Astrobiology-related research

LIFE SCIENCES

Chemical Evolution and the Origin of Life

Chela-Flores, J. (1991). Comments on a Novel Approach to the Role of Chirality in the Origin of Life. Chirality 3, 389-392. (This work arose from discussions and collaboration with Abdus Salam, who had a profound interest in the origin of life on Earth.)

Chela-Flores, J. (1994).The origin of chirality in protein amino acids. Chirality 6, 165-168,

Chela-Flores, J. (1995). Is the Salam phase transition relevant to the causal origin of homochirality? Proc. Pakistan Acad. Sci. 32, 1-12. (An invited paper in honor of Professor Abdus Salam's 70th Birthday.)

Biological Evolution and the Origin of Life

Akindahunsi, A. A. and Chela-Flores, J. (2004). On the question of convergent evolution in biochemistry, in Seckbach, J., Chela-Flores, J., Owen, T. and Raulin, F., (eds.), in "Life in the Universe", Cellular Origin and Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, 7. Springer: Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 135-138.

SPACE SCIENCES

Cosmic Evolution and the Origin of Life

Chela-Flores, J. (2007). Fitness of the cosmos for the origin and evolution of life: from biochemical fine-tuning to the Anthropic Principle, in "Fitness of the cosmos for life: Biochemistry and fine-tuning", John D. Barrow, Simon Conway Morris, Stephen J. Freeland and Charles L. Harper, eds., Cambridge University Press, pp.151-166.

Space Weather and the Origin of Life

Messerotti, M. and Chela-Flores, J. (2007). Signatures of the ancient Sun constraining the early emergence of life on Earth, in: Space Weather. Research towards Applications in Europe, Jean Lilensten, ed., Springer, Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL) Series, 344, 2007, pp. 49-59.

Chela-Flores, J. Jerse, G., Messerotti, M. and Tuniz, C. (2009). Astronomical and astrobiological imprints on the fossil records. A review. In: From Fossils to Astrobiology, Ed. J. Seckbach, Cellular Origins, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 389-408.