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Chris P. McKay
Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center
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Professional Experience
NASA Ames Research Center
Scientist
2020 - Present
Education
University of Colorado Boulder
Doctorate
1982
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The First Tree on Mars
CREATING SUSTAINABLE HABITATS AND ECOSYSTEMS BEYOND EARTH II ORAL
planetary sciences | 16 december 2025
Why desert bacteria are radiation resistant: insights from lichens.
IONIZING RADIATION AND ITS IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENTAL RECORDS AND HABITABILITY I ORAL
10 may 2024
Swiss Army Tool for Safer and Faster Ocean Worlds Aseptic Sampling - Lessons from Astrobiology and Technology Field Drilling Trials
ACCESSING OCEAN WORLDS: CHALLENGES AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUB-ICE EXPLORATION AND SCIENCE II ORAL
08 may 2024
Enantiomerically-Selective Consumption of Chiral nutrients, together with Enantiomeric Analysis of Native Carbon, Constitutes Unambiguous Evidence for Extant Life: a Mission Concept
NEW IN SITU TECHNOLOGIES FOR SEARCHING FOR SIGNATURES OF LIFE ON MARS I ELIGHTNING
08 may 2024
Detecting Complex Biomolecules at the Plume of Enceladus Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy
EXTRAORDINARY ENCELADUS III POSTER
planetary sciences | 14 december 2022
Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies Project: Final Year
LIMITS OF LIFE AND HABITABILITY IN TERRESTRIAL ANALOGUE SITES: ADVANCES, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES V ELIGHTNING: IN MEMORIAM OF RAFAEL NAVARRO-GONZÁLEZ
missions to mars: life detection and habitability | 19 may 2022
Enceladus Orbilander: Searching for signs of life in orbit and on the surface
CROSSING THE THRESHOLD: IN-SITU INSTRUMENTATION TO SEEK LIFE, ITS PRECURSORS AND GEOPHYSICAL CONTEXT ON EUROPA AND OTHER OCEAN WORLDS III ORAL
ocean worlds near and far | 19 may 2022
Rainfall Monitoring at the Extremes: The Arid to Hyper-arid Transition and the Future of Life.
ASTROBIOLOGY AND THE FUTURE OF LIFE: EVIDENCE, ANALOGY AND PREDICTION I HYBRID ORAL
philosophy, history, education and community development | 18 may 2022
Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received January 2006