Astrobiology
Published in Association with Mary Ann Liebert
Other Titles in:
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space & Planetary Science | Geochemistry | Planetary Science
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space & Planetary Science | Geochemistry | Planetary Science
eISSN:
15578070 | ISSN:
15311074
Frequency: Monthly
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.
Editor-in-Chief
| Sherry L. Cady, PhD | Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA |
Deputy Editor
| Christopher P. McKay, PhD | Nasa Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA |
Asian Editor
| Kenichiro Sugitani, DSc | Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan |
Australian Editor
| Martin J. Van Kranendonk, PhD | University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia |
Senior Editors
| David A. Baum, PhD | University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA |
| Kathleen A. Campbell, PhD | University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Charles Cockell, PhD | |
| Don A. Cowan, BSc, MSc, PhD | University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa |
| Lewis R. Dartnell, PhD | |
| Sonny Harman, PhD | Nasa Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA |
| James F. Kasting, PhD | Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA |
| Manasvi Lingam, PhD | |
| Timothy W. Lyons, PhD | University of California, Riverside, CA, USA |
| Jack F. Mustard, PhD | Brown University, Providence, RI, USA |
| Victor Parro, PhD | |
| Juan Perez-Mercader, PhD | Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Harvard Origins of Life Initiative, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA |
| Radu Popa, PhD | University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| D.E. (Betsy) Pugel, PhD | Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA |
| Daniella Scalice, PhD | Nasa Headquarters, Washington, DC, USA |
| Mitch Schulte, PhD | |
| Dirk Schulze-Makuch, PhD | Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany |
| Norman Sleep, PhD | Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA |
| Andrew Steele, PhD | Earth and Planetary Laboratory, Carnegie Science, Washington DC, USA |
| Michael C. Storrie-Lombardi, MD | |
| Henry Sun, PhD | Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, NV, USA |
| Jorge L. Vago, PhD | |
| Frances Westall, PhD | |
| Mary Beth Wilhelm, PhD |
Editorial Board Members
| Abigail Allwood, PhD | |
| Steven A. Benner, PhD | |
| Daniella Billi, PhD | University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy |
| Nathalie A. Cabrol, PhD | |
| Barbara Cavalazzi, PhD | |
| Elias Chatzitheodoridis, PhD | National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece |
| Christopher Chyba, PhD | Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA |
| Catharine A. Conley, PhD | Nasa Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA |
| Huan Cui, PhD | |
| Pascale Ehrenfreund, PhD | George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA |
| Alberto G. Fairén, PhD | |
| Franco Ferrari, PhD | |
| Douglas Galante, PhD | |
| Christos D Georgiou, PhD | University of Patras, Patras, Greece |
| Rainer E. Glaser, PhD | University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA |
| Nader Haghighipour, PhD | |
| Ruth Hemmersbach, PhD | |
| Nancy W. Hinman, PhD | University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA |
| Nils G. Holm, PhD | Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Reggie Hudson, PhD | |
| Fumio Inagaki, PhD | |
| Nancy Y. Kiang, PhD | |
| Isabelle Kingsley | |
| Gerhard Kminek, PhD | |
| Kensei Kobayashi, DSc | Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan |
| Doron Lancet, PhD | Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel |
| Yangting Lin, PhD | Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China |
| Charles H. Lineweaver, PhD | Australian National University, Canberra, Australia |
| Craig P. Marshall, PhD | University Of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA |
| Zita Martins, PhD | |
| Shigenori Maruyama, PhD | Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan |
| Victoria S. Meadows, PhD | University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA |
| Michael A. Meyer, PhD | Nasa Headquarters, Washington, DC, USA |
| Carolyn Porco, PhD | |
| Richard Quinn, PhD | |
| Sean N. Raymond, PhD | |
| Antigona Segura, PhD | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico |
| Mark A. Sephton, PhD | Imperial College, London, United Kingdom |
| Seth Shostak, PhD | |
| Helga Stan-Lotter, PhD | |
| Carol Stoker, PhD | |
| Roger E. Summons, PhD | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA |
| Inge L. ten Kate, PhD | Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Feng Tian, PhD | Tsinghua University, Beijing, China |
| Hikaru Yabuta, PhD | Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan |