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| AWARDS IN SCIENCE FOR ASTROBIOLOGY |
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The RFS Awards in Science for Astrobiology has selected Laura M. Barge, PhD who co-authored the paper:
Determining the “Biosignature Threshold” for Life Detection on Biotic, Abiotic, or Prebiotic Worlds [Read Here] Laura M. Barge, Laura E. Rodriguez, Jessica M. Weber, and Bethany P. Theiling |
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| Dr. Laurie Barge is a research scientist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA’s) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. She received her BS in astronomy and astrophysics from Villanova University and her PhD in geological sciences from the University of Southern California; after graduate school she was a Caltech postdoctoral scholar and then a NASA Astrobiology Institute postdoctoral fellow. Currently, Barge co-leads the JPL Origins and Habitability Laboratory, a research group that studies how life can emerge and be detected in planetary environments. Barge’s research focuses on seafloor hydrothermal vents as planetary analogs and how prebiotic chemistry can emerge on Earth and other worlds; she leads various NASA project teams about origin of life, hydrothermal vent exploration, and planetary habitability. |
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| She is also involved in NASA missions as the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) investigation scientist on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and a participating scientist on NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory. For her astrobiology research Barge has received the JPL Lew Allen Award, the NASA Early Career Public Achievement Medal, and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. |
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