Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Angel Mojarro

(POST DOC)

 mojarro@mit.edu

Org Code: 691

NASA/GSFC
Mail Code: 691
Greenbelt, MD 20771

Employer: NPP POST-DOC CONTRACT

Brief Bio


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.

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]