OSIRIS-REx team @NASA | Organic Geochemist and SOAL Lab Manager at NASA Johnson Space Center
Houston, TX
Joined April 2021
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Article: Samples from asteroid Bennu contain bio-essential sugars that may have formed in the parent asteroid from brines
@sci_koho
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ALT Structural formulae and plots showing the abundance in a sample of Bennu (plus some meteorites) of various types of sugars
Turning Ocean Worlds 🌎🪐🌊🧊🪨 Inside Out #AbSciCon2026 #Astrobiology
🚨 Calling Ocean World enthusiasts!! Please consider submitting an abstract to our session for the Astrobiology Science Conference 2026 (Madison, WI from May 17-22, 2026): agu.confex.com/agu/abscicon2…
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Organic Geochemical Evidence For Life In Archean Rocks Identified By Pyrolysis–GC–MS and Supervised Machine Learning
astrobiology.com/2025/11/org… #astrobiology #tricorder #AI #biosignature
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Extraterrestrial Materials Academy (ETMA)
astrobiology.com/2025/10/ext… #astrobiology #astrochemistry #astrogeology
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Navigating Uncertainty in Astrobiology Virtual Panel Series – Part 2: Careers in Industry
astrobiology.com/2025/10/nav… #astrobiology #career
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Ice Mixed With Amino Acids Stores Methane In Minutes
astrobiology.com/2025/10/ice… #astrobiology #astrochemistry #biosignature
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The biomarkers and their stable isotopes show that methane was oxidized by aerobic bacteria, causing ocean acidification and CO2 emission from the Arctic Ocean during PETM. #PETM #IODP #biomarkers #methane #CO2
Article: Enhanced aerobic oxidation of methane in the Arctic Ocean intensified carbon dioxide emissions during the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, potentially extending the event
@MethanoClimate @ChemClimatology
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PAST🌎CLIMATE INFORMS OUR FUTURE🚨
#Biomarker evidence from #IODP seafloor sediments drilled by @TheJR unlocks #PETM climate story's secret - Arctic methane cycling intensified CO2 emissions when the #ArcticOcean was warmer🔥fresher💦, echoing the trajectory we face today
Article: Enhanced aerobic oxidation of methane in the Arctic Ocean intensified carbon dioxide emissions during the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, potentially extending the event
@MethanoClimate @ChemClimatology
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Want to hear about recent findings related returned samples from OSIRIS-REx and Hyabusa2? Consider joining the Workshop on Bennu and Ryugu Oct 7–9, 2025, at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas (also virtual). hou.usra.edu/meetings/bennur…
Finally, but but..?!
NASA Release of Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES)-2025
astrobiology.com/2025/07/nas… #NASA #Astrobiology #Astronomy #Astrophysics
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The upgrade allows Alvin to reach depths of up to 6,500 meters, surpassing its previous limit of 4,500 meters, and puts roughly 99% of the ocean floor at reach for research.
eos.org/science-updates/an-u…
Read more in the June issue of Eos: bit.ly/Eos-Jun2025
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Lecture: Exploring Europa with Europa Clipper Dr. Walter Kiefer Director of the Lunar and Planetary Institute. A vast ocean lies beneath Europa's icy shell and there is scientific evidence that the ingredients for life may exist on Europa right now. This event will take place on Tuesday, June 17, at 7:30 p.m. CT (8:30 p.m. ET/ 6:30 p.m. MT/ 5:30 p.m. PT). lpi.usra.edu/features/2025/0… #astrobiology
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Join us for a hybrid presentation discussing NASA’s Europa Clipper mission and its 1.8-billion-mile journey to Jupiter’s moon, Europa. This event will take place on Tuesday, June 17, at 7:30 p.m. CT, at the LPI and streamed on YouTube. More information: ow.ly/2lCy50VMkz8
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The Proceedings of the #IODP Volume 399: Building Blocks of Life, Atlantis Massif, was published on 3 May 2025.
doi.org/10.14379/iodp.proc.3…
#JRSO #Exp399 #NSFfunded @TheJR @NSF
ALT Serpentinized harzburgites recovered during Expedition 399. Photo credit: Johan Lissenberg/Cardiff University and IODP JRSO.
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Curiosity Rover Detects Largest Organic Molecules Found On Mars
astrobiology.com/2025/03/cur… #astrobiology #Mars #biosignature #astrogeology
RT @fireflyspace: Would you look at that view! #BlueGhost captured its first image on the Moon that embodies everything this bold, unstopp…
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With a suite of @NASA science and technology on board, @fireflyspace is targeting no earlier than 3:34 a.m. EST on Sunday, March 2, to land the Blue Ghost lunar lander on the Moon.
Live coverage will air on NASA+ around 75 minutes before touchdown >> go.nasa.gov/3F10naM