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DAVID BLAKE - NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER

MS 239-4, Moffett Field, CA  94035-1000
Phone:  650-604-4816     Fax:  650-604-1088     Email:  dblake@mail.arc.nasa.gov

Title and Role

Co-Investigator, Photosynthetic and Chemosynthetic Ecosystems - Investigation 4.  Responsible for the successful completion of tasks associated with the Chemosynthetic Ecosystems investigation, including field work and laboratory analyses of minerals and rocks.

Related Experience Summary

PI Exobiology Program, 1991-2002; PI Cosmochemistry Program, 1992-2002; PI PIDDP, 1994-1998; PI High Speed Research Program, 1995-1998; PI Upper Atmosphere Research Program, 1997-1999; PI Ancient Mars Meteorite Program, 1997-2000. PI ASTID Program, 2002-present; PI Mars Instrument Development Program, 2002-present.

Employment History

1999-Present; Chief, Exobiology Branch NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
1989-Present; Research Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
1986-1989; NRC Fellow, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
1985-1986: Analyst, Surface Science Laboratories, Mountain View, CA
1978-1984: Research Assistant, Electron Microprobe Laboratory, Univ. of Michigan
1973-1977; Officer, unrestricted line, US Navy.

Education

PhD, 1984; Mineralogy; The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
MS, 1980; Geological Sciences; The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
BS, 1973; Biological Sciences; Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Awards and Honors

NASA Group Achievement Award, Ames IPT on Devices and Nanotechnology, 2000
R&D 100 award for innovative technology, 1999 (CHEMIN XRD/XRF instrument)
NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, 1998 (elucidating structure of interstellar ice)
Outstanding Poster, Denver X-ray Conference, 1998 (CHEMIN XRD/XRF instrument)
Jack Nielsen Award for outstanding research proposal, 1997 (for work on ALH84001 meteorite)
Patent No. 5,491,738 "X-ray Diffraction Apparatus” awarded to NASA (Blake, inventor) 1996
NASA Special Act / Service Awards, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999 (twice).

Selected Relevant Publications

Schulte, M., D. Blake and K. Cullings.  "Ultramafic terranes and associated springs as analogs for a Martian biosphere.”  AGU abstr. w. prog., San Francisco, CA, pp. 140  (2002).

Blake, D., M. Schulte, K. Cullings. "Ultramafic terranes and associated springs as analogs for Mars and early Earth.”  In: "Workshop on Exploring Mars Surface and Terrestrial Analogs,” Sicily, Italy (2002).

Treiman, A.H., H.E.F. Amundsen, David F. Blake and Ted Bunch.  "Hydrothermal origin for carbonate globules in Martian meteorite ALH84001:  A terrestrial analog from Spitsbergen (Norway).”  EPSL 204, 323-332 (2002).

Sarrazin, P., D. Blake, D. Bish, D. Vaniman, S. Chipera, S. Collins and S. Elliott.  "Robotic search for ices and hydrous minerals at the lunar poles using a combined X-ray diffractometer and fluorescence instrument.”  Planet. Space Sci. 50, vol. 14-15, pp. 1361-1368 (2002).

Blake, David F.  "Remote X-ray Diffraction and X-ray Fluorescence analysis on planetary surfaces.”  IN:  Advances in X-ray Analysis, Vol. 43, pp. 487-496 (2000).

Blake, D.F., P. Jenniskens. "The Ice of Life.”  Scientific Amer., Vol. 285 No. 2, pp. 45-51, Aug. 2001.

Vaniman, D., D. Bish, D.F. Blake, S.T. Elliott, P. Sarrazin, S.A. Collins and S. Chipera, "Landed XRD/XRF analysis of prime targets in the search for past or present Martian life,”  J. Geophys. Res. 103(E13):31,477-31,489 (1998).

Blake, D.F and D.R. Peacor.  "TEM/STEM microanalysis of Holocene fresh water magnesian carbonate cements from the Coast Range of California.”  Am. Mineral., 70:388-394 (1985).

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