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Member Since 2001
Roger E. Summons
Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Professional Experience
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor Emeritus
2023 - Present
Education
Doctorate
1973
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The Organics of Mars
A TALE OF TWO ROVERS: EXPLORING THE MARTIAN SEDIMENTARY ROCK RECORD WITH THE CURIOSITY AND PERSEVERANCE ROVERS II ORAL
planetary sciences | 14 december 2023
Murchison Meteorite Analysis Using Tetramethylammonium Hydroxide (TMAH) Thermochemolysis Under Simulated Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) Pyrolysis‐Gas Chromatography‐Mass Spectrometry Conditions
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: PLANETS
02 november 2023
New Microbial Sources of 2- and 3-Methylhopanoids in Modern Anoxic, Acidic Hydrothermal Springs
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AS ENVIRONMENTAL PROXIES: DEVELOPMENT, CALIBRATIONS, AND APPLICATIONS III POSTER
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 13 december 2022
Sedimentary Organics in Glen Torridon, Gale Crater, Mars: Results From the SAM Instrument Suite and Supporting Laboratory Analyses
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: PLANETS
12 november 2022
Choosing the Right Tools for the Job: Life-Detection Payloads for Mars
PREPARING FOR ASTROBIOLOGY MISSIONS THROUGH SCIENCE AUTONOMY (ML, DATA SCIENCE), MODELING, LABORATORY AND FIELD ANALOG STUDIES III ORAL
ocean worlds near and far | 20 may 2022
Reconstructing Basin-Scale Nutrient Dynamics at the Dawn of Planetary Oxygenation: Insights from New Agouron Institute Drill Cores
EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH SYSTEM I ORAL
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 15 december 2021
Regarding the Putative Diagenetic Origins for Neoproterozoic Sponge Steranes
LIPID BIOMARKERS TO UNDERSTAND EARTH’S SYSTEM: DEVELOPMENT, VALIDATION, AND APPLICATION III POSTER
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 14 december 2021
Organic Molecules on Mars: Results from the First In Situ TMAH Thermochemolysis Experiment at Gale Crater, Mars
CLAY-SULFATE TRANSITIONS AS INDICATORS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ACROSS MARS II POSTER
planetary sciences | 14 december 2021
Volunteer Experience
2013 - 2013
Associate Editor
JGR Planets Section
Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received January 2006