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Member Since 2016
Penelope Jane Boston
Portfolio Scientist for New Business, NASA Ames Research Center
Professional Experience
NASA Ames Research Center
Portfolio Scientist for New Business
2021 - Present
Education
Doctorate
1985
Publications
The Development and Demonstration of the Portable Acousto‐Optic Spectrometer for Astrobiology in Cav...
Planetary caves are desirable environments for the search for biosignatures corresponding to extant or extinct extraterrestrial life due to the pro...
February 10, 2023
Fundamental Science and Engineering Questions in Planetary Cave Exploration
Nearly half a century ago, two papers postulated the likelihood of lunar lava tube caves using mathematical models. Today, armed with an array of o...
November 02, 2022
AGU Abstracts
Energy Related Application of Calorimetry for Life Detection
INNOVATIVE BIOSIGNATURE AND LIFE DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES III ORAL
subsurface habitability and life | 19 may 2022
Heather Smith, Yuri V. Griko, Penelope J. Boston, ...
A fundamental requirement for all life as we know it (water and carbon-based) and for potential life that we do not yet know (possibly based on silico...
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Sulfur and carbon isotopes as tracers of subsurface water-rock-microbial interactions in hydrogen sulfide-rich springs, northern Sierra de Chiapas, Mexico
ACIDOPHILES AND THEIR MINERAL HABITATS I ORAL
energy sources and metabolic pathways in the environment | 19 may 2022
Laura Rosales Lagarde, Penelope J. Boston, Andrew ...
Spring waters rich in sulfur concentrations have been found in the surface and inside caves in the northern Sierra de Chiapas, Mexico. The source of t...
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The Tracks of the Beast: Applying Physical, Chemical, Elemental, and Mineralogical Patterns to Macroscopic and Microscopic Biosignature Verification
INNOVATIVE BIOSIGNATURE AND LIFE DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES III ORAL
subsurface habitability and life | 19 may 2022
Penelope J. Boston
Life is a complex phenomenon, thus its identification in extreme environments on Earth often requires many lines of evidence to make a convincing case...
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