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List of works by Dirk Schulze-Makuch

A cold hydrological system in Gale crater, Mars

scientific article published in April 2014

A formation mechanism for hematite-rich spherules on Mars

A possible biogenic origin for hydrogen peroxide on Mars: the Viking results reinterpreted

scholarly article by Joop M. Houtkooper & Dirk Schulze-Makuch published April 2007 in International Journal of Astrobiology

A sulfur-based survival strategy for putative phototrophic life in the venusian atmosphere

scientific article

A two-tiered approach to assessing the habitability of exoplanets

scientific article

Adaptation of an Antarctic lichen to Martian niche conditions can occur within 34 days

Amino acid synthesis in Europa's subsurface environment

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Another Earth 2.0? Not So Fast

scientific article

Applications of particle-tracking techniques to bank infiltration: a case study from El Paso, Texas, USA

Assessing the Possibility of Biological Complexity on Other Worlds, with an Estimate of the Occurrence of Complex Life in the Milky Way Galaxy

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Assessing the plausibility of life on other worlds

scientific article (publication date: 2001)

Bacterial Growth in Chloride and Perchlorate Brines: Halotolerances and Salt Stress Responses of Planococcus halocryophilus

scientific article published on 06 August 2019

Biologically enhanced energy and carbon cycling on Titan?

scientific article published on August 2005

Biosignature stability in space enables their use for life detection on Mars

scientific article published on 9 September 2022

Deliquescence-induced wetting and RSL-like darkening of a Mars analogue soil containing various perchlorate and chloride salts

scientific article published on 01 May 2016

Drastic environmental change and its effects on a planetary biosphere

scientific article

Effects of Low-Temperature Plasma-Sterilization on Mars Analog Soil Samples Mixed with Deinococcus radiodurans.

scientific article published on 26 May 2016

Energy cycling and hypothetical organisms in Europa's ocean.

scientific article published on January 2002

Enhanced Microbial Survivability in Subzero Brines.

scientific article published on 17 April 2018

Evidence for Amazonian acidic liquid water on Mars—A reinterpretation of MER mission results

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Extraterrestrial hydrogeology

Fluorine-rich planetary environments as possible habitats for life

scientific article published on 18 August 2014

Formation and disruption of aquifers in southwestern Chryse Planitia, Mars

Fundamental Science and Engineering Questions in Planetary Cave Exploration

scientific article published in 2022

GRS evidence and the possibility of paleooceans on Mars

article

Geological and hydrological histories of the Argyre province, Mars

scholarly article

Habitability of Polygonal Soils in the Hyper‐Arid Atacama Desert After a Simulated Rain Experiment

scientific article published in 2023

How Many Biochemistries Are Available To Build a Cell?

scientific article

In Search for a Planet Better than Earth: Top Contenders for a Superhabitable World

scientific article published on 18 September 2020

Introduction to the special paper collection: methodologies and techniques for detecting extraterrestrial (microbial) life

scientific article published in January 2003

Is Searching for Martian Life a Priority for the Mars Community?

scientific article published on 23 January 2018

Locally Targeted Ecosynthesis: A Proactive in situ Search for Extant Life on Other Worlds

scientific article published on July 12, 2013

Locating potential biosignatures on Europa from surface geology observations

scientific article published on January 2003

Longitudinal dispersivity data and implications for scaling behavior

scientific article

Low frequency electromagnetic waves as a supplemental energy source to sustain microbial growth?

scientific article published on 8 February 2005

Mechanisms of Evolutionary Innovation Point to Genetic Control Logic as the Key Difference Between Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes

scientific article

Meteorites at Meridiani Planum provide evidence for significant amounts of surface and near-surface water on early Mars

scholarly article

Methanogenic Archaea Can Produce Methane in Deliquescence-Driven Mars Analog Environments

scientific article published on 08 January 2020

Microbial Hotspots in Lithic Microhabitats Inferred from DNA Fractionation and Metagenomics in the Atacama Desert

scientific article published in 2021

Microbial life in a liquid asphalt desert

scientific article

Microbial survival rates of Escherichia coli and Deinococcus radiodurans under low temperature, low pressure, and UV-Irradiation conditions, and their relevance to possible Martian life

scientific article

Nearly Forty Years after Viking: Are We Ready for a New Life-Detection Mission?

scientific article published on 08 June 2015

New evidence for a magmatic influence on the origin of Valles Marineris, Mars

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New priorities in the robotic exploration of Mars: the case for in situ search for extant life.

scientific article published on September 2010

Noachian and more recent phyllosilicates in impact craters on Mars.

scientific article

Oil biodegradation. Water droplets in oil are microhabitats for microbial life

scientific article

Pavilion lake microbialites: morphological, molecular and biochemical evidence for a cold-water transition to colonial aggregates

scientific article

Physicochemical Salt Solution Parameters Limit the Survival of Planococcus halocryophilus in Martian Cryobrines

scientific article published on 07 July 2020

Planetary imaging in powers of ten: a multiscale, multipurpose astrobiological imager

scientific article

Possibilities for the detection of hydrogen peroxide–water-based life on Mars by the Phoenix Lander

Prime candidate sites for astrobiological exploration through the hydrogeological history of Mars

Reassessing the possibility of life on venus: proposal for an astrobiology mission

scientific article

Scenarios for the evolution of life on Mars

scholarly article

Science goals and mission concept for the future exploration of Titan and Enceladus

article

Searching for Life Beyond Our Planet: Are We There Yet?

Searching for Life on Mars Before It Is Too Late

scientific article published on 8 September 2017

Simulations of Prebiotic Chemistry under Post-Impact Conditions on Titan

scientific article published on 17 December 2013

Sorption heat engines: Simple inanimate negative entropy generators

Strategy for modeling putative multilevel ecosystems on Europa

scientific article published on January 2003

Structural and tidal models of Titan and inferences on cryovolcanism

Supercritical carbon dioxide and its potential as a life-sustaining solvent in a planetary environment

scientific article published on 8 August 2014

Survey of the Outline of an Early Roman Marching-camp in Germany by Rammner's Current Line Pertubation Method

article

TandEM: Titan and Enceladus mission

journal article

Testing the H2O2-H2O hypothesis for life on Mars with the TEGA instrument on the Phoenix lander.

scientific article published on April 2008

The 100-year Starship Symposium: a historic meeting?

scientific article published on 19 December 2011

The Adaptability of Life on Earth and the Diversity of Planetary Habitats

scientific article published on 16 October 2017

The Argyre Region as a Prime Target for in situ Astrobiological Exploration of Mars.

scientific article

The Biological Oxidant and Life Detection (BOLD) mission: A proposal for a mission to Mars

The Cosmic Zoo: The (Near) Inevitability of the Evolution of Complex, Macroscopic Life

scientific article

The Last Possible Outposts for Life on Mars

scientific article published on 02 February 2016

The Physical, Chemical and Physiological Limits of Life

scientific article published on 17 July 2015

The Solar Wind Power Satellite as an alternative to a traditional Dyson Sphere and its implications for remote detection

The case for life on Mars

The effect of critical pH on virus fate and transport in saturated porous medium

scientific article published in September 2003

The immune system as key to cancer treatment: Triggering its activity with microbial agents

The next phase in our search for life: an expert discussion.

scientific article published on January 2011

The overprotection of Mars

The power of social structure: how we became an intelligent lineage

The prospect of alien life in exotic forms on other worlds

scientific article

The search for alien life in our solar system: strategies and priorities

scientific article published on May 2009

The search for life beyond Earth through fuzzy expert systems

Thermal energy and the origin of life

scientific article (publication date: April 2006)

Tier-Scalable Reconnaissance Missions For The Autonomous Exploration Of Planetary Bodies

Transitory microbial habitat in the hyperarid Atacama Desert.

scientific article published on 26 February 2018

Variations in hydraulic conductivity with scale of measurement during aquifer tests in heterogeneous, porous carbonate rocks

article by Dirk Schulze-Makuch & Douglas S. Cherkauer published 17 August 1998 in Hydrogeology Journal

Venus, Mars, and the Ices on Mercury and the Moon: Astrobiological Implications and Proposed Mission Designs

scientific article