NAI
Dawn Sumner
University of California, Davis
About
Microbialites were likely the first biological communities on Earth. Understanding them allows us to ask and answer questions about the evolution of communities, complex life, and the role that environment plays in community structure and composition.
Sumner’s lab group is currently addressing these topics through their work in the lakes of McMurdo Dry Valley in Antarctica as well as on Archean microbialites.
Visit Dawn’s blog on 14 days in the Antarctic and her blog on being a science team member on NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity.
Current Projects
- Environmental Evolution and Complex Life — 2016 NAI
- Mars Analog Studies: Ice Covered Lakes on Earth and Mars — 2015 NAI
- The MSL Mission to Mars — 2015 NAI
- Taphonomy, Curiosity and Missions to Mars — 2014 NAI
- Taphonomy, Curiosity and Missions to Mars — 2013 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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(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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Summons, R. E., Amend, J. P., Bish, D., Buick, R., Cody, G. D., Des Marais, D. J., … Sumner, D. Y. (2011). Preservation of Martian Organic and Environmental Records: Final Report of the Mars Biosignature Working Group. Astrobiology, 11(2), 157–181. doi:10.1089/ast.2010.0506
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