Tags - (2) origins of life astrochemistry

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.