Donald Lowe, Ph.D. (Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford)
Dr. Lowe is a Professor of Geological and Environmental Science at Stanford University whose research includes clastic sedimentology, deep-water sedimentation mechanics and facies and Archean depositional systems and crustal development.
Dr. Lowe is currently co-director of the Stanford Project on Deep-Sea Depositional Systems (SPODDS). The SPODDS project focuses on the study of ancient and modern coarse-clastic deep water deposits from around the world. Please visit SPODDS for further information.
Fabia U. Battistuzzi, Ph.D. (Center for Evolutionary Functional Genomics, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University)
Dr. Battistuzzi is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate of Dr. Sudhir Kumar, Director of the Center for Evolutionary Functional Genomics, Biodesign Institute and Professor in the School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University.
Dr. Battistuzzi research interests are in astrobiology, molecular and evolutionary biology, evolution of early life (prokaryotes and origin of eukaryotes) and early Earth history, molecular clock testing and applications. Please visit kumarlab.net for further information.
Rachel Haymon, Ph.D. (Department of Earth Science, UCSB)
Dr. Haymon is a Professor of Marine Geology and Geochemistry at UC Santa Barbara in the Department of Earth Science.
Dr. Haymon's research interest involves working with graduate students and colleagues on exploration and characterization of hydrothermal systems along the global Mid-Ocean Ridge, and on studies of hydrothermal mineralization. Please visit Rachel Haymon for further information.
Dawn Y. Sumner, Ph.D. (Department of Geology, UCD)
Dr. Sumner is a Professor of Geology and Chancellor's Fellow in the Department of Geology at UC Davis.
Dr. Sumner's very active research includes looking at microbial motility and morphology, archean microbial communities, chemical depth gradients in Neoarchean oceans, the effects of regional oceanographic changes on geochemical signatures, and sediments on Mars and cameras for the 2009 Mars Science Laboratory rover. Please visit Dawn Sumner for further information.
John P. Grotzinger, Ph.D. (Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Cal Tech)
Dr. Grotzinger is a Fletcher Jones Professor of Geology in the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences at California Institute of Technology.
Dr. Grotzinger's research interests are in sedimentology; stratigraphy; geobiology, and ancient surface processes on Earth and Mars. For Dr. Grotzinger these field-based investigations of depositional systems are the starting point for analysis of past processes, interactions between life and environment, and tectonic and climatic regimes. Please visit John P. Grotzinger for further information.