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Name  
 SHEN Jianxun
Title  
   Special-term Associate Professor
Highest Education  
   Ph.D.
Subject Categories  
   Astrobiology
Phone  
   -
Zip Code  
   100029
Fax  
   86-10-62010846
Email  
   shenjxun@mail.iggcas.ac.cn
Office  
   No.19 Beitucheng West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China

Education and Appointments：
  • 2024 – Current, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor
  • 2021 – 2024, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Postdoctoral Fellow
  • 2017 – 2021, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy
  • 2015 – 2017, University of New Haven, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Master of Science
  • 2014 – 2015, University of California, Berkeley, Biotechnology/Anthropology, International Study Program
  • 2010 – 2014, Sun Yat-sen University, Biotechnology/Anthropology, Bachelors of Science/Laws

Research Interests：
  1. The search for extraterrestrial biosignatures
  2. Origins of life and environmental habitability
  3. Microbiomes in extreme environments
Public Services：

Honors：

Supported Projects：
  1. Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2023.01-2025.12, PI
  2. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Funded Project, 2023.06-2024.12, PI
  3. International Postdoctoral Exchange Fellowship Program (Talent-Introduction Program), 2022.08-2024.07, PI
  4. CAS Special Research Assistant Funded Project, 2022.11-2024.10, PI
  5. Guiding Fund of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, 2024.07-2024.10, PI
  6. National Key Research and Development Program of China, 2022.12-2027.11, key member
    Key Research Program of CAS, 2022.1-2024.12, key member

Publications：
  1. Shen, J., Liu, C., Pan, Y. and Lin, W. 2024. Follow the serpentine as a comprehensive diagnostic for extraterrestrial habitability. Nature Astronomy, 8: 1230-1236
  2. Shen, J., Huang, T., Zhang, H. and Lin, W. 2024. Hydrochemical and isotopic characteristics of water sources for biological activity across a massive evaporite basin on the Tibetan Plateau: Implications for aquatic environments on early Mars. Science of The Total Environment, 935: 173442
  3. Wang, Y.#, Shen, J.#, Wang, C., Li, W., Wang, G., Lin, W., & Jiang, Y. (2024). Balloon-based exposed payload designed for astrobiological research in Earth’s near space. Earth and Planetary Physics, 8(6), 878-889
  4. Shen, J.#, Liu, L.#, Chen, Y. and Lin, W. 2024. A suite of spectroscopic devices as a potential tool to discriminate biotic and abiotic materials with an igneous rock. Icarus, 407: 115804
  5. Shen, J., Paterson, G.A., Wang, Y., Kirschvink, J.L., Pan, Y. and Lin, W. 2023. Renaissance for magnetotactic bacteria in astrobiology. The ISME Journal, 17(10): 1526-1534
  6. Shen, J., Liu, L., Chen, Y., Sun, Y. and Lin, W. 2022. Geochemical and biological profiles of a quartz stone in the Qaidam Mars analog using LIBS: Implications for the search for biosignatures on Mars. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 6(11): 2595-2608
  7. Shen, J., Smith, A.C., Barnett, M.J., Morgan, A. and Wynn, P.M. 2022. Distinct microbial communities in the soils, waters, and speleothems of a hyperalkaline cave system. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127(9): e2022JG006866
  8. Shen, J., Chen, Y., Sun, Y., Liu, L., Pan, Y. and Lin, W. 2022. Detection of biosignatures in Terrestrial analogs of Martian regions: Strategical and technical assessments. Earth and Planetary Physics, 6(5): 431-450
  9. Shen, J., Zerkle, A.L. and Claire, M.W. 2022. Nitrogen cycling and biosignatures in a hyperarid mars analog environment. Astrobiology, 22(2): 127-142
  10. Shen, J., Wyness, A.J., Claire, M.W. and Zerkle, A.L., 2021. Spatial variability of microbial communities and salt distributions across a latitudinal aridity gradient in the Atacama Desert. Microbial ecology, 82, 442-458
  11. Shen, J., 2021. D-Amino acid substituted peptides as potential alternatives of homochiral L-configurations. Amino Acids, 53(2), 265-280
  12. Shen, J., 2020. Phospholipid biomarkers in Mars-analogous soils of the Atacama Desert. International Journal of Astrobiology, 19(6), 505-514
  13. Shen, J., Smith, A.C., Claire, M.W. and Zerkle, A.L., 2020. Unraveling biogeochemical phosphorus dynamics in hyperarid Mars-analogue soils using stable oxygen isotopes in phosphate. Geobiology, 18(6), 760-779
  14. Shen, J., Zerkle, A.L., Stueeken, E. and Claire, M.W., 2019. Nitrates as a potential N supply for microbial ecosystems in a hyperarid Mars analog system. Life, 9(4), 79
 
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