Astrobiology and Origins of Life
Publications in Astrobiology, Analytical Paleontology, and Origins of Life
196. Brandes, J.A., N.Z. Boctor, G.D. Cody, B.A. Cooper, R.M. Hazen, and H.S. Yoder, Jr. (1998) "Abiotic nitrogen reduction in the early earth." Nature 395, 365-367. [pdf]
Also, Chris Chyba's commentary on this article: [pdf]
197. Hazen, R.M. (1998) "The stuff of life: What was life's first energy source?" The Planetary Report 18, 16-17.
198. Hazen, R.M. (1999) "A new perspective on the origin of life." In Sandra Hackman, Editor: The NOVA Reader: Science at the Turn of the Millennium. NY: TV Books, pp. 48-54.
199. Hazen, R.M. (1999) Book review of Cradle of Life: The Discovery of Earth's Earliest Fossils by J. William Schopf. Physics Today 52 (#10), 75-76.
200. Cody, G.D., N.Z. Boctor, T.R. Filley, R.M. Hazen, J.H. Scott, H.S. Yoder, Jr. (2000) "Primordial carbonylated iron-sulfur compounds and the synthesis of pyruvate." Science 289, 1337-1340. [pdf]
201. Brandes, J.A., R.M. Hazen, H.S. Yoder, Jr., and G.D. Cody (2000) "Early pre- and post-biotic synthesis of alanine: an alternative to the Strecker synthesis." In Perspectives in Amino Acid and Protein Geochemistry. (G.A. Goodfriend, M.J. Collins, M.L. Fogel, S.A. Macko, and J.F. Wehmiller, eds.). Oxford University Press, NY. pp. 41-59. [pdf]
202. Hazen, R.M. (2001) "Emergence and the origin of life." In: G. Pályi (Editor) Fundamentals of Life. New York: Elsevier, pp.41-50.
203. Cody, G.D., R.M. Hazen, J.A. Brandes, H.J. Morowitz, H.S. Yoder, Jr. (2001) "Geochemical roots of autotrophic carbon fixation: Hydrothermal experiments in the system citric acid, H2O-(±FeS)-(±NiS)." Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 65, 3557-3576. [pdf]
204. Hazen, R.M. (2001) "Life's rocky start." Scientific American, 284, #4, 76-85. [pdf]
205. Hazen, R.M., T.R. Filley and G.A. Goodfriend (2001) "Selective adsorption of L- and D-amino acids on calcite: implications for biochemical homochirality." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (US), 98: 5487-5490. [pdf]
206. Boyce, C.K., R.M. Hazen and A.H. Knoll (2001) "Nondestructive, in situ, cellular-scale mapping of elemental abundances including organic carbon in permineralized fossils." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (US), 98: 5970-5974. [pdf]
207. Hazen, R.M. and E. Roedder (2001) "How old are bacteria from the Permian age?" Nature, 411: 155. [pdf]
208. Sharma, A., J.H. Scott, G.D. Cody, M.L. Fogel, R.M. Hazen, R. Hemley and W.T. Huntress (2002) "Microbial activity at gigapascal pressures." Science 295, 1514-1516. [pdf]
209. Hazen, R.M., N. Boctor, J.A. Brandes, G.D. Cody, R.J. Hemley, A. Sharma and H.S. Yoder, Jr. (2002) "High pressure and the origin of life." J. Phys. Condensed Matter 14, 1-6.
210. Hazen, R.M. and D.S. Sholl. Chiral selection on inorganic crystalline surfaces. Nature Materials 2, 367-374. [pdf]
211. Noffke, N., N. Nhleko and R.M. Hazen (2003) "Earth's earliest microbial mats in a siliciclastic marine environment (2.9 Ga Mozaan Group, South Africa)." Geology 31, 673-677. [pdf]
212. Hazen, R.M. (2003) "Factors that influence the emergence of complexity in prebiotic geochemical systems." Astrobiology 2, 599.
213. Hazen, R.M. and D.S. Sholl (2003b) "Origins of biomolecular homochirality: selective molecular adsorption on crystalline surfaces." Astrobiology 2, 598-599. [pdf]
214. Hazen, R.M., A. Steele, G.D. Cody, M.L. Fogel and W.T. Huntress, Jr. (2003) "Biosignatures and abiosignatures." Astrobiology 2, 512-513.
215. Boyce, C.K., A.H. Knoll, G.D. Cody, M.L. Fogel and R.M. Hazen (2003) The evolution of lignin and vascular cells in early plants. International Journal of Plant Science 164, 691-702. [pdf]
216. Hazen, R.M. (2004) "Chiral crystal faces of common rock-forming minerals." In G. Palyi, C. Zucchi and L Cagglioti, Eds. Progress in Biological Chirality. New York: Elsevier, Chapter 11, pp.137-151. [pdf]
217. Churchill, H., H. Teng and R.M. Hazen (2004) "Measurements of pH-dependent surface charge with atomic force microscopy: Implications for amino acid adsorption and the origin of life." American Mineralogist 89, 1048-1055. [pdf]
218. Cody, G.D., N.Z. Boctor, J.A. Brandes, T.R. Filley, R.M. Hazen and H.S. Yoder, Jr. (2004) "Assaying the catalytic potential of transition metal sulfides for prebiotic carbon fixation." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68, 2185-2196. [pdf]
219. Downs, R.T. and R.M. Hazen (2004) "Chiral indices of crystalline surfaces as a measure of enantioselective potential." Journal of Molecular Catalysis 216, 273-285. [pdf]
220. Hazen, R.M. (2005) Genesis: The Scientific Quest for Life's Origin. Washington, DC: Joseph Henry Press, 339 p.
221. Hazen, R.M. (2005) "Genesis: Rocks, minerals and the geochemical origin of life." Elements 1, #3 (June, 2005), 135-137. [pdf]
223. Hazen, R.M. (2006) "Mineral surfaces and the prebiotic selection and organization of biomolecules" (Presidential Address to the Mineralogical Society of America). American Mineralogist 91, 1715-1729. [pdf]
224. Noffke, N., K.A. Eriksson, R.M. Hazen and E.L. Simpson (2006) "Microbial mats in coastal sands: A light-sensitive ecosystem unaltered for 3.2 billion years." Geology 34, 253-256. [pdf]
225. Boyce, C. K., C. L. Hotton, M. L. Fogel, G. D. Cody, R. M. Hazen and A. H. Knoll (2007) Devonian landscape heterogeneity recorded by a giant fungus. Geology 35, 399-402. [pdf]
226. Noffke, N., N. Beukes, R.M. Hazen and J. Gutzmer (2006) "Microbially induced sedimentary structures indicating extensive microbial mats in siliciclastic storm deposits of the 2.9 Ga Witwatersrand Supergroup, South Africa." Precambrian Research 146, 35-44. [pdf]
227. Hazen, R.M., A. Steele, J. Maule, R. Martin and E. Vicenzi (2006) "Applications of microarray technology to the study of mineral-molecule interactions." Astrobiology 6, 223.
228. Hazen, R.M., A.M. Snellinger, J.P. Dworkin, J.H. Scott, G.D. Cody, M.L. Fogel, M.V. Johnston and G. Ertem (2006) "MALDI-MS analysis of hetero-trimer fractions formed by montmorillonite catalysis in the reaction of binary monomer mixtures." Astrobiology 6, 250-251.
229. Asthagiri, A. and R.M. Hazen (2006) "An ab initio study of adsorption of alanine on the chiral calcite (2131) surface." Molecular Simulation 33, 343-351. [pdf]
230. Hazen, R.M. and D. Deamer (2006) "Hydrothermal reactions of pyruvic acid: synthesis, selection, and self-assembly of amphiphilic molecules." Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere 37, 143-152. [pdf]
231. Hazen, R. M. (2008) Emergence and the experimental pursuit of the origin of life. In C. Bertka, editor, AAAS volume. New York: Cambridge University Press, in press.
232. Noffke, N., N. Beukes, D. Bower, R. M. Hazen and D. J. P. Swift (2008) An actualistic perspective into Archean worlds - (cyano-)bacterially induced sedimentary structures in the siliciclastic Nhlazatse Section, 2.9 Ga Pongola Supergroup, South Africa. Geobiology 6, 5-20. [pdf]
235. Hazen, R. M. (2007) The emergence of chemical complexity: An Introduction. In L. Zaikowski and J. M. Friedrich [editors], Chemical Evolution I: Chemical Change across Space and Time. American Chemical Society Symposium, pp.2-14.
236. Ertem, G., R. M. Hazen and J. P. Dworkin (2007) Sequence analysis of trimer isomers formed by montmorillonite catalysis in the reaction of binary monomer mixtures. Astrobiology 7, 715-724. [pdf]
237. Bada, J., B. Fegley Jr., S. L. Miller, A. Lazcano, H. J. Cleaves, R. M. Hazen and J. Chalmers (2007) Debating evidence for the origin of life on Earth. Science 315, 937-938.
238. Hazen, R. M. (2007) Emergence and the origin of life: Presentation, questions and responses. In C. Bertka, N. Roth and M. Shindell (Editors), Workshop Report: Philosophical, Ethical, and Theological Implications of Astrobiology. Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science. pp. 30-40.
Hazen, R. M. (2008) The emergence of patterning in life's origin and evolution. International Journal of Developmental Biology, in press.
Ertem, G., R. M. Hazen, A. M. Snellinger, J. P. Dworkin and M. V. Johnston (2008) Sequence- and region-selective formation of RNA-like oligomers by montmorillonite catalysis. International Journal of Astrobiology, in press.
Castro-Puyana, M., A. Salgado, R. M. Hazen, A. L. Crego and M. L. Marina (2008) Investiation of the enantioselective adsorption of 3-carboxy adipic acid on minerals by capillary electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 29, 1548-1555. [pdf]
Hazen, R. M. (2008) The chemical evolution of life: An Introduction. In L. Zaikowski and J. M. Friedrich [editors], Chemical Evolution II: From Origins of Life to Modern Society. American Chemical Society Symposium, in preparation.
Hazen, R.M. (2008) Mineral evolution of terrestrial planets. Invited chapter in A. H. Knoll, D. E. Canfield and K. O. Konhauser (Editors), A Geobiology Reader, in preparation.
Hazen, R.M. (2008) The geochemical origin of life. Invited chapter in A. H. Knoll, D. E. Canfield and K. O. Konhauser (Editors), A Geobiology Reader, in preparation.
Brandes, J.A., R.M.Hazen and H.S.Yoder Jr. (2008) Inorganic nitrogen reduction and stability under hydrothermal conditions. Astrobiology, in press.
Hazen, R. M., D.Papineau, W. Bleeker, R.T. Downs, J.Ferry, T.McCoy, D.Sverjensky and H. Yang (2008) Mineral evolution. American Mineralogist, in press.
D.A. Sverjensky, C.M. Jonsson, C.L. Jonsson, H.J. Cleaves and R.M. Hazen (2008) Glutamate surface speciation on amorphous titanium dioxide and hydrous ferric oxide. Environmental Science & Technology, in press.
Asthagiri, A, and R. M. Hazen (2008) An ab initio study of adsorption of aspartic acid on the chiral calcite (2131) surface. In preparation.