Jennifer Eigenbrode

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Jennifer Eigenbrode
Eigenbrode injecting a chemical into a rock sample in 2011
Alma mater
Scientific career
Institutions
Katherine Freeman
Other academic advisors

Jennifer Eigenbrode is an interdisciplinary astrobiologist who works at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. She specializes in organic chemistry, geology, and organic bio-geochemistry of martian and ocean-world environments.

Early life and education

Eigenbrode's family of engineers and technicians helped foster her enjoyment of science and her naturally inquisitive nature. Geology grabbed her curiosity from an early age and she became a "professional geology student".[1]

Eigenbrode obtained her B.S. in geology from

National Aeronautic and Space Administration as a space scientist.[2]

Research

Eigenbrode's early research was on the Earth's atmosphere during the Archean era where she examined organic carbon,[5] sulfur,[6] and the origin of aerobic ecosystems.[7] She then moved on to examining organic compounds found in Neoarchaean rocks,[8] establishing field methods to prepare samples for analysis,[9] and developing methods to preserve samples from Mars in a manner that allows investigation of biosignatures.[10][11]

Her current research focuses on Mars, and uses samples collected by the rover Curiosity which she uses to search for signals of life on Mars.[12] She received NASA's Internal Research and Development (IRAD) Innovator of the Year award in 2009 for her work on a sample preparation module needed to collect samples from Mars.[13] She is a part of the team[14][15] working on samples from Mars including gases[16] and soils,[17] and radiation on the planet.[15][18] She was lead author on a paper examining organic matter within the samples from Mars,[19][20] research that used the SAM instrument (Sample Analysis at Mars) to burn samples collected from the surface of Mars and examined the resulting gas to determine the composition of the samples.[21][22] Eigenbrode is also establishing the groundwork to use the CheMin (Chemistry and Mineralogy) instrument on Curiosity to detect organic salts in the Mars samples.[23][24]

Selected publications

  • Eigenbrode, Jennifer L.;
    PMID 17043234
    .
  • Ono, Shuhei; Eigenbrode, Jennifer L.; Pavlov, Alexander A.; Kharecha, Pushker; Rumble, Douglas; Kasting, James F.;
    ISSN 0012-821X
    .
  • Eigenbrode, Jennifer L.;
    S2CID 46983230
    .

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ "Women at NASA: Jennifer Eigenbrode". Women at NASA. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  2. ^ a b c d "Bio - Jennifer L Eigenbrode". science.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  3. OCLC 42322638
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  4. ^ Eigenbrode, Jennifer L. (26 March 2004). "Late Archean Microbial Ecology: An Integration of Molecular, Isotopic, and Lithologic Studies".
  5. ISSN 0091-7613
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  6. ISSN 0012-821X
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  7. PMID 17043234
    .
  8. ISSN 0012-821X
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  9. PMID 19496672
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  10. S2CID 9963677
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  11. S2CID 3759945
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  12. ^ Emspak,SPACE.com, Jesse. "Was There Ever Life on Mars?". Scientific American. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  13. ^ a b "Eigenbrode Earns Chief Technologist's Top Prize, Flatley Wins an Honorable Mention". 2009-11-19. Archived from the original on 2009-11-19. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  14. S2CID 52836398
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  15. ^
    S2CID 33661472
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  16. S2CID 206548973
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  17. S2CID 206549244
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  18. ^ ABC News (December 9, 2013). "Curiosity Sniffing the Ground on Hunt for Martian Organic Material". ABC News. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  19. S2CID 46983230
    .
  20. ^ Voosen, Paul (2018-06-07). "NASA rover hits organic pay dirt on Mars". Science | AAAS. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  21. ^ "Organic salts on Mars hint at ancient microbial life on the Red Planet". ZME Science. 2021-05-25. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  22. ^ Wall, Mike (2018-06-07). "Curiosity Rover Finds Ancient 'Building Blocks for Life' on Mars". Space.com. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  23. S2CID 233603377
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  24. ^ Ashley Strickland (2 June 2021). "Organic salts could be on Mars. Here's what that means". CNN. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  25. ^ "Philip R. Cosminsky Award". www.jmu.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  26. ^ "GSA Awards Research Grants" (PDF). GSA Today. Vol. 9, no. 9. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  27. ^ "Awards Won - Computational & Information Sciences and Technology Office - 606". science.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  28. ^ "125th Anniversary Fellows named by the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences | Penn State University". www.psu.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-11.

External links

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