NAI
Lisa Pratt
Indiana University, Bloomington
Current Projects
- Saline Lakes and Gypsum Dunes in the Rio Grande Rift System as Analogues for Sulfate Deposits on Mars — 2008 NAI
- Microbial Communities in Subpermafrost Saline Fracture Water at the Lupin Au Mine, Nunavut, Canada — 2008 NAI
- Mars Forward Contamination Studies Utilizing a Mars Environmental Simulation Chamber — 2008 NAI
- Radiolytic Oxidation of Sulfide Minerals as a Source of Sulfate and Hydrogen to Sustain Microbial Metabolism — 2008 NAI
- Amino Acid Preservation in Saline-Lake Sediments and Mars-Simulant Regolith — 2008 NAI
- Isotopic Signatures of Methane and Higher Hydrocarbon Gases From Precambrian Shield Sites: A Model for Abiogenic Polymerization of Hydrocarbons — 2008 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
- Challenges for Coring Deep Permafrost on Earth and Mars: Drilling Project at High Lake, Nunavut, Canada — 2008 NAI
- Simulating Preservation of Amino Acids and Peptides in Evaporitic Sulfate Deposits on the Surface of Mars — 2007 NAI
- Experimental Study of Radiolytic Oxidation of Pyrite as a Source of Sulfate and Hydrogen to Sustain Microbial Metabolism — 2007 NAI
- Retentostat Studies of Subsurface Sulfate Reducing Bacterium — 2007 NAI
- Evolution of Abiotic Environments to Ecosystems — 2007 NAI
- Drilling a Borehole for Sampling of Gases, Water, and Microbes in Sub-Permafrost Groundwater at High Lake, Nunavut Territory, Canada — 2007 NAI
- Saline Lakes and Gypsum Dunes in the Rio Grande Rift System as Analogues for Sulfate Deposits on Mars — 2007 NAI
- Experimental Study of Radiolytic Oxidation of Pyrite: Implications for Mars-Relevant Crustal Processes — 2006 NAI
- Microbial and Biogeochemical Characterization of Terrestrial Analogue Sites for Life in the Subsurface of Mars. — 2006 NAI
- Radiolysis as a Source of Chemical Energy for Microbial Metabolism in the Deep Subsurface — 2005 NAI
- Origins and Signatures of Biogenic and Abiogenic Hydrocarbons. — 2005 NAI
- Microbial and Biogeochemical Characterization of a Terrestrial Analogue Site for Mars. — 2005 NAI
- Biosustainable Energy and Nutrient Cycles in the Deep Subsurface of Earth and Mars — 2004 NAI
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NAI Project Collaborators
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Publications
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(no authors found) (2008). Science Priorities for Mars Sample Return. Astrobiology, 8(3), 489–535. doi:10.1089/ast.2008.0759
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Pohorille, A., & Pratt, L. R. (2012). Is Water the Universal Solvent for Life?. Orig Life Evol Biosph, 42(5), 405–409. doi:10.1007/s11084-012-9301-6
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Szynkiewicz, A., Ewing, R. C., Moore, C. H., Glamoclija, M., Bustos, D., & Pratt, L. M. (2010). Origin of terrestrial gypsum dunes—Implications for Martian gypsum-rich dunes of Olympia Undae. Geomorphology, 121(1-2), 69–83. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.02.017
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Phone:
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Fax:
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Email:
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Discipline
Biogeochemistry
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