Solar System Exploration Division
PLANETARY SCIENCE and ASTROBIOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES
SPRING 2008 Schedule
All seminars are held at 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. in the Building 2 Conference Room, unless otherwise indicated below. Refreshments will be served at 3:15 p.m. Any changes in the schedule will be indicated on this page with the minimum possible delay.
Information for visitors: Visitors (citizens) need to call in advance to arrange an escort. Visitors (noncitizens) need to call 1 month in advance.
Information for Speakers: Topics include planetary chemistry, physics, geology, and biology; spectroscopy of atmospheres, Solar System objects, and interstellar materials; chemical evolution and dynamical modeling; and relevant laboratory studies to astrochemistry and astrobiology.
Interested speakers and visitors should contact either Marla Moore (301) 286-9031 or Mike Smith (301) 286-7495.
Map and Directions| Date | Topic | Speaker |
| April 3 | "Taking the Search for Life Down to Earth: Results of the 2007 Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition (AMASE)" | Jennifer Eigenbrode,
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Atmospherics Experiments Laboratory, Code 699 |
| April 24 | "Distinguishing Biotic and Abiotic Organic Matter: Perspective of a Biologist" | Marilyn Fogel,
Carnegie Institution of Washington, NASA Astrobiology Institute, Geophysical Laboratory |
| May 1 | "Evolution of Complex Organics in the Solar Nebula: Insights From New Experimental Methods in Ion chemistry, Clusters and Nanoparticles" | Samy El-Shall,
Chemical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University |
| May 15 | "The Stability of Prebiotic Molecules in Interstellar and Planetary Environments" | Zan Peeters,
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Astrochemistry Laboratory |
| June 12 | "Evolution of Organic Matter in Space: From Molecules to Changes in NASA's R&A Program" | Yvonne Pendleton,
NASA Headquarters |
