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People: Astrobiology Postdocs

Graciela Matrajt
Astronomy

Biology degree, University of Mexico, 1997
Masters in genetics, University of Paris VI, Pierre and Marie Curie, France, 1998
PhD in Astrobiology University of Paris VI, Pierre and Marie Curie, France, 2001
Joined Dept of Astronomy in 2004.

Research Interests

Graciela's primary research interests focus on the origin and evolution of life throughout the universe. She is extensively involved with the laboratory study of primitive materials from asteroids (meteorites and interplanetary particles) and the recent samples from a comet that were brought back by the NASA's Stardust comet sample return mission. She works with the PI of the Stardust mission. She is also a member of the UW Astrobiology program. She uses a transmission electron microscope to investigate organic molecules withing the meteorite and cometary samples. She collaborates with investigators who use infrared and Raman spectrometers to investigate the nature (kind of molecule, bonding state, etc) of the organic material.

 

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