Education: |
National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow
NASA Ames Research Center, 1987-90
Post doctoral Fellow
Brown University, 1985-87
Ph.D., Molecular and Cell Biology, 1985
Brown University
M.A., Zoology
Indianna University, Bloomington
Visiting Graduate Student, Dept. of Zoology
Univ. of Maryland, College Park, 1979
B.S., Biology, 1978
Yale University
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Professional Experience : |
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2008-present |
Professor (Adjunct), Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University |
2007-present |
Professor (Consulting),Human Biology, Stanford University |
2005-7 |
Director, Astrobiology Strategic Analysis and Support Office |
2003-2007 |
Associate Professor (Consulting), Human Biology, Stanford University |
1997-present |
Research Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center |
1990-1997 |
Research Scientist, Johnson Controls World Services |
1977 |
Research Associate, Dept. of Zoology, Univ. of Cambridge |
Honors: |
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2010 |
Distinguished Planetary Science Lecture, Univ. of Western Onatario (Canada) |
2009 |
Tim Mutch Memorial Lecturer, Brown University |
2005 |
Elected Corresponding Member, International Academy of Astronautics (Life Sciences) |
2004 |
Elected Fellow, California Academy of Sciences |
2004 |
Elected Fellow, The Explorer's Club |
2004 |
NASA Outstanding Achievement Award |
2002 |
Keynote Speaker: The Vatican and Windsor Castle |
2002-3 |
President, Society of Protozoologists |
2001 |
Auger Fellow, Hotchkiss School |
2000 |
NASA Group Achievement Award, Astrobiology Team |
1999 |
Elected Fellow, Linnean Society of London |
1990, 1998 |
Jack N. Nielson Award, NASA Ames Research Center |
1987-90 |
National Academy of Sciences NRC Research Associate |
1987 |
National Research Council Fellowship, Canada |
1979 |
University Fellowship, Indiana University |
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Professional Activities: |
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Journals and Societies |
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2001-2005 |
Founding co-Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Astrobiology |
2004-5 |
Executive Council, International Society of Protistology |
2001-4 |
Executive Council, Society of Protozoologists |
1998-2002 |
Editorial Board, Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere |
1995-1998 |
Grants and Fellowship Committee, Phycological Society of America |
1995-2000 |
Board of Reviewers, Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology |
1994-2000 |
Elected Secretary (3 terms), International Society for Evolutionary Protistology |
2000-2002 |
North American Councilor, International Society for Evolutionary Protistology |
1994-5 |
Elected Chairman of Nominating Committee, Society of Protozoologists |
1993 |
Member, Global Emiliania Modelling Initiative |
1992; 2000 |
Elected to Nominating Committee, Society of Protozoologists |
1990-4 |
Executive Council, International Society for Evolutionary Protistology |
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Meetings Organized: |
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2005 |
Geology and Habitability of Terrestrial Planets, International Space Studies Institute, Bern |
2004 |
Third Astrobiology Science Conference, NASA Ames Research Center |
2002 |
Second Astrobiology Science Conference, NASA Ames Research Center |
2001 |
NASA Astrobiology Institute/NIH joint conference, NIH, Bethesda, MD |
2000 |
First Astrobiology Science Conference, NASA Ames Research Center |
1999 |
Evolution on Planet Earth, The Impact of the Physical Environment, Linnean Society, London |
1999 |
Evolution of the carbon cycle (International Botanical Congress) |
1997 |
Responses of photosynthetic organisms to global changes in CO2, Silwood Park, UK |
1988 |
Evolution of symbiosis (International Society for Evolutionary Protistology) |
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