Drew Steen

I'm a new Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of Tennessee. I work in organic geochemistry and geomicrobiology - basically I want to know how aquatic microbes get their food.

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Goldschmidt 2015
Drew Steen

How comet impacts may have formed the building blocks of early life

Comet Hale-Bopp in 1997 Proteins form the machinery of life: they catalyze the chemical reactions that allow organisms to gain energy and reproduce. A study presented at the 2015 Goldschmidt conferen

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Goldschmidt 2015
Drew Steen

The changing face of geochemistry

We're only a half-day into the 2015 Goldschmidt meeting, but one theme I see emerging (or, at least, I hope is emerging) is the idea that the scope of geochemistry is rapidly broadening. Eric Oelkers

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