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Overview

Dirk Schulze-Makuch is affiliated with the Technical University of Berlin in Germany. Their research primarily intersects the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Environmental Science. Within these broader areas, they focus on subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Physiology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their work covers several main topics relating to planetary environments and life sciences. These include:

  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Spaceflight effects on biology
  • Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology

Schulze-Makuch has contributed to peer-reviewed publications in various venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Life
  • Astrobiology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Nature Astronomy
  • Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

Among recent papers, notable titles include:

  • "Mars Extant Life: What's Next? Conference Report" (2020), published in Astrobiology
  • "Methanogenic Archaea Can Produce Methane in Deliquescence-Driven Mars Analog Environments" (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Venus, an Astrobiology Target" (2021), published in Astrobiology
  • "In Search for a Planet Better than Earth: Top Contenders for a Superhabitable World" (2020), published in Astrobiology
  • "A New Record for Microbial Perchlorate Tolerance: Fungal Growth in NaClO4 Brines and its Implications for Putative Life on Mars" (2020), published in Life

Collaboration is an important aspect of their work, with frequent coauthors including Alessandro Airo, Felix L. Arens, Jacob Heinz, Christof Sager, and Dirk Wagner.

Best Publications

  • Longitudinal dispersivity data and implications for scaling behavior.

    Dirk Schulze-Makuch

  • Scale Dependency of Hydraulic Conductivity in Heterogeneous Media

    Dirk Schulze-Makuch;Douglas A. Carlson;Douglas S. Cherkauer;Peter Malik

  • Transitory microbial habitat in the hyperarid Atacama Desert

    Dirk Schulze-Makuch;Dirk Schulze-Makuch;Dirk Wagner;Samuel P Kounaves;Samuel P Kounaves;Kai Mangelsdorf

  • Life in the Universe

    Dirk Schulze-Makuch;Louis N. Irwin

  • A Sulfur-Based Survival Strategy for Putative Phototrophic Life in the Venusian Atmosphere

    Dirk Schulze-Makuch;David H. Grinspoon;Ousama Abbas;Louis N. Irwin

  • A Two-Tiered Approach to Assessing the Habitability of Exoplanets

    Dirk Schulze-Makuch;Abel Méndez;Alberto G. Fairén;Philip von Paris

  • Limits of Life and the Habitability of Mars : The ESA Space Experiment BIOMEX on the ISS

    Jean-Pierre De Vera;Mashal Alawi;Theresa Backhaus;Mickael Baque

  • Supercritical Carbon Dioxide and Its Potential as a Life-Sustaining Solvent in a Planetary Environment

    Nediljko Budisa;Dirk Schulze-Makuch

  • Life in the Universe: Expectations and Constraints

    Dirk Schulze-Makuch;Louis N. Irwin

  • Water droplets in oil are microhabitats for microbial life

    Rainer U. Meckenstock;Frederick von Netzer;Christine Stumpp;Tillmann Lueders

  • Biologically Enhanced Energy and Carbon Cycling on Titan

    Dirk Schulze-Makuch;David H. Grinspoon

  • Exploration of hydrothermal targets on Mars

    Dirk Schulze-Makuch;James M. Dohm;Chaojun Fan;Alberto G. Fairén;Alberto G. Fairén

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

    Dirk Schulze-Makuch;Douglas S. Cherkauer

  • The prospect of alien life in exotic forms on other worlds.

    Dirk Schulze-Makuch;Louis N. Irwin

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

    Jean-Pierre de Vera;Dirk Schulze-Makuch;Afshin Khan;Andreas Lorek

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

    Dirk Schulze-Makuch;Louis N. Irwin

  • 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.

    Benjamin Diaz;Dirk Schulze-Makuch

  • TandEM: Titan and Enceladus mission

    Athena Coustenis;Sushil K. Atreya;T. Balint;R.H. Brown

  • Optimizing the detection of carotene in cyanobacteria in a martian regolith analogue with a Raman spectrometer for the ExoMars mission

    U. Böttger;J.-P. de Vera;J. Fritz;I. Weber

  • Energy Cycling and Hypothetical Organisms in Europa's Ocean

    Dirk Schulze-Makuch;Louis N. Irwin

  • The Last Possible Outposts for Life on Mars.

    Alfonso F Davila;Alfonso F Davila;Dirk Schulze-Makuch;Dirk Schulze-Makuch

  • GRS evidence and the possibility of paleooceans on Mars

    James M. Dohm;Victor R. Baker;William V. Boynton;Alberto G. Fairén

  • Recent geological and hydrological activity on Mars: The Tharsis/Elysium corridor

    James M. Dohm;Robert C. Anderson;Nadine G. Barlow;Hirdy Miyamoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Alberto G. Fairén
Alberto G. Fairén Cornell University
Alfonso F. Davila
Alfonso F. Davila Ames Research Center
Victor R. Baker
Victor R. Baker University of Arizona
James M. Dohm
James M. Dohm University of Tokyo
Christopher P. McKay
Christopher P. McKay Ames Research Center
Charles S. Cockell
Charles S. Cockell University of Edinburgh
Ricardo Amils
Ricardo Amils Spanish National Research Council
Jeffrey S. Kargel
Jeffrey S. Kargel Planetary Science Institute
Hideaki Miyamoto
Hideaki Miyamoto University of Tokyo
William C. Mahaney
William C. Mahaney York University

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