
Research Summary
Research interests include astrobiology, microbial paleontology, microbial diversity and cultivation, molecular evolution and geonomics, and geomicrobiology.
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Recent Publications
Depleted carbon isotope compositions observed at Gale crater, Mars
House, C. H., Wong, G. M., Webster, C. R., Flesch, G. J., Franz, H. B., Stern, J. C., Pavlov, A., Atreya, S. K., Eigenbrode, J. L., Gilbert, A., Hofmann, A. E., Millan, M., Steele, A., Glavin, D. P., Malespin, C. A. & Mahaffy, P. R., Jan 25 2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119, 4, e2115651119.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Reply to Schoell: Implications of a temperature trend in methane evolved from Cumberland during Mars evolved gas analyses experiments
House, C. H., Franz, H. B., Wong, G. M., Mahaffy, P. R., Pavlov, A., Steele, A., Atreya, S. & Malespin, C. A., Jul 26 2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119, 30, e2207901119.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
Evolved Gas Analyses of Sedimentary Rocks From the Glen Torridon Clay-Bearing Unit, Gale Crater, Mars: Results From the Mars Science Laboratory Sample Analysis at Mars Instrument Suite
McAdam, A. C., Sutter, B., Archer, P. D., Franz, H. B., Wong, G. M., Lewis, J. M. T., Clark, J. V., Millan, M., Williams, A. J., Eigenbrode, J. L., Knudson, C. A., Freissinet, C., Glavin, D. P., Stern, J. C., Navarro-González, R., Achilles, C. N., Ming, D. W., Morris, R. V., Bristow, T. F., Rampe, E. B., & 8 others , Sep 2022, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 127, 9, e2022JE007179.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Sedimentary Organics in Glen Torridon, Gale Crater, Mars: Results From the SAM Instrument Suite and Supporting Laboratory Analyses
Millan, M., Williams, A. J., McAdam, A. C., Eigenbrode, J. L., Steele, A., Freissinet, C., Glavin, D. P., Szopa, C., Buch, A., Summons, R. E., Lewis, J. M. T., Wong, G. M., House, C. H., Sutter, B., McIntosh, O., Bryk, A. B., Franz, H. B., Pozarycki, C., Stern, J. C., Navarro-Gonzalez, R., & 7 others , Nov 2022, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 127, 11, e2021JE007107.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Orbital and In-Situ Investigation of Periodic Bedrock Ridges in Glen Torridon, Gale Crater, Mars
Stack, K. M., Dietrich, W. E., Lamb, M. P., Sullivan, R. J., Christian, J. R., Newman, C. E., O’Connell-Cooper, C. D., Sneed, J. W., Day, M., Baker, M., Arvidson, R. E., Fedo, C. M., Khan, S., Williams, R. M. E., Bennett, K. A., Bryk, A. B., Cofield, S., Edgar, L. A., Fox, V. K., Fraeman, A. A., & 4 others , Jun 2022, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 127, 6, e2021JE007096.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Organic carbon concentrations in 3.5-billion-year-old lacustrine mudstones of Mars
Stern, J. C., Malespin, C. A., Eigenbrode, J. L., Webster, C. R., Flesch, G., Franz, H. B., Graham, H. V., House, C. H., Sutter, B., Archer, P. D., Hofmann, A. E., McAdam, A. C., Ming, D. W., Navarro-Gonzalez, R., Steele, A., Freissinet, C. & Mahaffy, P. R., Jul 5 2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119, 27, e2201139119.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Oxidized and Reduced Sulfur Observed by the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) Instrument Suite on the Curiosity Rover Within the Glen Torridon Region at Gale Crater, Mars
Wong, G. M., Franz, H. B., Clark, J. V., McAdam, A. C., Lewis, J. M. T., Millan, M., Ming, D. W., Gomez, F., Clark, B., Eigenbrode, J. L., Navarro-González, R. & House, C. H., Sep 2022, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 127, 9, e2021JE007084.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Origin of life on mars: Suitability and opportunities
Clark, B. C., Kolb, V. M., Steele, A., House, C. H., Lanza, N. L., Gasda, P. J., Vanbommel, S. J., Newsom, H. E. & Martínez-Frías, J., Jun 2021, In: Life. 11, 6, 539.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Generalized Stoichiometry and Biogeochemistry for Astrobiological Applications
Kempes, C. P., Follows, M. J., Smith, H., Graham, H., House, C. H. & Levin, S. A., Jul 2021, In: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 83, 7, 73.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The grayness of the origin of life
Smith, H. H., Hyde, A. S., Simkus, D. N., Libby, E., Maurer, S. E., Graham, H. V., Kempes, C. P., Lollar, B. S., Chou, L., Ellington, A. D., Fricke, G. M., Girguis, P. R., Grefenstette, N. M., Pozarycki, C. I., House, C. H. & Johnson, S. S., Jun 2021, In: Life. 11, 6, 498.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Convergent Microbial Community Formation in Replicate Anaerobic Reactors Inoculated from Different Sources and Treating Ersatz Crew Waste
Steinberg, L. M., Martino, A. J. & House, C. H., Dec 2021, In: Life. 11, 12, 1374.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Origin of a global carbonate layer deposited in the aftermath of the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary impact
Bralower, T. J., Cosmidis, J., Heaney, P. J., Kump, L. R., Morgan, J. V., Harper, D. T., Lyons, S. L., Freeman, K. H., Grice, K., Wendler, J. E., Zachos, J. C., Artemieva, N., Chen, S. A., Gulick, S. P. S., House, C. H., Jones, H. L., Lowery, C. M., Nims, C., Schaefer, B., Thomas, E., & 1 others , Oct 15 2020, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 548, 116476.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ceres: Astrobiological Target and Possible Ocean World
Castillo-Rogez, J. C., Neveu, M., Scully, J. E. C., House, C. H., Quick, L. C., Bouquet, A., Miller, K., Bland, M., De Sanctis, M. C., Ermakov, A., Hendrix, A. R., Prettyman, T. H., Raymond, C. A., Russell, C. T., Sherwood, B. E. & Young, E., Feb 2020, In: Astrobiology. 20, 2, p. 269-291 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Relict Ocean Worlds: Ceres
De Sanctis, M. C., Mitri, G., Castillo-Rogez, J., House, C. H., Marchi, S., Raymond, C. A. & Sekine, Y., Jun 1 2020, In: Space Science Reviews. 216, 4, 60.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
A Lacustrine Paleoenvironment Recorded at Vera RubinRidge, Gale Crater: Overview of the Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Observed by the Mars ScienceLaboratory Curiosity Rover
Edgar, L. A., Fedo, C. M., Gupta, S., Banham, S. G., Fraeman, A. A., Grotzinger, J. P., Stack, K. M., Stein, N. T., Bennett, K. A., Rivera-Hernández, F., Sun, V. Z., Edgett, K. S., Rubin, D. M., House, C. & Van Beek, J., Mar 1 2020, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 125, 3, e2019JE006307.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review