ACL: Advent of Complex Life - MIT Astrobiology Team

Dr. David Johnston

Assistant Professor
Earth and Planetary Science
Harvard University
20 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone: 617-495-7602
FAX: 617-495-5567
E-mail: djohnston at eps dot harvard dot edu

My research centers on the evolution of Earth surface environments and the role of microorganisms in that evolution. This work couples field work and sedimentological context with novel isotopic techniques and geochemical approaches. Areas of interest include ancient terrains (for instance, the Werneke Mtns., Canada) and terrestrial Mars analogue environments (such as Rio Tino, Spain: see photo)