The Early Microbial Ecosystems Module of the Ames Research Center NAI Team works to improve our understanding of the evolution of microbial community functioning in microbial mats.

Ames Early Microbial Ecosystems Team

Co-Investigators

David J. Des Marais (group leader), NASA Ames Research Center
http://exobiology.arc.nasa.gov

Brad Bebout, NASA Ames Research Center
http://exobiology.arc.nasa.gov/microecobiogeo

David Blake, NASA Ames Research Center
http://exobiology.arc.nasa.gov

Sherry Cady, Portland State University

Donald Canfield, Odense University, Denmark

Richard W. Castenholz, University of Oregon

Robert Chatfield, NASA Ames Research Center

Kenneth Cullings, NASA Ames Research Center
http://exobiology.arc.nasa.gov

Linda Jahnke, NASA Ames Research Center
http://exobiology.arc.nasa.gov

Kathleen Londry, University of Manitoba, Canada

Ferran Garcia-Pichel, Arizona State University
http://lsvl.la.asu.edu/microbiology/faculty/garcia.html

Christopher Potter, NASA Ames Research Center
http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sge/casa

Leslie E. Prufert-Bebout, NASA Ames Research Center
http://exobiology.arc.nasa.gov

R. Pamela Reid, University of Miami
http://mgg.rsmas.miami.edu/groups/geomic/ribs/

J. Bruno Risatti, Illinois Geological Survey

Lynn Rothschild, NASA Ames Research Center

Pieter T. Visscher, University of Connecticut
http://www.marinesciences.uconn.edu

David Ward, Montana State University
http://agadsrv.msu.montana.edu/landresources/
http://agadsrv.msu.montana.edu/lresclasses/TBI/

Research Associates

Dan Albert , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
http://www.marine.unc.edu

Chris Raleigh, NASA Ames Research Center
http://exobiology.arc.nasa.gov/microecobiogeo

Miguel Angel Huerta Diaz, UABC, Mexico
http://www.ens.uabc.mx/iio/persogeo.htm

Mykell Discipulo, NASA Ames Research Center
http://exobiology.arc.nasa.gov

Post Doctoral Associates

Ulrich Nübel, Montana State University
http://agadsrv.msu.montana.edu/landresources/
http://agadsrv.msu.montana.edu/lresclasses/TBI/

Scott R. Miller, NASA Ames Research Center
http://exobiology.arc.nasa.gov/microecobiogeo

Tori M. Hoehler, NASA Ames Research Center
http://exobiology.arc.nasa.gov

Graduate Students

Dan Rogers, University of Connecticut
http://www.marinesciences.uconn.edu

Other Microbial Mat Research at Ames

http://www.accessexcellence.org/BF/bf05/

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