Rocco L. Mancinelli

Bay Area Environmental Research Institute — United States

Physics and Astronomy · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Planetary Science and Exploration(90), Spaceflight effects on biology(37), Astro and Planetary Science(29), Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life(26), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology(19)

Publications180 total

How can planetary back-contamination protection guidelines inform biosafety for synthetic biology?
International Journal of Astrobiology·2025Open Access
Aerobiology
Encyclopedia of Astrobiology·2023
Testing Laser-Structured Antimicrobial Surfaces Under Space Conditions: The Design of the ISS Experiment BIOFILMS
Frontiers in Space Technologies·2022· 19 citedOpen Access
Fighting microbial biofilms in space by ESA's upcoming space microbiology and material science experiment BIOFILMS
2021· 1 cited
Astrobiology of life on Earth
Environmental Microbiology·2021· 31 citedOpen Access
Beyond targeted searches: the need for system-level approaches to understanding the connection between astrochemistry and the emergence of life
2021Open Access
How the space environment influences organisms: an astrobiological perspective and review
International Journal of Astrobiology·2021· 37 citedOpen Access
Mars science is expanding internationally
International Journal of Astrobiology·2021Open Access
Biological safety in the context of backward planetary protection and Mars Sample Return: conclusions from the Sterilization Working Group
International Journal of Astrobiology·2021· 42 cited
Exploration of space to achieve scientific breakthroughs
Biotechnology Advances·2020· 41 citedOpen Access
The Third International Symposium on Fungal Stress – ISFUS
Fungal Biology·2020· 20 citedOpen Access
Aerobiology
Encyclopedia of Astrobiology·2020
Introducing <i>Vibrio natriegens</i> as a Microbial Model Organism for Microgravity Research
Astrobiology·2019· 10 cited
Copper kills microbes - the microbial struggle addressed in the upcoming ESAspace experiment BIOFILMS
2018
Synthetic Biological Membrane Forward Osmosis Trade Study
ThinkTech (Texas Tech University)·2018· 1 citedOpen Access
NaCl-saturated brines are thermodynamically moderate, rather than extreme, microbial habitats
FEMS Microbiology Reviews·2018· 80 citedOpen Access
THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE ON MARS DURING A WATER-RICH PAST
Mars·2018· 38 cited
Cover ImageReport and Abstracts of the 14th Meeting of IIM, the Interuniversity Institute of Myology, - Assisi (Italy), October 12-15, 2017
European Journal of Translational Myology·2017Open Access
Pure and Oxidized Copper Materials as Potential Antimicrobial Surfaces for Spaceflight Activities
Astrobiology·2017· 28 cited
Humusica 2, article 13: Para humus systems and forms
Applied Soil Ecology·2017· 22 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Christopher P. McKay(7), Lynn J. Rothschild(6), J. L. Bishop(4), M. R. White(4), P. Ehrenfreund(3), Melisa R. Klovstad(3), Wayne L. Nicholson(3), Catharine A. Conley(3), A. Banin(3), Andrew C. Schuerger(2), Kasthuri Venkateswaran(2), G. Horneck(2), Petra Rettberg(2), Wells A. Shulls(2), R. Landheim(2), Lawrence I. Hochstein(2), Kathleen C. Benison(2), John E. Hallsworth(2), Mary A. Voytek(2), Antonio J. Ricco(2)