CURRICULUM VITAE
- Dr. ALEXANDRE TSAPIN
ALEXANDRE I. TSAPIN, Dr.
April, 2012
Research Scientist VI, University California Riverside. 626-429-6654; [email protected]
EDUCATION
Ph.D.
1974, BIOPHYSICS, Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Science (RAS), thesis
adviser, prof. L. Blumenfeld
M.S.
1970, BIOPHYSICS, Physics Dept., Moscow State University, adviser prof. M. Goldfeld
B.S.
1968, PHYSICS, Moscow State University
GRANTS FY (PI)
1987
Study of a superconductivity transition by ESR technique (Russian Academy of Science) $500K
1998
Life in extreme environments (DRDF, JPL, NASA) $150K
2000
Using computer tomography for life detection (DRDF, JPL) $200K
2001
Removing organic contaminants from spacecraft with cold plasma (Mars program office) $100K
2003
Study of the Oldest Animal Fossils with X-ray tomography (DRDF, Caltech/JPL, NASA) $120K
2003
Three-dimensional visualization of the oldest fossils or early animals from Doushantuo Formation
by Computer Tomography with high spatial resolution (President’s Fund, Caltech, NASA) $150K
2005-09
Development a flyable CT scanner for life detection on Martian surface (ASTID, NASA) $900K
2005-09
Development of a Self-Contained, Subglacial, Native Fluorescence Detector for Measurement of
Organic Molecules and Chemicals of Life (ASTID, NASA) $800K
2010-12
Martian Oxidant. Tribochemistry. Exobiology program, NASA HQ, $360K
Co-I
2004-06
The quantitative measurement and analysis of the evolution of ice and organic mixtures exposed to
radiation in the space environment, RTD JPL, PI B. Smythe, total $700K, $150K for Tsapin
2006-07
THz Tomography for In-Situ Water and Life Detection, RTD JPL, PI P. Siegel total $450K,
$200K for Tsapin
2005-2009
Sterilization of Spacecraft Materials and Extraterrestrial Samples Using Atmospheric Pressure
Cold Plasma (Planetary Protection, NASA) $800K total, $180K for A. Tsapin
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2012-present
Research scientist VI, University California Riverside
2008-2011
Science chair for TeamX (Advanced Projects Design Team, JPL)
2004-2011
Discipline Program manager for Exobiology and LARS NASA programs
1998-2011
Research Scientist, JPL/Caltech
2002-2007
Research Professor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
1994 -1997
Research Associate in the Center for the Great Lakes Studies, University of Wisconsin
1986 -1994
Head of Research group, Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Science,
1989-1991
Visiting Scientist, National Biomedical ESR Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
1991-1991
Visiting Scientist, University Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Center for Great Lakes Studies, Milwaukee, WI
1980-1986
Senior Research Fellow, Head of Laboratory, Institute of Chemical Physics, RAS
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2002-2011
Guest lecturer, Biogeochemistry (team taught course), USC
1998-1998
Guest lecturer, Microbial metabolism, (team taught course), California Institute of Technology
1997-1997
Microbial Genetics, Visiting Professor, University Wisconsin Oshkosh, Dept. Microbiology
1979-1988
Assistant professor of All-Union Polytechnic Institute,
1978-1990
Supervisor of M. S. research program in biophysics and special courses
Electron spin resonance spectroscopy (advanced)
Superconductivity and magnetic resonance methods (special)
Biophysics of Photosynthesis (advanced)
SUPERVISION:
Graduate students
 S. Khangulov 1974-1976, Institute Chemical Physics, Russ. Ac. Sc.
 A. Mikoyan, 1976 – 1979, Institute Chemical Physics, Russ. Ac. Sc.
 C. Ammons, 2006-2007, USC
 C. Moogega, 2008-2009, Drexel Univ.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND COMMITTEES
2002
American Permafrost Association
2002
American geophysical Union (AGU)
1991
International EPR Society
1994
American Chemical Society
1995
American Society for Microbiology
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1989
Qualification Council at the Institute of Chemical Physics
1989
Scientist's Association of Russia
COMMUNITY SERVICE
2003-2005
Board member of American Permafrost Association
2005-2007
Captain of Caltech karate club
1998-present
Blood donor
2004
Member of program Committee for the 29 th meeting International Magnetic society.
2006-present
Member of the Board of Directors for 1010 Development (housing in downtown LA for low-income)
EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES
1972-1989
Reviewer for Biological Abstract and Physics Abstract
1996-present
Reviewer for Chemical Physical Letters
AWARDS
1988
Award from Russian Ac. Sci. for Studies of Superconductive materials.
1983
Award of the Institute of Chemical Physics for the Achievements in Scientific Research
FIELD WORK / CRUISE PARTICIPATION:
 Science Party, McMurdo station, Dry Valleys, 2003
 Science Party, Atacama Desert, 2002, 2004
 Science Party: sample collections in Lake Michigan, 1995 - 1997
 PI & Science party and Sample collections Mojave desert, Mono lake – 1999 - 2004
 PI &Science party, samples collection, Alaska 2000, 2001, and 2003
REFERRED RECENT PUBLICATIONS
(h-index of my publications based on Web of Knowledge is 18)
95. B. Schoepp-Cothenet, W. Nitschke, L. M. Barge, A. Ponce, M. J. Russell, A. I. Tsapin, Science, v.332, issue
6034, page 1149, June 3, 2011,
94. Zorigto Namsaraev, Vladimir Akimov, Ekaterina Barinova, Alexandre Tsapin, Kenneth Nealson, Vladimir
Gorlenko, MARINOSPIRILLUM CELERE SP. NOV., A NOVEL ALKALIPHILIC HELICAL BACTERIUM
ISOLATED FROM MONO LAKE, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2009.
http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/misc/pip.shtml ).
93. Moogega Cooper, Gregory Fridman, David Staack, Alexander Gutsol, Victor N. Vasilets, Shivanthi Anandan,
Young I. Cho, Alexander Fridman, and Alexandre Tsapin, Decontamination of Surfaces from Extremophile
Organisms Using Non-thermal Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas, IEEE transactions on plasma Science, vol. 37, 41-46
(2009).
92. Rohit Bhartia, Willam F. Hug, Everett C. Salas, Ray D. Reid, Kripa K. Sijapati, Alexandre Tsapin, William
Abbey, Pamela G. Conrad, Kenneth H. Nealson, Arthur L. Lane, Native fluorescence spectroscopy: classification of
organic and biological materials with deep UV excitation, Applied spectroscopy, v. 62, #10, 1070-1077, 2008
91. Tsapin A. and Abbey W., Application of X-ray tomography for life detection inside rocks blueberries.,
ASTROBIOLOGY, v. 7, issue 3., 531, 2007.
90. Grazyna E. Orzechowska, Jay Goguen, Paul V. Johnson, Alexandre Tsapin, and Isik Kanik, Ultraviolet
Photolysis of Amino Acids in a 100K Water Ice Matrix: Application to the Outer Solar System Bodies, Icarus, v.
187, pp.584-591, 2007.
89. E. N. Boldareva, , I. A. Bryantseva, A. Tsapin, K. Nelson, , D. Yu. Sorokin,, T. P. Tourova,V. A. Boichenko. I.
N. Stadnichuk, and V. M. Gorlenko, The New Alkaliphilic Bacteriochlorophyll a Containing Bacterium
Roseinatronobacter monicus sp. nov. from the Hypersaline Soda Mono Lake (California, United States),
Microbiology, Vol. 76, No. 1, pp. 82–92, 2007
88. Brent C. Christner1‡, George Royston-Bishop2, Christine M. Foreman1,3, Brianna R. Arnold1, Martyn Tranter2,
Kathleen. A. Welch4, W. Berry Lyons4, Alexandre I. Tsapin5, Michael Studinger6, and John C. Priscu1†,
Limnological conditions in subglacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica, Limnology and Oceanography, June 2006.
87. Hand, K. P., R. W. Carlson, and A. I. Tsapin. Laboratory analysis of water, hydrocarbon and ammonia ice
mixtures exposed to high energy irradiation. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 38, 606, 2006..
86. F. Inagaki, H. Okada, A. Tsapin, K. Nealson, Microbial survival - The Paleome: A sedimentary Genetic record
of past microbial communities, ASTROBIOLOGY, v. 5, #2, 141-153, 2005.
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85. Anderson MS, Andringa JM, Carlson RW, Conrad P, Hartford W, Shafer M, Soto A, Tsapin AI, Dybwad JP,
Wadsworth W, Hand K, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy for Mars science, REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC
INSTRUMENTS, v.76, issue 3, 034101, 2005.
84. Eugene Kolker, S. Tsapin, et al. Global profiling of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1: Expression of hypothetical
genes and improved functional annotations, PNAS, February 8, vol. 102, no. 6 , pp.2099–2104, 2005.
83. Hug, W.F., R. Bhartia, A. Tsapin, A.L. Lane, P. G. Conrad, K. Sijapati, and R.D. Reid, “Status of miniature
integrated UV resonance fluorescence and Raman sensors for detection and identification of biochemical warfare
agents”, SPIE Optic East Conference, Boston, MA, Oct. 22-26, (2005).
82. Gorlenko V., Tsapin A., Zorigto N., Teal T., Tourova T., Engler D., Mielke R., Nealson, K., Anaerobranca
californiensis sp. nov., an anaerobic, alkalithermophilic, fermentative bacterium isolated from a hot spring on Mono
Lake, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. Vol.54 pp. 739-743 (2004).
81. Terry E. Meyer ; Alexandre I. Tsapin, Isabel Vandenberghe ; Lina De Smet ; Dmitrij Frishman ; Kenneth H.
Nealson ; Michael A. Cusanovich ; Jozef J. Van Beeumen, Identification of 42 Possible Cytochrome C Genes in the
Shewanella oneidensis Genome and Characterization of Six Soluble Cytochromes, OMICS: A Journal of Integrative
Biology, v. 8, Number: 1, 57 – 77, 2004.
80. Tsapin, A. and McDonald, GD., Terrestrial permafrost as a model environment for bioastronomy,
BIOASTRONOMY 2002: LIFE AMONG THE STARS, Issue: 213, Pg. 359-362, 2004
79. Storrie-Lombardi MC, Tsapin AI, McDonald GD, Coleman ML, Meadows VS, Photosynthetic constraints on
the Habitable Zone, BIOASTRONOMY 2002: LIFE AMONG THE STARS, 309-314, 2004.
78. Yoshikawa, K., Romanovsky, V., Duxbury, N., Brown, J., and Tsapin, A. 2004, The use of geophysical
methods to discriminate between brine layers and freshwater taliks in permafrost regions. Jour. Glaciology and
Geocryology, vol.26. 301-309, 2004.
77. A.Tsapin, G. McDonald, Terrestrial permafrost as a model environment for Bioastronomy, in Bioastronomy
2002: Life Among the Stars,Eds. Ray P. Norris & Frank H. Stootman, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San
Francisco, ISBN 1583811710, Library of Congress Control Number: 2004107802, 2004.
76. Giometti CS, Khare T, Tollaksen SL, Tsapin A., Zhu W, Yates JR 3rd, Nealson KH., Analysis of the
Shewanella oneidensis proteome by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis under nondenaturing conditions,
Proteomics, May, 3(5):777-85, 2003.
75. Corien Bakermans, Alexandre I. Tsapin,Virginia Souza-Egipsy, David A. Gilichinsky and Kenneth H. Nealson,
Reproduction and metabolism at –10 C of bacteria isolated from Siberian permafrost, Environmental Microbiology
vol. 5, #4, 321-326, 2003.
74. A. Tsapin, and G. McDonald, Microorganisms buried permafrost – are they in a dormant state or is their
metabolism slowed down? in Permafrost (eds. Phillips, Springman and Arenson), 1141-1144, 2003.
73. E. Harada, J. Kumagai, K. Ozawa, S. Imabayashi, A. Tsapin, K. Nealson, T. Meyer, M. Cusanovich, H. Akutsu,
A Directional Electron Transfer Regulator Based on Heme-Chain Architecture in The Small Tetraheme Cytochrome
c from Shewanella oneidensis, FEBS letters, v. 532, pp. 333-337, 2002
72. J. F. Heidelberg, … A.Tsapin, et al. (ca. 50 co-authors), Genome sequence of the dissimilatory metal ionreducing bacterium Shewanella oneidensis, Nature Biotechnology, v. 20(11), pp. 1118-23, 2002.
71. David Leys, Terrance E. Meyer, Alexandre S. Tsapin, Kenneth H. Nealson, Michael A. Cusanovich, and Jozef
J. Van Beeumen, Crystal structures at atomic resolution reveal the novel concept of [chi ] electron-harvesting’ as a
role for the small tetraheme cytochrome c, J. Biol. Chem., v. 277(38), pp. 35703-11., 2002
70. A. Tsapin, M. Goldfeld, and K. Nealson, Viking’s experiments and hypothesis that Fe(VI) is a possible
candidate as Martian oxidant, Icarus, v. 159, p. 268, (2002).
69. Inagaki, F., Okada, H, Tsapin, A., Nealson, K, Horikoshi, K., Endolithic genetic record of ancient microbes in
Cretaceous black shale, GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA, v.66 Iss. 15A, p. A354-A354, 2002
68. D. Yu. Sorokin, V. M. Gorlenko, T. P. Tourova, A. I. Tsapin, K. H. Nealson, and G. J. Kuenen,
Thioalkalimicrobium cyclum sp. nov., and Thioalkalivibrio jannaschii sp. nov., new species of haloalkaliphilic,
obligately chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria from hypersaline alkaline Mono Lake (California),
International Journal Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, vol. 52, pp. 913-920, 2002.
67. Brinton, K. L. F., A. I. Tsapin, D. Gilichinsky and G. D. McDonald, Aspartic acid racemization and age-depth
relationships for organic carbon in Siberian permafrost. Astrobiology, Vol. 2, number 1, pp. 77-82, 2002.
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66. A.Tsapin, G. McDonald, W. Abbey, R. Bhartia. W. Hug, Fluorescence and amino acids measurements in water
column of Antarctic subglacial lakes. Astrobilogy, vol. 2, num. 4, p. 632, 2002.
65. K.H.Nealson, A. Tsapin, M. Storrie-Lombardi, Searching for life in the universe: unconventional methods for
an unconventional problem, International Microbiology, v. 5, pp. 223-230, (2002).
64. 27. R. Bhartia, A. Tsapin, A. Thompson, R. Wang, Visualization of surficial and internal structure and
chemistry using CT and neutron imaging, International Journal of Astrobiology, v.1, #2, p.89, 2002.
63. G.McDonald, A. Tsapin, and D. Gilichinsky, Amino acid racemization as an indicator for in situ molecular
repair processes in permafrost microorganisms, International Journal of Astrobiology, v.1, #2, p 102, (2002)
62. M.C.Storrie-Lombardi, W.F.Hug, G.D.McDonald, A.I.Tsapin, and K.H. Nealson, Hollow Cathode Ion Lasers
for Deep Ultraviolet Raman Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Imaging, , Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol.72,
number 12, pp 4452-4459, (2001).
61. A. I. Tsapin, I. Vandenberghe, K. H. Nealson, J. H. Scott, T. E. Meyer, M. A. Cusanovich,4 E. Harada, T.Kaizu,
H. Akutsu, D. Leys, and J. J. Van Beeumen, Identification of a Small Tetraheme Cytochrome c and a
Flavocytochrome c as Two of the Principal Soluble Cytochromes c in Shewanella oneidensis Strain MR1, Applied
and Environmental Microbiology, , Vol. 67, No. 7, 3236-3244, (2001).
60. K.M.Kemner, S.D.Kelly, K.A.Orlandini, A.I.Tsapin, M.G.Golfeld, Y.D.Perfiliev, and K.H.Nealson, XAS
investigation of Fe(VI), J.Synchrotron Radiation, vol. 8, 949-951, (2001).
59. S. K. Dedushenko , Yu. D. Perfiliev, M. G. Goldfeld, and A. I. Tsapin Mossbauer Study of Hexavalent Iron
Compounds, Hyperfine Interactions v. 136/137, pp.373-377, 2001.
58. A. Tsapin, K. Nealson, and M. Goldfeld, Treatment with ferrates eliminates DNA and proteins, NASA Tech
Briefs, vol. 25, No. 9, p. 54, 2001.
57.A.I. Tsapin, M.G. Goldfeld, G.D. McDonald, K.H. Nealson, B. Moscowitz, P. Solheid, K.H. Kemner, S.D.
Kelly, and K.A. Orlandini, Iron (VI): Hypothetical candidate for the Martian Oxidant, Icarus, vol. 146, 68-78, 2000.
56. K.Ozawa, A.I. Tsapin, K.H. Nealson, M.A. Cusanovich, and H. Akutsu, Expression of a tetraheme protein,
Desulfovibrio vulgaris Miyazaki M cytochrome c3, in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, Applied and Environmental
Microbiology, vol. 66, No. 9, 4168-4171, 2000.
55. Y. S. Cheng, C. A. Brantner, A. Tsapin, and M. L.Collins, Role of the H Protein in Assembly of the
Photochemical Reaction Center and Intracytoplasmic Membrane in Rhodospirillum rubrum, J. Bacteriol. Vol. 182,
pp. 1200-1207, 2000.
54. A. Tsapin, M. Storrie-Lombardi, G. D. McDonald, K.H. Nealson, and J.W. Nesson, Application of computer
tomography (CT) for search of life in extreme environments, in A New Era in Bioastronomy, eds. G. Lemarchand
and K. Meech, vol. 213, 387-389, (2000).
53. A.I. Tsapin, M.G. Goldfeld, G.D. McDonald, K.H.Nealson, J. Mohnke, B. Moscovitz, P. Solheid, K. Kemner,
K. Orlandini, Ferrate (VI) as a possible oxidant on the Martian surface, in A New Era in Bioastronomy, eds. G.
Lemarchand and K. Meech, vol. 213, 315-318, 2000.
52. D. Leys, A. Tsapin, K. Nealson, T. Meyer, M. Cusanovich & J. Van Beeumen, Structure and mechanism of the
flavocytochrome c fumarate reductase of Shewanella putrefaciens, Nature Structural biology, vol. 6 Number 12,
December ,p. 1113 – 1117, 1999.
51. B. Holton, X. Wu, A. Tsapin, D. Kramer, R. Malkin, and T. Kallas, Biochemistry, v. 35, pp. 15485-15493,
1996.
50. Tsapin A.I., K.H. Nealson, T. Meyer et.al. Purifcation and property of a low-redox-potential tetraheme
cytochrome c3 from Shewanella putrefaciens, J. Bacteriology, vol.178, p. 250-253, 1996.
49. SAMOILOVA OP; TSAPIN AI; BLUMENFELD LA, CHANGES OF SOME PHYSICAL
CHARACTERISTICS OF CELLS AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE CELL-CYCLE, BIOFIZIKA, v. 40, Iss. 2
Pages: 383-388, 1995.
48. A.I. Tsapin, Burbaev D.S., Nealson K. , Keppen O.I, Investigation of Succinate and Fumarate Reductase in
Whole Sells of Shewanella Putrefaciens (Strains MR-1 and MR-7) Using Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy, J.
Appl. Magnetic Resonance, vol. 9, pp. 509-516, 1995.
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47. Xioanan Wu, Alexandre Tsapin, Yoon Shin Cho, Tou-Xang Lee, Sabine Metzger, Linda Genzlinger, Beatrice
Holton, John Witmarsh, Toivo Kallas, Reconstitution of the 2Fe-2S center into overproduced Rieske protein and
mutational analysis of inhibitor specificity in cytochrome b6 in cyanobacteria, Photosyntesis from light to biosphere,
ed. Paul Mathis, vol. II, pp.769-772, 1995.
46. A.I. Tsapin, Blumenfeld L.A., Spin-glass structure, J. Applied Physics, vol.75. p.7183, 1994.
45. A.I. Tsapin, Keppen O.I, Burbaev D.S., Nealson K. Studies of the iron-sulfur centers of the bacteria Shewanella
putrefaciens MR-1, J. Appl. Magnetic Resonance, vol. 7, p. 559-566, 1994.
44. TSAPIN, AI, STEPANICHEV, MY, LIBE, ML, GULYAEVA, NV, DETERMINATION OF NO-SYNTHASE
ACTIVITY IN THE BRAIN - A NEW METHOD, BULLETIN OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY AND
MEDICINE Volume: 117 Issue: 1 Pages: 39-41, 1994.
43. A. I. Tsapin, James S. Hyde and W. Froncisz, Bimodal loop-gap resonator, Journal of Magnetic Resonance
Volume 100, Issue 3, pp. 484-490, 1992.
42. LEVINA, AA, ANDREEVA, AP, TSIBULSKAYA, MM, TSAPIN, AI, BYKOV, SS, TOKAREV, YN, ON
GENERAL TRANSFERRIN IRON-BINDING-CAPACITY IN HYPERSIDEREMIA, GEMATOLOGIYA I
TRANSFUZIOLOGIYA Volume: 37 Issue: 4 Pages: 13-16, 1992.
41. STEPANOV, SV, KONOVALOVA, AA, SHABARCHINA, MM, LEVIN, BV, YANKINA, LF, TSAPIN, AI,
YERSHOVA, MM, MICROWAVE-ABSORPTION IN PEROVSKITE-LIKE NIOBIUM AND TITANIUM
SYSTEMS, DOKLADY AKADEMII NAUK SSSR Volume: 318 Issue: 3 Pages: 594-597, 1991.
40. B. V. Rozentuller, S. V. Stepanov, M. M. Shabarchina and A. I. Tsapin, SHF absorption in low magnetic fields
in Mn---V---Mo oxide systems: possible new type of high-temperature superconductor, Physics Letters A, Volume
148, Issues 1-2, pp. 119-121, 1990
39. CHERENKOV, VA, TSAPIN, AI, KHANGULOV, SV, HIGHLY SENSITIVE CRYOGENIC
THERMOCOUPLES, INSTRUMENTS AND EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES Volume: 33 Issue: 2 Pages:
495-495, 1990.
38. CHERENKOV, VA, TSAPIN, AI, CRYOGENIC RESISTANCE THERMOMETERS WITH LINEARCHARACTERISTICS, INSTRUMENTS AND EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES Volume: 33 Issue: 2 Pages:
493-494, 1990.
37. STEPANOV SV; SHABARCHINA MM; ROZENTULLER BV, TSAPIN AI, POTENTIAL HIGHTEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR BASED ON VANADIUM-OXIDE, KHIMICHESKAYA FIZIKA
Volume: 9 Issue: 8 Pages: 1163-1168, 1990.
36. SHABARCHINA MM; TZAPIN AJ; MALENKOV AG; BEHAVIOR OF MAGNETIC IRON PARTICLES IN
ANIMAL ORGANISM, BIOFIZIKA Volume: 35 Issue: 6 Pages: 985-988, 1990.
35. VEDYAEV AV; CHERENKOV VA; TSAPIN AI; ORLOVA TA, RELAXATION IN SPIN-GLASSES RESIDUAL MAGNETIZATION AND ESR, FIZIKA TVERDOGO TELA Volume: 31 Issue: 7 Pages: 231233,1989.
34. TSAPIN AI; SAMOYLOVA OP; BLUMENFELD LA, REGULAR CHANGES OF YEAST-CELL
SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE MAGNETIC CHARACTERISTICS AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF
CULTURE-GROWTH, BIOFIZIKA Volume: 34 Issue: 4 Pages: 630-634, 1989.
33. BLUMENFELD LA; LIUBCHENKO LS; STEPANOV SV, TSAPIN AI, INTERACTION BETWEEN
SUPERCONDUCTORS AND SHF FIELD OF DIFFERENT ORIENTATION, DOKLADY AKADEMII NAUK
SSSR Volume: 306 Issue: 2 Pages: 333-334, 1989.
32. A.I. Tsapin, S. V. Stepanov and L. A. Blumenfeld Interaction of microwave and high-frequency fields with
type II superconductors in a constant magnetic field Physics Letters A, Volume 132, pp. 375-380, 1988.
31. TSAPIN AI; SAMOYLOVA OP; SOLODKAYA EV, Blumenfeld LA, ELECTRON-SPIN-RESONANCE
SPECTRA OF DNA IN THE TEMPERATURE-RANGE 8-300-K, BIOFIZIKA, V. 33, Pages: 714-716, 1988
30. TSAPIN AI; BURGOVA EN; ZORINA NI, ELECTRON-SPIN-RESONANCE STUDY OF THE SPIN-GLASS
TYPE-STRUCTURE IN THE TISSUES OF ADENOMYOSIS NODULAR FORM, BIOFIZIKA Volume: 33
Issue: 3 Pages: 534-535, 1988.
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29. OVCHINNIKOV AA; TSAPIN AI; SPECTOR VN, ORGANIC POLYMER SPIN-GLASSES, DOKLADY
AKADEMII NAUK SSSR Volume: 302 Issue: 3 Pages: 634-637, 1988.
28. TSAPIN AI; ZHORIN VA; ENIKOLOPIAN NS, FERROMAGNETISM IN CU-AL MIXTURE AFTER
PLASTIC-FLOW UNDER HIGH-PRESSURE, DOKLADY AKADEMII NAUK SSSR Volume: 298 Issue: 4
Pages: 924-926, 1988.
27. ROZENTULLER BV; STEPANOV SV; SHABARCHINA MM, TSAPIN A., : NEW TYPE OF HIGHTEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR - MICROWAVE-ABSORPTION IN LOW MAGNETIC-FIELDS,
DOKLADY AKADEMII NAUK SSSR Volume: 303 Issue: 1 Pages: 94-96 Published: 1988.
26. TSAPIN AI; CHERENKOV VA; STEPANOV SV, EFFECTS OF OCCASIONAL ANISOTROPY IN THE
COPPER MANGANESE SPIN-GLASS, DOKLADY AKADEMII NAUK SSSR Volume: 298 Issue: 5 Pages:
1127-1128 Published: 1988.
25. TSAPIN AI; CHERENKOV VA; NAUMOV SB, MAGNETIC PHASE-DIAGRAM OF COPPERMANGANESE ALLOYS - ELECTRON-PARAMAGNETIC-RES METHOD, FIZIKA METALLOV I
METALLOVEDENIE Volume: 63 Issue: 5 Pages: 1037-1040, 1987.
24. CHERENKOV VA; TSAPIN AI; NAUMOV SB, KINETICS OF MARTENSITE-TRANSFORMATION IN
NONMAGNETIC COPPER-MANGANESE ALLOYS, FIZIKA METALLOV I METALLOVEDENIE Volume:
63 Issue: 3 Pages: 612-614, 1987.
23. TSAPIN AI; IVANENKO GF; GLUTSHCHENKO NN, Burgova V., : DISTRIBUTION AND CHANGE OF
PROPERTIES OF FERROMAGNETIC PARTICLES IRON IN ANIMAL ORGANISM, BIOFIZIKA Volume: 32
Issue: 1 Pages: 132-134, 1987.
22. TSAPIN AI, EFFECT OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN MICROWAVE FIELD AND
SUPERCONDUCTORS IN CONSTANT MAGNETIC-FIELDS, DOKLADY AKADEMII NAUK SSSR Volume:
295 Issue: 5 Pages: 1112-1113, 1987.
21. TSAPIN AI; CHERENKOV VA, MAGNETIC PHASE-TRANSITIONS IN COPPER-MANGANESE
ALLOYS, : FIZIKA METALLOV I METALLOVEDENIE Volume: 61 Issue: 3 Pages: 615-616, 1986.
20. TZAPIN AI; DVUKHSHERSTNEV SD; MALENKOV AG; CHANGE OF FERROMAGNETIC
SUSPENSION IN ANIMAL ORGANISM, BIOFIZIKA Volume: 31 Issue: 6 Pages: 1023-1026, 1986.
19. TSAPIN AI; CHERENKOV VA, SPIN-GLASS TO ANTIFERROMAGNETISM TRANSITION IN CU + MN
ALLOYS BY THE ELECTRON-SPIN-RESONANCE METHOD, FIZIKA NIZKIKH TEMPERATUR Volume:
11 Issue: 1 Pages: 69-72 Published: 1985.
18. TSAPIN AI; KHANGULOV SV; BURBAEV DS; BLUMENFELD LA, ABOUT THE NATURE OF
ELECTRON-SPIN-RESONANCE SIGNAL AT G-CONGRUENT-TO-3.0 WHICH APPEARED DURING
COOLING OF BIOLOGICAL PREPARATIONS IN MAGNETIC-FIELD, BIOFIZIKA Volume: 29 Issue: 6
Pages: 984-988 Published: 1984.
17. KRUSHINSKII LV; EFUNI SN; SEMIOKHINA AF; TSAPIN AI, EFFECT OF HYPERBARIC
OXYGENATION ON THE BEHAVIOR OF ANIMALS WHILE THEIR SOLUTION OF AN EXTRAPOLATION
TASK, DOKLADY AKADEMII NAUK SSSR Volume: 274 Issue: 1 Pages: 237-240 Published: 1984.
16. TSAPIN AI; BLYUMENFELD LA, STRUCTURE OF THE TYPE OF SPIN-GLASS IN BIOLOGICALSYSTEMS, ZHURNAL FIZICHESKOI KHIMII Volume: 58 Issue: 9 Pages: 2312-2317 Published: 1984.
15. TSAPIN AI; CHERENKOV BA; BURBAEV DS; NEW ANOMALIES IN SPIN GLASS-COPPER BASED
ALLOYS OF CU+FE AND CU+MN HALL ELECTRON-PARAMAGNETIC-RES EFFECT, FIZIKA NIZKIKH
TEMPERATUR Volume: 8 Issue: 5 Pages: 518-525 Published: 1982.
14. LUZGINA VN; FILIPPOVICH EI; VANIN AF; TSAPIN AI, STUDY OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL
PROPERTIES OF PROTOHEMINES-IX C-AMINOACYL PEPTIDE DERIVATIVES - TYPES OF ACTIVECENTER OF HUMAN HEMOGLOBINS, ZHURNAL OBSHCHEI KHIMII Volume: 52 Issue: 10 Pages: 23432347 Published: 1982.
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13. VOSVYSHAEVA LV; GOLDFIELD MG; TSAPIN AI, EFFECT OF CHELATORS ON HILL REACTION IN
CHLOROPLASTS WITH SILICOMOLYBDATE AS ELECTRON-ACCEPTOR, BIOFIZIKA Volume: 23 Issue:
5 Pages: 918-920 Published: 1978.
12. GOLDFIELD MG; TSAPIN AI; VOZVISHAEVA LV; PARAMAGNETIC CENTERS AND PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS OF SUB-CHLOROPLAST FRAGMENTS OF PHOTOSYSTEM-2,
BIOFIZIKA Volume: 23 Issue: 2 Pages: 266-271 Published: 1978.
11. BLUMENFELD LA; BURBAEV DS; TSAPIN AI; STRUCTURES OF TYPE OF SPIN-GLASSES IN
CHLOROPLASTS, BIOFIZIKA Volume: 23 Issue: 4 Pages: 614-619 Published: 1978.
10. GOLDFELD MG; MIKOIAN VD; TSAPIN AI, SILICON-MOLYBDATE AS A CONFORMATIONSENSITIVE ACCEPTOR OF ELECTRONS OF PHOTOSYSTEM 2 OF CHLOROPLASTS, DOKLADY
AKADEMII NAUK SSSR Volume: 229 Issue: 5 Pages: 1251-1254 Published: 1976.
9. GOLDFELD MG; TSAPIN AI; SHUTILOVA NI; OPTICAL-ABSORPTION AND ESR-SPECTRA OF
CHLOROPLASTS AND SUBCHLOROPLAST PARTICLES, BIOFIZIKA Volume: 21 Issue: 1 Pages: 183-185
Published: 1976.
8. GOLDFELD MG; KHANGULOV SV; KHALILOV RI; TSAPIN AI; REACTION CENTERS OF
PHOTOSYSTEM-I REDUCTION PATH, BIOFIZIKA Volume: 20 Issue: 2 Pages: 254-259 Published: 1975.
7. VOZVYSHA.LV; GOLDFELD MG; KHANGULO.SV; TSAPIN AI; UNCOUPLING OF
PHOTOPHOSPHORYLATION IN CHLOROPLASTS BY HYDROPHOBIC NITROXYL RADICALS,
BIOFIZIKA Volume: 19 Issue: 6 Pages: 1030-1033 Published: 1974.
6. GOLDFELD MG; TSAPIN AI; LIGHT-INDUCED REDOX REACTIONS OF STABLE IMINOXYL-FREE
RADICALS IN CHLOROPLASTS, STUDIA BIOPHYSICA Volume: 42 Issue: 3 Pages: 195-202, 1974.
5. TSAPIN AI; TIMOFEEV KN; GOLDFELD MG; KHANGOULOV SV; EFFECT OF IMINOXYL RADICALS
AND PRODUCTS OF THEIR REDUCTION ON PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS OF CHLOROPLASTS,
BIOFIZIKA Volume: 19 Issue: 1 Pages: 122-126 Published: 1974.
4. TSAPIN AI; GOLDFELD MG; BEHAVIOR OF PHOTOINDUCED ESR-I SIGNAL IN CHLOROPLASTS
AND LEAVES UNDER SIMULTANEOUS AND SEPARATE ILLUMINATION WITH RED AND FAR REDLIGHT, BIOFIZIKA Volume: 19 Issue: 5 Pages: 863-867 Published: 1974.
3. BLUMENFE.LA; GOLDFIEL.MG; TZAPIN AI; : ELECTRON-SPIN RESONANCE SIGNAL-I IN LEAVES
OF HIGHER-PLANTS - BEHAVIOR UNDER SIMULTANEOUS AND SEPARATE ILLUMINATION WITH
RED AND FAR RED-LIGHT, PHOTOSYNTHETICA Volume: 8 Issue: 3 Pages: 168-175 Published: 1974.
2. TSAPIN AI; TIMOFEEV KN; GOLDFELD MG; HYDROPHOBIC IMINOXYL RADICALS AS
UNCOUPLERS OF PHOTOPHOSPHORYLATION IN CHLOROPLASTS, BIOFIZIKA Volume: 17 Issue: 5
Pages: 916-& Published: 1972.
1. TZAPIN AI; MOLOTKOV.YG; GOLDFIEL.MG; DZUBENKO; LIGHT-INDUCED STRUCTURAL
TRANSITIONS OF CHLOROPLASTS STUDIED BY SPIN-PROBE METHOD, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF
BIOCHEMISTRY, Volume: 20 Issue: 2 Pages: 218-223, 1971.
Public Lectures and Participation in Recent Conferences
2012
G.R. von Kiparski, D.R. Parker, A.I. Tsapin, Removal of perchlorate from Martian analog soil samples,
ABSCICON 2012, Atlanta, April 16-20, 2012.
2009
A.Tsapin and W. Hug, Stop-Flow Raman system with excitation at 248 nm; The Conference on Micro-Raman
Spectroscopy and Luminescence Studies in the Earth and Planetary Sciences, April 2–4, 2009, at the Max-PlanckInstitut für Chemie, Abteilung Geochemie, Mainz, Germany.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/spectroscopy2009/spectroscopy20093rd.shtml
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A.Tsapin, Interaction of DBD plasma with DNA and amino acids, 2nd International Conference on Plasma
Medicine, San Antonio March 15-20. http://plasma.mem.drexel.edu/icpm-2/ , 2009.
2007
A. Tsapin, W. Abbey, Application of X-ray tomography for life detection inside rocks. Blueberries. Bioastronomy
2007, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 2007.
A. Tsapin, W. Abbey, Application of X-ray tomography for study “Blueberries” from Utah desert. Workshop
of Skyscan CT scanners users, Brugge, Belgium, April 16-18, 2007
2006
Alexandre Tsapin*a, William Hugb, Sambit, Ray Reid, Development of a self-contained, subglacial, native
fluorescence detector for measurement of organic molecules and chemicals of life. "Subglacial Antarctic Lake
Environments (SALE) in the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008: Advanced Science and Technology
Planning, 24-26 April, 2006, Grenoble, France.
Alexandre Tsapin*a, William Hugb, Rohit Bhartiac, Ray Reid, A self-contained native fluorescence detector for
measurement of organic molecules and chemicals of life, European Symposium on Security and Defense 2006 (1115 September 2006, Stockholm, Sweden.
Jay D. Goguen1, G. Orzechowska1, P. Johnson1, A. Tsapin1, I. Kanik1, W. Smythe1,Decomposition of Amino Acids
in 100 K Ice by UV Photolysis: Implications for Survival on Europa, 38th Meeting of the AAS Division for
Planetary Sciences 8-13 October 2006, Pasadena, CA
Kevin P. Hand1, R. W. Carlson2, A. I. Tsapin2, Laboratory Analysis Of Water, Hydrocarbon And Ammonia Ice
Mixtures Exposed To High-energy Electron Irradiation, 38th Meeting of the AAS Division for Planetary Sciences 813 October 2006, Pasadena, CA
Hug, W.F., R. Bhartia, R. Reid, A. TSAPIN, A. Lane, and P.Conrad, "Ultra-sensitive reagentless water
contamination sensors using deep UV laser induced native fluorescence and resonance Raman spectroscopy", 2006
International Symposium of Spectral Sensing Research, Bar Harbor, ME. 29 May - 2 June, 2006.
A.TSAPIN, ,Bhartia, R.,E.C. Salas, W.F. Hug, K.Sijapati, A.Lane, R.Reid, and P.Conrad, "Native Fluorescence
Spectroscopy: Wavelength Dependence in Differentiating Organic and Biological Compounds and Environmental
Backgrounds", Pittsburgh Conference 2006, Orlando, FL., March 13-17, 2006.
2005
Hug, W.F., R. Bhartia, A. TSAPIN, A.L. Lane, P. G. Conrad, K.Sijapati, and R.D. Reid, "Status of miniature
integrated UV resonance fluorescence and Raman sensors for detection and identification ofbiochemical warfare
agents", Proceedings of the International Society ofOptical Engineering, Vol. 5994, Oct. 22-26, 2005.
A. Tsapin, Interdisciplinary approach to life detection in ice cores, EGU meeting, Vienna, Austria, April 26, 2005,
Oral presentation.
A. Tsapin, Amino Acids distribution in Atacama Desert soil. De novo Amino
Acid Synthesis, AGU annual meeting, San-Francisco, December 9, 2005 Poster
2004
A.Tsapin, Study of the oldest animal fossils with computer tomography, 32 nd International Geological Congress,
Florence, Italy, August 24, 2004 (oral presentation).
A.Tsapin, Chirality as a biomarker. New approach for life detection, Bioastronomy conference, Reykjavik, Island,
July 14, 2004 (oral presentation).
2003
A. Tsapin, and G. McDonald, Microorganisms buried in permafrost – are they in a dormant state or is their metabolism
just slowed down?, Intern. Conf. On Permafrost, Zurich, Switzerland, July, 2003
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- Dr. ALEXANDRE TSAPIN
Christner, B.C., J.C. Priscu, and A.I. Tsapin. Earth's icy biosphere: Examining the potential for the preservation of
life in ice on Mars. Oral presentation at the Third International Conference on Mars Polar Science and Exploration
(Special session in memory of David Wynn-Williams). Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada, October 2003.
A.Tsapin, CT as a life detection method, Harvey Mudd school, April 2003, public lecture
A.Tsapin, Chirality as a biomarker: a new approach for life detection, EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice,
France, April 6-11, 2003 (invited talk).
J. G. Jurewicz1, S. M. Jones1, A. Tsapin1, D. T. Mih1, H. C. Connolly Jr2,3, and G. A. Graham4, LOCATING
STARDUST-LIKE PARTICLES IN AEROGEL USING X-RAY TECHNIQUES. LPSC, March 2003, oral
presentation)
A. Tsapin, I. Kanik, L.W. Beegle, L. Wu, and R. G. Cooks, Determining d/l ratios of amino acids found in ice above
lake Vostok using esi/cit mass spectroscopy, LPSC, Houston, TX, March 2003, oral presentation
2002
Hug, W.F., R.D.Reid, R.Bhartia, M.C.Storrie-Lombardi, A.TSAPIN, and A.L.Lane, "Deep UV Laser Induced
Native Fluorescence Detector forOrganic Detection and Classification", 29th Annual Conference of theFederation of
Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies, Providence, RI, Oct. 13-17, 2002.
A.Tsapin, Use Of Amino Acid Racemization To Investigate The Metabolic Activity Of “Dormant” Microorganisms
In Siberian Permafrost AGU 2002, Fall meeting, San-Francisco, December 6-12, 2002 (oral presentation)
A.Tsapin, Using CT for life detection in rocks and ice, Public lecture in Cal State University, Central LA, October 8,
2002
A.Tsapin, Imaging as a tool for life detection, Public lecture, Teaching conference, Pasadena, April 20, 2002
A. Tsapin, G. McDonald, and D. Gilichinsky, Terrestrial permafrost as a model environment for bioastronomy,
Bioastronomy, Hamilton Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, July 8-12, 2002 (oral presentation)
Alexandre Tsapin ,Vladimir Gorlenko, Zorigto Namsaraev, Tatyana Tourova, Diane Engler, and Kenneth Nealson
Novel anaerobic thermoalcaliphilic bacterium Anaerobranca californiensis sp.nov., dissimilatory reducing sulfur,
Fe(III) and other inorganic electron acceptors, ASM 2002, general meeting, Salt Lake city, April 2002, (poster)
A. Tsapin, Using computer tomography for detection life in rocks, permafrost, and ice. Application for
Astrobiology. Life detection – problems and perspectives, International Astrobiology conference, S. -Petersburg,
Russia, March 22-28, 2002. (Plenary speaker)
C. C. Allen, A. I. Tsapin, K. Kuebler, L. Haskin, and A. Wang Analysis inside the box – studying rock and soil
in biological quarantine, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXXIII, March 2002. Houston, (Oral
presentation)
2001 and before
A.Tsapin, Using computer tomography for detection life in rocks, permafrost, and ice. Application for astrobiology,
GSA meeting, Boston November 3-8, 2001, (invited speaker)
A.Tsapin, Computer tomography for detection life in rocks, permafrost, and ice, Life in Ancient Ice NSF workshop,
Oregon, June 30-July 4, 2001, (invited speaker)
A.Tsapin and K. Nealson, Using microCT for life detection in minerals, EUG XI 8th - 12th April 2001, Strasbourg,
France, (oral presentation)
A.Tsapin and K. Nealson, Application of Computer Tomography for Life Detection, NAI Annual Meeting, April
10-12, 2001, Washington DC,(poster)
A.Tsapin, K.Nealson, Using Computer Tomography For Locating Endolithic Organisms, AGU Annual Meeting,
December 15-19, 2000, San-Francisco, USA, (invited speaker)
Title: Amino acid racemization in Siberian permafrost cores.
Author(s): Brinton KLF; Tsapin AI; McDonald GD; et al.
Source: ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Volume: 219 Pages: U695A.Tsapin, Extended CV, May 24, 2011, pg. 9
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U695 Part: Part 1 Meeting Abstract: 45-GEOC Published: MAR 26 2000
Times Cited: 0 (from Web of Science)
A.Tsapin, K. Nealson, J. Hagadorn, and J. Nesson, Using of x-ray imaging and CT methods for locating life in
complex mineralogical and lithic environments, GSA Annual meeting, November 10-15, 2000, Reno, Nevada,
(invited speaker).
14. A.I. Tsapin, M.G. Goldfeld, K.H.Nealson, K.M.Kemner, B. Moskowitz, Self-Sterilizing properties of Martian
Soil: Possible Nature and Implications, 30th International Conference on Environmental Systems, Toulose, France,
July 10-13,Oral presentation, 2000.
D. Leys, A. Tsapin, T. Meyer, A. Cusanovich, Y. Guisez, J. VanBeumen, Crystal structures of the tetraheme
flavoprotein enzyme fumarate reductase from Shewanella putrefaciens strain MR-1, 13th International congress
Flavbins and Flavoproteins, Konstanz, Germany, July 29 – August 4, 1999. (Oral presentation)
Title: Ultraviolet Raman spectroscopy for in situ geobiological exploration of Mars.
Author(s): Storrie-Lombardi MC; Tsapin AI; McDonald GD; et al.
Source: ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Volume: 217 Pages: U844U844 Part: Part 1 Meeting Abstract: 069-GEOC Published: MAR 21 1999
Times Cited: 1 (from Web of Science)
A.Tsapin, Expression of genes for cytochromes c in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, 3rd Annual Midwestern molecular
microbial ecology meeting, Aug. 2-3, 1997, Milwaukee, (oral presentation)
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