7/2018
-
Present
Research Scientist
NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center,
Greenbelt, MD
6/2015
-
7/2018
Research Scientist
BAER Institute/NASA Ames Research Center,
Moffett Field, CA
6/2012
-
5/2015
NASA Postdoctoral Fellow
Oak Ridge Associated Universities/NASA Ames Research Center,
Moffett Field, CA
6/2010
-
5/2012
Research Associate
SETI Institute/NASA Ames Research Center,
Moffett Field, CA
6/2005
-
5/2010
Graduate Student Researcher
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill, NC
2010 - Ph.D. (Physical Chemistry) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dissertation "Using atomistic simulations to uncover microscopic details of nucleosomal electrostatics, energy landscapes of proteins and photovoltaic polymer dynamics."
2005 - B.S. (Chemistry) The Pennsylvania State University
Manuscript reviewer for professional journals including the Astrophysical Journal, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Accounts of Chemical Research, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, Nature Communications, Science Advances, and Astrobiology.
Regular proposal reviewer for funding programs at NASA
05/14/2022
Astrophysics Research and Analysis 2021,
NASA
Quantifying the Radiolytic Stability of Aromatic Nitrogen Heterocycles
;
PI
11/04/2019
Emerging Worlds 2019,
NASA
Assessing Parent Body Processing of Amino Acids from Ice Radiation Experiments
;
PI
09/27/2019
Solar System Workings 2018,
NASA
Rates of Radiation Induced Deuterium/Hydrogen Exchange in Organic Molecules Embedded in Water Ice: Evaluating the Importance of Ice Radiation Chemistry in Observed Isotopic Ratios.
;
PI
Invited
Formation and destruction of nucleobases in ices
6
/
2020
American Vacuum Society Seminar Series hosted by the University of Central Florida (oral presentation)
Could polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with excess peripheral H atoms (Hn-PAHs) be responsible for anomalous 3.4 micron emission bands in protoplanetary nebulae?
12
/
2018
SOFIA Community tele-talk series (oral presentation)
Other
The Radiolytic Stability of Thymine in Water Ice
10
/
2020
Division for Planetary Science (2020) virtual conference (e-poster)
The Stability of Nucleobases Against Radiolytic Destruction in Water Ice
6
/
2019
Astrobiology Science Conference, Seattle, Wa. (poster)
Laboratory Studies of the Radiolytic Destruction of Nucleobases in Icy Environments
4
/
2019
IAU 350, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK (poster)
Refereed
Qasim, D., H. L. McLain, J. C. Aponte, et al. 2023. "Meteorite Parent Body Aqueous Alteration Simulations of Interstellar Residue Analogs."
ACS Earth and Space Chemistry,
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1021/acsearthspacechem.2c00274]
Materese, C. K. 2022. "Radiation-induced D-to-H Exchange in Ices Containing Ethane or Benzene: Reactions and Rate Constants."
The Astrophysical Journal,
941
(1):
94
[10.3847/1538-4357/ac9d3a]
Qasim, D., R. L. Hudson, and C. K. Materese. 2022. "Radiation-induced D/H Exchange Rate Constants in Aliphatics Embedded in Water Ice."
The Astrophysical Journal,
929
(2):
7
[10.3847/1538-4357/ac602b]
Nuevo, M., E. Sciamma-O’Brien, S. A. Sandford, et al. 2022. "The Titan Haze Simulation (THS) experiment on COSmIC. Part III. XANES study of laboratory analogs of Titan tholins."
Icarus,
376:
114841
[10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114841]
Materese, C. K., P. A. Gerakines, and R. L. Hudson. 2021. "Laboratory Studies of Astronomical Ices: Reaction Chemistry and Spectroscopy."
Accounts of Chemical Research,
54
(2):
280-290
[10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00637]
Materese, C. K., M. Nuevo, S. A. Sandford, P. P. Bera, and T. J. Lee. 2020. "The Production and Potential Detection of Hexamethylenetetramine-Methanol in Space."
Astrobiology,
20
(5):
601-616
[10.1089/ast.2019.2147]
Materese, C. K., P. A. Gerakines, and R. L. Hudson. 2020. "The Radiation Stability of Thymine in Solid H2O."
Astrobiology,
20
(10):
956-963
[10.1089/ast.2019.2199]
Sandford, S. A., E. Bierhaus, P. Antreasian, et al. 2019. "Outgassing from the OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Capsule: Characterization and Mitigation."
Acta Astronautica,
166:
391-399
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1016/j.actaastro.2019.07.043]
Cruikshank, D., C. Materese, Y. Pendleton, et al. 2019. "Prebiotic Chemistry of Pluto."
Astrobiology,
19
(7):
831-848
[10.1089/ast.2018.1927]
Materese, C. K., M. Nuevo, B. L. McDowell, C. E. Buffo, and S. A. Sandford. 2018. "The Photochemistry of Purine in Ice Analogs Relevant to Dense Interstellar Clouds."
The Astrophysical Journal,
864
(1):
44
[10.3847/1538-4357/aad328]
Materese, C. K., J. D. Bregman, and S. A. Sandford. 2017. "The Detection of 6.9 μm Emission Features in the Infrared Spectra of IRAS 04296+3429, IRAS 05341+0852, and IRAS 22272+5435: Evidence for the Presence of Hn-PAHs in Post-AGB Stars."
The Astrophysical Journal,
850
(2):
165
[10.3847/1538-4357/aa960d]
Materese, C. K., M. Nuevo, and S. A. Sandford. 2017. "The Formation of Nucleobases from the Ultraviolet Photoirradiation of Purine in Simple Astrophysical Ice Analogues."
Astrobiology,
17
(8):
761-770
[10.1089/ast.2016.1613]
Bera, P. P., M. Nuevo, C. K. Materese, S. A. Sandford, and T. J. Lee. 2016. "Mechanisms for the formation of thymine under astrophysical conditions and implications for the origin of life."
The Journal of Chemical Physics,
144
(14):
144308
[10.1063/1.4945745]
Materese, C. K., D. P. Cruikshank, S. A. Sandford, H. Imanaka, and M. Nuevo. 2015. "ICE CHEMISTRY ON OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM BODIES: ELECTRON RADIOLYSIS OF N2-, CH4-, AND CO-CONTAINING ICES."
The Astrophysical Journal,
812
(2):
150
[10.1088/0004-637x/812/2/150]
Materese, C. K., M. Nuevo, and S. A. Sandford. 2015. "N- ANDO-HETEROCYCLES PRODUCED FROM THE IRRADIATION OF BENZENE AND NAPHTHALENE IN H2O/NH3-CONTAINING ICES."
The Astrophysical Journal,
800
(2):
116
[10.1088/0004-637x/800/2/116]
Nuevo, M., C. K. Materese, and S. A. Sandford. 2014. "THE PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF PYRIMIDINE IN REALISTIC ASTROPHYSICAL ICES AND THE PRODUCTION OF NUCLEOBASES."
The Astrophysical Journal,
793
(2):
125
[10.1088/0004-637x/793/2/125]
Materese, C. K., D. P. Cruikshank, S. A. Sandford, et al. 2014. "ICE CHEMISTRY ON OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM BODIES: CARBOXYLIC ACIDS, NITRILES, AND UREA DETECTED IN REFRACTORY RESIDUES PRODUCED FROM THE UV PHOTOLYSIS OF N2:CH4:CO-CONTAINING ICES."
The Astrophysical Journal,
788
(2):
111
[10.1088/0004-637x/788/2/111]
Sandford, S. A., P. P. Bera, T. J. Lee, C. K. Materese, and M. Nuevo. 2014. "Photosynthesis and Photo-Stability of Nucleic Acids in Prebiotic Extraterrestrial Environments."
Topics in Current Chemistry,
123-164
[10.1007/128_2013_499]
Materese, C. K., M. Nuevo, P. P. Bera, T. J. Lee, and S. A. Sandford. 2013. "Thymine and Other Prebiotic Molecules Produced from the Ultraviolet Photo-Irradiation of Pyrimidine in Simple Astrophysical Ice Analogs."
Astrobiology,
13
(10):
948-962
[10.1089/ast.2013.1044]
Sandford, S. A., M. P. Bernstein, and C. K. Materese. 2013. "THE INFRARED SPECTRA OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS WITH EXCESS PERIPHERAL H ATOMS (Hn-PAHs) AND THEIR RELATION TO THE 3.4 AND 6.9 μm PAH EMISSION FEATURES."
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series,
205
(1):
8
[10.1088/0067-0049/205/1/8]
Wilger, D. J., S. E. Bettis, C. K. Materese, et al. 2012. "Tunable Energy Transfer Rates via Control of Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Structure of a Coiled Coil Peptide Scaffold."
Inorganic Chemistry,
51
(21):
11324-11338
[10.1021/ic300669t]
Savelyev, A., C. K. Materese, and G. A. Papoian. 2011. "Is DNA’s Rigidity Dominated by Electrostatic or Nonelectrostatic Interactions?"
J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
133
(48):
19290-19293
[10.1021/ja207984z]
Materese, C. K., A. Savelyev, and G. A. Papoian. 2009. "Counterion Atmosphere and Hydration Patterns near a Nucleosome Core Particle."
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
131
(41):
15005-15013
[10.1021/ja905376q]
Zhuravlev, P. I., C. K. Materese, and G. A. Papoian. 2009. "Deconstructing the Native State: Energy Landscapes, Function, and Dynamics of Globular Proteins."
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B,
113
(26):
8800-8812
[10.1021/jp810659u]
Materese, C. K., C. C. Goldmon, and G. A. Papoian. 2008. "Hierarchical organization of eglin c native state dynamics is shaped by competing direct and water-mediated interactions."
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
105
(31):
10659-10664
[10.1073/pnas.0801850105]
Luellen, B. A., M. E. Szapacs, C. K. Materese, and A. M. Andrews. 2006. "The neurotoxin 2′-NH2-MPTP degenerates serotonin axons and evokes increases in hippocampal BDNF."
Neuropharmacology,
50
(3):
297-308
[10.1016/j.neuropharm.2005.09.006]
Refereed
Qasim, D., H. L. McLain, J. C. Aponte, et al. 2023. "Meteorite Parent Body Aqueous Alteration Simulations of Interstellar Residue Analogs."
ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1021/acsearthspacechem.2c00274]
Materese, C. K. 2022. "Radiation-induced D-to-H Exchange in Ices Containing Ethane or Benzene: Reactions and Rate Constants."
The Astrophysical Journal
941
(1):
94
[10.3847/1538-4357/ac9d3a]
Qasim, D., R. L. Hudson, and C. K. Materese. 2022. "Radiation-induced D/H Exchange Rate Constants in Aliphatics Embedded in Water Ice."
The Astrophysical Journal
929
(2):
7
[10.3847/1538-4357/ac602b]
Nuevo, M., E. Sciamma-O’Brien, S. A. Sandford, et al. 2022. "The Titan Haze Simulation (THS) experiment on COSmIC. Part III. XANES study of laboratory analogs of Titan tholins."
Icarus
376
114841
[10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114841]
Materese, C. K., P. A. Gerakines, and R. L. Hudson. 2021. "Laboratory Studies of Astronomical Ices: Reaction Chemistry and Spectroscopy."
Accounts of Chemical Research
54
(2):
280-290
[10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00637]
Materese, C. K., M. Nuevo, S. A. Sandford, P. P. Bera, and T. J. Lee. 2020. "The Production and Potential Detection of Hexamethylenetetramine-Methanol in Space."
Astrobiology
20
(5):
601-616
[10.1089/ast.2019.2147]
Materese, C. K., P. A. Gerakines, and R. L. Hudson. 2020. "The Radiation Stability of Thymine in Solid H2O."
Astrobiology
20
(10):
956-963
[10.1089/ast.2019.2199]
Sandford, S. A., E. Bierhaus, P. Antreasian, et al. 2019. "Outgassing from the OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Capsule: Characterization and Mitigation."
Acta Astronautica
166
391-399
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1016/j.actaastro.2019.07.043]
Cruikshank, D., C. Materese, Y. Pendleton, et al. 2019. "Prebiotic Chemistry of Pluto."
Astrobiology
19
(7):
831-848
[10.1089/ast.2018.1927]
Materese, C. K., M. Nuevo, B. L. McDowell, C. E. Buffo, and S. A. Sandford. 2018. "The Photochemistry of Purine in Ice Analogs Relevant to Dense Interstellar Clouds."
The Astrophysical Journal
864
(1):
44
[10.3847/1538-4357/aad328]
Materese, C. K., J. D. Bregman, and S. A. Sandford. 2017. "The Detection of 6.9 μm Emission Features in the Infrared Spectra of IRAS 04296+3429, IRAS 05341+0852, and IRAS 22272+5435: Evidence for the Presence of Hn-PAHs in Post-AGB Stars."
The Astrophysical Journal
850
(2):
165
[10.3847/1538-4357/aa960d]
Materese, C. K., M. Nuevo, and S. A. Sandford. 2017. "The Formation of Nucleobases from the Ultraviolet Photoirradiation of Purine in Simple Astrophysical Ice Analogues."
Astrobiology
17
(8):
761-770
[10.1089/ast.2016.1613]
Bera, P. P., M. Nuevo, C. K. Materese, S. A. Sandford, and T. J. Lee. 2016. "Mechanisms for the formation of thymine under astrophysical conditions and implications for the origin of life."
The Journal of Chemical Physics
144
(14):
144308
[10.1063/1.4945745]
Materese, C. K., D. P. Cruikshank, S. A. Sandford, H. Imanaka, and M. Nuevo. 2015. "ICE CHEMISTRY ON OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM BODIES: ELECTRON RADIOLYSIS OF N2-, CH4-, AND CO-CONTAINING ICES."
The Astrophysical Journal
812
(2):
150
[10.1088/0004-637x/812/2/150]
Materese, C. K., M. Nuevo, and S. A. Sandford. 2015. "N- ANDO-HETEROCYCLES PRODUCED FROM THE IRRADIATION OF BENZENE AND NAPHTHALENE IN H2O/NH3-CONTAINING ICES."
The Astrophysical Journal
800
(2):
116
[10.1088/0004-637x/800/2/116]
Nuevo, M., C. K. Materese, and S. A. Sandford. 2014. "THE PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF PYRIMIDINE IN REALISTIC ASTROPHYSICAL ICES AND THE PRODUCTION OF NUCLEOBASES."
The Astrophysical Journal
793
(2):
125
[10.1088/0004-637x/793/2/125]
Materese, C. K., D. P. Cruikshank, S. A. Sandford, et al. 2014. "ICE CHEMISTRY ON OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM BODIES: CARBOXYLIC ACIDS, NITRILES, AND UREA DETECTED IN REFRACTORY RESIDUES PRODUCED FROM THE UV PHOTOLYSIS OF N2:CH4:CO-CONTAINING ICES."
The Astrophysical Journal
788
(2):
111
[10.1088/0004-637x/788/2/111]
Sandford, S. A., P. P. Bera, T. J. Lee, C. K. Materese, and M. Nuevo. 2014. "Photosynthesis and Photo-Stability of Nucleic Acids in Prebiotic Extraterrestrial Environments."
Topics in Current Chemistry
123-164
[10.1007/128_2013_499]
Materese, C. K., M. Nuevo, P. P. Bera, T. J. Lee, and S. A. Sandford. 2013. "Thymine and Other Prebiotic Molecules Produced from the Ultraviolet Photo-Irradiation of Pyrimidine in Simple Astrophysical Ice Analogs."
Astrobiology
13
(10):
948-962
[10.1089/ast.2013.1044]
Sandford, S. A., M. P. Bernstein, and C. K. Materese. 2013. "THE INFRARED SPECTRA OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS WITH EXCESS PERIPHERAL H ATOMS (Hn-PAHs) AND THEIR RELATION TO THE 3.4 AND 6.9 μm PAH EMISSION FEATURES."
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
205
(1):
8
[10.1088/0067-0049/205/1/8]
Wilger, D. J., S. E. Bettis, C. K. Materese, et al. 2012. "Tunable Energy Transfer Rates via Control of Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Structure of a Coiled Coil Peptide Scaffold."
Inorganic Chemistry
51
(21):
11324-11338
[10.1021/ic300669t]
Savelyev, A., C. K. Materese, and G. A. Papoian. 2011. "Is DNA’s Rigidity Dominated by Electrostatic or Nonelectrostatic Interactions?"
J. Am. Chem. Soc.
133
(48):
19290-19293
[10.1021/ja207984z]
Materese, C. K., A. Savelyev, and G. A. Papoian. 2009. "Counterion Atmosphere and Hydration Patterns near a Nucleosome Core Particle."
Journal of the American Chemical Society
131
(41):
15005-15013
[10.1021/ja905376q]
Zhuravlev, P. I., C. K. Materese, and G. A. Papoian. 2009. "Deconstructing the Native State: Energy Landscapes, Function, and Dynamics of Globular Proteins."
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
113
(26):
8800-8812
[10.1021/jp810659u]
Materese, C. K., C. C. Goldmon, and G. A. Papoian. 2008. "Hierarchical organization of eglin c native state dynamics is shaped by competing direct and water-mediated interactions."
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
105
(31):
10659-10664
[10.1073/pnas.0801850105]
Luellen, B. A., M. E. Szapacs, C. K. Materese, and A. M. Andrews. 2006. "The neurotoxin 2′-NH2-MPTP degenerates serotonin axons and evokes increases in hippocampal BDNF."
Neuropharmacology
50
(3):
297-308
[10.1016/j.neuropharm.2005.09.006]
