Area of research
Astronomy and Astrophysics · Physiology
Research interest
Research interests include Astrobiology, Mars Exploration Program, Biology, Environmental science, Microorganism, and Spacecraft.
The quest for habitats in the outer Solar System and how to protect exotic pristine environments
Regolith-supported biofabrication: 3D bioprinting of living, photosynthetically active structures using Lunar and Martian regolith simulants
How are cell and tissue structure and function influenced by gravity and what are the gravity perception mechanisms?
The COSPAR planetary protection policy for missions to Icy Worlds: A review of history, current scientific knowledge, and future directions
Planetary protection: an international concern and responsibility
Planetary protection: Updates and challenges for a sustainable space exploration
Taxonomic and functional analyses of intact microbial communities thriving in extreme, astrobiology-relevant, anoxic sites
Experimental and Simulation Efforts in the Astrobiological Exploration of Exooceans
Questioning the radiation limits of life: Ignicoccus hospitalis between replication and VBNC
Impact of Simulated Martian Conditions on (Facultatively) Anaerobic Bacterial Strains from Different Mars Analogue Sites
The potential science and engineering value of samples delivered to Earth by Mars sample return
The potential science and engineering value of samples delivered to Earth by Mars sample return
Microbial Markers Profile in Anaerobic Mars Analogue Environments Using the LDChip (Life Detector Chip) Antibody Microarray Core of the SOLID (Signs of Life Detector) Platform
Lack of correlation of desiccation and radiation tolerance in microorganisms from diverse extreme environments tested under anoxic conditions
Beyond Chloride Brines: Variable Metabolomic Responses in the Anaerobic Organism Yersinia intermedia MASE-LG-1 to NaCl and MgSO4 at Identical Water Activity
Earth as a Tool for Astrobiology—A European Perspective
Preparing for the crewed Mars journey: microbiota dynamics in the confined Mars500 habitat during simulated Mars flight and landing
High Tolerance of Hydrogenothermus marinus to Sodium Perchlorate
Microbial biodiversity assessment of the European Space Agency’s ExoMars 2016 mission
Pure and Oxidized Copper Materials as Potential Antimicrobial Surfaces for Spaceflight Activities
Mineralization and Preservation of an extremotolerant Bacterium Isolated from an Early Mars Analog Environment
Anaerobic microorganisms in astrobiological analogue environments: from field site to culture collection
The responses of an anaerobic microorganism, Yersinia intermedia MASE-LG-1 to individual and combined simulated Martian stresses
Microbial dynamics in a sealed spacecraft mock-up simulating a full duration flight to planet Mars
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Planetary Protection and Mars Special Regions—A Suggestion for Updating the Definition
Influence of osmotic stress on desiccation and irradiation tolerance of (hyper)-thermophilic microorganisms
Astrobiology and the Possibility of Life on Earth and Elsewhere…
Quo vadis? Microbial profiling revealed strong effects of cleanroom maintenance and routes of contamination in indoor environments
Lessons Learned from the Microbial Analysis of the Herschel Spacecraft during Assembly, Integration, and Test Operations
Insights into the Microbial Diversity and Bioburden in a South American Spacecraft Assembly Clean Room