Dr. Angel Mojarro is a postdoctoral researcher and organic geochemist in the Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Dr. Mojarro's work is focused on biomarker preservation and the origins of life.
Angel Mojarro
(POST DOC)
Org Code: 691
NASA/GSFCMail Code: 691
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer: NPP POST-DOC CONTRACT
Brief Bio
Current Projects
OSIRIS-REx
Positions/Employment
Postdoctoral Researcher
National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Greenbelt, Maryland
March 2023 - Present
Graduate Research Assistant
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge, Massachusetts
October 2017 - February 2023
Junior Researcher
Massachusetts General Hospital - Boston, Massachusetts
April 2015 - September 2017
Research Staff Assistant
Columbia University - Palisades, New York
September 2012 - August 2014
Research Assistant
Brown University - Providence, Rhode Island
October 2009 - August 2012
Education
Ph.D. in Geochemistry (2023), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Thesis: "Experiments on Biomarker Preservation."
- Advisor: Dr. Roger E. Summons
Sc.B. in Geological Sciences (2011), Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Publications
Refereed
Mojarro, A., A. Buch, J. P. Dworkin, et al. C. Fressinet, D. P. Glavin, C. Szopa, M. Millan, A. J. Williams, J. L. Eigenbrode, and R. E. Summons. 2023. Murchison Meteorite Analysis using Tetramethylammonium Hydroxide (TMAH) Thermochemolysis under Simulated Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Conditions Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets 128 (11): e2023JE007968 [10.1029/2023JE007968]
Mojarro, A., X. Cui, X. Zhang, et al. A. B. Jost, K. D. Bergmann, J. Vinther, and R. E. Summons. 2021. Comparative soft‐tissue preservation in Holocene‐age capelin concretions Geobiology 20 (3): 377-398 [10.1111/gbi.12480]
Mojarro, A., L. Jin, J. W. Szostak, J. W. Head, and M. T. Zuber. 2021. In search of the RNA world on Mars Geobiology 19 (3): 307-321 [10.1111/gbi.12433]
Mojarro, A., J. Hachey, R. Bailey, et al. M. Brown, R. Doebler, G. Ruvkun, M. T. Zuber, and C. E. Carr. 2019. Nucleic Acid Extraction and Sequencing from Low-Biomass Synthetic Mars Analog Soils for<i>In Situ</i>Life Detection Astrobiology 19 (9): 1139-1152 [10.1089/ast.2018.1929]
Mojarro, A., J. Hachey, G. Ruvkun, M. T. Zuber, and C. E. Carr. 2018. CarrierSeq: a sequence analysis workflow for low-input nanopore sequencing BMC Bioinformatics 19 (1): 108 [10.1186/s12859-018-2124-3]
Mojarro, A., G. Ruvkun, M. T. Zuber, and C. E. Carr. 2017. Nucleic Acid Extraction from Synthetic Mars Analog Soils for<i>in situ</i>Life Detection Astrobiology 17 (8): 747-760 [10.1089/ast.2016.1535]