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NPP Alumni Seminars
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The NASA Postdoctoral Program has been extraordinarily successful in supporting new leaders in the astrobiology community. Upon completion of their postdoctoral fellowships, the Astrobiology Fellows are given the opportunity to present a seminar to share their work with one another and with the astrobiology community at large.
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Investigating Habitable Environments on Mars Using Orbital and Rover-Based Imaging Spectroscopy
Melissa Rice, Western Washington UniversityPRESENTED ON June 6, 2016
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Chemical Gardens, Chimneys, and Fuel Cells: Simulating Prebiotic Chemistry in Hydrothermal Vents on Ocean Worlds
Laura Barge, NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryPRESENTED ON June 1, 2016
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The Synthesis of an Artificial Genetic Polymer: From Small Molecules to Proto-Nucleic Acids
Tammy Campbell, Cal Poly State University, San Luis ObispoPRESENTED ON March 7, 2016
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Quantifying Constraints on Metabolic Diversity Patterns
Jordan Okie, Arizona State UniversityPRESENTED ON February 8, 2016
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The Ecological Physiology of Earth’s Second Oxygen Revolution
Erik Sperling, Stanford UniversityPRESENTED ON December 7, 2015
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Organic Astrochemistry: Amino Acids and Amines in Meteorites
Jose Aponte, NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterPRESENTED ON November 2, 2015
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Quantifying Constraints on Metabolic Diversity Patterns
Jordan Okie, Arizona State UniversityPRESENTED ON April 6, 2015
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Polarimetry of Exoplanetary Atmospheres: Haze, Molecules, and Biosignatures
Svetlana Berdyugina, Kiepenheuer-Institut für SonnenphysikPRESENTED ON March 2, 2015
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Collaborative Practices in Astrobiology Research: The NASA Astrobiology Institute
Arsev Umur Aydınoğlu, NASA Astrobiology InstitutePRESENTED ON February 9, 2015
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Ancient Reconstructions and Recombinations: The Complex Evolutionary Histories Within Single Genes
Greg Fournier, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPRESENTED ON November 3, 2014
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De Novo Evolution of Multicellularity in Chlamydomonas
Matthew Herron, Georgia Institute of TechnologyPRESENTED ON October 6, 2014
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Guide to Proposal Writing
Michael New, NASAPRESENTED ON July 14, 2014
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Detection of Large Complex Organics via Reflectron Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectroscopic Analysis of Ices Exposed to Ionizing Radiation
Brant Jones, University of Hawaii, ManoaPRESENTED ON June 2, 2014
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Biogeography of Serpentinite-Powered Microbial Ecosystems
William Brazelton, University of UtahPRESENTED ON June 2, 2014
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Complex Mixtures of Prebiotic Polymers: Consequences for Replication, Catalysis, and the Emergence of Life
Aaron Englehart, Harvard UniversityPRESENTED ON May 5, 2014
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Clues to Atmospheric Evolution in Earth's Earliest Sediments
Mark Claire, University of St. AndrewsPRESENTED ON April 14, 2014
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Hopanoid Biosynthesis and Function in Methanotrophic Bacteria
Paula Welander, Stanford UniversityPRESENTED ON April 7, 2014
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Microbes, Methane and Metals: Insights From Geochemistry, Omics and Single Cell Imaging
Jennifer Glass, Georgia Institute of TechnologyPRESENTED ON March 3, 2014
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Information Hierarchies, Chemical Evolution and the Transition From Non-Living to Living Matter
Sara Imari Walker, Arizona State UniversityPRESENTED ON February 3, 2014
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UV Radiation Tolerance of Tardigrades
Daiki Horikawa, Université Paris DescartesPRESENTED ON April 24, 2012
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Integrating Geochemistry and (Meta)genomics in the Geothermal Springs in Yellowstone National Park: Mapping the Functional Limits of Life in Early Earth Analog Environments
Eric Boyd, Montana State UniversityPRESENTED ON October 17, 2011
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Impact Bombardments on Early Earth and Mars: Implications for Habitability
Oleg Abramov, University of ArizonaPRESENTED ON July 12, 2010
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The Deep Biosphere as Seen Through Massively Parallel Sequencing
Jennifer Biddle, University of DelawarePRESENTED ON April 12, 2010
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Prebiotic Chemistry
Catherine Neish, NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterPRESENTED ON October 6, 2008
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The On/Off Nature of Star-Planet Interactions: A Probe of Magnetized Exoplanets
Evgenya Shkolnik, Arizona State UniversityPRESENTED ON October 15, 2007
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First Steps of Planet Formation in Protoplanetary Disks
Elise Furlan, National Optical Astronomy ObservatoryPRESENTED ON October 15, 2007