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ARRHENIUS, GUSTAF

Professor of Biogeochemistry

Degrees:

  • Ph.D., University of Stockholm
  • Ph.D., University of Stockholm, Sweden

Research Interests:

  • Physical and chemical processes in the space medium
  • Solid state chemistry
  • Environmental record in ocean sediments
  • Origin and early evolution of ocean-atmosphere
  • Molecular evolution toward life
  • RNA component formation by inorganic, geochemically plausible processes
  • Origin and early evolution of ocean-atmosphere
  • Molecular evolution toward life
  • RNA component formation by mineral surface reactions

Honors and Awards:

  • Hans Pettersson Gold Medal, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 1998
  • NASA Group Achievement Award, 1973
  • American Chemical Society PRF Award, 1961
  • Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Elected member, International Academy of Astronautics

Mentoring:

  • Chung, Weiwei (Graduate; 2008-2008)
  • Dugan, Emily (Graduate; 2008-2008)
  • Nguyen, Joseph (Graduate; 2008-2008)
  • Vannete, Heleen (Post Doc; 2008-2008)
  • Wang, Zhenqiang (Graduate; 2008-2008)
  • Tao, Jonathan (Graduate; 2007-2008)


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Home Department:
GRD

Mailing Address:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla CA, 92093
Mail Code: 0218

Email: arrhenius@ucsd.edu


Scripps Scholars Profile: http://scrippsscholars.ucsd.edu/arrhenius

Lab Website: http://www.arrhenius.ucsd.edu
WWW: www.arrhenius.ucsd.edu

Publications:

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G.Arrhenius, 1997. Carbon dioxide warming of the early Earth. Ambio 26,12-16.

G.Arrhenius, S.Mozszis,1997. Entropy and charge in molecular evolution - The case of phosphate. Journal of Theoretical Biology 187, 503-522.

G.Arrhenius, K.Baldridge, S.Richards Gross, J.Siegel, 1997. Glycolonitrile oligomerization: Structure of oxazolines, potential heterocycles on early Earth. Journal of Organic Chemistry 62, 5522-5525.

G.Arrhenius, A.Lepland, 2000. Accretion of Moon and Earth and the emergence of life. Chemical Geology169, 69-82.

G.Arrhenius, 2002. Crystals and Life. Helv. Chim. Acta 86, 1569-1586 G.Arrhenius, C.Daraio, S.,Perez, L,Rudee, G. Layne, A.Lepland, M.Rosing, M.van Zuilen, M.Whitehouse, 2008. Search for traces of early life in Archean metasedimentary rocks. Astrobiology, 8, 323 -324

G.Arrhenius, K,Caldwell, S.Wold, 2008. Svante Arrhenius, a physicist ahead of his time. Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, IVA-M 395, Stockholm ,1- 44.


Last Modified: Mar 18, 2009