Selection of NASA Postdoctoral Program Astrobiology Fellows
The NASA Astrobiology Program is pleased to announce the selection of four new NASA Postdoctoral Fellows:
Jose Aponte
Advisor: Jamie Elsila-Cook (NAI Goddard Center for Astrobiology Team)
Topic: “Assessment of Isotopic Ratios and Enantiomeric Excess of Neutral Compounds and Amines Found on Carbonaceous Chondrites”
Tammy Campbell
Advisor: Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy (Exobiology: Prebiotic Evolution)
Topic: “Non-Enzymatic Glycosylation of DNA Nucleobases to Develop Potentially Prebiotic Nucleic Acid Alternatives”
Natascha Riedinger
Advisor: Timothy Lyons (NAI Arizona State University Team)
Topic: “The Fate of Molybdenum and Its Isotopes in Deep, Oxide-rich Marine Sediments: Implications for the Mo Paleoproxy and Oxygen in the Ancient Ocean”
Erik Sperling
Advisor: Andrew Knoll (NAI MIT Team)
Topic: “Reconciling Ecological and Geochemical Triggers of the Cambrian Radiation”
More information about the NPP can be found at http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/nai/funding/nai-postdoctoral-fellowship-program/
