2007 Annual Report Projects
A Supertree Analysis of the Metazoan Phylogeny
Acquisition of Witec Confolcal Raman Scanning System
Assessing the likelihood of supernova impact of protoplanetary disks
Characterizing the Mineral Phases in Placozoans
Chemistry and biology of ultramafic-hosted alkaline springs
Chondritic Meteorites as Records of Aqueous Activity on Asteroidal Parent Bodies
Diversity and phylogeny of the
Ecology of a Hawaiian lava cave microbial mat
First Workshop on Titan- Observations, Experiments, Computations, and Modeling
FMARS Long Duration Mission: a simulation of manned Mars explora
Formation and Detection of Hot-Earth Objects in Systems with Close-in Jupiters
Formation of Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Hydrogen Peroxide in Electron Irradiated Crystalline Water Ice
Formation of Planetesimals in a Dynamically Evolving Nebula
Geomicrobiology of neutrophilic iron-oxidizing bacteria at Loihi Seamount
Habitability and Water Delivery in Binary-Planetary Systems
Ice in Sublimation Environments
Identification of the D3h Isomer of Carbon Trioxide (CO3)
In situ voltammetry integrated with a cabled nearshore observatory
Installation of Cameca ims 1280 ion microprobe
Laboratory Simulation of Ammonia-Water Ices Relevant to the Outer Solar System
Laboratory Simulation of Interstellar and Solar System Ices
Laboratory Studies of Solid Ammonia Relevant to Interstellar and Solar System Ices
Mechanistical Studies on the Irradiation of Methanol in Extraterrestrial Ices
Molecular Deuteration on grain surfaces
Monte Carlo Markov Chain modeling of grain surface chemistry
Origin of Irregular Satellites
Proteins in Extreme Environments
Rapid response to remotely detected seafloor eruptions
Subseafloor basement (basalt) biosphere studies
TES study of intracrater low albedo deposits, Amazonis Planitia, Mars
The Formation of Acetic Acid (CH3COOH) in Interstellar Ices
THEMIS thermal inertia study of sulfates identified in Valles Marineris, Mars
Understanding the Effect of the Atmosphere of a Growing Jupiter on Capturing Planetesimals
Unveiling the evolution and interplay of ice and gas in star-forming regions
Water-Rock Chemistry and Habitats for Life
Post Doc Projects
Identifying the Missing Young Low-Mass Stars
A Search for H3+ from the Atmospheres of Hot Jupiters
A search for Main Belt Comets in Pan-STARRS 1
Improved comet astrometry for Pan-STARRS 1
Recovery of comet 85P/Boethin for the Deep Impact Extended Mission
Star-Planet Interactions (SPI) as a Probe of Extrasolar Planetary Magnetic