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Alexander Anatolevich Pavlov

((AST, PLANETARY STUDIES))

Alexander Anatolevich Pavlov's Contact Card & Information.
Email: alexander.pavlov@nasa.gov
Phone: 301.614.5945
Org Code: 699
Address:
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 699
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer:
NASA

Brief Bio



Education


St. Petersburg State Technical University BS (physics) 1994

St. Petersburg, Russia


St. Petersburg State Technical University MS (space physics) 1996

St. Petersburg, Russia


Pennsylvania State University, PA USA MS (atmospheric science) 2000

Pennsylvania State University, PA USA PhD (Geosciences) 2001


Appointments and Positions

Employment History

2009 – present

Space Scientist

Planetary Environments Laboratory

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Greenbelt, MD USA 


2004 – 2009

Assistant Professor

Lunar and Planetary Laboratory,

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ USA


2001 – 2004

Postdoc Research Associate

Laboratory of atmospheric and Space Physics

University of Colorado at Boulder

Boulder, CO USA


1997 – 2001

Research Assistant 

Department of Geosciences

Pennsylvania State University,

PA USA


Positions/Employment


Space Scientist

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt Maryland

February 2009 - Present

 

 

Education


St. Petersburg State Technical University, B.S. (Physics) 1994

St. Petersburg State Technical University, M.S. (Space Physics) 1996

Pennsylvania State University, M.S. (Atmospheric Science) 2001

Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D. (Geosciences) 2001

Publications


Refereed

2024. "Organic Products of Fatty Acid and Magnesium Sulfate Mixtures after Gamma Radiolysis: Implications for Missions to Europa." Astrobiology 126 (4): e2020JE006803 [Full Text] [10.1089/ast.2024.0047] [Journal Article/Letter]

2024. "Rapid Destruction of Lipid Biomarkers Under Simulated Cosmic Radiation." Astrobiology 24 (11): 1063-1073 [10.1089/ast.2024.0006] [Journal Article/Letter]

2024. "Highly enriched carbon and oxygen isotopes in carbonate-derived CO2 at Gale crater, Mars." PNAS 121 (42): e2321342121 [Full Text] [10.1073/pnas.2321342121] [Journal Article/Letter]

2024. "Variable and Large Losses of Diagnostic Biomarkers After Simulated Cosmic Radiation Exposure in Clay- and Carbonate-Rich Mars Analog Samples." Astrobiology [10.1089/ast.2023.0123] [Journal Article/Letter]

2024. "Radiolytic Effects on Biological and Abiotic Amino Acids in Shallow Subsurface Ices on Europa and Enceladus." Astrobiology 24 (7): 698-709 [10.1089/ast.2023.0120] [Journal Article/Letter]

2024. "Formation and Stability of Salty Soil Seals in Mars‐Like Conditions. Implications for Methane Variability on Mars." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 129 (3): [10.1029/2023je007841] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Rapid Radiolytic Degradation of Amino Acids in the Martian Shallow Subsurface: Implications for the Search for Extinct Life." Astrobiology 22 (9): 1099-1115 [Full Text] [10.1089/ast.2021.0166] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Diagnostic biosignature transformation under simulated martian radiation in organic-rich sedimentary rocks." Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 9 [10.3389/fspas.2022.919828] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Depleted carbon isotope compositions observed at Gale crater, Mars." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (4): e2115651119 [Full Text] [10.1073/pnas.2115651119] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "Background levels of methane in Mars’ atmosphere show strong seasonal variations." Science 360 (6393): 1093-1096 [10.1126/science.aaq0131] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "Large sulfur isotope fractionations in Martian sediments at Gale crater." Nature Geoscience 10 658–662 [Full Text] [10.1038/ngeo3002] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "Organic molecules in the Sheepbed Mudstone, Gale Crater, Mars." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 120 (3): 495-514 [Full Text] [10.1002/2014JE004737] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "The imprint of atmospheric evolution in the D/H of Hesperian clay minerals on Mars." Science 347 (6220): 412-414 [Full Text] [10.1126/science.1260291] [Journal Article/Letter]

2014. "Alteration of the carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition in the Martian surface rocks due to cosmic ray exposure." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 119 (6): 1390-1402 [10.1002/2014je004615] [Journal Article/Letter]

2014. "Volatile and Organic Compositions of Sedimentary Rocks in Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars." Science 343 (6169): 1245267 [Full Text] [doi:10.1126/science.1245267] [Journal Article/Letter]

2014. "Abundances and Implications of Volatile-bearing Species from Evolved Gas Analysis of the Rocknest Aeolian Deposit, Gale Crater, Mars." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 119 (1): 237-254 [Full Text] [10.1002/2013JE004493] [Journal Article/Letter]

2013. "A Habitable Fluvio-Lacustrine Environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars." Science 343 (6169): 1242777-1242777 [10.1126/science.1242777] [Journal Article/Letter]

2013. "Volatile and Organic Compositions of Sedimentary Rocks in Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars." Science 343 (6169): 1245267-1245267 [10.1126/science.1245267] [Journal Article/Letter]

2013. "In Situ Radiometric and Exposure Age Dating of the Martian Surface." Science 343 (6169): 1247166-1247166 [10.1126/science.1247166] [Journal Article/Letter]

2013. "Evidence for perchlorates and the origin of chlorinated hydrocarbons detected by SAM at the Rocknest aeolian deposit in Gale Crater." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 118 (10): 1955-1973 [Full Text] [10.1002/jgre.20144] [Journal Article/Letter]

2013. "Evidence for perchlorates and the origin of chlorinated hydrocarbons detected by SAM at the Rocknest aeolian deposit in Gale Crater." J. Geophys. Res. 118 1955 – 1973 [10.1002/jgre.20144] [Journal Article/Letter]

2013. "Evidence for Perchlorates and the Origin of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons Detected by SAM at the Rocknest Aeolian Deposit in Gale Crater." J. Geophys. Res. 118 1955-1973. [Journal Article/Letter]

2009. "Reduction in Haze Formation Rate on Prebiotic Earth in the Presence of Hydrogen." Astrobiology 9 447 - 453 [Journal Article/Letter]

2006. "Organic Haze on Titan and the Early Earth." Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences 103 18035 - 18042 [Journal Article/Letter]

2005. "Passing through a giant molecular cloud: “Snowball” glaciations produced by interstellar dust." Geophysical Research Letters 32 (3): [10.1029/2004gl021890] [Journal Article/Letter]

2005. "Catastrophic ozone loss during passage of the Solar system through an interstellar cloud. ." Geophysical Research Letters 32 [10.1029/2004GL021601] [Journal Article/Letter]

2004. "Chemical Composition of Titan's Haze: Are PAH's present?." Geophysical Research Letters 31 L17S08 [doi:10.1029/2004GL019859] [Journal Article/Letter]

2004. "Haze Aerosols in the Atmosphere of Early Earth: Manna from Heaven." Astrobiology 4 409 - 419 [Journal Article/Letter]

2003. "New insights into Archean sulfur cycle from mass-independent sulfur isotope records from the Hamersley Basin, Australia." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 213 (1-2): 15-30 [10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00295-4] [Journal Article/Letter]

2001. "Organic haze in Earth's early atmosphere: Source of low-13C Late Archean kerogens?." Geology 29 (11): 1003 [10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<1003:ohiese>2.0.co;2] [Journal Article/Letter]

2001. "Organic haze in Earth’s early atmosphere: Source of low-13C Late Archean kerogens?." Geology 29 1003-1006 [Journal Article/Letter]

Non-Refereed

2015. "Martian Chlorobenzene Identified by Curiosity in Yellowknife Bay: Evidence for the Preservation of Organics in a Mudstone on Mars ." Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 46 1178- [Proceedings]