27 May 2003

LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE:

From the Miller experiment to the search for life on other worlds

Seventh Conference on Chemical Evolution and the Origin of Life

 

PRELIMINARY LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

Algeria

SI LAKHAL Bahia
Departement de Physique
Ecole Normale Superieure Vieux Kouba
Algiers
E-Mail: bahia_s@yahoo.com

 

Argentina

CACERES Manuel Osvaldo
Centro Atomico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro
Bariloche
E-Mail: caceres@cab.cnea.gov.ar

 

Austria

STAN -LOTTER, Helga
University of Salzburg
Institute of Genetics and General Biology
Hellbrunnerstr. 34
A-5020 Salzburg, Austria
Phone +43-662-8044-5756
FAX +43-662-8044-144
E-mail: helga.stan-lotter@sbg.ac.at

 

Brazil

DE SOUZA BARROS, Fernando
Physics Institute
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Brazil

GUIMARÃES', Romeu C
Departamento. Biologia General,
ICB - UFMG, Belo Horizonte,
Brazil.
Tel: +55-31-499 2608
Fax: +55-31-274 4988
E-mail: romeucg@mono.icb.ufmg.br

VIEYRA, Adalberto
Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Phone: + 55 21 25626520
avieyra@biof.ufrj.br

 

Cameroon

ATENEKENG KAHOU,G.A.
Yaounde, Cameroon

NDOUNDAM, Rene
Department of Computer Science
Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde I
P.O.Box 812 Yaounde, Cameroon
E-mail: ndoundam@yahoo.com

 

Chile

GALLARDO, Jose
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Santiago, Chile.
E-mail: gallard@black.astro.puc.cl

MINNITI, Dante
Universidad Catolica;
Departamento de Astronomia
email: dante@astro.puc.cl
Casilla 306, Santiago
Phone +56 2 686 4946
Fax +56 2 686 4948
E-mail: dante@astro.puc.cl

VICUÑA, RAFAEL
Departamento de Genetica Molecular y Microbiologia
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
and Millenium Institute for Fundamental and Applied Biology.
Casilla 114-D. Santiago, Chile.
Phone: (562) 686 2663
Fax: (562) 222 5515
E-mail: rvicuna@bio.puc.cl

 

Colombia

MEJÍA, Diego Fernando
Universidad del Valle
Cali, Colombia
diefermc@hotmail.com

 

France

BERNARD, Jean-Michel
LISA - UMR CNRS 7583
Universités Paris 12 & Paris 7
61 Avenue du Général de Gaulle
F 94010 Créteil Cedex
Tel : 01 45 17 15 60 / 15 50
Tel. International : + 33 - 1 45 17 15 60 / 15 50
Fax : + 33 - 1 45 17 15 64

BRACK, André
Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire,
CNRS, Rue Charles Sadron,
45071 Orléans cedex 2, France
Tel. 00 33 2 38 25 55 76
Fax 00 33 2 38 63 15 17
E-mail: brack@cnrs-orleans.fr

FRAY , Nicolas
LISA - UMR CNRS 7583
Universités Paris 12 & Paris 7
61 Avenue du Général de Gaulle
F 94010 Créteil Cedex
Tel : 01 45 17 15 60 / 15 50
Tel. International : + 33 - 1 45 17 15 60 / 15 50
Fax : + 33 - 1 45 17 15 64

LEGER, Alain
IAS, bat 121, Universite Paris-Sud
F-91405 Orsay, France
Tel. (33) 1 69 85 85 80
Fax. (33) 1 69 85 86 75
E-mail: alain.leger@ias.fr

MASSON, Philippe
Departement des Sciences de la Terre
FRE 2566 CNRS-UPS (ORSAYTERRE)
Univ. Paris-Sud (bat. 509)
F-91405 Orsay Cedex (France)
Tel.: 0169156149 or from abroad +33-169156149
Fax : 0160191446 or from abroad +33-160191446
E-mail : masson@geol.u-psud.fr

MICHEAU, Jean-Claude
Directeur de Recherches au CNRS
UMR 5623, Université P. Sabatier
F-31062 Toulouse
tel: 0033(0)561556275
Fax: 0033(0)561558155

RAULIN, François (Co-director)
LISA, UMR CNRS 7583
Universites Paris 12 & Paris 7
Faculte des Sciences et Technologie
61, Avenue du General de Gaulle
F-94010 Creteil Cedex, France
Tel : 33 - (0) 1 45 17 15 60 / 15 50
Fax: 33 - (0) 1 45 17 15 64
E-mail: raulin@lisa.univ-paris12.fr

RAULIN CERCEAU, Florence
Grande Galerie de l'Evolution
Museum national d'Histoire naturelle
& Centre Alexandre Koyre
36 rue Geoffroy Saint Hilaire
F- 75005 Paris
E-mail: raulin@mnhn.fr

VAN ZUILEN, Mark
Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques
(CRPG-CNRS)
15 Rue Notre Dame des Pauvres, BP-20
54501 Vandoeuvre les Nancy
France
tel. +33 383594202
fax. +33 383511798
e-mail: markvz@crpg.cnrs-nancy.fr

WESTALL, Frances
Centre de Biophysique moléculiare
CNRS
Rue Charles Sadron
45071 Orléans cedex 2, France
Tel: 33-2-382 579 12
Fax: 33-2-38631517
email: westall@cnra-orleans.fr

 

Germany

MEIERHENRICH, Uwe
University of Bremen
Leobener Strasse, D-28359,
Bremen, Germany.
email: mhenrich@uni-bremen.de

 

Ghana

ALLOTEY, Francis K. A.
Edward A. Bouchet Institute
P.O. Box 197, Legon, Accra, Ghana
Phone: +23321-50 13 60
Fax: +23321-777 655, 400 807
E-Mail: fka@ghana.com; allotey@ictp.trieste.it

 

India

ACHARYYA, Kinsuk.
SN Bose National Centre
for Basic Sciences
JD Block, Sector III, Salt Lake,
Calcutta 700091, India
Telephone: 0091-33-2430-3945
fax: 0091-33-2430-3945

BHATTACHERJEE Aranya B.
Department of Physics
Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College
Dhaula Kuan, India
E-Mail: aranya@bol.net.in

CHADHA Mohindra S.
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bio-Organic Division
400 085 Bombay-Mumbai, India
Fax: 0091-22-556 0750
E-mail: chadha@soochak.ncst.ernet.in

CHAKRABARTY, Sandip K.
SN Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
JD Block, Sector III, Salt Lake,
Calcutta 700091,
India
FAX +91-33-335 5706
E-mail: chakraba@astro.bose.res.in

KAMALUDDIN
Department of Chemistry
University of Roorkee
Roorkee, India
E-Mail: kamalfcy@rurkiu.ernet.in

SHIL, Pratip
Department of Physics
University of Poona
Pune, India
E-Mail: pbv@physics.unipune.ernet.in

TEWARI Vinod Chandra
Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology
Dehra Dun, India
E-Mail: tewarivinod@hotmail.com

VIDYASAGAR Pandit Bhalchandra
Department of Physics
University of Poona
Pune, India
E-Mail: pbv@physics.unipune.ernet.in

 

Israel

LANCET, Doron
Ralph & Lois Silver Professor of Human Genomics
Head, Crown Human Genome Center
Department of Molecular Genetics
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot 76100, Israel
email: doron.lancet@ weizmann.ac.il
Tel: +972-8-9344121
Fax: +972-8-9344487

SECKBACH, Joseph
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Home:Mevo Hadas 20, P.O.Box 1132
The City of Efrat, 90435, Israel
Phone/Fax 972-2-993-1832
E-mail: seckbach@cc.huji.ac.il

SHENHAV, Barak
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot 76100, Israel
Israel
E-mail: barak.shenhav@ weizmann.ac.il

 

Italy

ASCHERI, Valeria
University of Genova, Department of Philosophy
Section of Epistemology
V. Puggia 3, 16131 Genova (GE), Italy
Phone +39/010/313396
Fax: +39/010/312042
E-mail: ascheri@nous.unige.it

BONACCORSI , Rosalba
University of Trieste.
Dipartimento di scienze Geologiche,
Ambientali e Marine, Via E. Weiss,
2 (c/o Comprensorio di S. Giovanni);
34127 Trieste (Italy).
Phone: 39 (040)6762046 (secretary)
Fax: 39 (040)6762048
E-mail: bonaccor@univ.trieste.it

CANTONI, Roberto
email; robeire2@tin.it

COLLIS, William
Strada Sottopiazzo 18,
14056 Boglietto(AT), Italy.
Tel. 0141-968602
Fax. 0141-968907
Email. mr.collis@physics.org

COSMOVICI Cristiano
IFSI/CNR
Fosso del Cavaliere 100,
00133 Roma, Italy
Tel.+39-06-4993-4388
Fax +39-06-4993-4383
e-mail : cosmo@ifsi.rm.cnr.it

COYNE George Vincent
Specola Vaticana,
Citta' del Vaticano
00120 Roma, Italy.
FAX: (06) 6988 4671
email : gcoyne@specola.va

CRISMA, Marco
Padova University
Italy

FANI, Renato
Dept of Animal Biology and Genetics
Via Romana 17-19
I-50125 Firenze
Italy
tel (+39) 055 2288244
fax (+39) 055 2288250
r_fani@dbag.unifi.it
renatofani@inwind.it

GALLORI, Enzo
Department of Animal Biology
and Geneticcs, University of Florence,
Via Romana 17/19, 50125 Florence, Italy
Tel: +39-55-228-8241
Fax: +39-55-228-8250
email: gallori@DBAG.UNIFI.IT

FRANCHI, Marco
Department of Animal Biology and Geneticcs
University of Florence, Via Romana 17/19
50125 Florence, Italy
tel: 055 2288248;
Fax: 055 2288250;
E-Mail: marco.franchi@dbag.unifi.it

FUSI, Luca
Department of Animal Biology and Genetics,
University of Florence
Via Romana 17/19
50125 Florence, Italy
phone: (+39) 055 2288241
fax: (+39) 055 2288250
e-mail: gallori@dbag.unifi.it

GENTA, Giancarlo
Mechanics Dept., Politecnico di Torino
C. Duca degli Abruzzi 24,
10129 TORINO - Italy
Phone: +39-011 5646922
Fax: +39-011 5646999
E-mail: genta@polito.it

MACCONE, Claudio
"Lunar Farside Radio Lab" Cosmic Study
International Academy of Astronautics
Via Martorelli 43, 10155 Torino (TO), ITALY
Phone: (office) (011) 71 80 313
Fax: (office) (011) 71 80 012
E-mail: cmaccone@to.alespazio.it

MATTEUCCI, Francesca
Trieste Astronomical Observatory,
Basovizza Observing Station,
Basovizza 302; 34012 Trieste, Italy.
Tel. +39-040-22 61 76
Fax. +39-040-22 66 30
email: matteucci@ts.astro.it

MONTEBUGNOLI, Stelio
Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche;
Istituto di Radioastronomia,
Via Fiorentina, 40060 Villafontana,
Bo -Italy-
tel;work:++39 051 6965827
fax:++39 051 6965810
url:www.ira.cnr.it
email; Stelio@ira.cnr.it

MUSSO, Paolo
University of Genova,
Department of Philosophy
Section of Epistemology
V. Montevideo 2A/5, 16129 Genova (GE), Italy
Phone +39/ 0335/ 820 5220
Fax +39/ 010/ 312 042
E-mail: musso@nous.unige.it

PALYI, Gyula
Department of Chemistry,
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia,
Via Campi 183;
I-41100 Modena, Italy;
E-mail: palyi@unimo.it

RIGHINI, Simona
Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche;
Istituto di Radioastronomia,
Via Fiorentina, 40060 Villafontana,
Bo -Italy-
tel;work:++39 051 6965827
fax:++39 051 6965810
url:www.ira.cnr.it
email; Stelio@ira.cnr.it

SHAH, Tahir K.
Universita' di Trieste,
DEEI, Via Valerio 10,
34100 Trieste, Italy
Fax: +39-040-6763460
E-mail: shah@spin.it

 

Mexico

BECERRA, Arturo
Universidad Nacional Autonoma
de Mexico, Facultad de Ciencias
Apdo. Postal 70 407,Ciudad Universitaria, D.F.
04510 Mexico City, Mexico
FAX: 525/616-0451 or 525/622-4823
email: alar@hp.fciencias.unam.mx

BUHSE, Thomas
Profesor-Investigador
Centro de Investigaciones Químicas
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos
Av. Universidad No. 1001, Col. Chamilpa
62210 Cuernavaca, Morelos
México
Tel.: (+52) - 777 3 29 79 97 ext. 6016
Fax: (+52) - 777 3 29 79 97
E-mail: buhse@uaem.mx

LAZCANO, Antonio
Universidad Nacional Autonoma
de Mexico, Facultad de Ciencias
Apdo. Postal 70 407,Ciudad Universitaria, D.F.
04510 Mexico City, Mexico
FAX: 525/616-0451 or 525/622-4823
email: alar@hp.fciencias.unam.mx

NAVARRO-GONZALEZ, Rafael
Research Professor of Chemistry and Head
Laboratorio de Quimica de Plasmas y Estudios Planetarios
Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria
Apartado Postal 70-543
Mexico D.F. 04510, MEXICO
Tel: (52-55) 5622-4739, 4674, -4675, 4677
Extension: 229 (Office)
266 (Lab)
Fax: (52-55) 5616-2233
E-mail: navarro@nuclecu.unam.mx

PENSADO, Omar
Instituto de Ciencias Avanzadas, A.C.
Ignacio Allende 93. Zona Centro.
Xalapa, Ver.
Mexico
Tel. (228) 812-99 31; 8-19-26-32
E-mail: hpensado@www.secver.gob.mx

DELAYE, Luis
Universidad Nacional Autonoma
de Mexico, Facultad de Ciencias
Apdo. Postal 70 407,Ciudad Universitaria, D.F.
04510 Mexico City,
Mexico
FAX: 525/616-0451 or 525/622-4823
email: alar@hp.fciencias.unam.mx

 

Netherlands

SCHWEHM, Gerhard
ESA/ESTEC
Keplerlaan 1, 2202 AG.,
The Netherlands.
Tel. +31-71 565 3539
e-mail: gerhard.schweh@esa.int

 

Nigeria

ADEBOWALE Kayode Oyebode
Department of Chemistry
University of Ibabdan
Ibadan
E-Mail: library@kdl.ui.edu.ng

AFOLABI, T.A.
Ibadan, Nigeria

AKINDAHUNSI Afolabi Akintunde
Biochemistry Department,
Federal University of Technology,
Akure, Nigeria
E-Mail: aakin@futa.oauife.edu.ng

IGWEBUIKE Udensi Maduauchi
Department of Veterinary Anatomy
University of Nigeria
Nsukka
E-Mail: misunn@aol.com

 

P.R. China

Wang Wenqing
Department of Applied Chemistry
College of Chemistry
Peking University
Beijing 100871
China
E-mail:wangwq@chem.pku.edu.cn

 

Romania

MUTIHAC , Radu,
Department of Electricity and Biophysics
Faculty of Physics,
University of Bucharest,
PO Box MG-11,
Bucharest-Magurele,
76900 Romania
Tel & Fax: +(401)-650-3168
GSM: +40-723-226751
Email: mutir@pcnet.pcnet.ro
URL: http://fpce4.fizica.unibuc.ro

 

Russia

KRITSKIY, Mikhail,
Laboratory of Evolutionary Biochemistry
A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry
Russian Academy of Sciences
Leninsky Prospekt 33,
Moscow 117071,
Russia
Tel. (+7-095) 9523431 (lab),
(+7-095) 9590773 (home)
Fax (+7-095) 9542732
E-mail: inbio@glas.apc.org

SIMAKOV, Michael B.
Group of Exobiology,
Institute of Cytology
Russian Academy of Sciences
Tikhoretsky Av.,4,
St.Petersburg, 194064,
Russia
fax +7 812 2470341
E-mail: exobio@mail.ru; exobio@usa.net

 

Spain

ARETXAGA BURGOS, Roberto
Departamento de Filosofía
(Facultad de FICE)
Universidad de Deusto
Avenida. de las Universidades
Apdo. 1 48080
Bilbao Spain
Fax: + 944139089
E-mail: roarebur@hotmail.com

PEREZ-MERCADER, Juan
Director
Centro de Astrobiologia (CSIC/INTA)
Associated to NASA Astrobiology Institute
Carretera de Ajalvir, km 4
28850 Torrejon de Ardoz, Madrid
SPAIN
Tel. 34-91-520-1111
E-mail: mercader@laeff.esa.es

TRIGO-RODRIGUEZ, Josep Ma.
Red de Investigacion sobre bolidos
y meteoritos (SPMN),
Dept. Astronomia i Astrofísica,
Universitat de València, Dept.
Ciències Experimentals,
Universitat Jaume I, Spain.
Postal address: c/ Manuel de Falla 26,
12.560 Benicassim (Castello) SPAIN
Phones: (+Spain Code 34) 964 - 282584 / 282968 (office)
(964) 395064 (part.)
Fax: 964 - 285161
E-mail: jmtrigo@ctv.es, trigo@exp.uji.es

 

Sweden

BALTSCHEFFSKY Herrick
University of Stockholm
Arrhenius Laboratory
Department of Biochemistry
S-106 91 Stockholm,
Sweden
FAX: +46-8-153 679.
herrick@biokemi.su.se

BALTSCHEFFSKY, M.
University of Stockholm,
Arrhenius Laboratory
Department of Biochemistry
S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
FAX: +46-8-153 679.
herrick@biokemi.su.se

 

Switzerland

MAYOR Michel
Observatoire de Geneve, Chemin
Des Maillettes 51,
CH-1290 Sauverny, Switzerland
E-mail: Michel.Mayor@obs.unige.ch

PUY, Denis
Institute of Theoretical Physics
University of Zurich,
Winterhurerstrasse, 190
CH-8057 Zurich,
Switzerland
fax +41-1-635-5704
puy@physik.unizh.ch

 

Turkey

CETINKAYA, B.
Izmur, Turkey

UNAK Perihan
Department of Nuclear Applications
Institute of Nuclear Sciences
Ege University
Bornova-Izmir
E-Mail: unakp@nukleer.ege.edu.tr

 

United Kingdom

MOORBATH Stephen
University of Oxford
Department of Earth Sciences
Parks Road
OX1 3PR Oxford
United Kingdom
E-Mail: Stephen.Moorbath@earth.ox.ac.uk

 

United States of America

BAHN, Peter
RR2 Box 239A,
Mount Vernon, Illinois 62864
United States of America
E-Mail: jbahn@midwest.net

BAROSS, John A
School of Oceanography
P.O.Box 357940
University of Washington, Seattle
Washington 98195, USA
Tel. 206-543-0833
email: jbaross@u.washington.edu

DICK, Steven J.
US Naval Observatory, 3450 Massachussetts Av.
NW, Washington, DC 20392-5420
United States of America
email: dick.steve@usno.navy.mil

DRAKE, Frank
Seti Institute, 2035 Landings Drive
94043 Mountain View (California)
United States of America
Tel.: +1-650-961 6633
FAX: +1(650) 961 7099
email: drake@seti.org

GRYMES, Rosalind A.
Deputy Director,
NASA Astrobiology Institute,
Ames Research Center,
Mailstop 240-1, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000, USA.
Tel. +1-650-604-3239
Fax +1-650-604-4251
email:rgrymes@arc.nasa.gov

JOHNSON, Torrence V.
Dr. Torrence V. Johnson
Chief Scientist
Solar Systems Exploration Programs Directorate
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
4800 Oak Grove Dr.
Pasadena, CA 91109
Tel: 818 393 7957
FAX: 818 354 6256
email: Torrence.V.Johnson@jpl.nasa.gov

MEYER, Michael A.,
Senior Scientist for Astrobiology
2001 Mars Odyssey Program Scientist
Code SE
NASA Headquarters
Washington, DC 20546
Ph: 202 358-0307 Fax: 202 358-3097
for deliveries: 300 E. Street, SW
Washington, DC 20024
email: michael.meyer@hq.nasa.gov

MILLER, Donald
(Observer)
Livermore CA 94551
United States of America.
Tel: +1-925-447 4875
email: miller@attbi.com

MILLER, Stanley
University of California San Diego,
Department of Chemistry 0506,
La Jolla, CA 92093-0317,
United States of America.
email: bjb@chem.ucsd.edu (Brenda Leake)

[MORRIS, Maria (Observer)]
c/o Ms. Brenda Leake,
Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
0506University of California, San Diego.
9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla,
CA 92093-0506
United States of America
Tel: (858) 534-3365
Fax: (858) 534-6128

OWEN Tobias (Co-director)
Institute For Astronomy,
2680 Woodlawn Drive,
96822 Honolulu (Hawaii)
United States of America
Fax: +1 (808) 956-9580
E-Mail: owen@ifa.hawaii.edu

PAPPELIS Aristotel
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Department of Plant Biology
62901-6509 Carbondale (Illinois)
United States of America
Fax: +1-618-453-3441
email: pappelis@plant.siu.edu, aristote@siu.edu

ROEDERER, Juan G.
Geophysical Institute,
University of Alaska-Fairbanks
Fairbanks AK 99775,
e-mail: jgr@gi.alaska.edu

WARD, Peter D.
Astrobiology Program
University of Washington
Box 357242 Seattle,
WA 98195-7242
United States of America.
206-543-2962 (Office)
206-543-1190 (Dept Office)
206-543-3836 (Shared Fax)
email: argo@u.washington.edu

 

Venezuela

CHELA-FLORES, Julián (Co-director)
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics,
Strada Costiera 11; P.O.Box 586; 34014 Trieste, Italy and
Instituto de Estudios Avanzados, Apartado 17606,
Parque Central. Caracas 1015-A, Venezuela.
Direct phone: (int.+39 040) 2240 392.
FAX phone: (int + 39.040) 22 41 63.
E-Mail: chelaf@ictp.trieste.it

CIPRIANI, Roberto
Universidad Simón Bolívar
Departamento de Estudios Ambientales
Sección de Ecología y Evolución
Laboratorio de Evolución Morfológica
Apartado Postal 89000, Caracas 1080
Tel 58-(212)906-3051; 3038
Fax 58-(212)906-3064; 3039
rcipri@usb.ve, snail@cantv.net

MATHEUS CARNEVALI, Paula Beatriz
Electron Microscopy Center,
University of the Andes,
P. O. Box 163, Mérida, Venezuela.
Fax: +58-74-403 156
<cleri98@yahoo.com>

P. DE VLADAR, Harold
Centro de BiotecnologIa
Instituto de Estudios Avanzados
Apartado Postal 17606
Parque Central
Caracas 10151-A
Venezuela
TEL. +58 212) 903 51 00
hperez@idea.org.ve