Dirk Schulze-Makuch

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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Justus Liebig University

Dirk Schulze-Makuch (born 1964) is a professor at the Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics at the

Technical University Berlin, Germany and Adjunct Professor at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences Washington State University, Pullman, WA. He is best known for his publications on extraterrestrial life, being coauthor of five books on the topic: The Cosmic Zoo: Complex Life on Many Worlds (2017), A One Way Mission to Mars: Colonizing the Red Planet (2011), We Are Not Alone: Why We Have Already Found Extraterrestrial Life (2010), Cosmic Biology: How Life could Evolve on Other Worlds (2010), and Life in the Universe: Expectations and Constraints (2004, 2008, 2018). In 2012 he published with David Darling Megacatastrophes! Nine Strange Ways the World Could End. In 2013 he published the second edition of his science fiction novel Alien Encounter. Together with Paul Davies he proposed in 2010 exploration of Mars by a one-way trip to the planet.[1]

Education and career

His upbringing was in Giessen, Germany, where he received his Diplom-Degree (M.S.) in Geology from

Technical University Berlin (Germany) and led as Principal Investigator the European Union – funded ERC Advanced Grant project on the “Habitability of Martian Environments” from 2013 to 2019.[2] In 2019 he has been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept Grant.[3]

Scientific research

Schulze-Makuch's research interests and publications range from

archeology,[14][15] to cancer.[16] To the viewer he may be best known for his work in astrobiology [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
in particular the possible existence of life on Venus,[26][27] Mars,[28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] Titan,[36][37][38] Europa,[39][40][41] and Io .[42] With Ian Crawford he proposed that microbial life may have existed temporarily on Earth´s Moon, at a time of major volcanic outgassing about 3.5 billion years ago.[43] His book Life in the Universe (with L. N. Irwin) and his studies[44][45][46] consider alternative physiologies for extraterrestrial life.

Patents

Removal of Biological Pathogens Using Surfactant Modified Zeolite. Patent No. US 7,311,839 B2. Date of patent: dec. 25, 2007.[47]

Awards

Friedrich-Wilhelm Bessel Award (2010) by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Media activity

The work of Schulze-Makuch has received much attention. It has been the subject of TV programs on the BBC, the National Geographic and the Discovery Channel, and of numerous articles in magazines such as New Scientist, The Guardian and Der Spiegel.

Blog:

Air&Space Magazine: Life beyond Earth[48]

Works

Academic books

Popular science books

Science fiction novel

References

  1. ^ Schulze-Makuch, D.; Davies, P. (2010). "To Boldly Go: A One-Way Human Mission to Mars". Journal of Cosmology. 12: 3619–3626. Archived from the original on October 23, 2010.
  2. ^ "Habitability of Martian Environments: Exploring the Physiological and Environmental Limits of Life". European Research Council. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  3. ^ "PortPath: A Portable Device for Detecting Pathogens". European Research Council. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  4. ^ Heinz, J.; Krahn, T. & Schulze-Makuch, D. (2020). "A new record for microbial perchlorate tolerance: fungal growth in NaClO4 Brines and its implications for putative life on Mars".
    PMID 32353964
    .
  5. ^ Schulze-Makuch, D. & Bains, W. (2018). "Time to consider search strategies for complex life on exoplanets".
    S2CID 64692257
    .
  6. ^ Bains, W.; Schulze-Makuch, D. (2016). "The cosmic zoo: the (near) inevitability for the evolution of complex, macroscopic life".
    PMID 27376334
    .
  7. ^ Schulze-Makuch, D.; Schulze-Makuch, A.; Houtkooper, J. (2015). "The physical, chemical, and physiological limits of life".
    PMID 26193325
    .
  8. ^ Irwin, L.N.; Mendez, A.; Fairen, A.G.; Schulze-Makuch, D. (2014). "Assessing the Possibility of Biological Complexity on Other Worlds, with an Estimate of the Occurrence of Complex Life in the Milky Way Galaxy".
    doi:10.3390/challe5010159
    .
  9. ^ Fairén, A.G.; Schulze-Makuch, D.; Whyte, L.; Parro, V.; Pavlov, A.; Gómez-Elvira, J.; Azua-Bustos, A.; Fink, W.; Baker, V. (2019). "Planetary protection and the astrobiological exploration of Mars: Proactive steps in moving forward".
    doi:10.1016/j.asr.2019.01.011
    .
  10. doi:10.1038/ngeo1866
    .
  11. ^ Schulze-Makuch, D.; Haque, S.; Beckles, D.; Schmitt-Kopplin, P.; Harir, M.; Schneider, B.; Stumpp, C.; Wagner, D. (2020). "A chemical and microbial characterization of selected mud volcanoes reveals pathogens introduced by surface water and rainwater".
    S2CID 209474384
    .
  12. ^ Schulze-Makuch, D.; Cherkauer, D.S. (1998). "Variations in hydraulic conductivity with scale of measurement during aquifer tests in heterogeneous, porous carbonate rocks".
    S2CID 129868404
    .
  13. ^ Abdel-Fattah, A.; Langford, R. & Schulze-Makuch, D. (2007). "Applications of particle-tracking techniques to bank infiltration: a case study from El Paso, Texas, USA".
    S2CID 130625697
    .
  14. ^ Schulze-Makuch, D. (1992). "Rammner's Current Line Perturbation Method as used to prospect in an early Roman Marching-Camp". Journal of Applied Geosciences. 11: 75–86.
  15. ^ Schulze-Makuch, D. (1996). "Survey of the outline of an early Roman Marching Camp in Germany by Rammner's Current Line Perturbation Method".
    doi:10.1006/jasc.1996.0083
    .
  16. ^ António, M.R.S.; Schulze-Makuch, D. (2009). "The immune system as key to cancer treatment: triggering its activity with microbial agents".
    doi:10.1016/j.bihy.2009.08.003
    .
  17. ^ Heinz, J.; Waajen, A.C.; Airo, A.; Alibrandi, A.; Schirmack, J.; Schulze-Makuch, D. (2019). "Bacterial growth in chloride and perchlorate brines: Halotolerances and salt stress responses of Planococcus halocryophilus".
    PMID 31386567
    .
  18. ^ Schulze-Makuch, D. (2019). "The naked mole-rat: an unusual organism with an unexpected latent potential for advanced intelligence?".
    PMID 31527499
    .
  19. ^ Irwin, L.N.; Schulze-Makuch, D. (2001). "Assessing the plausibility of life on other worlds".
    PMID 12467118
    .
  20. ^ Shapiro, R.S.; Schulze-Makuch, D. (2009). "The search for alien life in our solar system: strategies and priorities".
    PMID 19355818
    .
  21. ^ Brooks, H.; Schulze-Makuch, D. (2010). "The Solar Wind Power Satellite as an alternative to a traditional Dyson Sphere and its implications for remote detection".
    S2CID 122974525
    .
  22. ^ António, M.R.S.; Schulze-Makuch, D. (2010). "The power of social structure: how we became an intelligent lineage".
    S2CID 122961268
    .
  23. ^ Schulze-Makuch, D.; Irwin, L.N. & Fairen, A.G. (2013). "Drastic environmental change and its effects on a planetary biosphere".
    doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2013.05.001
    .
  24. ^ Schulze-Makuch, D.; Davila, A.F. (2010). "Searching for Life Beyond our Planet: Are We There Yet?".
    doi:10.1029/2010EO320004
    .
  25. ^ McKay, C.P.; Schulze-Makuch, D.; Boston, P.J.; ten Kate, I.L.; Davila, A.F. & Shocks, E. (2011). "The next phase in our search for life — An expert discussion".
    PMID 21294665
    .
  26. ^ Schulze-Makuch, D.; Irwin, L.N. (2002). "Reassessing the possibility of life on Venus: Proposal for an Astrobiology Mission".
    PMID 12469368
    .
  27. ^ Schulze-Makuch, D.; Grinspoon, D.H.; Abbas, O.; Irwin, L.N. & Bullock, M. (2004). "A sulfur-based UV adaptation strategy for putative phototrophic life in the Venusian atmosphere".
    PMID 15104900
    .
  28. ^ Fairén, A.G.; et al. (2009). "Evidence for Amazonian acidic liquid water on Mars: a reinterpretation of MER mission results".
    doi:10.1016/j.pss.2008.11.008
    .
  29. ^ Davila, A.F.; Skidmore, M.; Fairén, A.G.; Cockell, C. & Schulze-Makuch, D. (2010). "New priorities in the robotic exploration of Mars: The case for in situ search of extant life".
    PMID 20929400
    .
  30. ^ Fairén, A.G.; et al. (2010). "Noachian and more recent phyllosilicates in impact craters on Mars".
    PMID 20133883
    .
  31. PMID 26836457
    .
  32. PMID 29483268
    .
  33. ^ Montgomery, W.; Jaramillo, E.A.; Royle, S.H.; Kounaves, S.P.; Schulze-Makuch, D.; Sephton, M.A. (2019). "Effects of Oxygen-Containing Salts on the Detection of Organic Biomarkers on Mars and in Terrestrial Analog Soils".
    PMID 31062993
    .
  34. ^ Heinz, J.; Schulze-Makuch, D. (2020). "Thiophenes on Mars: biotic or abiotic origin?".
    PMID 32091933
    .
  35. ^ Maus, D.; Heinz, J.; Schirmack, J.; Airo, A.; Kounaves, S.P.; Wagner, D.; Schulze-Makuch, D. (2020). "Methanogenic archaea can produce methane in deliquescence-driven Mars analog environments".
    PMID 31913316
    .
  36. ^ Schulze-Makuch, D.; Grinspoon, D.H. (2005). "Biologically Enhanced Energy and Carbon Cycling on Titan?".
    S2CID 7923827
    .
  37. ^ Meckenstock, R.U.; von Netzer, F.; Stumpp, C.; Lueders, T.; Himmelberg, A.M.; Hertkorn, N.; Schmitt-Kopplin, P.; Harir, M.; Hosein, R.; Hosein, R.; Schulze-Makuch, D. (2014). "Water inclusions in oil are microhabitats for microbial life".
    S2CID 13491492
    .
  38. ^ Sohl, F.; Solomonidou, A.; Wagner, F.W.; Coustenis, A.; Hussmann, H.; Schulze-Makuch, D. (2014). "Structural and tidal models of Titan and inferences on cryovolcanism" (PDF).
    S2CID 59461396
    .
  39. ^ Irwin, L.N.; Schulze-Makuch, D. (2003). "Strategy for modeling putative ecosystems on Europa".
    PMID 14987484
    .
  40. ^ Figueredo, P.H.; Greeley, R.; Neuer, S.; Irwin, L.N. & Schulze-Makuch, D. (2003). "Locating potential biosignatures on Europa from surface geology observations".
    PMID 14987486
    .
  41. ^ Abbas, S.; Schulze-Makuch, D. (2008). "Amino acid synthesis in Europa's subsurface environment".
    S2CID 84591885
    .
  42. ^ Schulze-Makuch, D. (2010). "Io: Is life possible between fire and ice?". Journal of Cosmology. 5: 912–919. Archived from the original on February 23, 2010.
  43. ^ Schulze-Makuch, D.; Crawford, I.A. (2018). "Was there an early habitability window for Earth´s Moon?".
    PMID 30035616
    .
  44. ^ Schulze-Makuch, D.; Irwin, L.N. (2006). "The prospect of alien life in exotic forms on other worlds".
    S2CID 3207913
    .
  45. ^ Houtkooper, J.M.; Schulze-Makuch, D. (2007). "A possible biogenic origin for hydrogen peroxide on Mars: the Viking results reinterpreted".
    S2CID 8091895
    .
  46. ^ Schulze-Makuch, D.; Schulze-Makuch, A.; Houtkooper, J. (2015). "The physical, chemical, and physiological limits of life".
    PMID 26193325
    .
  47. ^ "Patent US7311839 - Removal of biological pathogens using surfactant-modified zeolite - Google Patents". Retrieved 2013-04-22.
  48. ^ "Life Beyond Earth".

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