Financial support for the 2008 NAI Scholars was provided by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), the Harvard University Origins of Life Initiative, several NAI Teams, and the NASA Astrobiology Institute
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Raphael Bruckner, Harvard University
Field: Evolution of cell membranes
Advisor: Jack Szostak |
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Humberto Carvajal-Ortiz , Indiana University
Field: Biosignatures
Advisor: Lisa Pratt |
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Christopher Glein, Arizona State University
Field: Geochemistry of icy satellites
Advisors: Everett Shock and Mikhail Zolotov |
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Tomas Gverzdys, University of Western Ontario
Field: Microbiology
Advisor: TBD |
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Patrick Griffin, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Field: High-pressure microbiology
Advisors: Rus Hemley and Andrew Steele |
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Paul Hayne, University of California , Los Angeles
Field: Geophysics and geochemistry of icy moons
Advisor: David Paige |
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Jason Huberty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Field: BIF isotope geochemistry
Advisors: Huifang Xu and John Valley |
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Ryan Kennedy, University of Colorado at Boulder
Field: RNA and the RNA World
Advisor: Rob Knight |
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Lauren Kerr, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Field: Antibody detection of biosignatures
Advisor: Andrew Steele |
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Adrienne Kish, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Field: High-pressure microbiology
Advisor: Andrew Steele |
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Isamu Matsuyama. Carnegie Institution of Washington
Field: Rotational dynamics of icy satellites
Advisor: Sean Solomon |
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Catherine Neish, University of Arizona
Field: Prebiotic chemistry of Titan
Advisor: Jonathan Lunine |
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Charles (Doc) Richardson , University of Montana-Missoula
Field: Organics and hydrated minerals at Mars
Advisor: Nancy Hinman |
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Jason Schrum, Harvard University
Field: Genomics of protocells
Advisor: Jack Szostak |
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Britney Schmidt, University of California , Los Angeles
Field: Icy bodies, especially Ceres
Advisor: Christopher Russell |
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Jacqueline Servin, University of California , Los Angeles
Field: Tree of life
Advisor: James Lake |
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David Smith, NASA Kennedy Space Center
Field: Cold, subsurface ecosystems
Advisors: Robert Johnson and Peter Ward |
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Seth Young, Indiana University
Field: Life without sunlight
Advisor: Lisa Pratt |
