Astrochemistry Laboratory
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Jamie Elsila
Astrochemist, Astrochemistry Laboratory
NASA/GSFC, Code 691 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Phone: (301) 286-9160 Email: Jamie Elsila |
Current Position
- Astrochemist, Astrochemistry Laboratory
Education
2004 - Ph.D. (Chemistry) Stanford University, Stanford, CA
1996 - B.A. (Chemistry) Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI, summa cum laude
Research Areas
Investigation of abundance, distribution, and stable isotopic signatures of organic compounds in extraterrestrial samples and analogs.
Professional Experience
Principal Investigator, SETI Institute, 2006-2007
Study of organic compounds in interstellar ice analogs and carbonaceous chondrites.
Post-doctoral Researcher, NASA Ames Research Center, 2004-2006
Photochemistry of organic compounds in interstellar ice analogs.
Awards and Fellowships
- NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2005 - 2006
- National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associateship, 2004 - 2005
- Franklin Veatch Memorial Fellowship, Stanford University, 2002 - 2003
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 1999 - 2001
Selected Publications
2007 Ashbourn, S.F.M., Elsila, J.E., Dworkin, J.P., Bernstein, M.P., Sandford, S.A.,Allamandola, L.J. "Ultraviolet photolysis of anthracene in H2O interstellar ice analogs: potential connection to meteoritic organics." Meteor.& Plan. Sci. 42, 2035-2041.
2007 Elsila, J.E., Dworkin, J.P., Bernstein, M.P., Martin, M., Sandford,S.A. "Mechanism of Amino Acid Formation in Interstellar Ice Analogs." Astrophys. J., 660,911-918.
2006 Elsila, J.E., Hammond, M.R., Bernstein, M.P., Sandford, S.A.,Zare, R.N. "UV photolysis of quinoline in interstellar ice analogs." Meteor. & Plan. Sci. 41(5),785-796.
2005 Elsila, J.E., de Leon, N.P., Plows, F.L., Buseck, P.R., Zare,R.N. "Fullerenes in extracts of impact breccia samples from Sudbury, Gardnos, and Ries impact craters and the effects of aggregation on C60 detection." Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 69,2891-2899.
2005 Elsila, J.E., de Leon, N.P., Buseck, P.R., Zare, R.N. "Alkylation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in carbonaceous chondrites." Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 69,1349-1357.
2004 Elsila, J.E., de Leon, N.P., Zare, R.N. "Factors affecting quantitative analysis in laser desorption/laser ionization mass spectrometry." Anal. Chem. 76(9),2430-2437.
2004 Dworkin J.P., Gillette, J. S., Bernstein, M. P.,Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., Elsila, J. E. McGlothlin, D. R. & Zare, R.N. .An evolutionary connection between interstellar ices and IDPs? Clues from mass spectroscopy measurements of laboratory simulations.. Adv. Space Res., 33,67-71.
2004 Imanaka, H., Khare, B.N., Elsila, J.E., Bakes, E.L.O., McKay, C.P., Cruikshank, D.P.,Sugita, S., Matsui, T., Zare, R.N. (2004) .Laboratory experiments of Titan tholin formed in cold plasma at various pressures: implications for nitrogen-containing polycyclic aromatic compounds in Titan haze.. Icarus 168:344-366.
2003 Mahajan, T.B., Elsila, J.E., Deamer, D.W., Zare, R.N.. "Formation of carbon-carbon bonds in the photochemical alkylation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons." Orig.Life Evol. Biosph. 33, 17-35.
2003 Plows, F.L., Elsila, J.E., Zare, R.N., Buseck, P.R. "Evidence that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in two carbonaceous chondrites predate parent-body formation." Geochim. Cosmochim.Acta 67(7), 1429-1436.
2003 Bernstein, M.P., Moore, M.H., Elsila, J.E., Sandford, S.A., Allamandola, L.J., Zare, R.N..Side group addition to the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon coronene by proton irradiation in cosmic ice analogs. Astrophys. J., 582:L25-L29.
2003 Bernstein, M.P., Elsila, J.E., Dworkin, J.P., Sandford, S.A., Allamandola, L.J.,Zare, R.N. .Side group addition to the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon coronene by ultraviolet photolysis in cosmic ice analogs. Astrophys. J., 576:1115-1120.
1997 Elsila, J.E.,Allamandola, L. J., Sandford, S.A. The 2140 cm-1 (4.673microns) solid CO band: the case for interstellar O2 and N2and the photochemistry of nonpolar interstellar ice analogs. Astrophys. J. 479:818-838.
