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15 September 2000

First Steps in the Origin of Life in the Universe

EuroConference (*)

Sixth Trieste Conference on Chemical Evolution

Monday, 18-Friday, 22 September, 2000

Venue:

The Kastler Lecture Hall,
Adriatico Guest House (AGH)
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Strada Costiera 11; P.O.Box 586; 34014 Trieste, Italy

Co-sponsors

The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
European Commission
The SETI Institute
The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste, Italy
Université Paris 12
European Space Agency (ESA)
The ICTP Public Information Office
Fondazione Internazionale Trieste per il Progresso e la Libertà delle Scienze
Laboratorio dell'Immaginario Scientifico

Preliminary list of expected participants:

Total number of expected participants: 99
Total number of accompanying persons expected: 18
Total number of countries represented: 28
Total number of observers 5

Directors:

Julian CHELA-FLORES
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy and
Instituto de Estudios Avanzados (IDEA), Venezuela

Tobias OWEN
Institute For Astronomy
2680 Woodlawn Drive, 96822 Honolulu (Hawaii)
United States of America

Francois RAULIN
LISA, Universites Paris 12 & Paris7
Faculte des Sciences et Technologie, 61, Avenue du General de Gaulle
F-94010 Creteil Cedex Fran

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Argentina

CIMATO, MarÌa del Pilar
Instituto Nacional Superior del Profesorado
" Dr. Joaquín V. González".
Av. Rivadavia 3577 -
Buenos Aires - Argentina.
E-mail: odonato@yupimail.com

and
Jean Jaures 863 5o piso, Dpto "18"
CP 1215, Capital Federal
Buenos Aires - Argentina

LEMARCHAND, Guillermo A.
Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía (CONICET), and
Centro de Estudios Avanzados,
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tel: +54-114-774-0667
FAX: +54-114-508-3628
E-mail: lemar@cea.uba.ar

Bangladesh

ISLAM, Jamal
Research Centre for Mathematical and Physical Sciences
University of Chittagong,
Chittagong, Bengaladesh
Tel: +880(31) 616 780
FAX: +880(31) 610 249
E-mail: nargisnaaz@hotmail.com

Belgium

WHITEHEAD, Edward P.
European Commission
Science Research and Development
- Joint Research Centre,
Rue de La Loi 200
B-1049 Brussels,
E-mail: edward.whitehead@cec.eu.int

Brazil

Costa Jr., Antonio T.
Dpto. de Ciencias Exatas
Grupo de Física - UFLA
Caixa Postal 37 - 37200-000,
Lavras-MG - Brazil
E-mail: antc@stout.ufla.br
Tel. +55 35 829 1379
Fax +55 35 829 1650
antc@stout.ufla.br

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

Chile

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
rvicuna@bio.puc.cl

Cuba

Perez Rojas, Hugo Celso (Observer)
Grupo de Fisica Teorica,
Instituto de Cibernetica, Matematica y Fisica,
Calle E No. 309, esq. a 15,
Vedado, La Habana 4,
Cuba
Tel. 53-7-31-2806,
fax 53-7-33-3373
e-mail: hugo@cidet.icmf.inf.cu,

Czech Republic

Kletetschka, Gunther
Present Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771
United States of America
gunther@denali.gsfc.nasa.gov Permanent Address:
Geological Institute, Bocni 5
Nat. Acad. Sci., Prague, Czech Republic

France

Brack, Andre
Centre de Biophysique Moleculaire,
CNRS, Rue Charles Sadron,
45071 Orleans cedex 2, France
Tel. 00 33 2 38 25 55 76
Fax 00 33 2 38 63 15 17
brack@cnrs-orleans.fr

Coradini, Marcello
Coordinator, Solar System Missions,
Directorate of Scientific Programme
ESA,
8-10 Rue Mario Nikis
F-75738 Paris Cedex 15, France.
Tel +33-1- 536 97555
Fax +33-1- 536 97751
mcoradin@hq.esa.fr

Dobrijevic, Michel
Observatoire de Bordeaux
BP 89, Floirac 33270
FRANCE
Tel.: 05 57 77 61 24
Fax : 05 57 77 61 10
E-mail: michel@observ.u-bordeaux.fr

PRIEUR, Benoit
ENS, Paris, France
36 rue Monge
F-75005 PARIS
Tél: 33 1 46 33 14 01
E-mail: prieur@technologist.com

PRIEUR, Daniel
Université de Bretagne Occidentale
Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer
Place Nicolas Copernic
Technopôle Brest-Iroise
29280 PLOUZANE
Tél : 33 (0)2 98 49 87 04
Fax : 33 (0)2 98 49 87 05
e-mail : Daniel.Prieur@univ-brest.fr

RAULIN, Francois
(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

Vandenabeele-TrAmbouze, Odile
Université des Science Montpellier II
Laboratoire Organisation Moléculaire,
Evolution et Matériaux Fluorés
UPRESA
5073, Bat. 17, 2 place E. Bataillon,
34095 Montpellier cedex 5,
France
Tel. (+33) (0) 4-67-14-39-20
(3851 ou secretariat :3806)
Fax : (+33) (0) 4-67-63-10-46
E-mail : odile_trambouze@post.club-internet.fr

VUITTON, Veronique
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 : vuitton@lisa.univ-paris12.fr

Germany

Horneck, Gerda
Institut f. Luft-und Raumfahrtmedizin
Abt. Strhlenbiologie, DLR,
German Aerospace Research Establishment
LinderHohe
51147 Koln, Germany.
Fax: +49-2203 61 970
E-mail: Gerda.Horneck@dlr.de

Kroker, Holger
Bornheimer Strasse 1 B
D-50969 Koeln
E-Mail: roehrlich.kroker@technik.k.shuttle.de
Tel.: +49-221-3601810
+49-221-3601919
Fax : +49-221-3685399

Kuppers, Bernd-Olaf
Institute for Philosophy
University of Jena
D-07740 Jena
Germany
Fax +49-3641-944137
E-mail: bernd_kuppers@uni-jena.de

OLLIVIER, Marc
Max Planck Institut fur Astronomie
Konigstuhl 17
D-69117 HEIDELBERG, Germany
Tel : (+49) 6221 528 223 (Tom Herbst's office)
Fax : (+49) 6221 528 246
E-mail: ollivier@mpia-hd.mpg.de

Roehrlich, Dagmar
Bornheimer Strasse 1 B
D-50969 Koeln
E-Mail: roehrlich.kroker@technik.k.shuttle.de
Tel.: +49-221-3601810
+49-221-3601919
Fax : +49-221-3685399

Hungary

Corliss, John B.
Complex Adaptive Systems Laboratory
Environmental Sciences and Policy
Central European University
Kerepesi ut 87
1106 Budapest, Hungary
tel. 36-1-327-3887 ,
Tel: +36-1-327-3886
Fax: +36-1-327-3888
E-mail: corliss@syslab.ceu.hu

India

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, S.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

Chandra, Suresh
School of physical Sciences
SRTM University,
Nanded 431606, India
Tel. +91-2462-29242 Ext 217
Fax: +91-2462-29245
sch@iucaa.ernet.in

Gatta, Riccardo S.
Malaria Research Group
International Centre for
Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg
110067 New Delhi,
INDIA
tel.: +91.11.6175009 / 6189358
Ext.30 Malaria Lab
Fax: +91.11.6162316
E-mail: gatta@icgeb.res.in
gatta@medscape.com

Kamaluddin
Chemistry Department,
University of Roorkee,
Roorkee 247 667, India
Fax 91-1332-73560
E-mail: kamalfcy@rurkiu.ernet.in

Mukerjee, K.
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics,
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai 400005, India.
Fax : +91-22-2152110 or 2152181.
phone : +91-22-2152971 extn. 2484.
kmukerji@tifr.res.in

Tewari, Vinod C.
Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology
Dehradun- 248001, India, and
The Abdus Salam
International Centre for Theoretical Physics,
Trieste, Italy.
E-mail: wihg@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in

Israel

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

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

Barbieri, Cesare (Observer)
Dept. of Astronomy, University of Padova
Vicolo Osservatorio 5, I-35122 Padova (Italy)
Phone: +39-049-8293434 Fax: +39-049-8293507
e-mail: barbieri@pd.astro.it
http://planet.pd.astro.it/planets/barbieri/

Bertola, Francesco
Dipartimento di Astronomia,
Universita' di Padova,
Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 5,
I-35122 Padova, Italy
Tel: 049 8293436
Fax: +39- 049 8759840
E-mail: bertola@pd.astro.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

Careri, Giorgio
Universita' La Sapienza,
Dipartimento di Fisica
P.le. Aldo Moro,
2, I 00185 Rome, Italy
Fax: 39 (06) 4957 697
Fernanda.Lupinacci@roma1.infn.it

COLIOLO, Fiorella
IRSPS, Universita' d'Annunzio
Viale Pindaro 42
65127 Pescara Italy
Fax. +39-085-4537545
E-Mail: coliolo@tesre.bo.cnr.it

COLLI, Mariaisabella
Politecnico di Torino
c/o Via Vagnono 9
10144 Torino, Italy
Fax: 011 48 2101
sacchi@polito.it

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

CORSO, Ezio
Universita' di Trieste,
DEEI, Via Valerio 10,
34100 Trieste, Italy
Fax: +39-040-6763460
shah@spin.it (CORSO, Ezio)

COSMOVICI Cristiano
Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche
Istituto di Fisica
Dello Spazio Interplanetario
IFSI/CNR, Fosso del Cavaliere 100
00133 Rome, 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
E-Mail: gcoyne@specola.va

Ferrara, Giorgio (Observer)
Istituto di Geocronologia
CNR Pisa, Italy
Tel 0503152266
fax 0503152360
G.Ferrara@iggi.pi.cnr.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

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

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

HACK, Margherita
Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste
Via G.B. Tiepolo 11
34131 Trieste, Italy

MINIUSSI, Emiliano
Universita' di Trieste, DEEI,
Via Valerio 10, 34100 Trieste, Italy
Fax: +39-040-6763460
shah@spin.it (MINIUSSI Emiliano)

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-mai: musso@nous.unige.it

PAGAN Fabio
The Abdus Salam
International Centre For Theoretical Physics
Press Office, P.O. Box 586
34100 Trieste, Italy
pagan@ictp.trieste.it

RIZZOTTI Martino
Universita' degli Studi di Padova
Dipartimento di Biologia
Via Trieste 75Bassi 58/B
35131 Padova,
Italy
Phone: +39-049-827-6208
Fax: +39-049-827-6209;
E-mail: rizzotti@bio.unipd.it

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

VANDINI, Claudia
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
gallori@DBAG.UNIFI.IT (VANDINI Claudia),

Japan

Kobayashi, Kensei
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology
Yokohama National University
Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, JAPAN
Phone/Fax +81 45 339 3938
E-mail: kkensei@ynu.ac.jp

Matsuno, Koichiro
Department of BioEngineering
Nagoka University of Technology
Nagaoka 940-2188, Japan
http://bio.nagaokaut.ac.jp/~matsuno
Voice & Fax: +81 258 47 9420
kmatsuno@vos.nagaokaut.ac.jp

Mexico

Cruz-Kuri, Luis
Universidad Veracruzana,
Instituto de Ciencias Basicas
Av. Luis Castelan S/N (Antes Dos Vistas),
Carretera: Xalapa Las Trancas,
XALAPA, Veracruz, Mexico
Telephone (28) 12-57-45
Fax (28).12-99-63
E-Mails. lckuri@bugs.invest.uv.mx;
luis4321@hotmail.com

Lazcano-Araujo Reyes, 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
E-mail: alar@hp.fciencias.unam.mx

NAVARRO-GONZALEZ, Rafael
Universidad Nacional Autonoma
de Mexico, Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares
Lab. de Quimica Do Plasmas Y Estudios Planetarios.
A. Postal 70-543, D.F.,
04510 Mexico City, Mexico
Tel.: +52-5-622-4674
FAX: +52-5-616 2233
E-mail: navarro@nuclecu.unam.mx

NEGRON-MENDOZA, Alicia
Universidad Nacional Autonoma
de Mexico, Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares
Apdo. Postal 70-543,
Circuito Exterior. C.U.
Df 04510 Mexico City, Mexico
Tel.: +52-5-622 4674
FAX: +52-5-659 4581
E-mail: negron@nuclecu.unam.mx

RAMIREZ JIMENEZ, Sandra Ignacia
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,
Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Circuito Exterior,
Zona de Institutos, Ciudad Universitaria,
04510, México City, Mexico.
sramirez@nuclecu.unam.mx

RAMOS-BERNAL, Sergio
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,
Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares,
Apartado Postal 70-543, Circuito Exterior,
Ciudad Universitaria. D.F. 04510, Mexico City, Mexico
ramos@nuclecu.unam.mx

Netherlands

GREENBERG J. Mayo
Leiden Observatory,
Sterrewacht Postbus 9513
NL-2300 Leiden, Netherlands.
Tel +31-078-527 5804
Fax +31-078-527 5819
E-mail: greenber@strw.leidenuniv.nl

Ruiterkamp, Richard
Raymond and Beverly Sackler
Laboratory for Astrophysics
at Leiden Observatory, P O Box 9513
2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
Tel: (31) 715275812
Fax: (31) 715275819
E-Mail: ruiterka@strw.leidenuniv.nl

Nigeria

ASUZU, Isaac Uzoma
Department of Veterinary
Physiology & Pharmacology
University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.
EPSEELON@aol.com

Laogun, A.A.
University of Benin
P.O Box 2083, Benin City, Nigeria.

UGUWU, Ifeanyi
Nagari College, Birnin Kebbi,
Kebbi State, Nigeria.

P.R. China

WANG, Wenqing
Beijing University {University of Peking}
Dept. of Technical Physics
100871 Beijing, People's Republic of China.
E-Mail: wangwq@sun.ihep.ac.cn

Puerto Rico

Méndez, Abel
Planetary Environment Biophysicist
Department of Physics and Chemistry
University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo
Call Box 4010; Arecibo,
PR 00613, Puerto Rico
a_mendez@cuta.upr.clu.edu

Russia

Kritskiy, Mikhail,
Head of Laboratory of Evolutionary Biochemistry
A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry
Russian Academy of Sciences
Leninsky Prospekt 33,
Moscow 117071, Russia
Phones (+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

Gutierrez, Jordi L.
Interdepartamental Group of Astronomy
U P C, Departament de Fisica Aplicada
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
Pla del Palau, 18; 08003 Barcelona,
Spain.
Phone: (+34) 3-401.79.14
Fax: (+34) 3-401.60.90
E-mail: jordi@rigel.upc.es

Oró, John
Fundacio Joan Oro,
Avda. Alcalde Rovira Roure 11,
Alt. Esq. 25006 Lleida. Spain
Tel.:34 973 239505,
Fax:34 973 238609
E-mail: fjo@fjo.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
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

Sudan

Abdel-Rahman, A.-M.M. (Observer)
Vice-Chancellor,
University of Khartoum
Khartoum, Sudan
Tel. 772 601
Fax 780 295
abdekmalik@yahoo.com

Habbani, F.I. (Observer)
Physics Department,
University of Khartoum
Khartoum, Sudan

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

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

TURIAN, Gilbert
Laboratoire de Microbiologie Generale
Universite' de Geneve
Pavillion des Isotopes
20, boulevard d'Yvoy
CH-1211 Geneve 4, Switzerland
fax +41-22-781 5193
gturian@vtx.ch

United Kingdom

Cairns Smith, Graham
Department of Chemistry,
University of Glasgow
Thorn Cottage,
Uplawmoor G 78 4 AF
Glasgow, United Kingdom
E-Mail: g.cairns-smith@chem.gla.ac.uk

DAVIES, Paul
Imperial College
London, United Kingdom
E-Mail: pcwd@camtech.net.au

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

Patel, Manish
Unit for Space Sciences and Astrophysics
University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NR,
United Kingdom
Tel : +44(0)1227 764 000 Ext. 3266
Fax : +44(0)1227 762 616
mrp4@ukc.ac.uk

United States of America

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

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
E-Mail: drake@seti.or

MCKAY Christopher P.
Nasa Ames Research Center, Ms 245-3,
94035 Moffett Field (California)
United States of America.
Tel: 650-604-6864,
FAX-6779"
E-Mail: MCKAY@galileo.arc.nasa.gov

McKay, David
SN-NASA-Johnson Space Center,
Houston TX 77058,
United States of America
Tel: +1-281-483-35048,
Fax::+1-281-244-8892,
E-Mail: david.s.mckay1@jsc.nasa.gov

Miller, Stanley
Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 0506
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla,
CA 92093-0506
United States of America
Tel: (858) 534-3365
Fax: (858)534-6128
E-Mail: smiller@ucsd.ed

Morris, Maria
c/o Ms. Brenda Leake,
Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 0506
University 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
pappelis@plant.siu.edu, aristote@siu.edu

Phillips, Cynthia
Center for the Study of Life in the Universe
Seti Institute, 2035 Landings Drive
94043 Mountain View (California)
United States of America
tel (650)-960-4528
FAX: +1(650) 961 7099
email: phillips@seti.org

Russell, Robert John
Centre for Theology and the Natural Sciences
2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley California 94709
United States of America
Tel. (510) 848-8152
Fax. (510) 848 2535
E-Mail: rrussell@ctns.org

Schopf, J. William
Department of Earth and Space Sciences,
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
(Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of Life),
and Molecular Biology Institute,
University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567
United States of America.
PHONE: (310) 825-1170
FAX: (310) 825-0097
E-MAIL: schopf@ess.ucla.edu

Shock, Everett
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
and the McDonnell Center for Space Sciences
Washington University, St. Louis,
Missouri 63130, United States of America.
Fax: +1-314-935 7361
E-Mail: shock@zonvark.wustl.edu

Uruguay

TANCREDI, Gonzalo
Universidad de la República de Uruguay,
Departamento de Astronomia
Instituto de Fisica, Facultad de Ciencias
Igua 4225 CP : 11400, Montevideo, Uruguay
Tel: +5982 525 86 18-24 int. 318
Fax: +5982 525 0580
E-mail: gonzalo@fisica.edu.uy

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 (IDEA),
Fundación IDEA,
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

Fajardo, Luis
Electron Microscopy Center,
University of the Andes,
P. O. Box 163, Mérida,
Fax: +58-74-403 156
prupal@ula.ve (Fajardo Luis)

Marcano, Vicente
Electron Microscopy Center,
University of the Andes,
P. O. Box 163, Mérida, Venezuela.
Fax: +58-74-403 156
E-mail: vinmar@eudmail.com

Observers (alphabetical order)

Abdel-Rahman, A.-M.M. (Observer)
Vice-Chancellor,
University of Khartoum
Khartoum, Sudan
Tel. 772 601
Fax 780 295
abdekmalik@yahoo.com

Ferrara, Giorgio (Observer)
Istituto di Geocronologia
CNR Pisa, Italy
Tel 0503152266
fax 0503152360
G.Ferrara@iggi.pi.cnr.it

Habbani, F.I. (Observer)
Physics Department,
University of Khartoum
Khartoum, Sudan