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Niki Parenteau
NASA Ames Research Center

Current Projects

Task A: Solar System Analogs for Extrasolar Planetary Processes and Observations — 2016 NAI
Astronomical Biosignatures, False Positives for Life, and Implications for Future Space Telescopes — 2015 NAI
Biogenic Gases From Anoxygenic Photosynthesis in Microbial Mats — 2015 NAI
Global Surface Biosignatures: Circular Polarization Spectra of Anoxygenic Phototrophs and Cyanobacteria — 2015 NAI
The Long Wavelength Limit of Oxygenic Photosynthesis — 2015 NAI

Global Surface Biosignatures: Reflectance Spectra of Anoxygenic Phototrophs and Cyanobacteria — 2015 NAI

Mineralogical Traces of Early Habitable Environments — 2014 NAI

Biogenic Gases From Anoxygenic Photosynthesis in Microbial Mats — 2014 NAI

The Long Wavelength Limit of Oxygenic Photosynthesis — 2014 NAI

Biogenic Gases From Anoxygenic Photosynthesis in Microbial Mats — 2013 NAI

The Long Wavelength Limit of Oxygenic Photosynthesis — 2013 NAI

Mineralogical Traces of Early Habitable Environments — 2013 NAI

Mineralogical Traces of Early Habitable Environments — 2012 NAI

Mineralogical Traces of Early Habitable Environments — 2011 NAI

Habitability of Water-Rich Environments, Task 4: Evaluate the Habitability of Ancient Aqueous Solutions on Mars — 2010 NAI

Mineralogical Traces of Early Habitable Environments — 2010 NAI

Mineralogical Traces of Early Habitable Environments — 2009 NAI

Habitability of Water-Rich Environments, Task 4: Evaluate the Habitability of Ancient Aqueous Solutions on Mars — 2009 NAI

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NAI Project Collaborators

Project collaborators as reported by the latest NAI Annual Report.
Eric Agol
University of Washington
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Elena Amador
University of Washington
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John Armstrong
Weber State University
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Giada Arney
University of Washington
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Mahmuda Afrin Badhan
University of Washington
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Jeremy Bailey
University of New South Wales
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Rory Barnes
University of Washington
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John Baross
University of Washington
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Cecilia Bitz
University of Washington
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Roy Black
University of Washington
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Robert Blankenship
Washington University in St. Louis
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Edward Bolton
Yale University
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Amber Britt
University of Washington
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Roger Buick
University of Washington
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David Catling
University of Washington
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Benjamin Charnay
University of Washington
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Mark Claire
University of St. Andrews
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Pamela Conrad
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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David Crisp
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Russell Deitrick
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Drake Deming
University of Maryland, College Park
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David Des Marais
NASA Ames Research Center
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Feng Ding
University of Washington
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Shawn Domagal-Goldman
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Peter Driscoll
University of Washington
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Ryan Felton
University of Washington
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Katherina Feng
Pennsylvania State University
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David Fleming
University of Washington
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Jonathan Fortney
University of California, Santa Cruz
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Colin Goldblatt
University of Victoria
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Erik Goosmann
University of Washington
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Pramod Gupta
University of Washington
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Jacob Haqq-Misra
Pennsylvania State University
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Erika Harnett
University of Washington
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Suzanne Hawley
University of Washington
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Cameron Hearne
University of Washington
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Tori Hoehler
NASA Ames Research Center
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Andre Izidoro
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James Kasting
Pennsylvania State University
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Sarah Keller
University of Washington
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Nancy Kiang
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
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Michael Kipp
University of Washington
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Matthew Koehler
University of Washington
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Daniel Koll
University of Washington
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Ravi Kopparapu
University of Maryland, College Park
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Joshua Krissansen-Totton
University of Washington
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Andrew Lincowski
University of Washington
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Rodrigo Luger
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Jacob Lustig-Yaeger
University of Washington
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Victoria Meadows
University of Washington
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Raymond Pierrehumbert
University of Chicago
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Thomas Quinn
University of Washington
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Sean Raymond
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux
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Tyler Robinson
University of Washington
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Edward Schwieterman
University of Washington
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Antigona Segura-Peralta
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
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Holly Sheets
University of Maryland
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Aomawa Shields
University of Washington
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Janet Siefert
Rice University
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Norman Sleep
Stanford University
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Sanjoy Som
Blue Marble Space Institute of Science
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William Sparks
Space Telescope Science Institute
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Eva Stüeken
University of St. Andrews
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Jon Toner
University of Washington
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Guadalupe Tovar
University of Washington
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Lucianne Walkowicz
Princeton University
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Caitlyn Wilhelm
University of Washington
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Yuk Yung
California Institute of Technology
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Kevin Zahnle
NASA Ames Research Center
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Mike Zugger
Pennsylvania State University
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Publications

Jahnke, L., Parenteau, N. & Farmer, J. (2012). Microbial lipid and C isotopic biosignatures of a unique community at Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park. Poster presentation at American Society for Microbiology General Meeting, June 2012, San Francisco, CA. See Project
Parenteau, N., Jahnke, L. & Bosak, T. (2012). Linking microbial ecosystem biosignatures to the geologic record of early Earth and Mars. Astrobiology Science Conference, April 2012, Atlanta, GA. See Project
Parenteau, N., Jahnke, L., Cady, S. & Pierson, B. (2011). Anoxygenic growth of cyanobacteria on Fe(II) and their associated biosignatures: Implications for biotic contributions to Precambrian Iron Formations. Oral presentation at AGU Fall Meeting, December 2011, San Francisco, CA. See Project
Parenteau, N., Jahnke, L., Cady, S. & Pierson, B. (2012). Anoxygenic growth of cyanobacteria on Fe(II) and their associated biosignatures: Implications for biotic contributions to Precambrian Iron Formations. Oral presentation at NASA Ames Biology Seminar Series, September 2012, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. See Project