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Richard Quinn

Richard Quinn

Research Scientist

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Division: Space Science and Astrobiology Division (ST)

Branch: Exobiology Branch (STX)

Professional Biography

Dr. Richard Quinn’s research interests include biomarker preservation potential in planetary environments, modeling of chemical processes occurring on planetary surfaces, and the development of technologies for in situ planetary exploration.

Flight Project Experience:

Team Member    ESA EXPOSE-R2: Photochemistry on the Space Station (2014-2017)   

Team Member    Organism/Organics Exposure to Orbital Stresses (O/OREOS)-Nanosatellite, NASA Astrobiology Small Payloads Program (2008-2010)

Team Member    NASA Phoenix Mars Mission, Mars Environmental Compatibility Assessment (MECA) Instrument (2004-2009)

Team Member    ESA Beagle II Environmental Sensor Suite, ESA Mars Express Mission (2002-2003)

Education

Ph.D. Chemistry Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden NL               

M.S. Chemistry San Francisco State University, San Francisco CA, USA                       

B.S.  Chemistry George Washington University, Washington DC, USA  

Honors & Awards

NASA Group Achievement Award, Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies (2019)

NASA Space Flight Awareness Award, International Space Station Expose-R2 Team (2014)

NASA Space Flight Awareness Award, International Space Station OREOcube Team (2014)

NASA Group Achievement Award, O/OREOS Nanosatellite Science and Engineering Group (2011)

NASA Group Achievement Award, Phoenix Project Science Development Team (2009)

NASA Group Achievement Award, Mars MECA Instrument Operation Team (2009)

Select Publications

Thomson, S. D., Quinn, R. C., Ricco, A. J., Koehne, J. E. (2020). Electrochemistry for Life Detection on Ocean Worlds. ChemElectroChem: doi:10.1002/celc.201901683

Guzman, M., McKay, C. P., Quinn, R. C. et al. (2018). Identification of Chlorobenzene in the Viking Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer Data Sets: Reanalysis of Viking Mission Data Consistent with Aromatic Organic Compounds on Mars. J. Geophys Res. Research: doi:10.1029/2018JE005544

Sutter, B., Quinn, R. C., Archer, P. D., Glavin, D. P., Glotch, T. D., Kounaves, S. P., … Ming, D. W. (2017). Measurements of Oxychlorine species on Mars. Inter. J. Astrobiology, doi:10.1017/S1473550416000057

Georgiou, C. D., Zisimopoulos, D., Kalaitzopoulou, E., Quinn, R. C. (2017). Radiation-Driven Formation of Reactive Oxygen Species in Oxychlorine-Containing Mars Surface Analogues. Astrobiology, doi:10.1089/ast.2016.153

Elsaesser, A., Quinn, R. C., Ehrenfreund, P., Mattioda, A. L., Ricco, A. J., et al. (2014) Organics Exposure in Orbit (OREOcube): A Next-Generation Space Exposure Platform. Langmuir doi:10.1021/la501203g

Cook, A. M., Mattioda, A. L., Ricco, A. J., Quinn, R. C., et al. (2014) The Organism/Organic Exposure to Orbital Stresses (O/OREOS) satellite: radiation exposure in low-earth orbit and supporting laboratory studies of iron tetraphenylporphyrin chloride. Astrobiology, 14(2), 87–101. doi:10.1089/ast.2013.0998

Bishop, J.L., Quinn, R.C., Dyar, M.D., (2014) Spectral and thermal properties of perchlorate salts and implications for Mars. Amer. Mineralogist, 99 1580.