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Heather Buelow
University of New Mexico
Field: Microbial ecology of Antarctic exposed soils and perennially ice-covered lakes as analog environments
Advisor: Cristina Takacs-Vesbach |
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Paul Kintner
University of Washington
Field: Glaciology and habitability of subglacial lakes through radar techniques and direct probing
Advisor: Dale Winebrenner |
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Chloe Hart
University of Washington
Field: Geomicrobiology and energetics of microbial growth
Advisor: Drew Gorman-Lewis |
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Amanda Truitt
Arizona State University
Field: Studying how the chemical diversity in observed stellar abundances drives the evolution of stars and habitable zones for exo-planetary systems
Advisor: Patrick Young |
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Holly Farris
University of Arkansas
Field: Stability of liquid water and habitability of Mars
Advisor: Vincent Chevrier |
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Gareth Trubl
Ohio State University
Field: Viral carbon transformations in thawing permafrost soils via virus-induced microbial mortality and viral controls on host metabolism
Advisors: Virginia Rich and Matthew Sullivan |
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Alexander Thelen
New Mexico State University
Field: Spatial and temporal variations of organic molecules in planetary atmospheres
Advisor: Nancy Chanover |
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Donna Viola
University of Arizona
Field: Subsurface ice in the northern mid-latitudes of Mars
Advisor: Alfred McEwen |
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Gina Oliver
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Field: High-pressure geomicrobiology, microbial growth in deep biosphere conditions
Advisor: Karyn L. Rogers |
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Jason Williams
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Field: Characterizing terrestrial analogs for ancient aqueous environments on Mars
Advisor: Sally Potter-McIntyre |
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Katherine Primm
University of Colorado, Boulder
Field: Aqueous and ice formation on Martian soils
Advisor: Margaret Tolbert |
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Laura Rodriguez
Penn State University
Field: Prebiotic chemistry of nitrogen heterocycles; pre-RNA chemistry
Advisor: Christopher House |
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Melody Lindsay
Montana State University Bozeman
Field: Geochemical controls on hydrogen metabolism in Yellowstone National Park hot springs
Advisor: Eric Boyd |
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Sarah Black
University of Colorado, Boulder
Field: Characterization of terrestrial hydrothermal sites as analogs for early Mars, with implications for habitability
Advisor: Brian Hynek |
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Stephanie Olson
University of California, Riverside
Field: Precambrian marine biogoechemistry and Earth system modeling
Advisor: Tim Lyons |
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Stephanie Ralston
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Field: Constraining the aqueous history of Gale Crater, Mars by examining the amorphous soil component
Advisor: Libby Hausrath |
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Nathan Nguyen
Yale University
Field: Cell Biology and Membrane Biophysics
Advisor: Thomas Melia |
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Jamie Miller
Johns Hopkins University
Field: The role of liquid water and salt in the modern Martian climate
Advisors: Kevin Lewis and Mike Mellon |
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Cesar Cardonas
University of Chicago
Field: Metabolic modeling of microbial interaction networks guided by computer science, ecology and biogeochemistry
Advisors: Jack Gilbert and Chris Henry |
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Casey Barr
University of Southern California
Field: Isolating novel marine sediment bacteria capable of extracellular electron transport. Life in low energy systems
Advisor: Ken Nealson |
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