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Roger E. Summons

massachusetts institute of technology

104H-index

581Paper Count

4.3WCitation Count

Published Papers 92

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Diverse organic molecules on Mars revealed by the first SAM TMAH experiment

Nature Communications

IF15.7

2026-04-21

OAAI

Amy J. Williams; Jennifer L. Eigenbrode; Maëva Millan; Ross H. Williams; Ophélie M. Mcintosh; Samuel Teinturier; Janelle Roach; Charles Malespin; Amy C. McAdam; Paul Mahaffy; Alexander B. Bryk; Arnaud Buch; David Boulesteix; Luoth Chou; Jason P. Dworkin; Valerie Fox; Heather B. Franz; Caroline Freissinet; Daniel P. Glavin; Christopher H. House; Sarah Stewart Johnson; James M. T. Lewis; Angel Mojarro; Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez; Chad Pozarycki; Andrew Steele; Roger E. Summons; Cyril Szopa; Michael T. Thorpe; Ashwin R. Vasavada

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Long-Range Transport of Oil by Marine Plastic Debris: Evidence from an 8500 km Journey

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

IF11.3

2026-01-01

PREAI

James, Bryan D.; Bezerra, Luis E. A.; Buhler, Diane; Cavalcante, Rivelino M.; Aguilera, Martha L.; Chen, Bing; Gros, Jonas; Hanke, Ulrich M.; Lemkau, Karin L.; Nelson, Robert K.; Niles, Sydney F.; de Oliveira, Andre H. B.; Pitchford, Thomas D.; Radovic, Jagos R.; Rodgers, Ryan P.; Soares, Marcelo O.; Socolofsky, Scott A.; Summons, Roger E.; Swarthout, Robert F.; Teixeira, Carlos E. P.; Valentine, David L.; White, Helen K.; Yang, Min; Zanardi-Lamardo, Eliete; Zhang, Baiyu; Reddy, Christopher M.

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Long- chain alkanes preserved in a Martian mudstone

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

IF9.1

2025-03-24

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Freissinet, Caroline; Glavin, Daniel P.; Archer Jr, P. Douglas; Teinturier, Samuel; Buch, Arnaud; Szopa, Cyril; Lewis, James M. T.; Williams, Amy J.; Navarro-Gonzalez, Rafael; Dworkin, Jason P.; Franz, Heather. B.; Millan, Maeva; Eigenbrode, Jennifer L.; Summons, R. E.; House, Christopher H.; Williams, Ross H.; Steele, Andrew; McIntosha, Ophelie; Gomez, Felipe; Prats, Benito; Malespin, Charles A.; Mahaffy, Paul R.

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Common origin of sterol biosynthesis points to a feeding strategy shift in Neoproterozoic animals

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

IF15.7

2023-12-01

OAAI

Brunoir, T.; Mulligan, C.; Sistiaga, A.; Vuu, K. M.; Shih, P. M.; O'Reilly, S. S.; Summons, R. E.; Gold, D. A.

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Murchison Meteorite Analysis Using Tetramethylammonium Hydroxide (TMAH) Thermochemolysis Under Simulated Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Conditions

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

IF4

2023-11-02

OAAI

Mojarro, A.; Buch, A.; Dworkin, J. P.; Eigenbrode, J. L.; Fressinet, C.; Glavin, D. P.; Szopa, C.; Millan, M.; Williams, A. J.; Summons, R. E.

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Late acquisition of the rTCA carbon fixation pathway by Chlorobi

NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

IF14.5

2023-08-03

PREAI

Zhang, Xiaowen; Paoletti, Madeline M. M.; Izon, Gareth; Fournier, Gregory P. P.; Summons, Roger E. E.

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Centennial scale sequences of environmental deterioration preceded the end-Permian mass extinction

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

IF15.7

2023-04-14

OAAI

Saito, Ryosuke; Woermer, Lars; Taubner, Heidi; Kaiho, Kunio; Takahashi, Satoshi; Tian, Li; Ikeda, Masayuki; Summons, Roger E.; Hinrichs, Kai-Uwe

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Reconciling discrepant minor sulfur isotope records of the Great Oxidation Event

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

IF15.7

2023-01-17

OAAI

Uveges, Benjamin T.; Izon, Gareth; Ono, Shuhei; Beukes, Nicolas J.; Summons, Roger E.

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Sedimentary Organics in Glen Torridon, Gale Crater, Mars: Results From the SAM Instrument Suite and Supporting Laboratory Analyses

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

IF4

2022-11-12

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Millan, M.; Williams, A. J.; McAdam, A. C.; Eigenbrode, J. L.; Steele, A.; Freissinet, C.; Glavin, D. P.; Szopa, C.; Buch, A.; Summons, R. E.; Lewis, J. M. T.; Wong, G. M.; House, C. H.; Sutter, B.; McIntosh, O.; Bryk, A. B.; Franz, H. B.; Pozarycki, C.; Stern, J. C.; Navarro-Gonzalez, R.; Archer, D. P.; Fox, V; Bennett, K.; Teinturier, S.; Malespin, C.; Johnson, S. S.; Mahaffy, P. R.

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Lipid Biomarkers From Microbial Mats on the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica: Signatures for Life in the Cryosphere

FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY

IF4.5

2022-06-10

OAAI

Evans, Thomas W.; Kalambokidis, Maria J.; Jungblut, Anne D.; Millar, Jasmin L.; Bauersachs, Thorsten; Grotheer, Hendrik; Mackey, Tyler J.; Hawes, Ian; Summons, Roger E.

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Final Report of the Mars Sample Return Science Planning Group 2 (MSPG2)

ASTROBIOLOGY

IF2.6

2022-06-01

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Meyer, Michael A.; Kminek, Gerhard; Beaty, David W.; Carrier, Brandi L.; Haltigin, Timothy; Hays, Lindsay E.; Agree, Carl B.; Busemann, Henner; Cavalazzi, Barbara; Cockell, Charles S.; Debaille, Vinciane; Glavin, Daniel P.; Grady, Monica M.; Hauber, Ernst; Hutzler, Aurore; Marty, Bernard; McCubbin, Francis M.; Pratt, Lisa M.; Regberg, Aaron B.; Smith, Alvin L.; Smith, Caroline L.; Summons, Roger E.; Swindle, Timothy D.; Tait, Kimberly T.; Tosca, Nicholas J.; Udry, Arya; Usui, Tomohiro; Velbel, Michael A.; Wadhwa, Meenakshi; Westall, Frances; Zorzano, Maria-Paz

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Widespread Sterol Methyltransferase Participates in the Biosynthesis of Both C4?- and C4?-Methyl Sterols

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

IF15.6

2022-05-13

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Zhou, Wenxu; Zhang, Xu; Wang, Aoqi; Yang, Lin; Gan, Qinhua; Yi, Liang; Summons, Roger E.; Volkman, John K.; Lu, Yandu

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Bulk and grain-scale minor sulfur isotope data reveal complexities in the dynamics of Earth's oxygenation

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

IF9.1

2022-03-21

OAAI

Izon, Gareth; Luo, Genming; Uveges, Benjamin T.; Beukes, Nicolas; Kitajima, Kouki; Ono, Shuhei; Valley, John W.; Ma, Xingyu; Summons, Roger E.

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Lipid biomarkers: molecular tools for illuminating the history of microbial life

NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

IF103.3

2021-10-11

PREAI

Summons, Roger E.; Welander, Paula V.; Gold, David A.

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Carotenoid biomarkers in Namibian shelf sediments: Anoxygenic photosynthesis during sulfide eruptions in the

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

IF9.1

2021-07-16

OAAI

Ma, Jian; French, Katherine L.; Cui, Xingqian; Bryant, Donald A.; Summons, Roger E.

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Vitamin B12-dependent biosynthesis ties amplified 2-methylhopanoid production during oceanic anoxic events to nitrification

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

IF9.1

2020-12-14

OAAI

Elling, Felix J.; Hemingway, Jordon D.; Evans, Thomas W.; Kharbush, Jenan J.; Spieck, Eva; Summons, Roger E.; Pearson, Ann

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Molecular and isotopic evidence reveals the end-Triassic carbon isotope excursion is not from massive exogenous light carbon

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

IF9.1

2020-11-16

OAAI

Fox, Calum P.; Cui, Xingqian; Whiteside, Jessica H.; Olsen, Paul E.; Summons, Roger E.; Grice, Kliti

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Microbial biomarkers reveal a hydrothermally active landscape at Olduvai Gorge at the dawn of the Acheulean, 1.7 Ma

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

IF9.1

2020-09-15

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Sistiag, Ainara; Husain, Fatima; Uribelarrea, David; Martin-Perea, David M.; Ferland, Troy; Freeman, Katherine H.; Diez-Martin, Fernando; Baquedano, Enrique; Mabulla, Audax; Dominguez-Rodrigo, Manuel; Summons, Roger E.

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Niche expansion for phototrophic sulfur bacteria at the Proterozoic-Phanerozoic transition

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

IF9.1

2020-07-09

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Cui, Xingqian; Liu, Xiao-Lei; Shen, Gaozhong; Ma, Jian; Husain, Fatima; Rocher, Donald; Zumberge, John E.; Bryant, Donald A.; Summons, Roger E.

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Influence of Calcium Perchlorate on Organics Under SAM-Like Pyrolysis Conditions: Constraints on the Nature of Martian Organics

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

IF4

2020-07-06

OAAI

Millan, M.; Szopa, C.; Buch, A.; Summons, R. E.; Navarro-Gonzalez, R.; Mahaffy, P. R.; Johnson, S. S.

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