Research Areas - (4) Laboratory Rotational Spectroscopy of Prebiotic Molecules

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Jenny Bergner 🔗
University of California, Berkeley 🔗
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Department(s)/lab(s): Chemistry and Astronomy | Bergner Astrochemistry Lab @ UCB
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Bergner performs laboratory rotational spectroscopy and astrochemical kinetics measurements to identify and characterize prebiotic molecules relevant to star- and planet-forming regions, complementing observational spectroscopy of protoplanetary disks. The lab is actively recruiting postdocs.

Paul Rimmer 🔗
University of Cambridge 🔗
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Department(s)/lab(s): Physics (Cavendish Laboratory) / Earth Sciences | Planetary Astrochemistry Lab @ Cambridge
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Rimmer's Planetary Astrochemistry Lab experimentally simulates planetary atmospheric, aqueous and surface chemistry to measure reaction rate constants relevant to prebiotic chemistry, using the custom-built StarLab UV photochemistry simulator to reproduce the light of young stars, in order to constrain which planets and moons are most likely to host the chemical pathways to life.

Susanna Widicus Weaver 🔗
University of Wisconsin-Madison 🔗
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Department(s)/lab(s): Astronomy / Chemistry | Widicus Weaver Astrochemistry Group @ UWMadison
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Astrochemist studying the evolution of prebiotic molecules during star and planet formation, combining laboratory molecular spectroscopy and instrument development with radio and far-IR astronomical observations and astrochemical modeling.

Ke Zhang 🔗
University of Wisconsin-Madison 🔗
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Department(s)/lab(s): Astronomy | Zhang Group @ UWMadison
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Studies how planet-formation chemistry shapes the composition and habitability of young planets, using molecular line observations (e.g., ALMA) combined with numerical simulations.