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Monika Kress

San Jose State University

Symposia Attended

  • 2003 U.S. Frontiers
  • 2005 U.S. Frontiers
  • 2006 Chinese-American Frontiers
  • 2009 U.S. Frontiers

Research Interests

Astrobiology

Research Statement

My research focuses on the mechanisms by which habitable planets acquire the raw materials for life, specifically water and carbon. Two main approaches to this problem are (1) to develop chemical kinetic models for the chemical evolution of planet-forming disks and (2) to model the atmospheric entry of meteoritic material and how it is processed in a planet?s atmosphere.
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