Surficial Processes? — 2008 NAI
Challenges for Coring Deep Permafrost on Earth and Mars: Drilling Project at High Lake, Nunavut, Canada — 2008 NAI

Design, Construction and Testing of a Cavity-Ring Down Spectrometer for Determination of the Concentration and Isotopic Composition of Methane — 2008 NAI

Mars Forward Contamination Studies Utilizing a Mars Environmental Simulation Chamber — 2008 NAI

Isotopic Signatures of Methane and Higher Hydrocarbon Gases From Precambrian Shield Sites: A Model for Abiogenic Polymerization of Hydrocarbons — 2008 NAI

Microbial Communities in Subpermafrost Saline Fracture Water at the Lupin Au Mine, Nunavut, Canada — 2008 NAI

Stability of Methane Hydrates in the Presence of High Salinity Brines on Mars — 2007 NAI

Construction of a Borehole Apparatus for Sampling of Fluids and Microbes in Sub-Permafrost Groundwater, Nunavut Territory, Canada — 2007 NAI

Survival Capability of a Cold-Loving Microbe in a Mars Simulation Chamber — 2007 NAI

Retentostat Studies of Subsurface Sulfate Reducing Bacterium — 2007 NAI

Evolution of Abiotic Environments to Ecosystems — 2007 NAI

Design and Assembly of a Cavity-Ring Down Spectrometer for Determination of Concentration and Isotopic Composition of Methane in Gases — 2007 NAI

Drilling a Borehole for Sampling of Gases, Water, and Microbes in Sub-Permafrost Groundwater at High Lake, Nunavut Territory, Canada — 2007 NAI

Origins and Signatures of Biogenic Hydrocarbons - Controls on the Transition From Abiogenic Geochemistry to Biotic Systems in the Deep Subsurface and Identification of Signature for Life — 2006 NAI

Understanding Mars Subsurface Methane Hydrates and Brines and Potentials for Microbial Habitats — 2006 NAI

Microbial and Biogeochemical Characterization of Terrestrial Analogue Sites for Life in the Subsurface of Mars. — 2006 NAI

Synergism, Evolution, and Functional Ecogenomics of Deep-Subsurface Microbial Communities Based on Molecular Analyses — 2006 NAI

Design and Assembly of a Cavity-Ring Down Spectrometer for Determination of Concentration and Isotopic Composition of Methane in Gases — 2006 NAI

Synergism, Evolution, and Functional Ecogenomics of Deep-Subsurface Microbial Communities Based on Molecular Analyses — 2005 NAI

Laser Fluorometry for Remote Detection of Oxygenic Phototrophs on Earth And, Potentially, on Mars — 2005 NAI

Radiolysis as a Source of Chemical Energy for Microbial Metabolism in the Deep Subsurface — 2005 NAI

Microbial and Biogeochemical Characterization of a Terrestrial Analogue Site for Mars. — 2005 NAI

Origins and Signatures of Biogenic and Abiogenic Hydrocarbons. — 2005 NAI

Biosustainable Energy and Nutrient Cycles in the Deep Subsurface of Earth and Mars — 2004 NAI

View all 27 projects

NAI Project Collaborators

Project collaborators as reported by the latest NAI Annual Report.
William Abbey
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Collaborated on 1 Project

Abigail Allwood
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Collaborated on 1 Project

Jan Amend
University of Southern California
Collaborated on 1 Project

Rohit Bhartia
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Collaborated on 1 Project

Lina Bird
University of Southern California
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Sean Bouchard
University of Southern California
Collaborated on 1 Project

Caitlin Casar
University of Southern California
Collaborated on 1 Project

David Case
California Institute of Technology
Collaborated on 1 Project

Gray Chadwick
University of Southern California
Collaborated on 1 Project

Allison Comrie
University of Southern California
Collaborated on 1 Project

Bethany Ehlmann
California Institute of Technology
Collaborated on 1 Project

Moh El-Naggar
University of Southern California
Collaborated on 1 Project

Evan Eshelman
University of Southern California
Collaborated on 1 Project

Jayme Feyhl-Buska
University of Southern California
Collaborated on 1 Project

Tracy Fullerton
University of Southern California
Collaborated on 1 Project

Jacqueline Goordial
McGill University
Collaborated on 1 Project

Yuri Gorby
University of Southern California
Collaborated on 1 Project

Scott Hamilton-Brehm
Desert Research Institute
Collaborated on 1 Project

Hiroyuki Imachi
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Collaborated on 1 Project

Fumio Inagaki
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Collaborated on 1 Project

Yamini Jangir
University of Southern California
Collaborated on 1 Project

Rose Jones
University of Southern California
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Amruta Karbelkar
University of Southern California
Collaborated on 1 Project

Chris Kempes
Collaborated on 1 Project

Brittany Kruger
Desert Research Institute
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J. Gijs Kuenen
Technische Universiteit Delft
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Doug LaRowe
University of Southern California
Collaborated on 1 Project

Bonita Lam
University of Southern California
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Kyle Metcalfe
University of Southern California
Collaborated on 1 Project

Alice Michel
University of Southern California
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Lily Momper
University of Southern California
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Yuki Morono
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Collaborated on 1 Project

Duane Moser
Desert Research Institute
Collaborated on 1 Project

Sean Mullin
California Institute of Technology
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Kenneth Nealson
University of Southern California
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Akihira Okamoto
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Beth Orcutt
University of Southern California
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Victoria Orphan
California Institute of Technology
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Magdalena Osburn
Northwestern University
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Sahand Pirbadian
University of Southern California
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Brandi Reese
Texas A&M University
Collaborated on 1 Project

Nerissa Rivera-Laux
University of Southern California
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Alberto Robador
University of Hawaii, Manoa
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Annette Rowe
University of Southern California
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Joshua Sackett
Desert Research Institute
Collaborated on 1 Project

Everett Salas
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Cecilia Sanders
University of Southern California
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Haley Sapers
University of Southern California
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Pratixa Savalia
University of Southern California
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Barbara Sherwood Lollar
University of Toronto
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Daan Speth
University of Southern California
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Elizabeth Trembath-Reichert
California Institute of Technology
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Greg Wanger
University of Southern California
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Josh West
University of Southern California
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Holly Willis
University of Southern California
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Hank Yu
University of Southern California
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Phone:
609-258-6898
Fax:
609-258-1274
Email:
tullis@princeton.edu

Past NAI Teams

University of Southern California
CAN 6
Indiana University, Bloomington
CAN 3