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Co-Investigators at the Center

Dr. Brian Hynek, Director - (LASP/GEOL)
Dr. Bruce Jakosky - (LASP/GEOL)
Dr. John Bally (CASA/APS)
Dr. Carol Cleland (PHIL)
Dr. Emily CoBabe-Ammann (LASP)
Dr. Shelley Copley (CIRES)
Dr. Ned Friedman (EEB)
Dr. Tom McCollom (LASP)
Dr. Stephen Mojzsis (GEOL)
Dr. Norm Pace (MCDB)
Dr. Alexis Templeton (GEOL)
Dr. Brian Toon (PAOS/LASP)
Dr. Mike Yarus (MCDB)

Center for Astrobiology Collaborators

Star and planet formation and evolution
Thomas Ayres (CASA)	evolution of stars and the solar wind
Veronica Bierbaum (CHEM)	interstellar environment and planetary formation
Luke Dones (SWRI)	planetary evolution
Hal Levison (SWRI)	planetary formation, evolution and dynamics
Ted Snow (APS and CASA)	interstellar environment and planetary formation
Glen Stewart (LASP)	planetary formation and evolution
Brian Wood (JILA)	time variability of the solar wind of sun-like stars
Planetary evolution
Dan Baker (LASP and APS)	planetary/solar-wind interactions
Clark Chapman (SWRI)	planetary impacts and evolution of the solar system
Mike Mellon (LASP)	Mars geological evolution
Nick Schneider (LASP and APS)	planetary evolution
Planetary habitability
Mark Bullock (SWRI)	evolution of planetary atmospheres and exobiology
David Grinspoon (SWRI)	planetary evolution and exobiology
Jose-Luis Jimenez (CHEM)	experiments related to aerosols in the atmosphere of early Earth
Sara Martinez-Alonso (LASP)	Mars mineralogy, remote sensing,and potential environments
Alex Pavlov (LASP)	aerosol formation and methane planetary atmospheres
Margaret Tolbert (CHEM)	aerosol composition and radiative transfer in planetary atmospheres
Microbial diversity and life in extreme environments
Ruth Ley (MCDB)	molecular analysis of microbes in hypersaline ecosystems
Diane McKnight (ENGR)	environments and ecology in Antarctica
Steven Schmidt (EEB)	microbiology in psychrophilic environments
John Spear (MCDB)	molecular analysis of microbes in hypersaline and hydrothermal ecosystems
Origin and evolution of life
James T. Hynes (CHEM)	theoretical studies of peptide bond formation under pre-biotic conditions
Veronica Vaida (CHEM)	chemical evolution and origin of life
Societal and philosophical issues
Tom Yulsman (SMJC)	origins, science, and society

External Collaborators

Jakosky

Raymond Arvidson (Washington Univ. St. Louis)   Andrew Steele (Carnegie Institution of Washington - Techonology)

Bally

Mark Morris (UCLA)   Jon A. Morse (CU)   Ralph Shuping (UCLA)

Cleland

Chris Chyba (SETI)

McCollom

David Blake (NASA Ames)   Mitchell Schulte (NASA Ames)

Mojzsis

Juha Karhu (University of Helsinki)   Kevin D. McKeegan (UCLA)

Pace

David DesMarais (NASA Ames)

Pappalardo

John Wahr (CU)   Shijie Zhong (CU)

Graduate Students

Bruce Jakosky

Lindsey Link

John Bally

Nick Moeckel

Carol Cleland

Ben Pageler

William Friedman

Jennifer Winther

Stephen Mojzsis

Dominic Papineau   Zane Crawford

Norm Pace

Jeff Walker   Kirk Harris

Robert Pappalardo

Damhnait Gleeson

Brian Toon

Kaj Williams   Attila Elteto   Tian Feng   Kevin McGouldrick   Melissa Trainer

Mike Yarus

Dan Nickerson