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Astrochemistry Laboratory

Astrochemistry Laboratory


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Jason P. Dworkin

Astrochemistry Laboratory
NASA/GSFC, Code 691
Greenbelt, MD 20771

Phone: (301) 286-8631

Email: Jason Dworkin

Current Position


    Astrophysicist, Astrochemistry Laboratory

Education


A.B. (Biochemistry, with Distinction - 1991) Occidental College
Ph.D. (Biochemistry - 1997) University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

Awards and Honors


  • Performance Award, NASA.s Goddard Space Flight Center (2004, 2005)
  • National Academy of Sciences, Beckman Frontiers of Science Symposium Participant (2004)
  • NASA Group Achievement Award (2002)
  • Member NASA Astrobiology Institute (1998-2002, 2003-)
  • NSCORT Exobiology Adjunct Fellow (1996-1997)
  • NSCORT Exobiology Pre-doctoral Fellow (1992-1996)
  • Merck Award for Best Graduating Biochemistry Major, Occidental College (1991)


    • Selected Publications


    2004  Glavin, D.P., Dworkin, J.P., Lupisella, M., Kminek, G. Rummel, J.D., Biological contamination studies of lunar landing sites: implications for future planetary protection and life detection on the Moon and Mars Int. J. Astrobio. 3, 265-271.

    2004  Dworkin J.P., et al., An evolutionary connection between interstellar ices and IDPs? Clues from mass spectroscopy measurements of laboratory simulations. Adv. Space Res, 33, 67-71.

    2003  Dworkin, J.P., Lazcano, A., Miller S.L. (2003) The roads to and from the RNA world. J. Theor. Evol. 222, 127-134.

    2003  Deamer, D.W., Dworkin J.P., Sandford, S.A., Bernstein, M.P., Allamandola, L.J., The First Cell Membranes. Astrobiology, 2, 371-381.

    2003  Gudipati, M.S. Dworkin, J.P., Chillier, X.D.F. Allamandola, L.J., Luminescence from VUV irradiated cosmic ice analogs and residues. Astrophys. J., 583, 514-523.

    2003  Bernstein, M.P., Dworkin, J.P., Cooper, G.W., Sandford, S.A., Allamandola, L.J. (2002). Racemic amino acids from the ultraviolet photolysis of interstellar ice analogues. Nature 416, 401-403.

    2002  Bernstein, M.P., Dworkin, J.P., Sandford, S.A., Allamandola, L.J., Ultraviolet Irradiation of the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Naphthalene in H2O. Implications for Meteorites and Biogenesis. Adv. Space Res. 30, 1501-1508.

    2002   Sandford, S.A., Bernstein, M.P., Dworkin, J.P. (2001) Assessment of the interstellar processes leading to deuterium enrichment in meteoritic organics Met. Planet. Sci., 36, 1117-1133.

    2001   Ehrenfreund, P., Bernstein, M.P., Dworkin, J.P., Sandford, S.A., Allamandola, L.J., The photostability of amino acids in space. Astrophys. J., 550, L95-L99.

    2001  Bernstein, M.P., Dworkin, J.P., Sandford, S.A., Allamandola, L.J., Ultraviolet irradiation of naphthalene in H2O ice: Implications for meteorites and biogenesis. Met. Planet. Sci., 36, 351-358.

    2001  Dworkin, J.P., Miller S.L. A kinetic estimate of the free aldehyde content of aldoses. Carbo. Res. 329, 359-365.

    2000   Dworkin, J.P. (1997) Attempted prebiotic synthesis of pseudouridine. Orig. Life Evol, Biosph. 27, 345-355.

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