NASA Astrobiology Program

Daniel Glavin Wins 2010 Nier Prize

By Keith Cowing
December 13, 2009

Daniel Glavin has been selected by the international Meteoritical Society as the recipient of the 2010 Nier Prize. The prestigious Nier Prize is awarded to young scientists performing valuable research in fields related to meteoritics and planetary science.

Dr. Glavin was presented with the prize for his work on extraterrestrial organic chemistry. By examining carbonaceous meteorites, Glavin and his team have made important contributions toward understanding why life uses only left-handed versions of amino acids. Molecules delivered to Earth in meteorites may have played a role in life’s eventual bias toward molecules of a specific orientation. The work was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

For more information: http://www.meteoriticalsociety.org/news_display.cfm?code=news_intro&itemID=49

[Source: NAI Newsletter]

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