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Overview

Rafael Navarro-González was affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico. Their research focused primarily within the fields of Physics and Astronomy, contributing notably to areas such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Ecology, and Geophysics.

The scientist's scholarly work spanned multiple topics including Planetary Science and Exploration, Astro and Planetary Science, Space Exploration and Technology, Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life, Chemical Analysis and Environmental Impact, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils.

Navarro-González published frequently in several academic journals, with notable activity in the following venues:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Astrobiology
  • Nature Astronomy
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Space Science Reviews

Their recent publications included:

  • The SuperCam Instrument Suite on the Mars 2020 Rover: Science Objectives and Mast-Unit Description (2021), published in Space Science Reviews
  • Indigenous and exogenous organics and surface-atmosphere cycling inferred from carbon and oxygen isotopes at Gale crater (2020), published in Nature Astronomy
  • Organic molecules revealed in Mars's Bagnold Dunes by Curiosity's derivatization experiment (2021), published in Nature Astronomy
  • Organic carbon concentrations in 3.5-billion-year-old lacustrine mudstones of Mars (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Constraints on the Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Vera Rubin Ridge, Gale Crater, Mars, From Mars Science Laboratory Sample Analysis at Mars Evolved Gas Analyses (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Planets

Navarro-González collaborated frequently with other researchers in their field. Frequent co-authors included P. R. Mahaffy, J. L. Eigenbrode, M. Millán, Caroline Freissinet, and C. A. Malespin.

Best Publications

  • Mars-like soils in the Atacama Desert, Chile, and the dry limit of microbial life

    Rafael Navarro-González;Fred A. Rainey;Paola Molina;Danielle R. Bagaley

  • The Sample Analysis at Mars Investigation and Instrument Suite

    Paul R. Mahaffy;Christopher R. Webster;Michel Cabane;Pamela G. Conrad

  • Organic matter preserved in 3-billion-year-old mudstones at Gale crater, Mars.

    Jennifer L. Eigenbrode;Roger E. Summons;Andrew Steele;Caroline Freissinet

  • Volatile, Isotope, and Organic Analysis of Martian Fines with the Mars Curiosity Rover

    L. A. Leshin;P. R. Mahaffy;C. R. Webster;M. Cabane

  • Mars methane detection and variability at Gale crater

    Christopher R. Webster;Paul R. Mahaffy;Sushil K. Atreya;Gregory J. Flesch

  • Organic molecules in the Sheepbed Mudstone, Gale Crater, Mars

    Caroline Freissinet;Caroline Freissinet;D. P. Glavin;Paul R. Mahaffy;K. E. Miller

  • 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

  • Evidence for perchlorates and the origin of chlorinated hydrocarbons detected by SAM at the Rocknest aeolian deposit in Gale Crater

    Daniel P. Glavin;Caroline Freissinet;Kristen E. Miller;Jennifer L. Eigenbrode

  • Reanalysis of the Viking results suggests perchlorate and organics at midlatitudes on Mars

    Rafael Navarro-González;Edgar Vargas;José de la Rosa;Alejandro C. Raga

  • Transient liquid water and water activity at Gale crater on Mars

    F. Javier Martín-Torres;F. Javier Martín-Torres;María Paz Zorzano;Patricia Valentín-Serrano;Ari Matti Harri

  • Curiosity at Gale Crater, Mars: Characterization and Analysis of the Rocknest Sand Shadow

    D F Blake;R V Morris;G Kocurek;Shaunna M Morrison

  • A possible nitrogen crisis for Archaean life due to reduced nitrogen fixation by lightning

    Rafael Navarro-González;Christopher P. McKay;Delphine Nna Mvondo

  • In Situ Radiometric and Exposure Age Dating of the Martian Surface

    K. A. Farley;C. Malespin;P. Mahaffy;J. P. Grotzinger

  • Background levels of methane in Mars' atmosphere show strong seasonal variations

    Christopher R. Webster;Paul R. Mahaffy;Sushil K. Atreya;John E. Moores

  • Evolved gas analyses of sedimentary rocks and eolian sediment in Gale Crater, Mars: Results of the Curiosity rover's sample analysis at Mars instrument from Yellowknife Bay to the Namib Dune

    B. Sutter;A. C. McAdam;P. R. Mahaffy;D. W. Ming

  • Evidence for indigenous nitrogen in sedimentary and aeolian deposits from the Curiosity rover investigations at Gale crater, Mars.

    Jennifer C. Stern;Brad Sutter;Caroline Freissinet;Rafael Navarro-González

  • Temporal evolution of the shock wave and hot core air in laser induced plasma

    Hugo Sobral;Mayo Villagrán-Muniz;Rafael Navarro-González;Alejandro C. Raga

  • The limitations on organic detection in Mars-like soils by thermal volatilization-gas chromatography-MS and their implications for the Viking results.

    Rafael Navarro-González;Karina F. Navarro;José de la Rosa;Enrique Iñiguez

  • Nitrogen fixation by volcanic lightning in the early Earth

    Rafael Navarro-González;Mario J. Molina;Luisa T. Molina

  • The Imprint of Atmospheric Evolution in the D/H of Hesperian Clay Minerals on Mars

    P. R. Mahaffy;C. R. Webster;J. C. Stern;A. E. Brunner;A. E. Brunner;A. E. Brunner

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher P. McKay
Christopher P. McKay Ames Research Center
Paul R. Mahaffy
Paul R. Mahaffy Goddard Space Flight Center
Daniel P. Glavin
Daniel P. Glavin Goddard Space Flight Center
Andrew Steele
Andrew Steele Carnegie Institution for Science
Sushil K. Atreya
Sushil K. Atreya University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Douglas W. Ming
Douglas W. Ming National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John P. Grotzinger
John P. Grotzinger California Institute of Technology
Laurie A. Leshin
Laurie A. Leshin Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
James J. Wray
James J. Wray Georgia Institute of Technology

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