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Frances Westall is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with significant contributions to its subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ecology, Ocean Engineering, Paleontology, and Aerospace Engineering.

The main research topics covered by Westall span several areas:

  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Space Exploration and Technology
  • Spaceflight effects on biology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Westall has published extensively, appearing frequently in publication venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Space Science Reviews
  • Astrobiology
  • Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)
  • Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Metallomics in deep time and the influence of ocean chemistry on the metabolic landscapes of Earth's earliest ecosystems," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Venus Evolution Through Time: Key Science Questions, Selected Mission Concepts and Future Investigations," 2023, Space Science Reviews
  • "Final Report of the Mars Sample Return Science Planning Group 2 (MSPG2)," 2021, Astrobiology
  • "Biosignature stability in space enables their use for life detection on Mars," 2022, Science Advances
  • "Preliminary Planning for Mars Sample Return (MSR) Curation Activities in a Sample Receiving Facility (SRF)," 2022, Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Westall include:

  • Frédéric Foucher
  • Barbara Cavalazzi
  • Keyron Hickman-Lewis
  • Vinciane Debaille
  • Aurore Hützler

Best Publications

  • Habitability on Early Mars and the Search for Biosignatures with the ExoMars Rover

    Jorge L. Vago;Frances Westall;Andrew J. Coates;Ralf Jaumann

  • Volatile and organic compositions of sedimentary rocks in Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars.

    Douglas W. Ming;P. D. Archer;D. P. Glavin;J. L. Eigenbrode

  • Early Archean fossil bacteria and biofilms in hydrothermally-influenced sediments from the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa

    Frances Westall;Maarten J de Wit;Jesse Dann;Sjerry van der Gaast

  • Biosignatures on Mars: What, Where, and How? Implications for the Search for Martian Life

    Frances Westall;Frédéric Foucher;Nicolas Bost;Marylène Bertrand

  • Diagenesis and clay mineral formation at Gale Crater, Mars

    J.C. Bridges;S.P. Schwenzer;Richard Leveille;Frances Westall

  • Multiplication of microbes below 0.690 water activity: implications for terrestrial and extraterrestrial life

    Andrew Stevenson;Juergen Burkhardt;Charles S. Cockell;Jonathan A. Cray

  • Implications of a 3.472-3.333 Gyr-old subaerial microbial mat from the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa for the UV environmental conditions on the early Earth.

    Frances Westall;Cornel E. J. de Ronde;Gordon Southam;Nathalie Grassineau

  • The Importance of Water for Life

    Frances Westall;André Brack

  • The nature of fossil bacteria: A guide to the search for extraterrestrial life

    Frances Westall

  • A Hydrothermal-Sedimentary Context for the Origin of Life.

    Frances Westall;Keyron Hickman-Lewis;Keyron Hickman-Lewis;Nancy Hinman;Pascale Gautret

  • 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

  • Habitability on Mars from a Microbial Point of View

    Frances Westall;Damien Loizeau;Frédéric Foucher;Nicolas Bost

  • Exogenous carbonaceous microstructures in Early Archaean cherts and BIFs from the Isua Greenstone Belt: implications for the search for life in ancient rocks

    Frances Westall;Robert L Folk

  • The 3.466 Ga “Kitty's Gap Chert,” an early Archean microbial ecosystem

    Frances Westall;Sjoukje T. de Vries;Wouter Nijman;Virgile Rouchon

  • Morphologic and spectral investigation of exceptionally well-preserved bacterial biofilms from the Oligocene Enspel formation, Germany

    J.K.W Toporski;J.K.W Toporski;A Steele;A Steele;F Westall;R Avci

  • Geyserite in hot-spring siliceous sinter: Window on Earth's hottest terrestrial (paleo)environment and its extreme life

    Kathleen A. Campbell;Diego Martin Guido;Pascale Gautret;Frédéric Foucher

  • The simulated silicification of bacteria--new clues to the modes and timing of bacterial preservation and implications for the search for extraterrestrial microfossils.

    Jan K.W. Toporski;Andrew Steele;Frances Westall;Kathie L. Thomas-Keprta

  • Life on Mars: evaluation of the evidence within Martian meteorites ALH84001, Nakhla, and Shergotty

    E.K. Gibson;D.S. McKay;K.L. Thomas-Keprta;S.J. Wentworth

  • Darwin —- a mission to detect and search for life on extrasolar planets

    C. S. Cockell;A. Léger;M. Fridlund;T. M. Herbst

  • Polymeric substances and biofilms as biomarkers in terrestrial materials: Implications for extraterrestrial samples

    Frances Westall;Andrew Steele;Jan Toporski;Maud Walsh

  • Experimental silicification of the extremophilic Archaea Pyrococcus abyssi and Methanocaldococcus jannaschii: applications in the search for evidence of life in early Earth and extraterrestrial rocks.

    François Orange;Francès Westall;Jean-Robert Disnar;D. Prieur

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles S. Cockell
Charles S. Cockell University of Edinburgh
Susanne P. Schwenzer
Susanne P. Schwenzer The Open University
Andrew Steele
Andrew Steele Carnegie Institution for Science
John Bridges
John Bridges University of Leicester
Ricardo Amils
Ricardo Amils Spanish National Research Council
Gian Gabriele Ori
Gian Gabriele Ori Planetary Science Institute
Daniel Prieur
Daniel Prieur University of Western Brittany
Jean-Robert Disnar
Jean-Robert Disnar Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Kathleen A. Campbell
Kathleen A. Campbell University of Auckland
Helmut Lammer
Helmut Lammer Austrian Academy of Sciences

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