NfoLD Organizational Structure
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NfoLD is overseen by a representative from NASA headquarters, three co-leads, and a steering committee comprised of the PIs of NASA ROSES R&A awards. In the future, ROSES proposers will be able to volunteer to join NfoLD Steering Committee by responding to a query during the proposal submission process. NfoLD also offers affiliate membership to persons, groups, or organizations whose research interests, goals, and vision are aligned with those of NfoLD and would like to actively participate in NfoLD-organized activities.
LEADERSHIP TEAM
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NASA HQ | HQ Liason
NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
Co-Lead
Laboratory for Agnostic Biosignatures (LAB)
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TEAM MEMBERS: Eric Anslyn, Will Brinckerhoff, Pan Conrad, Lee Cronin, Andrew Elllington, Jamie Elsila, Matthew Fricke, Pete Girguis, Chris House, Chris Kempes, Xiang Li, Eric Libby, Barbara Sherwood Lollar, Paul Mahaffy, Jeff Marlow, Pedro Metola, Melanie Moses, Andrew Steele, Sara Walker
BROOK NUNN
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE
Co-Lead
Using Proteome Dynamics of Psychrophilic Bacteria to Decipher Metabolic Strategies and Protein Signatures Indicative of Sustained Life in Ice
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TEAM MEMBERS: Karen Junge, Bonnie Light, Brook Nunn, Marcella Ewart Sarmiento, Jonathon Toner
MISSION REPRESENTATIVES
Europa Lander
Kevin Hand
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Dragonfly
Morgan Cable
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars Sample Return
Libby Hausrath
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Orbilander
Shannon MacKenzie
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Europa Lander
Alison Murray
Desert Research Institute
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OSIRIS-REx
Aaron Burton
NASA Johnson Space Center
STEERING COMMITTEE
Jason Amsden
Duke University
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TEAM MEMBERS: Jeffrey T. Glass, Charles B. Parker, Michael E. Gehm, M. Bonner Denton, Jennifer Stern Justin Keogh, Kathleen Horvath, Tanouir Aloui, Rafael Bento Serpa
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David Blake
NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER
Mapping X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (MapX)
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TEAM MEMBERS: Thomas Bristow, Robert Downs, Marc Gailhanou, Franck Marchis, Douglas Ming, Richard Morris, Philippe Sarrazin, Vincent Armando Solé, Kathleen Thompson, Philippe Walter, Michael Wilson, Albert Yen, Samuel Webb, Richard Walroth
Sarah Johnson
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
Laboratory for Agnostic Biosignatures
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TEAM MEMBERS: Heather Graham, Eric V Anslyn, Pan Conrad, Lee Cronin, Andrew Ellington, Jamie Elsila Cook, Pete Girguis, Chris House, Chris Kempes, Eric Libby, Paul Mahaffy, Jay Nadeau, Barbara Sherwood Lollar, Andrew Steele, Anais Roussel, Andrew Hyde, Geoff Cooper, Xiang Li, Jeffrey Marlow, William B Brinckerhoff, Matthew Fricke, Melanie Moses
Pablo Sobron
SETI INSTITUTE
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In-situ Vent Analysis Divebot for Exobiology Research (InVADER)
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TEAM MEMBERS: Tayro Acosta-Maeda, Jan Amend, Justin Burnett, Renaud Detry, Ivria Doloboff, Ninos Hermis, Deborah Kelley, Dana Manalang, Aaron Margburg, Anupam Misra, Anuscheh Nawaz, Roy Price, Fredrik Rehnmark, Marianne Smith, Blair Thornton, David Yu, Kris Zacny
Ricardo Arevalo Jr.
UMD
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TEAM MEMBERS: Ben Farcy, Soumya Ray, Ziqin "Grace" Ni, Ashley Hanna, Lucas Andrews, Ryan Danell, Adrian Southard, Andrej Grubisic, Jacob Graham
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Christopher E. Carr
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Microbial Functional and Evolutionary Adaptations to Aridity (ExoArid) & Electronic Life-detection Instrument for Enceladus/Europa (ELIE) & Genome-informed Habitability, Biosignature Potential, and Limit of Methane Production in Planetary Environments (ExoMethane)
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TEAM MEMBERS: ExoArid Co-Is: Alexandra Pontefract, Ralf Moeller, Jens Boy, Armando Azua-Bustos. ELIE Co-Is: Masateru Taniguchi, Daniel Duzdevich, Jason M. Soderblom, and Maria T. Zuber. ExoMethane Co-Is: Dr. Rachel Moore (Science PI), Douglas Bartlett
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Tori Hoehler
NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER
Center for Life Detection Science (CLDS)
TEAM MEMBERS: Lee Bebout, Will Brinckerhoff, Chris Dateo, Alfonso Davila, David Des Marais, Jen Eigenbrode, Craig Everroad, Stephanie Getty, Danny Glavin, Linda Jahnke, Barbara Lafuente Valverde, Owen Lehmer,Paul Mahaffy, Niki Parenteau, Andrew Porhille, Richard Quinn, Andro Rios, Sanjoy Som, Mary Beth Wilhelm
Britney Schmidt
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
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TEAM MEMBERS: Jeff Bowman, Doug Bartlett, Cristopher Carr, Anne Dekas, Peter Doran, Jennifer Glass. Ellery Ingall, Alison Olcott Marshall, Alexandra Pontefract, Christopher Reinhard, Krista Soderlund, Sanjoy Som, Frank Stewart, Amanda Stockton, James Wray, Joseph Levy, Greg Rouse, Craig MarshallChris Bennett, John Moores, Ray Jayawardhana, Tim Lyons, Natalie Robinson, Craig Stevens, Mike Williams, Inga Smith, Justin Lawrence, Jacob Buffo
FORMER STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Kristin Bergmann
MIT
The Thermal Maturity of Neoproterozoic Strata: Carbonate Clumped Isotope Thermometry and Biomarker Analyses
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TEAM MEMBERS: Tyler Mackey, Julia Wilcots, Marjorie Cantine, Noah Anderson
Frank Corsetti
USC
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Investigating a novel role for iron redox cycling in the lithification of microbial mats and the rise and fall of stromatolites in Earth history