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Katarina Yocum

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Katarina Yocum

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  • 301.286.1111
  • NASA/GSFC
  • Mail Code: 691
  • Greenbelt , MD 20771
  • Employer: NPP POST-DOC CONTRACT

    • Research Interests

    Astrochemistry, Astrobiology, Experimental Techniques

    Positions/Employment

    2/2022 - Present

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow (NPP)

    Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
    8/2020 - 1/2022

    Graduate Research Assistant

    University of Wisconsin-Madison, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

    Education

    Ph.D. (Transfer), Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, August 2020-January 2022

    Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Emory University, September 2017-August 2020

    B.S. Summa Cum Laude in Chemistry (ACS Certified), Astronomy minor, May 2017

    Professional Societies

    American Chemical Society, Physical Chemistry Division, 2016 - Present
    American Astronomical Society, Lab Astrophysics Division, 2022 - Present

    Publications

    Refereed

    Pavlov, A. A., H. L. McLain, D. P. Glavin, et al. A. Roussel, J. P. Dworkin, J. E. Elsila, and K. M. Yocum. 2022. "Rapid Radiolytic Degradation of Amino Acids in the Martian Shallow Subsurface: Implications for the Search for Extinct Life." Astrobiology, 22 (9): 1099-1115 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1089/ast.2021.0166]

    Yocum, K. M., S. N. Milam, P. A. Gerakines, and S. L. Widicus Weaver. 2021. "Sublimation of Laboratory Ices Millimeter/Submillimeter Experiment (SubLIME): Structure-specific Identifications of Products from UV-photolyzed Methanol Ice." The Astrophysical Journal, 913 (1): 61 [10.3847/1538-4357/abf14e]

    Yocum, K. M., H. H. Smith, E. W. Todd, et al. L. Mora, P. A. Gerakines, S. N. Milam, and S. L. Widicus Weaver. 2019. "Millimeter/Submillimeter Spectroscopic Detection of Desorbed Ices: A New Technique in Laboratory Astrochemistry." The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 123 (40): 8702-8708 [10.1021/acs.jpca.9b04587]

    Hudson, R. L., M. J. Loeffler, and K. M. Yocum. 2017. "Laboratory Investigations into the Spectra and Origin of Propylene Oxide: A Chiral Interstellar Molecule." The Astrophysical Journal, 835 (2): 225 [10.3847/1538-4357/835/2/225]

    Publications

    Refereed

    Pavlov, A. A., H. L. McLain, D. P. Glavin, et al. A. Roussel, J. P. Dworkin, J. E. Elsila, and K. M. Yocum. 2022. "Rapid Radiolytic Degradation of Amino Acids in the Martian Shallow Subsurface: Implications for the Search for Extinct Life." Astrobiology 22 (9): 1099-1115 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1089/ast.2021.0166]

    Yocum, K. M., S. N. Milam, P. A. Gerakines, and S. L. Widicus Weaver. 2021. "Sublimation of Laboratory Ices Millimeter/Submillimeter Experiment (SubLIME): Structure-specific Identifications of Products from UV-photolyzed Methanol Ice." The Astrophysical Journal 913 (1): 61 [10.3847/1538-4357/abf14e]

    Yocum, K. M., H. H. Smith, E. W. Todd, et al. L. Mora, P. A. Gerakines, S. N. Milam, and S. L. Widicus Weaver. 2019. "Millimeter/Submillimeter Spectroscopic Detection of Desorbed Ices: A New Technique in Laboratory Astrochemistry." The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 123 (40): 8702-8708 [10.1021/acs.jpca.9b04587]

    Hudson, R. L., M. J. Loeffler, and K. M. Yocum. 2017. "Laboratory Investigations into the Spectra and Origin of Propylene Oxide: A Chiral Interstellar Molecule." The Astrophysical Journal 835 (2): 225 [10.3847/1538-4357/835/2/225]

                                                                                                                                                                                            
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