SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Horvath, J., Carsey, F., Cutts, J. Jones, J. Johnson, E.. Landry, B., Lane, L., Lynch, G., Chela-Flores, J., Jeng, T-W. and Bradley, A. (1997). Searching for ice and ocean biogenic activity on Europa and Earth. Instruments, Methods and Missions for Investigation of Extraterrestrial Microorganisms, (R.B. Hoover, ed.), Proc. SPIE, 3111, pp. 490-500.

Chela-Flores, J. (1998). A search for extraterrestrial eukaryotes: physical and biochemical aspects of exobiology, Origins Life Evol. Biosphere, 28, 583-596.

Chela-Flores, J. (2000). Testing the Drake Equation in the solar system, in A New Era in Astronomy, Lemarchand G.A. and Meech K. (eds.), ASP Conference Series, San Francisco, 213, 402-410. 

Chela-Flores, J. (2003). Testing evolutionary convergence on Europa. International Journal of Astrobiology 2 (4), 307-312 (copyright holder: Cambridge University Press).

Chela-Flores, J. (2006). The sulphur dilemma: Are there biosignatures on Europa's icy and patchy surface? International Journal of Astrobiology,  5,17-22 (copyright holder: Cambridge University Press)

Chela-Flores, J. (2007). Testing the universality of biology. International Journal of Astrobiology, 6, 241-248. (Cambridge University Press).

Chela-Flores, J. and Kumar, N. (2008). Returning to Europa: Can traces of surficial life be detected? International Journal of Astrobiology 7 263-269 (Cambridge University Press).

Messerotti, M. and Chela-Flores, J. (2009). Solar Activity and Life. A Review. Acta Geophysica 57 (1), 64-74.

Blanc, M. et al and LAPLACE Team Members (2009). LAPLACE: a mission to Europa and the Jupiter System for ESA's Cosmic Vision Programme, Experimental Astronomy 23, 849-892.





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