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Reports 1999- 2000

Research conducted for '99-'00 is summarized in the following reports for each of the modules in the Astrobiology Program:

     
MODULE
1A Cosmochemistry of Carbonaceous Meteorites
Dr. Laurie Leshin
  1B Organic Synthesis in Seafloor
Hydrothermal Systems
Dr. John Holloway & Dr. Peggy O'Day
  2 Origins and Evolution of Photosynthesis
Dr. Robert Blankenship
  3A Microbial Fossilization Processes and
Stromatolite Studies
Dr. Jack Farmer
  3B TEM Studies of Precambrian Microfossils
Dr. Tom Sharp
  3C

Environmental Conditions on Early Earth
Dr. Paul Knauth

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Evolution in Microbe-based Ecosystems
Dr. James Elser

  5A

Exploring Mars for Past or Present Life
Dr. Jack Farmer, Dr. Phil Christensen &
Dr. Ron Greeley

  5B

Exploring Europa for a Subsurface Ocean
Dr. Ron Greeley

  5C Impacts and the Origin, Distribution and
Evolution of Life
Drs. David Kring, Dr. Jay Melosh
         
   
CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS
at ASU
  Dr. Robert Blankenship (blankenship@asu.edu)
Dr. Philip Christensen (phil.christensen@asu.edu)
Dr. Jack D. Farmer (jfarmer@asu.edu)
Dr. James Elser (jelser@asu.edu)
Dr. Ronald Greeley (greeley@asu.edu)
Dr. John Holloway (john.holloway@asu.edu)
Dr. Paul Knauth (knauth@asu.edu)
Dr. Laurie Leshin (laurie.leshin@asu.edu)
Dr. Peggy O'Day (oday@asu.edu)
Dr. Thomas Sharp (tom.sharp@asu.edu)
         
   
CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS
at UofA
 

Dr. David Kring (kring@lpl.arizona.edu) University of Arizona
Dr. H. Jay Melosh (jmelosh@hindmost.lpl.arizona.edu)

   

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