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2025
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C. Stoker's research focuses on the conditions and challenges associated with human exploration of Mars. This work investigates the potential habitability of Martian landing sites, with a particular emphasis on the subsurface environment and the search for extant life. Publications address the detection of microbial biomarkers through drilling simulations in hyperarid environments, such as the Atacama Desert, utilizing rover technology.
Further research by Stoker examines the knowledge gaps in planetary protection that need to be addressed to enable safe crewed missions to Mars. This includes studies on simulating Martian conditions and developing strategies for life detection and sample handling in extraterrestrial contexts. The researcher's work contributes to the broader scientific effort to understand Mars' potential for harboring life and the technological and safety considerations for future human exploration.
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- h-index: 34
- Publications: 304
- Citations: 5,857
Selected Publications
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Quantum Coherence Ethics (2026)
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Quantum Coherence Ethics (2026)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
B. Glass
Ames Research Center (US)
6 shared publications
- Planetary Protection Knowledge Gap Closure Enabling Crewed Missions to Mars
- Life Detection and Microbial Biomarker Profiling with Signs of Life Detector-Life Detector Chip During a Mars Drilling Simulation Campaign in the Hyperarid Core of the Atacama Desert
- The Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies (ARADS) Project
- A Mission Simulating the Search for Life on Mars with Automated Drilling, Sample Handling, and Life Detection Instruments Performed in the Hyperarid Core of the Atacama Desert, Chile
- The Icebreaker Sample Acquisition System (SAS)
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Christopher P. McKay
Ames Research Center (US)
6 shared publications
- The habitability conditions of possible Mars landing sites for life exploration
- The Viking biology experiments on Mars revisited
- Liquid Vein networks as habitats in ice-cemented ground on Earth and Mars: Effects of soil geometry and salts
- The Icebreaker Sample Acquisition System (SAS)
- The Icebreaker Sample Acquisition System (SAS)
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Vı́ctor Parro
Centro de Astrobiología (ES)
5 shared publications
- Life Detection and Microbial Biomarker Profiling with Signs of Life Detector-Life Detector Chip During a Mars Drilling Simulation Campaign in the Hyperarid Core of the Atacama Desert
- The Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies (ARADS) Project
- A Mission Simulating the Search for Life on Mars with Automated Drilling, Sample Handling, and Life Detection Instruments Performed in the Hyperarid Core of the Atacama Desert, Chile
- The Icebreaker Sample Acquisition System (SAS)
- The Icebreaker Sample Acquisition System (SAS)
R. Bonaccorsi
Ames Research Center (US)
4 shared publications
- Planetary Protection Knowledge Gap Closure Enabling Crewed Missions to Mars
- Planetary Protection Knowledge Gaps and Enabling Science for Human Mars Missions
- The Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies (ARADS) Project
- Subsurface scientific exploration of extraterrestrial environments (MINAR 5): analogue science, technology and education in the Boulby Mine, UK – CORRIGENDUM
T. Stucky
Ames Research Center (US)
4 shared publications
- A Mission Simulating the Search for Life on Mars with Automated Drilling, Sample Handling, and Life Detection Instruments Performed in the Hyperarid Core of the Atacama Desert, Chile
- The Icebreaker Sample Acquisition System (SAS)
- A Drilling Mission to Search for Biosignatures of Life on Mars Simulated in Atacama Chile
- The Icebreaker Sample Acquisition System (SAS)
Javier Martín‐Torres
University of Aberdeen (GB)
3 shared publications
- Planetary Protection Knowledge Gap Closure Enabling Crewed Missions to Mars
- Planetary Protection Knowledge Gaps and Enabling Science for Human Mars Missions
- Subsurface scientific exploration of extraterrestrial environments (MINAR 5): analogue science, technology and education in the Boulby Mine, UK – CORRIGENDUM
M. T. Mellon
Cornell University (US)
3 shared publications
- The habitability conditions of possible Mars landing sites for life exploration
- Solar-System-Wide Significance of Mars Polar Science
- Liquid Vein networks as habitats in ice-cemented ground on Earth and Mars: Effects of soil geometry and salts
J. L. Eigenbrode
3 shared publications
- We Should Search for Extant Life on Mars in this Decade
- The Icebreaker Sample Acquisition System (SAS)
- The Icebreaker Sample Acquisition System (SAS)
D. Bergman
Honeybee Robotics (United States) (US)
3 shared publications
- The Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies (ARADS) Project
- The Icebreaker Sample Acquisition System (SAS)
- The Icebreaker Sample Acquisition System (SAS)
L. Kobayashi
Ames Research Center (US)
3 shared publications
- Life Detection and Microbial Biomarker Profiling with Signs of Life Detector-Life Detector Chip During a Mars Drilling Simulation Campaign in the Hyperarid Core of the Atacama Desert
- The Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies (ARADS) Project
- A Mission Simulating the Search for Life on Mars with Automated Drilling, Sample Handling, and Life Detection Instruments Performed in the Hyperarid Core of the Atacama Desert, Chile
R. C. Quinn
Ames Research Center (US)
3 shared publications
- The Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies (ARADS) Project
- A Mission Simulating the Search for Life on Mars with Automated Drilling, Sample Handling, and Life Detection Instruments Performed in the Hyperarid Core of the Atacama Desert, Chile
- The Viking biology experiments on Mars revisited
Mercedes Moreno‐Paz
Centro de Astrobiología (ES)
3 shared publications
- Life Detection and Microbial Biomarker Profiling with Signs of Life Detector-Life Detector Chip During a Mars Drilling Simulation Campaign in the Hyperarid Core of the Atacama Desert
- The Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies (ARADS) Project
- A Mission Simulating the Search for Life on Mars with Automated Drilling, Sample Handling, and Life Detection Instruments Performed in the Hyperarid Core of the Atacama Desert, Chile
Alfonso F. Dávila
Ames Research Center (US)
3 shared publications
- Life Detection and Microbial Biomarker Profiling with Signs of Life Detector-Life Detector Chip During a Mars Drilling Simulation Campaign in the Hyperarid Core of the Atacama Desert
- The Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies (ARADS) Project
- A Mission Simulating the Search for Life on Mars with Automated Drilling, Sample Handling, and Life Detection Instruments Performed in the Hyperarid Core of the Atacama Desert, Chile
J. Andy Spry
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (US)
2 shared publications
- Planetary Protection Knowledge Gap Closure Enabling Crewed Missions to Mars
- Planetary Protection Knowledge Gaps and Enabling Science for Human Mars Missions
Bette Siegel
2 shared publications
- Planetary Protection Knowledge Gap Closure Enabling Crewed Missions to Mars
- Planetary Protection Knowledge Gaps and Enabling Science for Human Mars Missions
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