SETI INSTITUTEActivity Report Q1 2018

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TheSETIInstituteinthespotlightsofprofessionalandpubliccoverageinthisfirstquarter.Topphotos,fromlefttoright:Janice Bishop’sNature article makes the cover, and so does Nathalie A. Cabrol’s Coevolution article in Astrobiology.NathalieisfeaturedintheNewYorkTimeMarch25th,2018,Sundaymagazine“Voyages”.Bottomphoto:TheparticipantsintheSETIInstituteDecodingAlienIntelligencecongregatedforthephotoafteramomentouseventthattookplaceattheInstituteMarch14-16,2018,openinganewchapterfortheSETIsearchattheInstitute.

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Peer-ReviewedPublications(onlyinpressorpublished)

1. BauschlicherCW,ARicca,CBoersmaandLJAllamandola(2018)TheNASAAmesPAHIRSpectroscopicDatabase:ComputationalVersion3.00withUpdatedContentandtheIntroductionofMultipleScalingFactors.TheAstrophysicalJournal,234,32.http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4365/aaa019/meta

2. Bishop JL,AGFairén,JRMichalski,LGago-Duport,LLBaker,MAVelbel,CGross&EBRampe(2018).Surfaceclayformationduringshort-termwarmerandwetterconditionson a largely cold ancient Mars. Nature Astronomy, 2, 206-213.https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-017-0377-9

3. Cabrol, N. A. , The co-evolution of life & environment on Mars: An ecosystemperspectivetotheroboticsearchofbiosignatures,Astrobiology,18(1): 10.1089/ast.2017.1756,2018.FreeAccess: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1089/ast.2017.1756

4. Cabrol,N.A.,andE.A.Grin(Eds),FromHabitabilitytoLife,Elsevier,2018(inpress).5. Cabrol,N.A.,E.A.Grin,P.Zippi,N.Noffke,andD.Winter,Evolutionofaltiplaniclakesat

the Pleistocene/Holocene transition: A window into early Mars declining habitability,changing habitats, and biosignatures, 2018. ), Chapter 6. In: FromHabitability to Life,Elsevier,2018(inpress).

6. Cabrol,N.A.,E.A.Grin,J.Bishop,S.L.Cady.N.Hinman,J.Moersch,N.Noffke,C.Phillips,P.Sobron,D.Summers,K.Warren-Rhodes,andD.S.Wettergreen,(2018).Concludingremarks:BridgingstrategicknowledgegapsinthesearchforbiosignaturesonMars–Ablueprint.Chapter13.In:FromHabitabilitytoLife,Elsevier.

7. Clarke, J. M. Jenkins, J. Li, D.W. Latham, J. J. Lissauer, S.Mathur,R. L. Morris, S. E.Seader,J.C.Smith,T.C.Klaus,J.D.Twicken,B.Wohler,R.Akeson,D.R.Ciardi,W.D.Cochran, T. Barclay, J. R. Campbell, W. J. Chaplin, D. Charbonneau, C. E. Henze, S. B.Howell, D. Huber, A. Prsa, S. V. Ramirez, T. D. Morton, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, J. L.Dotson,L.Doyle,E.W.Dunham,A.K.Dupree,E.B.Ford,J.C.Geary,F.R.Girouard,H.Isaacson, H. Kjeldsen, J. H. Steffen,E. V. Quintana, D. Ragozzine, A. Shporer, V. SilvaAguirre,M. Still,P. Tenenbaum,W.F.Welsh,A.Wolfgang,K.A.Zamudio,D.G.Koch,andW. J. Borucki. Planetary CandidatesObserved byKepler. VIII. A FullyAutomatedCatalog With Measured Completeness and Reliability Based on Data Release 25.AcceptedtoAstrophysicalJournalSupplementSeries,March2018.

8. Ćuk M (2018) 1I/`Oumuamua as a Tidal Disruption Fragment from a Binary Star

System. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 852, L15. DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aaa3dbhttp://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/aaa3db/meta

9. ĆukM,DNesvorný(2018)PlanetaryChaosandthe(In)stabilityofHungariaAsteroids.

Icarus,304,9-13.DOI:10.1016/j.icarus.2017.04.015, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103517300398?via%3hDihub

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10. deBarrosALF,ALMattioda,JMKorsmeyer,andARicca(2018)InfraredSpectroscopyofMatrix-IsolatedNeutralandIonizedAnthracoroneneinArgon.J.Phys.Chem.A,2018,122(9),pp2361–2375.https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpca.7b11467

11. Dong,CF,JinM,LingamM,AirapetianVS,MaYetal.(2018)ProceedingsoftheNational

AcademyofSciences115(2),260-26512. DalleOreCM,SProtopapa,JCCook,WMGrundy,DPCruikshank,etal.(2018).Iceson

Charon: Distribution of H2O and NH3 fromNewHorizons LEISA observations. Icarus300,21-32.

13. DikpatiM,SWMcIntosh,GBothun,PSCally,SSGhosh,etal., includingOMUmurhan

(2018).RoleofInteractionbetweenMagneticRossbyWavesandTachoclineDifferentialRotationinProducingSolarSeasons.Astrophys.J853,articleid.144,19pp.

14. Echeverría-Vega,A.,C.S.Demergasso,G.Chong,A.E.Serrano,M.Guajardo,O.Encalada,

V. Parro, Y. Blanco, Luis Rivas, M. Moreno-Paz, J. Luque, K. C. Rose, N. A. Cabrol,Watershed-inducedlimnologicalandmicrobialstatusintwooligotrophicAndeanlakesexposed to the same climatic scenario, (2018). Frontiers in Microbiology, sectionAquaticMicrobiology,296225.

15. GardnerT, JDMonnier,FCFekel,MWilliamson,DKDuncan,etal., includingDHuber

(2018). Precision Orbit of δ Delphini and Prospects for Astrometric Detection ofExoplanets.Astrophys.J855,articleid.1,18pp.

16. Hanuš,J.,Delbo’,M.,Alí-Lagoa,V.,Bolin,B.,Jedicke,R.,Ďurech,J.,Cibulková,H.,Pravec,

P., Kušnirák, P., Behrend, R., Marchis, F., Antonini, P., Arnold, L., Audejean, M.,Bachschmidt,M.,Bernasconi,L.,Brunetto,L.,Casulli,S.,Dymock,R.,Esseiva,N.,Esteban,M.,Gerteis,O.,deGroot,H.,Gully,H.,Hamanowa,H.,Hamanowa,H.,Krafft,P.,Lehký,M.,Manzini,F.,Michelet, J.,Morelle,E.,Oey, J., Pilcher,F.,Reignier,F.,Roy,R.,Salom,P.A.,Warner,B.D.,2017.SpinstatesofasteroidsintheEoscollisionalfamily.Icarus,Vol.299,p.84-96.299,84–96.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2017.07.007

17. Hargitai, H.I. Gulick, V.C., Glines, N.H. 2018. Paleolakes of Northeast Hellas:

Precipitation, Groundwater-fed, and Fluvial Lakes in the Navua–Hadriacus–AusoniaRegion.Astrobiology,acceptedMarch15,2018.

18. Hendler NP, P Pinilla, I Pascucci, A Pohl, G Mulders, et al., includingD Hollenbach

(2018).Alikelyplanet-inducedgapinthediscaroundTCha.MNRAS475,L62-L66.19. Hofgartner et al., including Ross Beyer. A search for temporal changes on Pluto and

Charon.Icarus,Volume302,p.273-284. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018Icar..302..273H

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20. HollenbachD(2017).Theeffectofphotoevaporationonthefirststars.MemoriedellaSocietaAstronomicaItaliana88,p.685.

21. Huber D (2018). Synergies Between Asteroseismology and Exoplanetary Science.

AsteroseismologyandExoplanets:ListeningtotheStarsandSearchingforNewWorlds,Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, Volume 49. ISBN 978-3-319-59314-2.SpringerInternationalPublishingAG,2018,p.119.

22. JuvanIG,MLendl,PECubillos,LFossati,JTregloan-Reed,etal.,(2018).PyTranSpot:A

toolformultibandlightcurvemodelingofplanetarytransitsandstellarspots.Astron.Astrophys.610,articleid.A15,17pp.

23. KarovicovaI,TRWhite,TNordlander,KLind,LCasagrande,etal., includingDHuber

(2018). Accurate effective temperatures of the metal-poor benchmark stars HD140283,HD122563, andHD103095 fromCHARA interferometry.MNRAS475, L81-L85.

24. LiT,TRBedding,DHuber,WHBall,DStello,etal.,(2018).ModellingKeplerredgiants

in eclipsing binaries: calibrating themixing-length parameterwith asteroseismology.MNRAS475,981-998.

25. LockSJ,STStewart,MIPetaev,ZMLeinhardt,MTMace,etal includingMĆuk (2018)

The origin of theMoonwithin a terrestrial synestia. JGRPlanets, in press (publishedonlineFebruary28).DOI:10.1002/2017JE005333, https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/2017JE005333

26. Mackie,C.J.,A.Cadian,X.Huang,E.Maltseva,A.Petrignani, J.Oomens,W.J.Buma,T.J.

Lee and A.G.G.M. Tielens, “The anharmonic quartic force field infrared spectra ofhydrogenatedandmethylatedPAHs”,Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys.20(2),1189-1197,2018,doi:10.1039/C7CP06546A.Freeaccess: http://pubs.rsc.org/-/content/articlehtml/2018/cp/c7cp06546a.

27. Mackey,T.J.,D.Y.Sumner,I.Hawes,S.Z.Leidman,D.T.Andersen,andA.D.Jungblut

(2018),Stromatoliterecordsofenvironmentalchange inperenniallyice-coveredLakeJoyce, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, Biogeochemistry, 137(1), 73-92,doi:10.1007/s10533-017-0402-1.

28. Maltseva,E.,C.J.Mackie,A.Candian,A.Petrignani,X.Huang,T.J.Lee,A.G.G.M.Tielens,J.

Oomens,andW.JanBuma,“High-resolutionIRabsorptionspectroscopyofPAHinthe3um region: role of hydrogenation and alkylation”, A&A, 610, A65, 2018,https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732102 freeaccesshttps://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/forth/aa32102-17.pdf

29. Mathur S, D Huber, NM Batalha, DR Ciardi, FA Bastien, et al., (2018). ERRATUM:

Revised Stellar Properties of Kepler Targets for the Q1–17 (DR25)Transit DetectionRun(ApJS,229,30).Astrophys.JSupp.234,articleid.43,3pp.

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30. Mooreetal.,includingRossBeyer,OliverWhite,OrkanUmurhan,andDaveHinson

fromtheSETIInstitute.BladedTerrainonPluto:Possibleoriginsandevolution.Icarus,Volume300,p.129-144.http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018Icar..300..129M

31. Nesvold,E.R.,Greenberg,A.,Erasmus,N., vanHeerden,E.,Galache, J.L.,Dahlstrom,E.,

Marchis, F., 2018. The Deflector Selector: A Machine Learning Framework forPrioritizing Hazardous Object Deflection Technology Development. eprintarXiv:1802.00458.

32. Olkinetal.,includingRossBeyerandCristinaDalleOrefromtheSETIInstitute.The

GlobalColorofPlutofromNewHorizons.TheAstronomicalJournal,Volume154,Issue6,articleid.258,13pp.(2017).http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017AJ....154..258O

33. Pajuelo,M., Carry, B., Vachier, F.,Marsset,M., Berthier, J., Descamps, P.,Merline,W.J.,

Tamblyn, P.M., Grice, J., Conrad, A., Storrs, A., Timerson, B., Dunham, D., Preston, S.,Vigan, A., Yang, B., Vernazza, P., Fauvaud, S., Bernasconi, L., Romeuf, D., Behrend, R.,Dumas, C., Drummond, J.D., Margot, J.-L., Kervella, P.,Marchis, F., Girard, J.H., 2018.Physical,spectral,anddynamicalpropertiesofasteroid(107)Camillaanditssatellites.Icarus,Vol.309,p.134-161.309,134–161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2018.03.003

34. PaudelSR,BanjaraSP,WagleA,FreundFT(2018)Earthquakechemicalprecursorsin

groundwater:areview.JournalofSeismology(inpress).35. RangwalaN, Colgan SWJ, LeGal R, AcharyyaK,Huang X, Lee TJ,Herbst E, deWitt C,

Richter M, Boogert A, and McKelvey M. “High Spectral Resolution SOFIA/EXESObservations of C2H2 toward Orion IRc2” ApJ, 856 (1), 9 (12pp) 2018,https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aaab66

36. RiccaA,BauschlicherCW,RoserJE,PeetersE(2018)PolycyclicAromatic

Hydrocarbonswithstraightedgesandthe7.6/6.2and8.6/6.2intensityratiosinreflectionnebulae.TheAstrophysicalJournal,854,115.http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/aaa757/meta

37. Shannon MJ, E Peeters, J Cami, and JADL Blommaert (2018). Polycyclic Aromatic

HydrocarbonEmissionTowardtheGalacticBulge.Astrophys.J855,articleid.32,25pp.38. SharmaS,DStello,SBuder,JKos,JBland-Hawthorn,etal., includingDHuber(2018).

The TESS-HERMES survey data release 1: high-resolution spectroscopy of the TESSsoutherncontinuousviewingzone.MNRAS473,2004-2019.

39. SiebenmorgenR,NVVoshchinnikov, S Bagnulo,NLJ Cox, J Cami, and C Peest (2018).

LargeInterstellarPolarisationSurvey.II.UV/opticalstudyofcloud-to-cloudvariationsofdustinthediffuseISM.Astron.Astrophys.611,articleid.A5,27pp.

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40. Steele, LJ, ES Kite,TI Michaels (2018). Cratermound formation bywind erosion onMars.J.ofGeophys.Res.,123,113-130,doi:10.1002/2017JE005459.

41. Thompson,S.E.,J.L.Coughlin,K.Hoffman,F.Mullally,J.L.Christiansen,C.J.Burke,

S. Bryson, N. Batalha, M. R. Haas, J. Catanzarite, J. F. Rowe, G. Barentsen, D. A.Caldwell,B.D.Clarke, J.M. Jenkins, J. Li,D.W.Latham, J. J. Lissauer, S.Mathur,R. L.Morris,S.E.Seader,J.C.Smith,T.C.Klaus,J.D.Twicken,B.Wohler,R.Akeson,D.R.Ciardi,W. D. Cochran, T. Barclay, J. R. Campbell,W. J. Chaplin, D. Charbonneau, C. E.Henze, S. B. Howell, D. Huber, A. Prsa, S. V. Ramirez, T. D. Morton, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard,J.L.Dotson,L.Doyle,E.W.Dunham,A.K.Dupree,E.B.Ford,J.C.Geary,F.R.Girouard,H.Isaacson,H.Kjeldsen,J.H.Steffen,E.V.Quintana,D.Ragozzine,A.Shporer,V.SilvaAguirre,M.Still,P.Tenenbaum,W.F.Welsh,A.Wolfgang,K.A.Zamudio,D.G.Koch, and W. J. Borucki. Planetary Candidates Observed by Kepler. VIII. A FullyAutomatedCatalogWithMeasuredCompletenessandReliabilityBasedonDataRelease25.AcceptedtoAstrophysicalJournalSupplementSeries,March2018.

42. RummelJDandCConley(2018).InadvertentlyfindingEarthcontaminationonMars

shouldnotbeapriorityforanyone.Astrobiology18:108-115.https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/ast.2017.1785

43. RummelJDandGKminek(2018).It’sTimetoDevelopaNew“DraftTestProtocol”for

aMarssamplereturnmission(ortwo....).Astrobiology,inpress.44. Shannon MJ, Peeters E, Cami J, Blommaert JDAL (2018) Polycyclic Aromatic

HydrocarbonemissiontowardtheGalacticbulge.ApJ855,2345. Tregloan-Reed J, JSouthworth,LMancini,PMolliere,SCiceri,etal., (2018).Possible

detection of a bimodal cloud distribution in the atmosphere of HAT-P-32 A b frommultibandphotometry.MNRAS474,5485-5499.

46. Wilhelm, M, Davila, A., Parenteau, M., Jahnke, L., Abate, M., incl. KAWarren-Rhodes

(2018). Lack of Biologic Activity in Driest Atacama Soils Inferred from BiomarkerContent,Astrobiology,Inpress.

47. Wang, J.J., Perrin, M.D., Savransky, D., Arriaga, P., Chilcote, J.K., De Rosa, R.J., Millar-

Blanchaer, M.A., Marois, C., Rameau, J., Wolff, S.G., Shapiro, J., Ruffio, J.-B., Maire, J.,Marchis,F.,Graham,J.,Macintosh,B.,Ammons,S.M.,Bailey,V.,Barman,T.,Bruzzone,S.,Bulger, J., Cotten, T., Doyon, R., Duchêne, G., Fitzgerald, M., Follette, K., Goodsell, S.,Greenbaum,A.,Hibon,P.,Hung,L.-W.,Ingraham,P.,Kalas,P.,Konopacky,Q.,Larkin, J.,Marley,M.,Metchev,S.,Nielsen,E.,Oppenheimer,R.,Palmer,D.,Patience,J.,Poyneer,L.,Pueyo, L., Rajan, A., Rantakyrö, F., Schneider, A., Sivaramakrishnan, A., Song, I.,Soummer, R., Thomas, S., Wallace, J.K., Ward-Duong, K., Wiktorowicz, S., 2018.Automated data processing architecture for the Gemini Planet Imager ExoplanetSurvey.J.Astron.Telesc.Instruments,Syst.4,1. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.4.1.018002

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48. Warren-Rhodes,K., K. L., Stephen Archer, D. Lacap, L. Ng-Boyle, D.Wettergreen, K.Zacny,C.Demergasso, J.Moersch,G.Chong, S.Vijayarangan,C.Thebes,M.Wagner,K.Tanaka,T.Hare,C.Tate,A.Wang,J.Wei,G.Foil,N.A.Cabrol,S.Pointing,SoilmicrobialhabitatsinanextremedesertMars-analogueenvironment,NatureCom.,(inreview).

49. WittenmyerRA,SSharma,DStello,SBuder,JKos,etal.,includingDHuber(2018).TheK2-HERMESSurvey.I.Planet-candidatePropertiesfromK2Campaigns1–3.Astronom.J155,articleid.84,10pp.

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Conferences:AbstractsandProceedings

1. Adams,E.,Gold,R.,Willson,D.,Ricco,A.J,Hoffer,E.,Greenberg,J.,Bonaccorsi,R.,Boone,T., Ma, J., and McKay, C.P., (2018). EFun: the Plume Sampling System for Enceladus.COSPAR2018Pasadena.

2. Backman, DE, ClarkC, Harman PK, (2018)TheAirborneAstronomyAmbassadors(AAA) Program and NASA Astrophysics Connections 231st AAS Meeting, abstract131.05.

3. Backman,DE,ClarkC,(2/22).NASASOFIAandIRAstronomy,EurekaMiddleSchool,IL,Presentationsto54sixthgradestudentsand2teachers.

4. Backman,DE,ClarkC,(2/23).NASASOFIAandIRAstronomy,EurekaMiddleSchool,IL,51sixthgradestudentsand3teachers.

5. Backman, DE, Clark C, Harman PK, 3/15 – 17). NASA Airborne AstronomyAmbassadorsexhibitatNSTANationalConference,Atlanta,GA.

6. Beddingfieldetal.LandslidesintheSerenityChasmaRegion,Charon.#2378.LPSC29.2018.

7. Benner LAM, Brozovic M, Naidu, SP, Jao JS, Giorgini JD, et al., including Busch MW(2018).RadarObservationsofNear-EarthAsteroid2012TC4,42ndCOSPARAssembly,PasadenaCalifornia2018July14-22.

8. Bishop JL, JJ Wray, AM Sessa, JM Danielsen, BL Ehlmann, SL Murchie, B Horgan, CGross,MParente&FPSeelos(2018).EvidenceofsaltyresiduesinlayeredoutcropsatMawrth Vallis and implications for evaporative environments on early Mars. LunarPlanet.Sci.Conf.XLIX,Abstract#1117.https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2018/pdf/1117.pdf

9. BishopJL,BHorgan,LGBenning,BLCarrier,EMHausrath&iMOST_Team(2018).HighPrioritySubaerialEnvironmentsNeededforMarsSampleReturn.2ndInt'lMarsSampleReturnConference,Berlin,Germany,Abstract#6043.https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/marssamplereturn2018/pdf/6043.pdf

10. Blandetal.HowwelldoweknowEuropa’sTopography?AssessingVariabilityinDigitalTerrainModels.#2193.LPSC29.2018

11. Bonaccorsi,, R.,McKay, C.P.,Willson,D., Zent, A.P., Davila, A., Stoker, C.R., Blacker,D.Scalice,D.,DeVore,E.,(2018).EngagingthePublicwithMarsFestEventsinDeathValleyNationalPark.AstrobiologyJamboree,NASAAmesResearchCenter,MoffettField,CA.

12. BrysonS,CBurke,NMBatalha, SEThompson, JL Coughlin, et al., (2018).UsingFinalKepler Catalog Completeness and Reliability Products in Exoplanet Occurrence RateEstimates.AASMeeting#231,id.#403.06.

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13. Brozovic M, Benner LAM, Naidu SP, Jao JS, Giorgini JD, et al., including Busch MW(2018).Goldstoneradarobservationsoftriplenear-Earthasteroid3122Florence,42ndCOSPARAssembly,PasadenaCalifornia2018July14-22.

14. Burton ZFM, JL Bishop, PEnglert,CKoeberl&EKGibson (2018).ChemicallyactivehorizoninasoilpitfromanintermittentpondsiteintheDryValleysRegion,Antarcticaand implications for soil processes on Mars. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. XLIX, Abstract#1086.https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2018/pdf/1086.pdf

15. Busch MW, Rozek A, Marshall SE, Young GC, Cobb AD, Raissi C, et al. (2018).Automating Asteroid Shape Modeling From Radar Images, 42nd COSPAR Assembly,PasadenaCalifornia2018July14-22.

16. Cabrol, N. A., J. Bishop, S. L. Cady, N. Hinman, J. Moersch, N. Noffke, C. Phillips, P.Sobron, D. Summers, K. Warren-Rhodes, D. S. Wettergreen, Coevolution as a GuidingPrinciple for Biosignature Exploration on Mars (and Beyond), 49th Lunar Planet. Sci.Conf.,Abstract1350,2018.

17. Cabrol, N. A., W. H. Diamond, J. Bishop, S. L. Cady, L. Fenton, N. Hinman, S. Jain, A.Lowndes,G.Mackintosh, J.Moersch,K.McGivern,N.Noffke,M.Phillips,B.Poduval,K.Warren-Rhodes,J.Parr,AdvancingAstrobiologyThroughPublic/PrivatePartnership:TheFDLModel,49thLunarPlanet.Sci.Conf.,Abstract1275,2018.

18. Cabrol, N. A., andG. Macintosh, 2018. The SETI Institute: Using GPUs for systemsscience, technology, and Exploration. GTC conference, San Jose Convention Center,March29,2018.

19. CaldwellD.A.,MarchisF.,BatalhaN.M.,CabrolN.A.,SmithJ.C.,(2018),EarthasanExoplanet: Spectral Monitoring of an Inhabited Planet, Deep Space Gateway ConceptScienceWorkshop,Abstract#3180, https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/deepspace2018/pdf/3180.pdf

20. Colapreteetal.ResourceProspector:EvaluatingtheISRUPotentialoftheLunarPoles.#2698.LPSC49.2018.

21. ĆukM(2018).LunarFormationandTidalEvolutionReconsidered.ESODiversisMundiWorkshop (Santiago, March 5-9 2018). Invited talk.http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2018/OPS2018/Abstracts/CukM.txt

22. Coughlin JL,andtheKepler team(2018).FakePlanets!SimulatingTransitsandFalsePositivesforKepler'sFinalCatalog.AASmeeting#231,id.#431.02.

23. Danielsen JM & JL Bishop (2018). Characterization of jarosite-bearing outcrops atMawrth Vallis, Mars. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. XLIX, Abstract #1804.https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2018/pdf/1804.pdf

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24. Dickson-Vandervelde D, JH Kastner, CQi, T Forveille, P Hily-Blant, et al., includingUGorti (2018).RingsofMolecularLineEmission in theDiskOrbiting theYoung,CloseBinaryV4046Sgr.AASMeeting#231,id.#147.13.

25. Ertem G and CP McKay (2018). Protection of Biomolecules by Martian AnalogueMineralsAgainsttheEffectsofGammaRadiation.LunarPlanet.Sci.Conf.XLIX,Abstract#1503.https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2018/pdf/1503.pdf

26. Ertem G and CPMcKay (2018). Photo-Oxidation of Biomolecules by Iron (III) Oxide.LunarPlanet.Sci.Conf.XLIX,Abstract#1518. https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2018/pdf/1518.pdf

27. Freund, F.T. Monitoring fromOrbitwhetherMars is still Seismically Active MEPAGMeeting36:April3-5,2018,WashingtonDC. https://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov/meetings.cfm?expand=m36PosterTextaddedbelow)

28. Garani,J.I.,Nielsen,E.,Marchis,F.,Liu,M.C.,Macintosh,B.,Rajan,A.,DeRosa,R.J.,JinfeiWang, J., Esposito, T.M., Best, W.M.J., Bowler, B., Dupuy, T., Ruffio, J.-B., 2018. TheSnapshotAStarSurveY(SASSY).Am.Astron.Soc.AASMeet.#231,id.#349.07231.

29. GlinesN.H.andV.C.Gulick2018.ThermokarstPaleolakeAssemblagesandChannelsinLyotCrater,Mars.LPSCabstract#2955. https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2018/pdf/2955.pdf

30. GrossC,COrgel,FPoulet,JCarter,BHorgan&JLBishop(2018).ExoMars2020-Highpriority science targetswithin theMawrthVallis candidate landingsite.LunarPlanet.Sci.Conf.XLIX,Abstract#1405.

31. https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2018/pdf/1405.pdf

32. Haas S,U Gorti andPR Estrada (2018). Impact of Fractal Grains on ProtoplanetaryDiskEvolution.AASMeeting#231,id.#147.03

33. Hamid S. S. and V. C. Gulick 2018. Geomorphological Analysis of Gullies Along theWesternSlopesofPalikirCrater,Mars.LPSCabstract#2644. https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2018/pdf/2644.pdf

34. Harman,PK,Chen,W,Friedman,W, (2018). GirlScoutsandSubjectMatterExperts:What’stheConnection?231stAASMeeting,abstract131.06.

35. Harman,PK(2018)ReachingfortheStars:NASAScienceforGirlScouts.PresentationtothetenGirlScoutCouncilsparticipatinginthespacesciencebadgetestingprocess.

36. Harman PK, Clark C, (3/16) Visible & Infrared Light In A 3-Dimensional LearningSettingworkshop,atNSTANationalConference,Atlanta,GA.

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37. Hiesinger H, H Bernhardt, D Reiss, D Tirsch, R Jaumann, E Hauber, JW Head Iii, GMichael,DAWilliams, JLBishop, FPoulet, JPMuller,CGross,KGwinner, SAdeli&LFanara(2018).AbsolutemodelagesandstratigraphyofNeukumCratergeologicunits.LunarPlanet.Sci.Conf.XLIX,Abstract#2001. https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2018/pdf/2001.pdf

38. JeuteTJ,LLBaker,ZAbidin,JLBishop&EBRampe(2018).Characterizingnanophasematerialsonmars:spectroscopicstudiesofallophaneandimogolite.LunarPlanet.Sci.Conf.XLIX,Abstract#2137. https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2018/pdf/2137.pdf

39. Kastner JH, C Qi, D Dickson-Vandervelde, T Forveille, P Hily-Blant, et al., includingUGorti (2018). A Subarcsecond ALMA Molecular Line Imaging Survey of theCircumbinary,ProtoplanetaryDiskOrbitingV4046Sgr.AASmeeting#231,id.#129.06.

40. Kidd Walker C, C Kulesa, P Goldsmith, C Groppi, F Helmich, et al., including DHollenbach (2018). GUSTO: Gal/Xgal U/LDB Spectroscopic-Stratospheric TeraHertzObservatory.AASMeeting#231,id.#231.05.

41. Kraus AL, M Ireland, T Dupuy, AMann, andD Huber (2018). The Impact of BinaryCompanionsonPlanetarySystems.AASMeeting#231,id.#148.12.

42. Lock SJ, ST Stewart, M Ćuk(2018). Earth After the Moon Forming Giant Impact:AccountingforAlltheEnergy.LPSC49,AbstractNo.1616. https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2018/pdf/1616.pdf

43. LupisellaM,JBleacher,JDworkin,MWright,RLewis,etal.(includingRaceMS)(2018).Low-Latency Telerobotic Sample Return and Biomolecular Sequencing for Deep SpaceGateway.PresentedatNASADeepSpaceGatewayMeetingFeb.2018.Abstract3032.

44. Luu K.*, V. Gulick, N. Glines, 2018. Gully Formation on the Northwestern Slope ifPalikirCrater,Mars.LPSCabstract#2650. https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2018/pdf/2650.pdf *KhanhLuuwasa2017SETIREUintern.

45. Makarewicz JS,HDMakarewicz&JL Bishop (2018).SpectralmixturemodelingusingPrinciple Component Analysis applied to nontronite-ferrihydrite and kaolinite-montmorillonite mixtures. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. XLIX, Abstract #1378.https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2018/pdf/1378.pdf

46. Nesvold, E., Greenberg, A., Erasmus, N., Van Heerden, E., Galache, J.L., Dahlstrom, E.,Marchis, F., 2018. The Deflector Selector: A Machine Learning Framework forPrioritizing Hazardous Object Deflection Technology Development. Am. Astron. Soc.AASMeet.#231,id.#115.06231.

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47. OmelianE,RSankrit,AHelton,UGorti,andRMWagner(2018).ChangesintheSilicateDustFeaturesoftheSymbioticStarRAquariiPriortotheUpcoming2022EclipseandPeriastronEvents.AASMeeting#231,id.#358.02.

48. Paladino,Tyler,VirginiaGulick,andNatalieGlines2018.InsightsIntotheFormationof Gullies Asimov Crater, Mars. Lunar Plan. Science Conf., Abstract # 2889. https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2018/pdf/2889.pdf

49. Perrin S, JLBishop,WGParker,SJKing&BLafuente(2018).MarsevaporiteanalogsitecontainingjarositeandgypsumatSulfateHill,PaintedDesert,AZ.LunarPlanet.Sci.Conf.XLIX,Abstract#1801. https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2018/pdf/1801.pdf

50. PinsonneaultM,YElsworth,VSilvaAguirre,WJChaplin,RAGarcia, etal., includingDHuber(2018).EmpiricallyCalibratedAsteroseismicMassesandRadiiforRedGiantsintheKeplerFields.AASMeeting#231,id.#450.13.

51. Pugel DE and JD Rummel (2018). Planetary Protection Technologies for PlanetaryScience Instruments, Spacecraft, and Missions. Session PPP3, COSPAR Assembly,Pasadena,California.

52. PunziK, JHKastner,D Principe, B Steltzer,U Gorti, et al. (2018).M Stars in theTWHydraAssociation:AChandraLargeProgramSurvey.AASMeeting#231,id.#133.01.

53. Rivera-Valentin EG, MR Kirchoff, CM Dalle Ore, C Rodriguez Sanchez-Vahamonde(2018).ConstraintsonCraterAgesonRheafromCassiniVIMSandISS:InsightstotheRecentCraterFlux.LPSC49,Abstractno.2812. https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2018/pdf/2812.pdf

54. Race MS, A. Spry, G. Kminek, B. Siegel, C. Conley (2018). “Planetary ProtectionKnowledgeGaps forFutureMarsHumanMissions:StepwiseProgress in IdentifyingandIntegrating Science and Technology Needs” Paper Accepted-- Draft paper submitted:ICES2018-506-315(forpresentationatICES,Albuquerque,NM,July2018)

55. RaceMS, J.A. Spry, B. Siegel, G. Kminek, C.A. Conley (Eds.) and COSPARWorkshopParticipants (2018). Incremental Progress towards Developing Planetary ProtectionRequirements forHumanMissions: OverviewofRecentWorkshops, FindingsandPlans.AcceptedforCOSPAR2018-PPP1(PanelonPlanetaryProtection)

56. RaceMSandW.Kramer(2018).BeyondCOSPARPEXExplorationPolicies:TheNeedfora Rational Framework for FutureUses and Exploitationof Outer Space Resources,AcceptedforCOSPAR2018PlanetaryExplorationPanel(PEX2)

57. Race MS , CP McKay, and JD Rummel (2018). Lunar Environmental Management:ScienceInputNeededforGuidingtheDevelopmentofLunarExplorationandUsePolicies,SSERVI-LEAGLunarScienceforLandedMissionsWorkshop,NASAAmes,Jan2018.

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58. Rader et al. Mapping Stratigraphic Layers of Exposed Impact Craters on the Edge ofVallesMarineris.#2723.LPSC29.2018.

59. Robbins et al. Geologic Map of New Horizons’ Encounter Hemisphere of Charon, IV.#1741.LPSC29.2018.

60. Rummel JD(2018).It’sTimetoDevelopaNewDraftTestProtocolforaMarsSampleReturn Mission (or Two....). 2nd International Mars Sample Return Conference, Berlin,Germany,Abstract#6012. https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/marssamplereturn2018/pdf/6012.pdf

61. Rummel JD(2018).LightintheThermalEnvironmentsofanOceanWorld:GrovelingforPhotonsorLivingitRich?OceanWorlds3,Houston,Texas.

62. Rummel JD (2018). Implementing Planetary Protection Measures for CommercialSpace Missions: International Standards and National Legislation. Session PPP1,COSPARAssembly,Pasadena,California.

63. Rummel JD (2018). Roles for COSPAR PPP and PEX in Future Space ResourcesGovernanceActivities.SessionPEX1,COSPARAssembly,Pasadena,California.

64. RummelJD(2018).ItisTimetoUpdatetheBiohazardTestProtocolforaMarsSampleReturnMission.SessionPPP2,COSPARAssembly,Pasadena,California.

65. RummelJD(2018).NowYouHaveIt,WhatDoYouDoWithIt?AMissiontoaReturnedMars Sample.Mars Exploration ProgramAnalysis Group (MEPAG)Meeting#36 Forum,Arlington,Virginia.

66. SaundersW, andU Gorti (2018). Impactof Ice on Evolutionof ProtoplanetaryDisksandFormationofPlanetarySystems.AASMeeting#231,id.#437.04.

67. ScipioniF,OWhite,CMDalleOre,DPCruikshank,WMGrundy,etal., (2018).Pluto’sSputnik Planitia: Spectral Versus Geological Signature. LPSC 49, Abstract no. 1415.https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2018/pdf/1415.pdf

68. Schenketal.High-ResolutionTopographyofPlutoandCharon:GettingDowntoDetails.#2300.LPSC49.2018.

69. SpryJA,BSiegel,MRace,JDRummel,DEPugel,FJGroen,GKminek,CAConley,andNJCarosso (2018). Advances in Planetary Protection at the Deep Space [LunarOrbitingPlatform]–Gateway.DeepSpaceGatewayConceptScienceWorkshop,Denver,Colorado.

70. Stillman, DE, RE Grimm, K Wagstaff, BD Bue, TI Michaels (2017). Recurring SlopeLineae(RSL)ObservationsSuggestWidespreadOccurrenceandComplexBehavior,AGUFallMeeting,Abstract#P52C-06.

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71. SummersD,RQuinn,andVGulick(2018).Mid-IRspectroscopyofperchlorates.42ndCOSPARScientificAssembly,Pasadena,CA.

72. TirschD,RJaumann,SAdeli,HBernhardt,JLBishop,LFanara,CGross,KGwinner,EHauber, JWHead,HHiesinger, GMichael, JPMuller, F Poulet, DReiss&DAWilliams(2018).ThecomplexgeomorphologyofNeukumCrateronMars.EuropeanGeophysicalUnion,Vol.20,EGU2018-1959.

73. Umurhan OM,PR Estrada, JN Cuzzi, and T Hartlep (2018). Streaming Instability inTurbulentProtoplanetaryDisks:TheoreticalPredictions. LPSC49,AbstractNo.2832.https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2018/pdf/2832.pdf

74. VesaO,DHuber,andEGaidos(2018).Analysisof theGaiaRVSRegion inESPaDOnSSpectraofAsteroseismicCalibrationStars.AASMeeting#231,id.#349.40.

75. WeitzCM&JLBishop(2018).FormationofclaysandferrihydriteinHydraeChasma,Mars.LunarPlanet.Sci.Conf.XLIX,Abstract#1226. https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2018/pdf/1226.pdf

76. Willson, D., Bonaccorsi, R., Gold, R., Adams, E., Ricco, A.J., and C.P. McKay (2018)Contamination Management of Sample Collection Devices for Life Detection on IcyWorldPlumeFly-throughMissions.COSPAR2018Pasadena.

77. Willson, D., Bonaccorsi, R., Gold, R. Adams, E., Thomson, S., Slone, D. Mathias, D.Koehne,J.andMcKay,C.P.(2018).TestingIceCollectionForEuropa&EnceladusPlumeFly-Through Missions. Astrobiology Jamboree, NASA Ames Research Center, MoffettField,CA

78. Zalucha AM (2018). Made planetary atmospheres code public on github:https://github.com/azalucha/planetary-atmospheres

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TechnicalReports&DataReleases

1. AirapetianVS,AdibekyanV,AnsdellM,CohenO,CuntzMetal.,includingJinM(2018),Exploring Extreme SpaceWeather Factors of Exoplanetary Habitability, White Papersubmitted to theUSNationalAcademyof Sciences call onExoplanetScienceStrategyhttps://arxiv.org/abs/1803.03751

2. AirapetianVS,DanchiWC,Dong CF, Rugheimer S,MlynczakM et al., including Jin M(2018), Life Beyond the Solar System: Space Weather and Its Impact on HabitableWorlds,WhitePaperSubmittedtotheNationalAcademyofSciencesinsupportoftheAstrobiology Science Strategy for the Search for Life in the Universehttps://arxiv.org/abs/1801.07333

3. Cabrol, N. A., W. H. Diamond, J. Bishop, S. L. Cady, L. Fenton, N. Hinman, S. Jain, A.Lowndes,G.Mackintosh, J.Moersch,K.McGivern,N.Noffke,M.Phillips,B.Poduval,K.Warren-Rhodes,Advancingastrobiologythroughpublic/privateparternships:TheFDLmodel, White Paper in response to NASA’s Jan. 8, 2018 Call, National Academy ofSciences,WP#12,2018.

4. Cabrol, N. A., J. Bishop, S. L. Cady, N. Hinman, J. Moersch, N. Noffke, C. Phillips, P.Sobron,D.Summers,K.Warren-Rhodes,D.S.Wettergreen,Bridgingknowledgegapsinthe search for biosignatures, White Paper in response to NASA’s Jan. 8, 2018 Call,NationalAcademyofSciences,WP#22,2018.

5. Cabrol, N. A., L. Fenton, W. H. Diamond, N. Hinman, G. Mackintosh, J. Moersch, P.Sobron, K.Warren-Rhodes, D. S.Wettergreen, and K. Zacny,Mission concept – High-resolutionMarsenvironmentalsensorarray,WhitePaperinresponsetoNASA’sJan.8,2018Call,NationalAcademyofSciences,WP#26,2018.

6. Cabrol,N.A.(March6,2018).FromHabitabilitytoLife:AnEcosystemApproachfortheSearchforLifeBeyondEarth.InvitedtalkattheNationalAcademyofSciences.

7. Caldwell,D.A.,Coughlin,J.L.,K2ProjectTeam(Feb2018),Campaign14DataReleaseNotes,https://keplergo.arc.nasa.gov/k2-data-release-notes.html

8. TheTESSSPOC(includingJeffSmith)releasedinFebruary2018,afullsimulatedrunofthe TESS transit finding data processing pipeline. Called “End-To-End 6”, these dataproductswere simulated to test the ground system,which includes the pipeline anddata transfer between different institutions. Instrumental noise and stellarastrophysics,includingtransitingplanets,wereincludedinthesimulateddata.AllrawdataandprocesseddataproductsareavailableatMASTtoallowfutureTESSdatauserstogettheirfirstglimpsesatTESSdataproductsandtobegintestingtheiranalysistools.http://archive.stsci.edu/tess/ete-6.html

9. ChristiansenJL,BDClarke,CJBurke,JMJenkins,STBryson,etal.,includingJLCoughlin(2018). VizieR Online Data Catalog: Kepler pipeline transit signal recovery. III.

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(Christiansen+,2016).VizieROn-lineDataCatalog:J/ApJ/828/99.Originallypublishedin:2016ApJ...828...99C.

10. CoxNLJ,JCami,AFarhang,JSmoker,AMonreal-Ibero,etal.,(2018).VizieROnlineDataCatalog: The ESO DIBs Large Exploration Survey (Cox+, 2017). VizieR On-line DataCatalog:J/A+A/606/A76.Originallypublishedin:2017A&A...606A..76C.

11. Hurford,Terry,M.Aye,M.Bannister,L.Barge,P.Beauchamp,C.Beddingfeld,M.Bland,J.Bowman,W.Brinckerhoff,B.Buratti,P.Byrne,M.Cable,N.A. Cabrol,R.Cartwright, J.Castillo-Rogez,G.Collins,J.Cooper,F.Crary,R.Dhingra,S.Diniega,C.Elder,D.Emerson,M.Eubanks,R.Furfaro,C.German,C.Glein,J.Goodman,K.Hand,A.Hayes,K.Hibbard,K.Hibbitts,T.Hoehler,B.Holler,S.Hosseini,C.Howett,J.Kargel,C.Lindensmith,R.Lopes,S.MacKenzie,M.Malaska,E.Martin,A.McEwen,C.McKay,J.Moore,C.Neish,M.Neveu,T.Nordheim,C.Olkin,R.Pappalardo,W.Patterson,A.Patthoff,C.Phillips,A.Pontefract,G. Portyankina, M. Poston, L. Quick, A. Rhoden, A. Ricco, M. Schaible, G. Schaible, P.Schenk,B.Schmidt,J.Scully,B.Sherwood,E.Shock,K.Singer,J.Soderblom,C.Sotin,P.Such,E.Turtle,S.Vance,A.Verbiscer,C.Walker,J.Westlake,J.Wray,Roadmaptooceanworlds:Goals,Objectives,Investigations.

12. Hurford,Terry,M.Aye,M.Bannister,L.Barge,P.Beauchamp,C.Beddingfeld,M.Bland,J.Bowman,W.Brinckerhoff,B.Buratti,P.Byrne,M.Cable,N.A. Cabrol,R.Cartwright, J.Castillo-Rogez,G.Collins,J.Cooper,F.Crary,R.Dhingra,S.Diniega,C.Elder,D.Emerson,M.Eubanks,R.Furfaro,C.German,C.Glein,J.Goodman,K.Hand,A.Hayes,K.Hibbard,K.Hibbitts,T.Hoehler,B.Holler,S.Hosseini,C.Howett,J.Kargel,C.Lindensmith,R.Lopes,S.MacKenzie,M.Malaska,E.Martin,A.McEwen,C.McKay,J.Moore,C.Neish,M.Neveu,T.Nordheim,C.Olkin,R.Pappalardo,W.Patterson,A.Patthoff,C.Phillips,A.Pontefract,G. Portyankina, M. Poston, L. Quick, A. Rhoden, A. Ricco, M. Schaible, G. Schaible, P.Schenk,B.Schmidt,J.Scully,B.Sherwood,E.Shock,K.Singer,J.Soderblom,C.Sotin,P.Such,E.Turtle,S.Vance,A.Verbiscer,C.Walker,J.Westlake,J.Wray,RoadmapstoOceanWorlds:Goals.

13. Hurford,Terry,M.Aye,M.Bannister,L.Barge,P.Beauchamp,C.Beddingfeld,M.Bland,J.Bowman,W.Brinckerhoff,B.Buratti,P.Byrne,M.Cable,N.A. Cabrol,R.Cartwright, J.Castillo-Rogez,G.Collins,J.Cooper,F.Crary,R.Dhingra,S.Diniega,C.Elder,D.Emerson,M.Eubanks,R.Furfaro,C.German,C.Glein,J.Goodman,K.Hand,A.Hayes,K.Hibbard,K.Hibbitts,T.Hoehler,B.Holler,S.Hosseini,C.Howett,J.Kargel,C.Lindensmith,R.Lopes,S.MacKenzie,M.Malaska,E.Martin,A.McEwen,C.McKay,J.Moore,C.Neish,M.Neveu,T.Nordheim,C.Olkin,R.Pappalardo,W.Patterson,A.Patthoff,C.Phillips,A.Pontefract,G. Portyankina, M. Poston, L. Quick, A. Rhoden, A. Ricco, M. Schaible, G. Schaible, P.Schenk,B.Schmidt,J.Scully,B.Sherwood,E.Shock,K.Singer,J.Soderblom,C.Sotin,P.Such,E.Turtle,S.Vance,A.Verbiscer,C.Walker,J.Westlake,J.Wray,RoadmapstoOceanWorlds:Priorities.

14. RicciL,AIsella,SMAndrews,TBirnstiel,JNCuzzi,etal.,includingPREstrada(2018).Witnessing Planetary Systems in theMakingwithNext GenerationVery LargeArray.

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White Paper submitted to the National Academies of Science, Engineering, andMedicine’sExoplanetScienceStrategyCallforPapers.

15. Rummel JD, M Race, and JA Spry (2018). Planetary Protection: A Cross-CuttingConcern, and a Necessity for Basic andExploration-Driven Research in Astrobiology.WhitepaperfortheSSBCommitteeontheAstrobiologyScienceStrategyfortheSearchforLifeintheUniverse.

16. Southworth J, L Mancini, J Tregloan-Reed, NS Calchi, S Ciceri, et al., (2018). VizieROnline Data Catalog: Optical transit light curves of WASP-57 (Southworth+, 2015).VizieR On-line Data Catalog: J/MNRAS/454/3094. Originally published in:2015MNRAS.454.3094S.

17. Tarter JC, JDRummel,ASiemion,MRees,CMaccone,andGHellbourg(2018).ThreeVersionsoftheThirdLaw:TechnosignaturesandAstrobiology.WhitepaperfortheSSBCommitteeontheAstrobiologyScienceStrategyfortheSearchforLifeintheUniverse.

18. Willson, D., Bonaccorsi, R., and C.P., McKay (2018) Sample Collection andContamination management for Life Detection in Ocean Worlds during Plume Fly-throughs. White Paper to Space Studies Board. Astrobiology Science Strategy for theSearchforLifeintheUniverse.Irvine,CA2018

19. Willson, D., Bonaccorsi, R., and C.P., McKay, 2018,Effect of high velocity collection ontrypsinfunctionalityforlifedetection.ARCSIF2017.

20. White papers submitted to the Exoplanet Science Strategy Committee, of theNationalAcademiesofSciences,EngineeringandMedicine.ExoplanetScienceStrategyCommittee:http://sites.nationalacademies.org/SSB/CurrentProjects/SSB_180659

21. Bean,J.L.,Stevenson,K.B.,Batalha,N.M.,Berta-Thompson,Z.,Kreidberg,L.,Crouzet,N.,Benneke, B., Line, M.R., Sing, D.K., Wakeford, H.R., Knutson, H.A., Kempton, E.M.-R.,Désert,J.-M.,Crossfield,I.,Batalha,N.E.,deWit,J.,Parmentier,V.,Harrington,J.,Moses,J.I.,Lopez-Morales,M.,Alam,M.K.,Blecic,J.,Bruno,G.,Carter,A.L.,Chapman,J.W.,Decin,L.,Dragomir,D.,Evans,T.M.,Fortney,J.J.,Fraine,J.D.,Gao,P.,GarcíaMuñoz,A.,Gibson,N.P., Goyal, J.M., Heng, K., Hu, R., Kendrew, S., Kilpatrick, B.M., Krick, J., Lagage, P.-O.,Lendl,M.,Louden,T.,Madhusudhan,N.,Mandell,A.M.,Mansfield,M.,May,E.M.,Morello,G.,Morley,C.V.,Nikolov,N.,Redfield,S.,Roberts,J.E.,Schlawin,E.,Spake,J.J.,Todorov,K.O.,Tsiaras,A.,Venot,O.,Waalkes,W.C.,Wheatley,P.J.,Zellem,R.T.,Angerhausen,D.,Barrado, D., Carone, L., Casewell, S.L., Cubillos, P.E., Damiano, M., de Val-Borro, M.,Drummond, B., Edwards, B., Endl,M., Espinoza, N., France, K., Gizis, J.E., Greene, T.P.,Henning,T.K.,Hong,Y.,Ingalls,J.G.,Iro,N.,Irwin,P.G.J.,Kataria,T.,Lahuis,F.,Leconte,J.,Lillo-Box,J.,Lines,S.,Mancini,L.,Marchis,F.,Mayne,N.,Palle,E.,Roudier,G.,Shkolnik,E.L., Southworth, J., Teske, J., Tinetti, G., Tremblin, P., Tucker, G.S., vanBoekel, R.,Waldmann, I.P.,Weaver, I.C., Zingales, T., 2018. TheTransiting Exoplanet CommunityEarlyReleaseScienceProgramforJWST.eprintarXiv:1803.04985.

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22. Kopparapu,R.,Hebrard,E.,Belikov,R.,Batalha,N.M.,Mulders,G.D., Stark,C.,Teal,D.,Domagal-Goldman, S., Gelino, D., Mandell, A., Roberge, A., Rinehart, S., Kane, S.R.,Hasegawa, Y., Henning, W., Hicks, B., Adibekyan, V., Schwieterman, E.W., Kohler, E.,Teske,J.,Hinkel,N.,Nixon,C.,France,K.,Danchi,W.,Haqq-Misra,J.,Wolf,E.T.,Guzewich,S.D.,Charnay,B.,Arney,G.,Hartnett,H.E.,Lopez,E.D.,Minniti,D.,Renaud,J.,Airapetian,V.,Dong,C.,DelGenio,A.D.,Trainer,M.,Rau,G.,Jensen,A.,Way,M.,Lisse,C.M.,Lyra,W.,Marchis, F., Jontof-Hutter, D., Young, P., Pierrehumbert, R., Harman, C.E., Fortney, J.,Moore,B.,Beckwith,S.,Shock,E.,Desch,S.,Mandt,K.E.,Izenberg,N.,Ford,E.B.,Curry,S.,Scharf,C.,Anbar,A.,2018.ExoplanetDiversityintheEraofSpace-basedDirectImagingMissions.eprintarXiv:1803.03812.

23. Morse, J., Bendek, E., Cabrol,N.,Marchis, F., Turnbull,M., Chakrabarti, S., Fischer,D.,Goldblatt,C.,Guyon,O.,Hart,M.,Males, J.,Kasting, J., 2018.ProjectBlue:VisibleLightImaging Search for Terrestrial-class Exoplanets in the Habitable Zones of AlphaCentauriAandB.eprintarXiv:1803.04872.

24. Steve Bryson, Natalie Batalha, Ruslan Belikov, Douglas Caldwell, David R. Ciardi,Jeffrey Coughlin,EricB.Ford,DanleyHsu,DavidLatham,AvivOfir,PamelaRowden,Megan Shabram, Susan E. Thompson, Andrew Vanderburg (March 2018), ExoplanetOccurrence Rates and 𝜂-Earth: Status, Challenges and Future Prospects, Whitepapersubmittedtothe http://surveygizmoresponseuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/fileuploads/15647/4139225/235-ee2bfc70ae447fc2a921b018c9e203fc_BrysonSteveT.pdf

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Outreach,MediaCoverage,WebStories&Interviews

1. Bishop JL (February/5). New Studies of Clay Formation Provide Clues about EarlyMartian Climate. SETI Institute science story. https://www.seti.org/seti-institute/press-release/new-studies-clay-formation-provide-clues-about-early-martian-climate

2. BishopJL(February/21).ClayFormationStudyLeadstoNewModelforEarlyMartianClimate. Space Sciences and Astrobiology at NASA Ames Weekly Highlight.https://spacescience.arc.nasa.gov/story/ss-weekly-highlights-3/

3. BishopJL(February/27).ClayFormationStudyLeadstoNewModelforEarlyMartianClimate. How "Warm" is Warm? SETI Institute science feature.https://www.seti.org/clay-formation-study-leads-to-new-model-early-martian-climate-how-warm-is-warm

4. Bishop JL (February/27).SignsofWarmthinMars'Past.NASAAstrobiologyInstitutenews by Miki Huynh. https://nai.nasa.gov/articles/2018/2/27/signs-of-warmth-in-mars-past/

5. BishopJL(February28,2018)FacebookLivediscussionofMartianclayandclimate

6. BishopJL(March27,2018)SETITalkspresentationaspartofRovingonMars:RevvingupforFutureExplorationoftheRedPlanet

7. Bonaccorsi, R., (03/24) in "Xenolinguistics" inDIAPHANESmagazine, issue 4, April2018.InterviewaboutXenolinguisticsandcommunicatingwithaliens.

8. BuschMW (2018 February 5).Near-EarthObjects in theSolarSystem,talkwith~30thirdgrade students atOgloElementary School,McKinney, Texas. Talk organized by“SkypeAScientist”.

9. Busch MW (2018March 14). HumanSpaceflightandNear-EarthAsteroids, talkwith~100 thirdgrade studentsatKimberlyElementarySchool,Redlands,California. Talkorganizedby“SkypeAScientist”.

10. Busch MW (2018 April 18). Small Solar System Bodies, talk with ~30 eleventh andtwelfth grade students at Kiski Area High School, Leechburg, Pennsylvania. Talkorganizedby“SkypeAScientist”.

11. BuschMW(2018April18).RubblePilesintheSky:TheScience,Exploration,andDangerof Near-Earth Asteroids, Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series. Audience ~500peopleinperson,withadditionalaudienceviaYoutube.FoothillCollege,LosAltosHills,California.

12. BuschMW(January25,2018)FacebookLivediscussionofFrontierDevelopmentLab

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13. Cabrol, NA. (March 25, 2018). InHerOrbit, features Nathalie Cabrol in a New YorkTimesstorywrittenbyHelenMacdonald(photosAndreaFrazzetta).HelenandAndreajoinedthe2016fieldexpeditionledbyNathalieandtheSETIInstituteNAIteamintheAndes. The story was published in the Sunday NYT magazine, Voyages:https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/22/magazine/voyages-nathalie-cabrol-searching-mars-life-on-earth.html The story was also relayed by the SETIInstitute: https://seti.org/nathalie-cabrol-overcoming-odds-and-her-search-life-marsandtheNASAAstrobiologyInstitute: https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/astrobiologist-nathalie-cabrol-feature-in-the-sunday-new-york-times/

14. Carbol, NA. (January 4, 2018) Facebook Live interview aboutNathalie’sAstrobiologycoverarticleabouttheco-evolutionoflifeandenvironment

15. Cabrol,NA.(January25,2018)FacebookLivediscussionofFrontierDevelopmentLab

16. Cabrol,NA (March8,2018)FacebookLivepreviewoftheDecodingAlienIntelligenceworkshop

17. Cabrol,NA.(March16,2018)FacebookLivepaneldiscussionabouttheDecodingAlienIntelligenceworkshop

18. Coughlin JL (2018). “Readers weigh in on human gene editing and more“.ScienceNews.com.LetterstotheEditor.https://www.sciencenews.org/article/readers-weigh-human-gene-editing-and-more

19. CoughlinJL(January11,2018)FacebookLiveinterviewfromAAS

20. Ćuk M (01/30) The Three Surprises of `Oumuamua. Web story.https://www.seti.org/three-surprises-of-oumaumau

21. ĆukM(03/20)FormingtheMoonfromASynestia:BruteForceInsteadofFineTuning.Web Story. https://www.seti.org/forming-moon-synestia-brute-force-instead-fine-tuning

22. ĆukM(January23,2018)SETITalks‘Oumuamua,theFirstKnownInterstellarVisitor

23. Doyle, L (March16,2018)FacebookLivepaneldiscussionabout theDecodingAlienIntelligenceworkshop

24. Estrada PR (03/29) Interview by the BBC (Poppy Pinnock, Assistant Producer, BBCFactualBroadcastCentre)foranewscienceseriesabouttheplanets–focusontheageoftheringsandoriginofEnceladus.

25. Fell A (02/28)How theMoonFormed InsideaVaporizedEarthSynestia.Webstory.https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/how-moon-formed-inside-vaporized-earth-synestia/

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26. Gulick, V.C. (March 27, 2018) SETI Talks presentation as part of Roving on Mars:RevvingupforFutureExplorationoftheRedPlanet

27. Koyler, D (February 22, 2018) Facebook Live discussion about the Fully IntegratedLifecycleMissionSupportServicesteam

28. Lee P (February 1, 2018) Facebook Live discussion about lunar polar lava tubesresearch

29. Marchis, F. (2018)HowaComputerCouldHelpUsMake theRightDecisionsWhenFacing anAsteroidThreat, SETIweb site https://www.seti.org/how-computer-could-help-make-right-decisions-when-facing-asteroid-threat

30. Marchis F. (2018) Report on an Occultation NearMarseille – First Scientific ResultWith the eVscope, SETI web site https://www.seti.org/report-occultation-near-marseille-first-scientific-result-evscope

31. MarchisF.(2018)InterviewsandfilmingforRedskillsProductionforadocu-fiction&roadmovieonthesearchforlifeinourgalaxy

32. MortonO(03/22)Saturn’sringsandseveralofitsmoonsmayberecentcreations.TheEconomist. Popular article. https://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21739146-helps-search-extraterrestrial-life-saturns-rings-and-several-its

33. RaceMS(February8,2018)FacebookLivediscussionaboutplanetaryprotection

34. ShostakS.“ScientistsSaySpaceAliensCouldHackOurPlanet,”NBCnews,February21,2018, https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/should-we-fear-cyberattacks-space-aliens-ncna849941

35. Shostak S. “AlienSatellitesMightOfferaNewWaytoFindET,”NBCnews,March19,2018, https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/alien-satellites-might-offer-new-way-find-e-t-ncna857841

36. ShostakS.“PhoningHome:IsIntelligentAlienLifeReallyOutThere?”,Futurism,op-ed,January31,2018,https://futurism.com/intelligent-alien-life-out-there/

37. ShostakS.“SimpleMathShowsHowManySpaceAliensMayBeOutThere,”NBCnews,January26,2018,https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/simple-math-shows-how-many-space-aliens-may-be-out-ncna841371

38. Shostak S. “UFO Believers Got One Thing Right – Here’s What They Get Wrong,”Phys.Org, January 17, 2018, https://phys.org/news/2018-01-ufo-believers-righthere-wrong.html ALSO https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/ufo-hunters-got-one-thing-right-here-s-what-they-ncna834306

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39. Shostak S. “What’sCausingThoseMysterious‘Bursts’FromDeepSpace?”,NBCnews,January 11, 2018, https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/the-big-questions/what-s-causing-those-mysterious-bursts-deep-space-n704716

40. ShostakS.(January18,2018)FacebookLivediscussingtheUFOPentagonReport

41. ShostakS.(February15,2018)FacebookLiveQ&A

42. Shostak S. Big Picture Scienceepisodes: Skeptic Check: New UFO Evidence, CreativeBrains,BacteriatotheFuture,MeetYourRobotBarista,Space:WhyGoThere?,TheX-Files

43. Showalter,M(March22,2018)FacebookLivediscussionofthenewnicknameforNewHorizons’nextflybytarget,MU69

44. Smith, J (February 21, 2018) SETI Talks Big Astronomy Begins: Searching forExoplanetswithAI

45. Sobron,P(March27,2018)SETITalkspresentationaspartofRovingonMars:RevvingupforFutureExplorationoftheRedPlanet

46. Ugartemendia, G (03/15) How the Moon was Formed. Web story with quotes.https://theaggie.org/2018/03/15/how-the-moon-was-formed/

47. Warren-RhodesKA(March25).MentionedinNYTimesarticleonNathalieCabrolandAstrobiologyintheAtacamaDesert: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/22/magazine/voyages-nathalie-cabrol-searching-mars-life-on-earth.html

48. Wohler,W(February22,2018)FacebookLivediscussionabouttheworkoftheFullyIntegratedLifecycleMissionSupportServicesteam

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InvitationtoSpeak(ProfessionalandPublic)

1. Bishop JL,VC Gulick, and P Sobron (March/27). Presentationon “RovingonMars:RevvingupforFutureExplorationoftheRedPlanet”,SETIInstituteColloquiumatSRI,Menlo Park. https://www.seti.org/weekly-lecture/roving-mars-revving-future-exploration-red-planet

2. Cabrol, NA. FromHabitability toLife:An EcosystemPerspectiveon theSearch forLifeBeyond Earth. Cabrol was invited by the National Academy of Sciences on March 6,2018. The invitation was in response to the Coevolution article published byAstrobiology and threewhitepapers submitted to theNAS/Astrobiology call.The40-minute presentation was followed by a 20-minute Q&A. The Committee was verysupportiveoftheconcept,especiallytheideaofscalableexploration.

3. Cabrol, NAwill be theKeynote speaker at the 2018CONTACTConference, 6-8April2018inSunnyvale,California.

4. ĆukM andM. Schwamb (01/23):1I/‘Oumuamua,TheFirstknownInterstellarVisitor.SETIColloquium.[InvitedtalkatESOWorkshop(seeconferencelist)]

5. Freund,F.T.:KeynoteSpeakerNationalCenterforPhysics(NCP),Islamabad,Pakistanand Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) InternationalScientificSchool(ISS)inIslamabad,PakistanfromMarch13-17,2017.

6. JinM. (02/26).Data-drivenSimulationsofMagneticConnectivity inBehind-the-LimbGamma-rayFlaresandAssociatedCoronalMassEjections,Leiden,Netherlands, in theworkshop“TheSolarSourcesofGeVGamma-Rays”

7. JinM. (01/25).Heliophysics:Data,Science,SETIInstitute,MountainView,USA,intheNASAFrontierDevelopmentLab:BigThinkDay.

8. Marchis F. (01/25) gave a talk at SETI Institute for the NASA FDL Big Think andparticipatedtothemeeting“NEOs:PlanetaryDefenseandOpportunities”

9. MarchisF. (03/14) gave a talk at CCSF “another Pale Blue Dot: The SETI Institute’sExoplanetSearch”

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10. MarchisF.(03/10)wasinvitedtoapaneldiscussionatMITMediaLabfortheBeyondtheCradle2018conference“FrontiersforLifeinSpace:fromphysiologytoastrobiologyandexoplanets”https://www.media.mit.edu/events/beyond-the-cradle-2018/

11. MarcuO(February/26).Presentationon“FromBenchtoSpace”,PaloAltoRotary,PaloAltoCA.

12. MarcuO (March/2).Presentationon“MolecularMechanismsofHarmonicResonanceandEpigeneticsDuringDevelopment”,IntraHealthChiropractic,Sunnyvale,CA.

13. Race,MS (Jan/18).GettingReadyforHumanMissionstoMars,RanchoMedanosJuniorHighSchool,5classes.

14. Race,MS(March/13).FlyMetotheMoon..andMars:PlanningHumanMissionsBeyondEarthOrbit.LafayetteLibraryScienceCafé.

15. Race, MS (March/2). Invited Speaker: Women in Science Night, Cal Academy ofSciences.SanFrancisco.

16. RummelJD(January/24).Presentationon“AccomplishingaProtocolforMarsSampleBiohazardTesting” to the Space StudiesBoard Committee onExtraterrestrial SampleAnalysisFacilities,RemotetoHouston,Texas.

17. Rummel JD(February/8).Presentationon“AnAstrobiologyandPlanetaryProtectionPerspectiveonSampleReturns:Restricted,Unrestricted,and‘Natural’Missions”totheISSI/Europlanet Workshop on the Role of Sample Return in Addressing MajorOutstandingQuestionsinPlanetarySciences,Bern,Switzerland.

18. Rummel JD (February/28).Presentationon “Advances inPlanetaryProtectionat theDeepSpace[LunarOrbitingPlatform]–Gateway”.DeepSpaceGatewayConceptScienceWorkshop,Denver,Colorado.

19. ShostakS.Jan.24.MemberofPanelDiscussionatTechSummit,DraperUniversity,SanMateo,CA.

20. ShostakS.Feb8.TalkforSantaClara,CARotaryClubaboutSETI.

21. Shostak S. Feb 28. What Can We Expect from ET? Fromm Institute, Univ. of SanFrancisco.

22. ShostakS.Mar1.TalkforOLLI,onSETIandWhatWeCanExpectfromET.Berkeley,CA.

23. ShostakS.Mar11.TheFutureofAliens,World’sFairNano,Pier48,SanFrancisco,CA.

24. ShostakS.Mar16.SETI,SkypeTalk,HongKongbusinessgroup

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25. Smith J. (2/21) gave SETI Talk on “Big Astronomy Begins: Searching for ExoplanetswithAI”

HonorsandAwards

1. FreundFT:ResearchProfessor,StanfordMedicalSchool,DivisionofSleepEpidemiology.

2. FreundFT:NASAAmesAssociate3. DeVore, ED (2/17). SETI Institute Fellow, EdnaDeVore, named Fellowof theAmericanAssociation fortheAdvancementofScience.

4. Proposal REU/NFS: PI Tiscareno, Co-IBonaccorsi, Focus REU Site: Life in the Universe –Astronomy andPlanetary Science at the SETI Institute.AwardwillsupportFY18andFY19SETIREUactivitiesincluding the one-week REU Summer camp at theHCRO/ SETI Institute facility. RB has been is the REUAstrobiologyFieldtripDirectorsince2013.5. Rummel JD (February/26). Appointed to theSeniorEditorialBoardofAstrobiology.

6. RaceMS(March2018)InvitedtoJointheAstrobiologyandSocietyinEuropeWhitePaperAdvisoryBoard.7. Race MS (January 2018) recipient of NASA JSC Director's Innovation GroupAchievement AwardAs A Member Of The Human Forward Contamination Research Team"For innovative contribution to understanding potential human forward contaminationissuesasNASApreparestosendhumanstoexploreotherworlds."

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Highlights/SignificantEventsandActivities

1. Dale Andersen: In January NHK (Japanese Broadcasting Company) premiered"Antarctica, a Time Capsule Under the Ice" which features research conducted byAndersenandhisteamatLakeUntersee,Antarctica.Thusfarthedocumentaryhasbeenavailable to television viewers in Japan during Jan-Feb-March. International partnersarecurrentlybeingsoughtfordistribution,primarilywiththeGiantScreen(e.g.,IMAX)theatrevenues.

2. Dale Andersen: Andersen returned from collaborative field work in Antarctica thattook place during January and February. As a member of the 49th JARE (JapaneseAntarctic Research Expedition) summer team, Andersen joined Dr. Yukiko Tanabe(National InstituteofPolarResearch)to investigate lakeecosystemsfound inthe ice-freeareaoftheSôyaCoast(SyowaOasis)regionofEastAntarctica.

3. JaniceBishop’sarticle(clays/climateonMars)waspublishedinNatureAstronomyandmadethecover!BishopJL,AGFairén,JRMichalski,LGago-Duport,LLBaker,MAVelbel,C Gross & EB Rampe (March/1). March cover image, Nature Astronomy.https://www.nature.com/natastron/volumes/2

4. RosalbaBonaccorsi:DeathValleyMarsFestFebruary23-25,2018Thisyearover3000visitors+happenedtobeintheParkatthetimeoftheevent(VisitorCenterpass-throughs).RosalbaBonaccorsihasbeenonofthemainorganizerofMarsFestsince2011.

• On the opening night Death Valley Superintendent Mike Reynolds and DavidBlacker,DeathValleyNaturalHistoryAssociation(DVNHA)DirectorentertainedtheaudiencebysummarizingtheworkdonebyresearchersinDeathValleytosupportplanetarymissionstoMars,theMoon,andBeyond.ThisyearDVNHAhasbeenthemajor partner of MarsFest 2018 local Organizing Committee. MarsFest 2018included:

• Keynote talks on Friday (Luther Beagle, JPL) and Saturday (Chris McKay, ARC)nights

• Fieldtripstoanalogsites,suchasBadwaterBasin,UbehebeVolcanicField,MesquiteSandDunesFridaythroughSunday.

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• AnExpositionwithfamily-friendlyhands-onactivities,Mars2020rover,andotherNASApayloaddemonstrations.

• AnightskyviewingeventonSaturdaynight,attendedbyover190visitors.LutherBeegle of Mars 2020 delivered a keynote talk on Friday night, attended by 100people.

5. RosalbaBonaccorsi coordinatedseveral volunteers from theSFBayarea tosupportthe SETI Institute booth activities and the NASA Ames booth. Some of the hands-onactivities offered to the public involved themain question “How couldwe recognizealienlifeinrockssamples?”

Sponsors:SETI Institute,DeathValleyNaturalHistoryAssociation,DeathValleyNatl.ParkService,NASAAstrobiologyProgram

The Icebreaker Mission mock up payload display by David Willson. Credit: Robert Verish/Meteorite timeMagazine(left).SETIInstituteScienceandEducationdisplays

6. Nathalie A. Cabrol Alien’s mindscape article was the third most read article inAstrobiologyin2017.Freeaccess: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/ast.2016.1536

7. Nathalie A. Cabrol Coevolution of Life & Environment onMars published in January2018madethecover!Freeaccess: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1089/ast.2017.1756

8. NathalieA.CabrolwasfeaturedintheNewYorkTimes,intheMarch25,2018Sundaymagazine“Voyages”.Thestoryentitled“InherOrbit”waswrittenbyHelenMacdonald.https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/22/magazine/voyages-nathalie-cabrol-searching-mars-life-on-earth.html

9. Nathalie A. Cabrol visited NASA HQ during her visit to Washington, DC, at thebeginning of March 2018. She met with with program directors: Jonathan Rall(PlanetaryPrograms),MichaelMeyer(MarsProgram), JimGaier(PICASSO),andMaryVoytek (Astrobiology). She alsometwith Library of CongressBlumbergAstrobiologyChairLucianneWalkowicz,andagreetoparticipateinacoupleofeventsinDCinJune

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(“DecolonizingMars”),andSeptemberof2018(“BecomingInterplanetary:Whatlivingon Earth can teach us about living onMars”). LucianneWalkowiczwill also providesupportinthecomingmonthtothedevelopmentofanewSETIInstituteroadmapfortheSETISearch.

10. JeffCoughlin’sgroupdeliveredtheK2Campaign15processeddata,areprocessingtherecentlydownloadedCampaign16data, andare successfullyobservingCampaign17,whilepreparing for theeventual end-of-flightsometime thisyear.TheygotNASAHQapprovalforaglobaluniformprocessingofalldatato-date,andarealmostdonewithourfirstre-processedcampaign.

11. Oana Marcu, Cullings. K.W. Funding from NASA WetLab2 project (ISS facility),pending.

12. Margaret Race was appointed scientific editor of Astrobiology (overall editorrespomsible for a new monthly Commentary Column on astrobiology, policy, andsocietalissues).

13. RaceMSwith JTarter, JLBishop,FMarchis, SShostak,InvitedUniversityCOURSE:UnderstandingAstrobiologyandSearches forETLife: Osher Lifelong Learning (OLLI),UniversityofCABerkeley,Planned/organized.CourseLeadMargaretRaceetal.Winter2018(JantoMarch).Berkeley,CA(65students)

14. MarkShowalterwithRossBeyerledtheefforttohavethefirst14namesoffeaturesonPlutoapprovedbytheIAU.

15. MarkShowalterledtheFrontierWorldscampaigntonameMU69.After>100Kentries,theobjecthasnowbeennamedUltimaThule.

16. Warren-Rhodes KA (Feb). Helped coordinate rover operations, drilling, drone andfieldsamplinginhyperaridYungaysiteintheAtacamadesert.

17. Unistellar, the company which is designing and manufacturing the eVscope (CSOFranckMarchis)andhaspartneredwiththeSETIInstituteisgrowingandhastripleitsworkforce in twomonths.The four foundersmetat theSETI Institute in Januaryandmetseveralofourboardmembers.ThecompanyhaswonaninnovationawardattheCES2018inthecategory“techforabetterworld”. https://unistellaroptics.com/unistellar-to-receive-ces-2018-innovation-award-for-smart-powerful-crowd-funded-consumer-telescope/

18. The SETI Institute has contributed ~24% (14/58) of the White Papers for theNationalAcademyofSciences/NASAAstrobiologycallonJanuary8,2018.

19. TheSETIinstitutehaspartneredwiththeUnistellarandtheStarWatch4Allfoundationto bring astronomy to Turkana in Kenya. http://unistellaroptics.com/democratizing-astronomy-one-child-at-a-time/

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20. https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03/15/is-e-t-dead-scientists-listen-for-a-pulse/

21. Zalucha AM (2/28). Submitted invited manuscript “The Atmospheres of Pluto andTriton”totheOxfordResearchEncyclopedia(withCookJC)

22. The SETI Institute hosted the Workshop entitled “Decoding Alien Intelligence”. Theworkshop was held March14-16, 2018, with goal tobring together over 50researchers of diversescientific domains allrelevant to understand“who” is the intelligencebehindthetechnologyinthesearch for advancedextraterrestriallife.Thepastfew decades have seencritical advancements inastronomy, astrophysics,astrobiology, planetary andspace exploration,anthropology,neurosciences, artificialintelligence and machinelearning, animal intelligenceandsomuchmore.Allthesedisciplines are relevant tothe SETI search, andunderstanding the types ofintelligence that coulddevelop in differentplanetary environment. TheSETI Institute is nowworking on a new roadmapfor SETI which will bothbroaden and support theexisting search. Videos willbe released on the SETI

Institute Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/SETIInstitute/ in the comingweeksandmonths.Theprogramisattachedinthenextpages.

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Wednesday,March14,2018

MORNINGPLENARYSESSION1“DetectingExtraterrestrialTechnology:SignalsandArtefacts”

(SETIInstitute)8:00am RegistrationandBreakfast8:30am BillDiamondandNathalieA.Cabrol Welcome&IntroductiontotheWorkshopGoals&Objectives

9:00am OpeningPresentation:FrankDrake*(GP) SETI:WheredoWeGofromHere?Chairs: FrankDrake,SethShostak9:30am JillTarter*(GP) OneScientist’sViewontheHistoryofSETI10:00am MichaelGarrett*,A.Siemion,andW.A.vanCapellan(WP) All-SkyRadioSETI10:20am IvanAlmar–(PresentedbyHenrikHargitai*)(WP) TitleTBA

10:40 Break11:00am DarinRagozzine*(WP) TransitingLightcurvesasTemplatesforIntelligentSignals 11:20am IanMorrison*(WP) Real-TimeWidebandBlindSignalDetectionforSETI11:40am RandallWayth*,andI.S.Morrison(WP) UsingMoon-ReflectedTerrestrialRadioTransmissionstoTestSETIAlgorithms 12:00pm IanMorrison*,G.R.Harp,andS.Oslowski(WP) UtilizingPulsarsforImplicitCoordinationoftheSignalingTime-Baseof InterstellarBeacons 12:20pm LUNCH:Panel&GroupDiscussion

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Title:SETI’sNextTechnologicalStepsandMissingLinks Moderator:BillDiamond

Wednesday,March14,2018:

AFTERNOONPLENARYSESSION1

“DetectingExtraterrestrialTechnology:SignalsandArtefacts”

(SETIInstitute)

2:00pm OpeningPresentation:LauranceDoyle*(GP) QuantumSETI

Chairs: JillTarter,LauranceDoyle 2:30pm SethShostak*(GP) Bio-FriendlyExoplanets:AretheyRelevanttoSETI?3:00pm ErikZackrisson*,A.Wehrhahn,andA.Korn(WP) SearchingforDysonSpherewithGaia3:20pm RobertCitron*(WP)

ClusteredSimilarExo-AtmospheresasanIndicatorofTerraforming3:40pm Break

4:00pm HenrikHargitai*(WP) MappingandClassificationofExogeographiesPotentiallyFavoringthe DevelopmentofAdvancedExtraterrestrialLife.4:20pm EphraimFischbach*andJohnT.Gruenwald (WP) NU-SETI:DetectingExtraterrestrialSignalsCarriedbyNeutrinos 5:00-6:00pm Panel&GroupDiscussion Title:SETI’sOwnMessaging:FromPerceptiontoEducation Moderator:AndrewFraknoi

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6:30-8:30pmReceptionattheSETIInstitute

Thursday,March15,2018MORNINGPLENARYSESSION2

“Coevolution,Intelligence,Consciousness,andBeyond”(WhoisET&HowtoCommunicate?)

(SETIInstitute)

8:00am Breakfast8:20am NathalieA.Cabrol–GoalsandObjectivesfortheDay8:30am OpeningPresentations: PaulDavies*(GP) SETI2.0:ExpandingtheSearch9:00am PenelopeBoston*(GP) Astrobiology,ThyNameisSynergyChairs: MaryLeeJensvold,LoriMarino 9:30am LoriMarino*(GP) TheSearchforExtraterrestrialIntelligenceBeginsonEarth10:00am ClaudioMaccone*(GP) Evo-SETIScaleforExoplanetsHostingLife

10:30am Break10:40am DanielMcShea*(WP) UniversalsintheEvolutionofIntelligence11:00am AmedeoBalbi*(WP) AFrameworktoAddresstheSpatiotemporalAspectofSETI11:20am GregoryBerns*(GP) TheBrainArk:BrainConnectomePropertiesofTerrestrialIntelligenceasa MetricforExtraterrestrialIntelligence11:50am MichaelP.OmanReagan*(WP) ConceptualizingDifferenceinSETI:XenoanthropologicalTheoryandMethods12:10am KathrynDenning*(WP)

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HowHumansMatterNow:TheRelevanceofAnthropologyandArchaeologyfor TheNewSETI.12:30pm KeynoteLecture:JimLarrik LessonsforSETIfrom“Alien”Earthlings

Thursday,March15,2018AFTERNOONPLENARYSESSION2

“Coevolution,Intelligence,Consciousness,andBeyond”

(WhoisET&HowtoCommunicate?)(SETIInstitute)

1:30pm OpeningPresentation:StevenJ.Dick*(GP) EvolvingSETI:ExpandedHorizonsforthe21stCentury.

Chairs: DavidGrinspoon,PaulDavies 2:00pm MaryleeJensvold*(GP) AnEthologicalApproachtoCommunication2:30pm ArikKershenbaum*,T.Bergman,N.Carlson,F.daCunha,L.Doyle,J.Elliott,R. Ferrer-i-Cancho,M.Gustison,G.Harp,B.McCowan,S.Semple(WP) WhatAnimalStudiesCanTellUsAboutDetectingIntelligentMessagesfrom OutsideEarth.2:50pm LauraWelcher*(WP) CommunicationAcrossGreatGulfsofTime,DistanceandDifference:Lessons fromTheRosettaDisk.3:10pm AnamariaBerea*(WP) AnAtlasofCommunicationEvolutionBasedonaUnifiedDatabaseofEvidence.3:30pm JasonWright(SofiaSheikh*)(WP) TaxonomyandJargoninSETIasanInterdisciplinaryFieldofStudy.

3:50pm JeromeBarkow* EvolutionandthePsychologyofExtraterrestrials

4:10pm TerrenceDeacon* SemioticUniversals:BeyondTheRadicalTranslationProblem4:30pm DavidGrinspoon*(GP) CognitivePlanetaryTransitions:AnAstrobiologicalPerspectiveonthe “SapiezoicEon”5:00pm JohnBaross(GP)

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MicrobialMemoryandtheDawnofCommunication5:30pm JoseFunes* TheSpiritualQuestintheSETIResearch6:30-9:00pm DinnerandWorkingGroups(SETIInstitute)

Friday,March16,2018PLENARYSESSION3

“BringingitAllTogether”

(SETIInstitute)8:00am Breakfast8:20am NathalieA.Cabrol–GoalsandObjectivesfortheDay 8:30am WorkingGroups(cont.) WG1:DistributionandAbundanceofIntelligenceintheUniverse WG2:HowDoesIntelligenceCommunicate WG3:HowtoDetectIntelligence

10:30am Break

10:45am WorkingGroupPresentations

11:45am LUNCH

12:30pm PennyBoston*,SherryCady SpecialIssueofAstrobiology

12:45pm NathalieA.Cabrol

SETI:WheredoWeGoFromHere?(II)1:00pm GrahamMackintosh

TheAnomalyEngine:AIandtheDetectionofAlienIntelligence 1:30pm JamesParr

LearningsfromNASAFDL:aModelforaWorldwideSETIFederation.

2:00pm BillDiamondandNathalieA.Cabrol ClosingRemarks

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