Dr. Inge Loes ten Kate
Atmospheric Experiment Laboratory, Code 699 Telephone: (301) 614-6380
Solar System Exploration Division FAX: (301) 614-6406
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Email: inge.l.tenkate@nasa.gov
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Biography:
Dr. Ten Kate is an Astrobiologist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, with a research emphasis on planetary simulations, using ground based simulation facilities. Her research includes a Mars’ atmospheric discharge chamber and a lunar simulation chamber for pyrolysis mass spectrometry. In her PhD research she focused on the destruction of amino acids due to UV irradiation in simulated martian conditions as well as on the behavior of certain halophiles under martian conditions. Before obtaining a scientific PhD she worked as research engineering on signal validation of the European satellite navigation system GalileoSat at NLR, the National Aerospace Laboratory of the Netherlands. Her MSc thesis focused on the mathematical design of aerocapture maneuvers around Mars.
Education:
M.Sc. (Aerospace Engineering – 1999) Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
Ph.D. (Astronomy/Astrobiology – 2006) Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
Professional Experience:
NLR, National Aerospace Laboratory, the Netherlands, research engineer (2000-2001)
Leiden University, the Netherlands, postdoctoral researcher (2006)
Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications:
* Ten Kate I. L., Canham J. S., Conrad P. G., Errigo Th., Katz I., Mahaffy P. R. Mitigation of the impact of terrestrial contamination on organic measurements from the Mars Science Laboratory, Astrobiology, submitted 2007.
* Peeters Z., Ten Kate I. L., Selch F., Garry J. R. C., van Sluis C. A., Sorokin D. Yu., Muyzer G., Stan-Lotter H., van Loosdrecht M.C.M., Ehrenfreund P. Halophilic Archaeon Natronorubrum sp. in extreme environments. Int. J. Astrobio. Submitted 2007.
* Ten Kate, I. L., Garry, J. R. C., Peeters, Z., Foing, B., Ehrenfreund, P. (2006), The effects of Martian near surface conditions on the photochemistry of amino acids, PSS, 54, 296-302.
* Garry J. R. C., Ten Kate I. L., Martins Z., Nornberg P., Ehrenfreund P. (2006), Analysis and survival of amino acids in Martian regolith analogs, MAPS 41(3), 391-405.
* Ten Kate I. L., Garry, J. R. C., Peeters, Z., Quinn, R., Foing, B., Ehrenfreund, P. (2005), Amino acid photostability on the Martian surface, MAPS 40(8), 1185-1193.
* Ten Kate I. L., Ruiterkamp, R., Botta, O., Lehmann, B., Gomez Hernandez, C., Boudin, N., Foing, B. H., Ehrenfreund, P. (2003), Investigating complex organic compounds in a simulated Mars environment, International Journal of Astrobiology 1(4), 387–399.
