Astrobiology
Other Titles in:
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space & Planetary Science | Geochemistry | Planetary Science
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space & Planetary Science | Geochemistry | Planetary Science
eISSN:
15578070 | ISSN:
15311074
This top-cited peer-reviewed journal dedicated to understanding life's origin, evolution, and distribution in the universe focuses on new findings and discoveries from interplanetary exploration and laboratory research.
Astrobiology is the most-cited peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the understanding of life's origin, evolution, and distribution in the universe, with a focus on new findings and discoveries from interplanetary exploration and laboratory research.
Astrobiology coverage includes:
Astrophysics
Astropaleontology
Astroplanets
Bioastronomy
Cosmochemistry
Ecogenomics
Exobiology
Extremophiles
Geomicrobiology
Gravitational biology
Life detection technology
Meteoritics
Planetary geoscience
Planetary protection
Prebiotic chemistry
Space exploration technology
Terraforming
Astrobiology is under the editorial leadership of Editor-in-Chief Sherry L. Cady, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and other leading investigators.
Audience: Microbiologists, chemists, geologists, life scientists, astronomers and astrophysicists, paleontologists, planetary scientists, among others.
Editorial Board Members
| Abigail Allwood | Nasa Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA |
| David A Baum, PhD | University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA |
| Steven Benner | Ffame, Gainesville, FL, USA |
| Daniella Billi, PhD | University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy |
| Nathalie A Cabrol | Seti Institute, Mountain View, CA, USA |
| Sherry L Cady, PhD | Sequim, WA, USA |
| Kathleen A Campbell, PhD | University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Barbara Cavalazzi, PhD | Universita Di Bologna, Bologna, Italy |
| Elias Chatzitheodoridis, PhD | National Technical University Of Athens, Zografou Athens, Germany |
| Christopher Chyba | Seti Inst, Mountain View, CA, USA |
| Charles Cockell, PhD | University Of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
| Catherine A Conley, MD | Nasa Headquarters, Washington, DC, USA |
| Don A Cowan, BSC, MSC, PhD | University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa |
| Huan Cui, PhD | University Of Paris, Paris, France |
| Lewis Dartnell, PhD | Univ College London, London, United Kingdom |
| Pascale Ehrenfreund, PhD | George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA |
| Alberto G Fairen, PhD | Centro De Astrobiologia Csic Inta, Madrid, Spain |
| Franco Ferrari, PhD | University Of Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland |
| Douglas Galante | Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory – Lnls, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Christos D Georgiou, PhD | University of Patras, Patras, Greece |
| Rainer E Glaser, PhD | Missouri Columbia University, Columbia, MO, USA |
| Nader Haghighipour | University Of Hawaii Nai, Honolulu, HI, USA |
| Ruth Hemmersbach, PhD | German Aerospace Center, Koln, Germany |
| Nancy Hinman | Missoula, MT, USA |
| Nils Holm | Stockholm Univ, New Rochelle, NY, USA |
| Reggie Hudson | Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA |
| Fumio Inagaki, PhD | Jamstec, Yokohama, Japan |
| James Kasting | Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA |
| Nancy Y Kiang | Nasa Goddard Institute For Space Studies, New York, NY, USA |
| Isabelle Kingsley | University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
| Gerhard Kminek | Esa-Estec, Ag Noordwijk, Netherlands |
| Kensei Kobayashi | Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan |
| Doron Lancet | Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel |
| Yangting Lin | Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China |
| Charles Lineweaver | Planetary Science Inst, Weston Creek, Australia |
| Manasvi Lingam, PhD | Florida Institute Of Technology, Melbourne, FL, USA |
| Timothy W Lyons, PhD | Univ Of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA |
| Craig P Marshall | University Of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA |
| Zita Martins, PhD | Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal |
| Shigenori Maruyama | Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan |
| Christopher Mckay | Nasa Ames Research Center, Moffett, CA, USA |
| Victoria Meadows | University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA |
| Michael Meyer | Nasa, Washington, DC, USA |
| John Mustard | Providence, RI, USA |
| Victor Parro, PhD | Instituto Nacional De Tecnica Aeroespacial, Madrid, Spain |
| Radu Popa, PhD | University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| Carolyn Porco, PhD | University Of California, Los Osos, CA, USA |
| Richard Quinn, PhD | Carl Sagan Center Seti Institute, Moffett Field, CA, USA |
| Margaret S Race | Seti Institute, Mountain View, CA, USA |
| Sean Raymond | Cnrs, Floirac, France |
| Petra Rettberg | Deutsches Zentrum Fur Luft, Cologne, Germany |
| John Rummel | East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA |
| Daniella Scalice | Nasa Astrobiology Institute, Washington, DC, USA |
| Mitch Schulte | Nasa Headquarters, Washington, DC, USA |
| Dirk Schulze-Makuch | Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany |
| Sara Seager | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA |
| Antigona Segura, PhD | Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Mexico, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico |
| Mark Sephton | Imperial College Of London, London, United Kingdom |
| Seth Shostak, PhD | Seti Institute, Mountain View, CA, USA |
| Norman Sleep | Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA |
| Helga Stan-Lotter | Inst Genetics& Gnrl Biology, Salzburg, Austria |
| Carol Stoker, PhD | Nasa Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA |
| Michael Storrie-Lombardi | Santa Barbara, CA, USA |
| Kenichiro Sugitani | Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan |
| Roger Summons | Mass Inst Of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA |
| Inge L Ten Kate | Utrecht University, Cd Utrecht, Norway |
| Feng Tian, PhD | Tsinghua University, Beijing, China |
| Jorge L Vago | European Space Agency, Noordwijk, Netherlands |
| Martin J Van Kranendonk | University Of New South Wales, Kensington Nsw, Australia |
| Frances Westall | Centre De Biophysique Moleculaire Cnrs, Orleans, France |
| Mary Beth Wilhelm, PhD | Nasa Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA |
| Hikaru Yabuta, PhD | Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan |