The NASA Astrobiology Program invites you to share and discover in a Seminar Series of its Research Coordination Network: Prebiotic Chemistry and Early Earth Environments (PCE₃). The PCE₃ Seminar Series is designed to highlight diverse origins of life research from all over the world, spark interdisciplinary discussion, and facilitate research connections among the PCE₃ community. A primary goal of this series is to showcase the work of talented early career scientists in PCE₃ sciences.

The series continues on Thursday, November 18th, from 1:00-2:30 pm (EST) and will be held every 3rd Thursday on a continuing basis. Shifts in the seminar hours will occur with notice later in the year for inclusion of participants in Europe/Australasia. Additionally, sessions will be recorded with the permission of the speakers and uploaded to the PCE₃ YouTube Channel.

This session's speakers are Lucas Smith, graduate student from the University of Arizona, and Danna Qasim, Postdoctoral Researcher from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, with a brief introduction by Rachel Smith, Head of the Astronomy & Astrophysics Research Lab and Curator of Meteorites at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences.

Lucas Smith will present “Investigating ¹²CO-¹³CO fractionation through desorption experiments on CO interstellar ice analogues”.

Danna Qasim will present “The Interstellar Connection: D/H ratios of Aliphatics from Interstellar Space to our Solar System”.

Please register at the link above. If the Zoom meeting reaches capacity, the seminar will be live-streamed to the PCE₃ YouTube channel for concurrent viewing. And visit the PCE3 Seminar Series website for previous sessions. Join the PCE3 Slack here to continue discussion post-talks.