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May 17-18, 2016, NAI EC In-person Meeting

ALTERNATIVE EARTHS TEAM PRESENTATIONS

Welcome – Cindy Larive

Alternative Earths Team Overview – Tim Lyons

Atmospheric O2 During Earth’s Middle Age – Chris Reinhard

Methane Greenhouse? – Stephanie Olson

Nitrous Oxide Production in Ferruginous Seas – Jennifer Glass

Mid-Proterozoic Oxygen Landscapes – Chris Reinhard

Tracking the Rise of Eukaryotes: Lipid Biomarker Records – Gordon Love

Tracking the Rise of Eukaryotes: Geochemical Proxies & Genomic Perspectives – Christopher Dupont

Stabilizing Low pO2 – Noah Planavsky

Exoplanet Oceans: New Opportunities with an Old Generation of Models – Andy Ridgwell

Where

The NAI Executive Council meeting on May 17-18, 2016 will be held in Palm Springs, CA and hosted by the UC Riverside team.

POC’s:
Debra Reiss-Bubenheim 650-793-4896 (cell)
Sarah Simpson 951-321-0781 (cell)

UCR Palm Desert Center
75080 Frank Sinatra Drive
Palm Desert, CA 92211

The city of Palm Desert is about 11 miles east of the city of Palm Springs and about 66 miles east of the UC Riverside campus. It is a beautiful facility and an ideal location for easy access to the field trip on May 18.

Airports:
Palm Springs Airport (12 miles away, 20 minutes by car)
Ontario Airport (80 miles away, 1.5 hours by car)

Yellow Cab of the Desert
(760) 340-8294

Lodging Reservations

Residence Inn Palm Desert
(across the street from UCR Palm Desert Center)
38305 Cook St, Palm Desert, CA 92211
Special UCR Room Rate: $84 (+12.2% occupancy tax)
Group Code name: UCR NASA Astrobiology EC Meeting
Book your group rate for UCR NASA Astrobiology EC Meeting
Last day to book at this rate: April 16, 2016

Agenda

Tuesday, May 17th

08:00-08:30 Breakfast

08:30-09:00 Welcome and Introductions
Dr. Tim Lyons, Alternative Earths Team PI

09:00 Synergy Themes: Activities and Preliminary Science Updates

09:00-9:30 Biosignature Detection Working Group-
Discussion Leads: Isik Kanik and Richard Quinn (for Nathalie Cabrol)

09:30-10:00 Evolution of Complex Life-
Discussion Leads: Frank Rosenzweig and Greg Fournier (for R. Summons)

10:00-10:30 Break

10:30-11:00 Serpentinizing Systems Science Working Group-
Discussion Lead: Alexis Templeton

11:00-12:00 Update from NASA HQ

12:00-12:45 Lunch, for PIs

12:45-1:30 PI in camera Session (Team PIs only)

1:30-2:00 Report-out from in camera Session (EC, NAI Central, NASA HQ)

2:00 Synergy Themes continued

2:00-2:30 GeoBioCell Applications-
Discussion Leads: Bruce Fouke and Charlie Werth

2:30-3:00 Habitable Planetary States, the Evolution of Microbial Life, and their Astronomical Biosignatures-
Discussion Leads: Tim Lyons, Frank Rosenzweig and Vikki Meadows

3:00-3:30 Break

3:30-4:00 Planetary Inventory of Organics and Water, and the Origin of Life-
Discussion Leads: Scott Sandford, Mike Mumma and Greg Fournier (for Roger Summons)

4:00-4:30 Focus Group/Synergy Theme Group Discussion

4:30-5:30 Other Business
– Workshops Without Walls/Upcoming Workshops (Alexis Templeton, Vikki Meadows, and others)
– September in-person EC meeting and workshop in Montana – update (Frank Rosenzweig)
– Funding opportunity deadlines – Melissa Kirven
– Open Mic

5:30 Adjourn

7:00 Group Dinner @ LuLu’s in Palm Springs

Wednesday, May 18th

08:30 Welcome- Dr. Cynthia K. Larive, Divisional Dean,
Physical Science and Math, UC Riverside

08:40 Alternative Earths Team Overview
Tim Lyons (PI, UC Riverside)

08:50 Oxygen Proxies and False Negatives
Chris Reinhard (Institutional PI, Georgia Tech)

9:00 The Methane Greenhouse: Another False Negative
Stephanie Olson (Graduate Student, UC Riverside)

9:10 Nitrous Oxide Production in a Ferruginous Ocean
Jennifer Glass (CoI, Georgia Tech)

9:20 – Q&A

9:30 Stifling Oxygen Dynamics of the Mid-Proterozoic Ocean
Chris Reinhard (Institutional PI, Georgia Tech)

9:40 Biological Evidence for Evolutionary Challenges of the Mid-Proterozoic

Part 1: Organic Biomarker and Fossil Records
Gordon Love (CoI, UCR)

Part 2: Zinc Isotopes with a Genomic Perspective
Christopher Dupont (CoI, J. Craig Venter Institute)

9:50 Nutrient and Tectonic Controls on Atmospheric Composition
Noah Planavsky (Institutional PI, Yale)

10:00 Exoplanet Oceans: Opportunities with a New Generation of Models
Andy Ridgwell (CoI, UC Riverside)

10:10 – Q&A

10:20-10:45 Break Break (Grab-and-go snack provided; box lunches transported)

10:45 Caravan (rental cars/UCR vans) to Garnet Hill

11:00 Arrive at Garnet Hill
– Short hike to view Mars-analog ventifacts

11:40 Caravan to Palm Springs Aerial Tramway

12:30 Board the Palm Springs Aerial Tram

1:00 Arrive at top of San Jacinto National Monument (8,516 feet)
– Picnic (box lunch)
– Group Picture

2:00–5:00 Walking Tours in San Jacinto National Monument
– Departure on own schedule
– Trams run every 30 mins; ride is 10 mins down

5:00 Adjourn