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Welcome to OoLEN

We are an international post-disciplinary network of early-career researchers on the origin of life.

About Us

Understanding the origin of life (OoL) is among the greatest unsolved mysteries and represents an exciting frontier for science in the 21st century. The research on OoL is based on a variety of different, often dividing hypotheses and is only slowly transforming into a united field. The Origin of Life…Continue reading “About Us”

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OoLEN defends honest and responsible communication with the media and the public. Skimming through the media coverage about the origin…

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At OoLEN we are actively engaged in the creation of a secure, connected and healthy community. We stand strongly against…

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Post-Disciplinarity

Members of OoLEN are united by their interest in one big question: How does life start? This question existed well…

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Amanda Garcia

11 Nov 202030 Dec 2021
Postdoc University of Arizona, USA Keywords: Molecular paleobiology, nitrogen fixation, metalloenzyme, biogeochemistry, planetary coevolution akgarcia3 at wisc dot edu
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Sean F. Jordan

11 Nov 202030 Dec 2021
Postdoc University College London, UK Keywords: Protocells, prebiotic chemistry, biogeochemistry sean dot jordan at ucl dot ac dot uk
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Michael L. Wong

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021
Postdoc University of Washington, USA Keywords: Planetary atmospheres, solar system, exoplanets mwong at carnegiescience dot edu
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Sreejith J. Varma

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021
Postdoc Charite Universitatsmedizin, Germany Keywords: Non-enzyatic metabolic reactions, mass spectrommetry, organic chemistry, biochemistry srevar at gmail dot com
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Hanadi Rammu

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021
PhD student University College London, UK Keywords: Protocells, [4Fe-4S] cluster synthesis, lipid chemistry hanadi dot rammu dot 14 at ucl dot ac dot uk
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Martina Preiner

22 Oct 202021 Jan 2022
Postdoc Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research & Utrecht University, Netherlands Keywords: Early metabolism, carbon fixation, heterogeneous catalysis, mineral surface chemistry, serpentinization martina dot preiner at nioz dot nl
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Saroj Poudel

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021
Postdoc Rutgers University, USA Keywords: Computational biology saroj dot poudel at marine dot rutgers dot edu
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Silvana Pinna

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021
PhD student UCL, UK Keywords: ATP, acetyl phosphate, early metabolism, catalysis silvana dot pinna at hotmail dot com
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Zhen Peng

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021
Postdoc Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Keywords: Autocatalysis, reaction networks, chemical kinetics, ecology, evolution peng dot zhen2002 at yahoo dot com
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Sinje Neukirchen

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021
PhD student Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, Austria Keywords: Biology, Computer Sciences sinje dot neukirchen at univie dot ac dot at
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Kamila B. Muchowska

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021
Tenure Track Position University of Strasbourg & CNRS, France Keywords: Prebiotic chemistry, protometabolism, complex systems, biochemistry, catalysis muchowska at unistra dot fr
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Maël Montévil

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021
Contractual researcher Université Paris 1, France Keywords: Theoretical biology, organization, historicity, epistemology of mathematics, Anthropocene mael dot montevil at gmail dot com
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Omer Markovitch

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021
Postdoc University of Groningen, Netherlands Keywords: Self assembly ; Systems chemistry ; protocell ; Chemical evolution; Self replication omermar at gmail dot com
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John Malloy

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021
PhD student Arizona State University, USA Keywords: Biochemical networks, metabolism, evolution jmalloy3@asu.edu
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Yu Ernest Liu

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021
Postdoc University of Glasgow, UK Keywords: Mathematical modelling, autocatalytic set, metabolic network, complexity, phylogenetics yu.ernest.liu@hotmail.com
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Nozair Khawaja

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021
Postdoc Freie University Berlin, Germany Keywords: Space missions, mass spectrometry, icy moons, comets and asteroids, cosmic dust nozair.khawaja@fu-berlin.de
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Tony Z. Jia

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor (non-tenure track) Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan & Blue Marble Space Institute of Science Keywords: Prebiotic chemistry, chemical evolution, self-Assembly, protocells/artificial cells, polymer…
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Becca Guth-Metzler

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021
PhD student Georgia Tech, USA Keywords: RNA biochemistry, bioinorganic chemistry rguth3@gatech.edu
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Natalie Grefenstette

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021
Postdoc Santa Fe Institute, USA Keywords: Life Detection, Prebiotic Chemistry, Theoretical Astrobiology, Agnostic biosignatures natalie.grefenstette@santafe.edu
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Evrim Fer

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021
PhD student Department of Genetics, University of Arizona, USA Keywords: Evolution of translation evrimf@email.arizona.edu
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Valentina Erastova

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021
Tenure Track Position University of Edinburgh, UK Keywords: Molecular modelling, clays, minerals, adsorption valentina.erastova@ed.ac.uk
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Andrey do Nascimento Vieira

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021
PhD student Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany Keywords: Geobiology, microbiology, biochemistry nascima@uni-duesseldorf.de
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Fernando D. K. Tria

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021
Postdoc Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany Keywords: Molecular evolution, genomics, phylogenetics tria@hhu.de
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Geoffrey Cooper

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021
Postdoc University of Glasgow, UK Keywords: Automation, Cycles, Soups, Complexity, Messy Chemistry geoff.cooper@glasgow.ac.uk
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Stephanie M. Colón-Santos

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021
Postdoc University of Wisconsin- Madison, USA Keywords: Prebiotic Chemistry, Analysis and Automation colonsantos@wisc.edu
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Enrico Sandro Colizzi

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021
Postdoc Origins Center, Leiden University, Netherlands Keywords: Multilevel Evolution, Prebiotic Evolution, Origin of Life, Theoretical Biology istidina@gmail.com
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Devon B. Cole

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021
Postdoc Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Keywords: Sedimentology, oxygenation, biogeochemical cycles devon.cole@gatech.edu
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Eloi Camprubi

22 Oct 202024 May 2022
Professor (non-tenured) University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA Keywords: Hydrothermalism, proto-metabolism, microfluidics, chemistry, catalysis camprubi dot eloi at gmail dot com
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Rudrarup Bose

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021
PhD student Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), Dresden, Germany Keywords: Liquid-liquid phase separation, prebiotic chemistry bose at mpi-cbg dot de
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Stuart Bartlett

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021
Postdoc California Institute of Technology, USA Keywords: Astrobiology, Origins of Life, Thermodynamics sjbart at caltech dot edu
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Cole Mathis

14 Oct 202030 Dec 2021
Postdoc Arizona State University/ Santa Fe Institute, USA Keywords: Chemical Kinetics, Networks, life detection cole dot mathis dot ool at gmail dot com
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Silke Asche

13 Oct 202030 Dec 2021
PhD student University of Glasgow, UK Keywords: Automation; Recursive systems; Long term experiments; Minerals; Analytics Email: info at silke-asche dot de
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Joana C. Xavier

10 Jul 202030 Dec 2021
Postdoc University College London, UK Keywords: Prokaryotes, autocatalysis, metabolism, networks, middle-out, bioengineering Email: joana dot xavier at ucl dot ac dot uk

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