Jason Dworkin's (he/him) objective is to assess the organic species available for the origin and early evolution of life with a focus is on understanding the extraterrestrial input and origin of molecules relevant for life. This objective has been to study increasingly documented and constrained systems, from plausibly early Earth chemistry, chemistry of astrophysically relevant laboratory ices, organic and chiral analysis of meteorites, to analysis of sample returned material and how to protect that material from contamination. This research employs modern analytical methods to examine authentic samples of the early solar system as well as laboratory models of ancient environments. This involves both directing research in the Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and scientific leadership in NASA sample return and in situ missions.
Jason P Dworkin
(Senior Scientist)
| Email: | jason.p.dworkin@nasa.gov |
| Phone: | 301.286.8631 |
| Org Code: | 690 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 691 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
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Missions & Projects
Brief Bio
Current Projects
Funding and Themes
Astrobiology
NASA Astrobiology
NASA Planetary Science
Missions
Technology & Missions
Low Earth Orbit
- Biomolecule Sequencer: Minor advice, co-I
Near Earth Asteroids
- OSIRIS-REx: Project scientist, contamination science lead, sample analysis
- Hayabusa2: Deputy for international soluble organic material analysis sample team
Mars
- MSL/Sample Analysis at Mars: Lab testing, collaborator
- ExoMars/MOMA: Minor advice, co-I
- Mars Sample Return: MSR Program Sample Integrity Scientist
Comets
Positions/Employment
Senior Scientist for Astrobiology
NASA - GSFC
February 2020 - Present
Project Scientist for OSIRIS-REx
NASA - GSFC
May 2011 - Present
Supervisory Research Scientist
NASA - GSFC
August 2019 - February 2020
Acting Deptuty Director, Solar System Exploration (Code 690)
Supervisory Research Scientist
NASA - GSFC
November 2008 - February 2020
Chief of Astrochemistry (Code 691)
Deputy Project Scientist for OSIRIS-REx
NASA - GSFC
2006 - 2011
Research Scientist
NASA - GSFC
September 2002 - November 2008
Research Scientist
SETI Institute: Center for the Study of Life in the Universe/NASA's Ames Research Center: Astrochemistry Lab - Mountain View, CA
July 1997 - September 2002
Pre-doctoral fellow
NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training (NSCORT) Exobiology - San Diego, CA
September 1991 - June 1997
Intern
Department of Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences & Biology, University of Houston - Houston, TX
January 1985 - May 1987
Education
1997 - Ph.D. (Biochemistry) University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
Dissertation "Alternatives to Uracil in the Pre-RNA World."
1991 - A.B. (Biochemistry, with Distinction) Occidental College
Professional Societies
Meteoritical Society
2010 - Present
International Society for the Study of the Origins of Life
1993 - Present
American Chemistry Society
1991 - Present
Alpha Chi Sigma
1988 - Present
International Astronomical Union (IAU) Division F, Planetary Systems and Astrobiology
2023 - Present
Professional Service
- 2020 - : Member of Prebiotic Chemistry and Early Earth Environments Consortium
- 2020 - : Editorial Board of Universe
- 2019 - 2022: International Deputy Lead for Hayabusa2 Soluble Organic Matter sample analysis team; Lead of Consortium for Hyabusa2 Analysis of Organic Solubles (CHAOS) at GSFC
- 2018 - 2022: Member of COSPAR Sample Safety Assessment Protocol (SSAP) Working Group for Mars sample return planetary protection
- 2018 - 2019: Co-I and Contamination Science Lead of CAESAR Phase A mission concept for New Frontiers 4
- 2014: Member of ESA Planetary Protection of Outer Solar System (PPOSS) Organic Panel
- 2014: Member of NASA Mars 2020 Organic Contamination Panel (OCP)
- 2014 - 2023: Editorial Board of Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres
- 2013 - 2016: Editorial Board of Life
- 2013 - 2023: Simons Collaboration on the Origins of Life Investigator
- 2011 - : Project Scientist, OSIRIS-REx
- 2011 - : MSL/SAM, Collaborator
- 2006 - 2011: Deputy Project Scientist, OSIRIS and OSIRIS-REx proposals and concept studies
- 2006 - : Contamination Control Science Lead, OSIRIS and OSIRIS-REx
- 2006: Stardust Organics Preliminary Examination Team
- 2005 - : Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer (Exo-Mars/ MOMA) Co-I
- 2004: Member of Mars Organic Contamination Science Steering Group (OCSSG)
- 2002 - : Founder and director of GSFC Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory
- 2002 - 2008: Research Scientist, GSFC
- 1997 - 2002: Research Scientist SETI Institute: Center for the Study of Life in the Universe/NASA's Ames Research Center: Astrochemistry Lab (with Louis Allamandola)
- 1991 - 1997: Pre-doctoral fellow NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training (NSCORT) Exobiology, University of California, San Diego (with Stanley Miller)
- 1985 - 1987: High School Intern Department of Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences & Biology, University of Houston (with Joan Oró)
Awards
- 2025: Michael Collins National Air and Space Museum Trophy for Current Achievement, OSIRIS-REx Team
- 2024: Robert H. Goddard Center Director's Award
- 2024: Robert H. Goddard Exceptional Achievement Award for Customer Service, OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Team
- 2024: Special Act Award
- 2024: Rotary National Award for Space Achievement (RNASA) Stellar Award, OSIRIS-REx Team
- 2024: Aviation Week Network Laureate Award for Space, OSIRIS-REx Team
- 2024: Explorers Club Citation of Merit, OSIRIS-REx Team
- 2024: National Aeronautic Association’s Robert J. Collier Trophy, OSIRIS-REx Team
- 2024: The National Space Club and Foundation Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy, OSIRIS-REx Team
- 2024: American Astronautical Society Neil Armstrong Space Flight Achievement Award, OSIRIS-REx Team
- 2023: NASA Group Achievement Award, OSIRIS-REx Team
- 2023: NASA Group Achievement Award, NASA Hayabusa2 Team
- 2022: Robert H. Goddard Award (Team), Consortium for Hayabusa2 Analysis of Organic Solubles
- 2022: Space Foundation John L. "Jack" Swigert Jr. Award for Space Exploration, OSIRIS-REx Team
- 2020: NASA Silver Achievement Medal, OSIRIS-REx Site Selection Team
- 2020: American Astronautical Society Space Technology Award, OSIRIS-REx Team
- 2020: Guinness World Record –The Closest Orbit of a Planetary Body, OSIRIS-REx Team
- 2019: NASA Group Achievement Award, OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Approach and Preliminary Survey Team
- 2019: Guinness World Record –The Highest Resolution Global Mosaic of a Planetary Body, OSIRIS-REx Team
- 2019: Guinness World Record (broken) –The Closest Orbit of a Planetary Body, OSIRIS-REx Team
- 2018: Guinness World Record –The Smallest Object to be Orbited by a Spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx Team
- 2018: NASA Group Achievement Award, OSIRIS-REx Earth Gravity Assist Team
- 2017: Kennedy Space Center Group Achievement Award, OSIRIS-REx Launch Team
- 2017: NASA Silver Achievement Medal, OSIRIS-REx Project Management Team
- 2017: NASA Group Achievement Award, OSIRIS-REx Launch Service Team
- 2017: NASA Group Achievement Medal, Biomolecule Sensor Team
- 2017: NASA Group Achievement Award, MSL Extended Mission-1 Science and Operations Team
- 2016: Goddard Sciences and Exploration Directorate Award of Excellence
- 2015: NASA Group Achievement Award, MSL Prime Mission Science and Operations Team
- 2014: Robert H. Goddard Award (Team), OSIRIS-REx Proposal Team
- 2013: Robert H. Goddard Award (Team), Astrobiology Walk Design Team
- 2013: NASA Group Achievement Award, Sample Analysis at Mars Team
- 2013: Asteroid (27347) 2000 DN14 was renamed Dworkin
- 2012: NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal
- 2011: NASA Group Achievement Award, Sample Analysis at Mars Team
- 2009: Robert H. Goddard Leadership Award
- 2009: Goddard IRAD Innovator of the Year Award (Team), TMAH Thermochemolysis Team
- 2007: Goddard Exceptional Achievement Award
- 2007: Goddard IRAD Innovator of the Year Award (Team), VAPoR Instrument Team
- 2007: Goddard Center Director’s Team Recognition Award, OSIRIS Proposal Team
- 2002: Goddard Exceptional Achievement Award
- 2002: NASA Group Achievement Award, NASA Ames Astrochemistry Laboratory
- 1998-2002, 2003-2020 : Member NASA Astrobiology Institute (CAN 1 (Ames), 3, 5, 7 (GSFC))
- 1996-1997: NSCORT Exobiology Adjunct Fellow
- 1992-1996: NSCORT Exobiology Pre-doctoral Fellow
- 1993 UCSD Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry TA of the Year Honorable Mention
- 1991: Merck Award for Top Graduating Biochemistry Major (Research), Occidental College
- 1987: Eagle Scout
Publications
Refereed
2024. "Analyzing the Mineralogy and Space Weathering Characteristics of the Finest Fraction in Apollo Core Sample 73002." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 129 e2024JE008528 [Full Text] [10.1029/2024JE008528] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Rapid Destruction of Lipid Biomarkers Under Simulated Cosmic Radiation." Astrobiology [10.1089/ast.2024.0006] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Prebiotic chiral transfer from self-aminoacylating ribozymes may favor either handedness." Nature Communications 15 (1): 7980 [10.1038/s41467-024-52362-x] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Breunnerite grain and magnesium isotope chemistry reveal cation partitioning during aqueous alteration of asteroid Ryugu." Nature Communications 15 (1): 6809 [10.1038/s41467-024-50814-y] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Micro‐ and nanoscale studies of insoluble organic matter and C‐rich presolar grains in Murchison and Sutter's Mill in preparation for Bennu sample analysis." Meteoritics and Planetary Science [10.1111/maps.14254] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Primordial aqueous alteration recorded in water-soluble organic molecules from the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu." Nature Communications 15 (1): 5708 [10.1038/s41467-024-49237-6] [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. "Asteroid (101955) Bennu in the laboratory: Properties of the sample collected by OSIRIS-REx." Meteoritics & Planetary Science [Full Text] [10.1111/maps.14227] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Enantioselective three-dimensional high-performance liquid chromatographic determination of amino acids in the Hayabusa2 returned samples from the asteroid Ryugu." Journal of Chromatography Open 5 100134 [10.1016/j.jcoa.2024.100134] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Thresholds of Temperature and Time for Mars Sample Return: Final Report of the Mars Sample Return Temperature-Time Tiger Team." Astrobiology 24 (5): 443-488 [10.1089/ast.2023.0098] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Soluble Organic Compounds and Cyanide in Apollo 17 Lunar Samples: Origins and Curation Effects." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 129 (4): [10.1029/2023je008133] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Molecular distribution and ¹³C isotope composition of volatile organic compounds in the Murchison and Sutter's Mill carbonaceous chondrites." Meteoritics and Planetary Science 59 (2): 286-300 [10.1111/maps.14118] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in samples of Ryugu formed in the interstellar medium." Science 382 (6677): 1411-1416 [10.1126/science.adg6304] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Investigating the impact of x‐ray computed tomography imaging on soluble organic matter in the Murchison meteorite: Implications for Bennu sample analyses." Meteoritics and Planetary Science [10.1111/maps.14111] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "The nature of insoluble organic matter in Sutter's Mill and Murchison carbonaceous chondrites: Testing the effect of x‐ray computed tomography and exploring parent body organic molecular evolution." Meteoritics and Planetary Science [10.1111/maps.14096] [Journal Article/Letter]
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 [Full Text] [10.1029/2023JE007968] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Soluble organic matter Molecular atlas of Ryugu reveals cold hydrothermalism on C-type asteroid parent body." Nature Communications 14 (1): 6525 [Full Text] [10.1038/s41467-023-42075-y] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Chemical evolution of primordial salts and organic sulfur molecules in the asteroid 162173 Ryugu." Nature Communications 14 (1): 5284 [10.1038/s41467-023-40871-0] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Position-specific carbon isotopes of Murchison amino acids elucidate extraterrestrial abiotic organic synthesis networks." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 355 210-221 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.gca.2023.06.010] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Ryugu asteroid sample return provides a natural laboratory for primordial chemical evolution." Nature Communications 14 (1): 3107 [10.1038/s41467-023-38518-1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "The spatial distribution of soluble organic matter and their relationship to minerals in the asteroid (162173) Ryugu." Earth, Planets and Space 75 (1): 73 [10.1186/s40623-023-01792-w] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Curation planning and facilities for asteroid Bennu samples returned by the OSIRIS‐REx mission." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 1-19 [10.1111/maps.13973] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Uracil in the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu." Nature Communications 14 (1): 1292 [Full Text] [10.1038/s41467-023-36904-3] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "PAHs, hydrocarbons, and dimethylsulfides in Asteroid Ryugu samples A0106 and C0107 and the Orgueil (CI1) meteorite." Earth, Planets and Space 75 (1): 28 [Full Text] [10.1186/s40623-022-01758-4] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Extraterrestrial Amino Acids and Amines Identified in Asteroid Ryugu Samples Returned by the Hayabusa2 Mission." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 347 42-57 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.gca.2023.02.017] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Soluble organic molecules in samples of the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu." Science 379 (6634): eabn9033 [Full Text] [10.1126/science.abn9033] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Meteorite Parent Body Aqueous Alteration Simulations of Interstellar Residue Analogs." ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 7 (1): 156-167 [Full Text] [10.1021/acsearthspacechem.2c00274] [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. "Deuterium Isotope Fractionation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Meteorites as an Indicator of Interstellar/Protosolar Processing History." Life 12 (9): 1368 [10.3390/life12091368] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "COSPAR Sample Safety Assessment Framework (SSAF)." Astrobiology 22 (S1): S-186-S-216 [Full Text] [10.1089/ast.2022.0017] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Identifying the wide diversity of extraterrestrial purine and pyrimidine nucleobases in carbonaceous meteorites." Nature Communications 13 (1): 2008 [Full Text] [10.1038/s41467-022-29612-x] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Assessing the Sampleability of Bennu’s Surface for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission." Space Science Reviews 218 (4): 20 [Full Text] [10.1007/s11214-022-00887-2] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Crater population on asteroid (101955) Bennu indicates impact armouring and a young surface." Nature Geoscience 15 440-446 [Full Text] [10.1038/s41561-022-00914-5] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Non‐protein amino acids identified in carbon‐rich Hayabusa particles." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 57 (4): 776-793 [Full Text] [10.1111/maps.13794] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Experimental and Theoretical Constraints on Amino Acid Formation from PAHs in Asteroidal Settings." ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 6 468-481 [Full Text] [10.1021/acsearthspacechem.1c00329] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Organic molecules revealed in Mars’s Bagnold Dunes by Curiosity’s derivatization experiment ." Nature Astronomy 6 129-140 [Full Text] [10.1038/s41550-021-01507-9] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Low total abundances and a predominance of n ‐ω‐amino acids in enstatite chondrites: Implications for thermal stability of amino acids in the inner solar system." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 56 (11): 2118–2127 [Full Text] [10.1111/maps.13757] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Composition of organics on asteroid (101955) Bennu." Astronomy & Astrophysics 653 L1 [Full Text] [10.1051/0004-6361/202141167] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Extraterrestrial hydroxy amino acids in CM and CR carbonaceous chondrites." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 56 (6): 1005-1023 [Full Text] [10.1111/maps.13661] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "The impact and recovery of asteroid 2018 LA." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 56 (4): 844–893 [Full Text] [10.1111/maps.13653] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Particle Size-Frequency Distributions of the OSIRIS-REx Candidate Sample Sites on Asteroid (101955) Bennu." Remote Sensing 13 (7): 1315 [Full Text] [10.3390/rs13071315] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Amino acid abundances and compositions in iron and stony‐iron meteorites." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 56 (3): 586-600 [Full Text] [10.1111/maps.13638] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Carbon isotope evidence for the substrates and mechanisms of prebiotic synthesis in the early solar system." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 292 188-202 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.gca.2020.09.026] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Analysis of amino acids, hydroxy acids, and amines in CR chondrites." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 55 (11): 2422-2439 [Full Text] [10.1111/maps.13586] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Extraterrestrial hexamethylenetetramine in meteorites—a precursor of prebiotic chemistry in the inner solar system." Nature Communications 11 (1): 6243 [Full Text] [10.1038/s41467-020-20038-x] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Prokaryotic and Fungal Characterization of the Facilities Used to Assemble, Test, and Launch the OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft." Frontiers in Microbiology 11 530661 [Full Text] [10.3389/fmicb.2020.530661] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "A Sensitive Quantitative Analysis of Abiotically Synthesized Short Homopeptides using Ultraperformance Liquid Chromatography and Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry." Journal of Chromatography A 461509 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.chroma.2020.461509] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Bright carbonate veins on asteroid (101955) Bennu: Implications for aqueous alteration history." Science 370 eabc3557 [Full Text] [10.1126/science.abc3557] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Abundant extraterrestrial amino acids in the primitive CM carbonaceous chondrite Asuka 12236." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 55 (9): 1979–2006 [Full Text] [10.1111/maps.13560] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Airfall on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko." Icarus 354 114004 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114004] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Impact of Phyllosilicates on Amino Acid Formation under Asteroidal Conditions." ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 4 (8): 1398-1407 [Full Text] [10.1021/acsearthspacechem.0c00137] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Extraterrestrial organic compounds and cyanide in the CM2 carbonaceous chondrites Aguas Zarcas and Murchison." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 55 (7): 1509-1524 [Full Text] [10.1111/maps.13531] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Extraterrestrial amino acids and L-enantiomeric excesses in the CM2 carbonaceous chondrites Aguas Zarcas and Murchison." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 56 (1): 148–173 [Full Text] [10.1111/maps.13451] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Episodes of particle ejection from the surface of the active asteroid (101955) Bennu." Science 366 (6470): eaay3544 [Full Text] [10.1126/science.aay3544] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "The Search for Chiral Asymmetry as a Potential Biosignature in our Solar System." Chemical Reviews 120 4660−4689 [Full Text] [10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00474] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Extraterrestrial ribose and other sugars in primitive meteorites." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (49): 24440-24445 [Full Text] [10.1073/pnas.1907169116] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Outgassing from the OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Capsule: Characterization and Mitigation." Acta Astronautica 166 391-399 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.actaastro.2019.07.043] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Investigating the effects of gamma radiation on selected chemicals for use in biosignature detection instruments on the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa." Planetary and Space Science 175 1-12 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.pss.2019.05.009] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Organometallic compounds as carriers of extraterrestrial cyanide in primitive meteorites." Nature Communications 10 2777 [Full Text] [10.1038/s41467-019-10866-x] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Application of TMAH thermochemolysis to the detection of nucleobases: application to the MOMA and SAM space experiment." Talanta 204 802-811 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.talanta.2019.06.076] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Methodologies for Analyzing Soluble Organic Compounds in Extraterrestrial Samples: Amino Acids, Amines, Monocarboxylic Acids, Aldehydes, and Ketones." Life 9 (47): 30 pages [Full Text] [10.3390/life9020047] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "The CM carbonaceous chondrite regolith Diepenveen." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 54 (7): 1431–1461 [Full Text] [10.1111/maps.13297] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Craters, boulders and regolith of (101955) Bennu indicative of an old and dynamic surface." Nature Geoscience 12 (4): 242-246 [Full Text] [10.1038/s41561-019-0326-6] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "The unexpected surface of asteroid (101955) Bennu." Nature 568 (7750): 55-60 [Full Text] [10.1038/s41586-019-1033-6] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "The Sariçiçek howardite fall in Turkey: Source crater of HED meteorites on Vesta and impact risk of Vestoids." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 54 (5): 953-1008 [Full Text] [10.1111/maps.13258] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Analyses of Aliphatic Aldehydes and Ketones in Carbonaceous Chondrites." ACS Earth & Space Chemistry 3 463-472 [Full Text] [10.1021/acsearthspacechem.9b00006] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Molecular distribution, 13C-isotope, and enantiomeric compositions of carbonaceous chondrite monocarboxylic acids." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 54 (2): 415-430 [Full Text] [10.1111/maps.13216] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "OSIRIS-REx Contamination Control Strategy and Implementation." Space Science Reviews 214 (1): 19 [Full Text] [10.1007/s11214-017-0439-4] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "The OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft and the Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism (TAGSAM)." Space Science Reviews 214 (7): 107 [Full Text] [10.1007/s11214-018-0521-6] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "The SPECTRAL Ice Chamber: Application to Titan's Stratospheric Ice Clouds." The Astrophysical Journal 865 (1): 62 [Full Text] [10.3847/1538-4357/aadbab] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Effect of polychromatic X-ray microtomography imaging on the amino acid content of the Murchison CM chondrite." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 54 (1): 220–228 [Full Text] [10.1111/maps.13188] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "The Origin and Evolution of Organic Matter in Carbonaceous Chondrites and Links to Their Parent Bodies." Primitive Meteorites and Asteroids 205-271 [Full Text] [10.1016/b978-0-12-813325-5.00003-3] [Article in Book]
2018. "Hydrothermal Decomposition of Amino Acids and Origins of Prebiotic Meteoritic Organic Compounds." ACS Earth & Space Chemistry [Full Text] [10.1021/acsearthspacechem.8b00025] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Nanopore DNA Sequencing and Genome Assembly on the International Space Station." Scientific Reports 7 (1): 18022 [Full Text] [10.1038/s41598-017-18364-0] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "OSIRIS-REx: Sample Return from Asteroid (101955) Bennu." Space Science Reviews 212 925-984 [Full Text] [10.1007/s11214-017-0405-1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Distribution of aliphatic amines in CO, CV, and CK carbonaceous chondrites and relation to mineralogy and processing history." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 52 (12): 2632–2646 [Full Text] [10.1111/maps.12959] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Pathways to Meteoritic Glycine and Methylamine." ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 1 (1): 3-13 [Full Text] [10.1021/acsearthspacechem.6b00014] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "Meteoritic Amino Acids: Diversity in Compositions Reflects Parent Body Histories." ACS Central Science 2 370-379 [Full Text] [10.1021/acscentsci.6b00074] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "Spontaneous Oligomerization of Nucleotide Alternatives in Aqueous Solutions." Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres 47 (1): 3-11 [Full Text] [10.1007/s11084-016-9484-3] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "Aliphatic Amines in Antarctic CR2, CM2, and CM1/2 Carbonaceous Chondrites." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 189 296-311 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.gca.2016.06.018] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "Effect of a synchrotron X-ray microtomography imaging experiment on the amino acid content of a CM chondrite." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 51 (2): 429-437 [Full Text] [10.1111/maps.12595] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "Indigenous aliphatic amines in the aqueously altered Orgueil meteorite." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 50 1733-1749 [Full Text] [10.1111/maps.12507] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "The OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission." 2015 IEEE Aerospace Conference 1-14 [Full Text] [10.1109/AERO.2015.7118989] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "Prebiotic Alternatives to Proteins: Structure and Function of Hyperbranched Polyesters." Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere 45 123-137 [Full Text] [10.1007/s11084-015-9430-9] [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 origin of amino acids in lunar regolith samples." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 172 357-369 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.gca.2015.10.008] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "The OSIRIS-REx target asteroid (101955) Bennu: Constraints on its physical, geological, and dynamical nature from astronomical observations ." Meteoritics and Planetary Science 50 (4): 834-849 [Full Text] [10.1111/maps.12353] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "Amino acid analyses of R and CK chondrites." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 50 (3): 470-482 [Full Text] [10.1111/maps.12433] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "Planning Considerations Related to the Organic Contamination of Martian Samples and Implications for the Mars 2020 Rover." Astrobiology 14 (12): 969-1027 [Full Text] [10.1089/ast.2014.1244] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "The effects of parent-body hydrothermal heating on amino acid abundances in CI-like chondrites." Polar Science 8 (3): 255-263 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.polar.2014.05.002] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "Assessing the origins of aliphatic amines in the Murchison meteorite from their compound-specific carbon isotopic ratios and enantiomeric composition." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 141 331-345 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.gca.2014.06.035] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "Fall, recovery, and characterization of the Novato L6 chondrite breccia." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 49 (8): 1388–1425 [Full Text] [10.1111/maps.12323] [Journal Article/Letter]
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2010. "Assessment and control of organic and other contaminants associated with the Stardust sample return from comet 81P/Wild 2." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 45 (3): 406-433 [Full Text] [10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01031.x] [Journal Article/Letter]
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2008. "Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and amino acids in meteorites and ice samples from LaPaz Icefield, Antarctica." Meteoritics and Planetary Science 43 (9): 1465-1480 [Full Text] [10.1111/j.1945-5100.2008.tb01021.x] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Abiotic formation of RNA-like oligomers by montmorillonite catalysis: Part II." International Journal of Astrobiology 7 1–7 [Full Text] [10.1017/S147355040700393X] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Detection of cometary amines in samples returned by Stardust." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 43 (1/2): 399-413 [Full Text] [10.1111/j.1945-5100.2008.tb00629.x] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Extraterrestrial nucleobases in the Murchison meteorite." Earth Planetary Science Letters 270 130-136 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.epsl.2008.03.026] [Journal Article/Letter]
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2007. "A radical pathway for organic phosphorylation during schreibersite corrosion with implications for the origin of life." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71 1581-1596 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.gca.2006.12.018] [Journal Article/Letter]
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Talks, Presentations and Posters
Other
OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return
October 24, 2023
YouTube by NASA
Interview as part of the Webby Award-winning live broadcast of the OSIRIS-REx sample return.
What Is Life? Does It Exist Beyond Earth?
April 12, 2021
Podcast by American Chemical Society
Host Sam Jones. In today’s episode, we’re talking about life. What it is, how it started here on Earth, and how we’re trying to find it in other parts of the universe.
Secrets of the Asteroids
2021
Strip the Cosmos Season 4 Episode 5
This episode unpacks NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission to return a sample of rock from asteroid Bennu.
Here & Now: NASA Attempts First-Ever Mission To Collect Asteroid Sample
November 20, 2020
Radio by NPR/WBUR
Host Peter O’Dowd. After two years of waiting for the perfect opportunity, NASA on Tuesday will try to collect a sample from an asteroid for the first time.
OSIRIS-REx & the Origin of Life
November 14, 2020
YouTube by NASA
A historic moment is on the horizon for NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx.
Are We There Yet?: Ancient Asteroid Dust & Deep Space Delivery
November 13, 2020
Podcast by NPR/WMFT
Host Brendan Byrne, interviewed scientist Jason Dworkin about the steps of TAG and what scientists hope to learn about this mission milestone.
Gravity Assist: A Special Delivery of Life’s Building Blocks, with Jason Dworkin
June 15, 2020
Podcast by NASA
Dr. Jim Green, NASA's director of planetary science, takes you on a guided tour of the solar system and beyond.
The Dig: NASA Asteroid
August 3, 2019
PBS by Maryland Public Television
NASA Goddard scientists are orbiting a spacecraft around a nearby asteroid, in an effort to learn about the formation of the solar system.
People of OSIRIS-REx
December 19, 2018
NASA.gov by NASA Goddard
This short Q&A was featured in a article introducing a selection of people who work on the OSIRIS-REx mission to explore asteroid Bennu.
Mystery of the Alien Asteroid
November 22, 2018
Strip the Cosmos Season 3 Episode 1
Scientists have spotted a mysterious object the size and shape of a skyscraper hurtling through space.
OSIRIS-REx: First U.S. Mission to Return Samples from an Asteroid to Earth
22, 2016
YouTube by the Library of Congress
Jason Dworkin discussed the OSIRIS-REx, the first U.S. space mission that will return samples from an asteroid to Earth.
The Science of OSIRIS-REx
October 6, 2016
YouTube by NASA
On Sept. 6, NASA previewed the science of the OSIRIS-REx mission, during a pre-launch news conference at NASA KSC.
Studying an Asteroid on Earth
July 30, 2015
YouTube by NASA Goddard
The material collected by OSIRIS-REx will provide a wealth of data for future generations of astrobiologists, shedding light on one of Earth’s biggest mysteries.
OSIRIS-REx
September 9, 2012
YouTube by Department of Defense
The military is helping NASA to unlock the secrets of life itself by reaching out into the stars with the OSIRIS-REx mission.
NASA | Inside Astrobiology: Jason Dworkin
September 26, 2010
YouTube by NASA Goddard
Jason Dworkin, Chief of the Astrochemistry Laboratory, talks about solving problems, analyzing comets, and the great team of people working to answer science's biggest questions.