Adrian Ponce
Encyclopedia
Adrian Ponce is the Deputy Section Manager for the Planetary Science and Life Detection Section at NASA
's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
, and is also a visiting faculty member at Caltech. he received a BS
in Chemistry
from Michigan State University
, and then went on to obtain a PhD
in Chemistry
from Caltech in 2000.
and the NASA
's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
that integrates microbiology
, chemistry
, biophotonics
, and engineering principles to develop chemical and biological detection schemes and corresponding analytical instrumentation.
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center and NASA field center located in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The facility is headquartered in the city of Pasadena on the border of La Cañada Flintridge and Pasadena...
, and is also a visiting faculty member at Caltech. he received a BS
BS
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in Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
from Michigan State University
Michigan State University
Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
, and then went on to obtain a PhD
PHD
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in Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
from Caltech in 2000.
Research
The Ponce Group is an interdisciplinary team composed of members from both the California Institute of TechnologyCalifornia Institute of Technology
The California Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic divisions with strong emphases on science and engineering...
and the NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center and NASA field center located in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The facility is headquartered in the city of Pasadena on the border of La Cañada Flintridge and Pasadena...
that integrates microbiology
Microbiology
Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, which are defined as any microscopic organism that comprises either a single cell , cell clusters or no cell at all . This includes eukaryotes, such as fungi and protists, and prokaryotes...
, chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
, biophotonics
Biophotonics
The term biophotonics denotes a combination of biology and photonics, with photonics being the science and technology of generation, manipulation, and detection of photons, quantum units of light. Photonics is related to electronics in that it is believed that photons will play a similar central...
, and engineering principles to develop chemical and biological detection schemes and corresponding analytical instrumentation.
Publications
- Fast sterility assessment with germinable endospore biodosimetry. Yung, P.T., Ponce, A. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, accepted.
- Production and characterization of pure spore suspensions of Clostridium sporogenes and C. hungatei. Yang, W., Crow-Willard, E., Ponce, A. Applied Microbiology, in press.
- Spectroscopic analysis of ligand binding to lanthanide-macrocycle platforms. Kirby, J.P., Cable, M.L., Levine, D.J., Gray, H.B., Ponce, A. Analytical Chemistry, 2008, 80(15), 5750-5754.
- Bacterial diversity in hyperarid Atacama Desert soils. Connon, S.A., Lester, E.D., Shafaat, H.S., Obenhuber, D.C., Ponce, A., Journal of Geophysical Research, 2007, 112(G4): Article No. G04S17.
- An automated front-end monitor for anthrax surveillance systems based on the rapid detection of airborne endospores. Yung, P.T., Lester, E.D., Bearman, G., Ponce, A., Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2007, 98(4), 864-871.
- Bacterial spore detection by [Tb3+(macrocycle)(dipicolinate)] luminescence Cable, M.L., Kirby, J.P., Sorasaenee, K., Gray, H.B., Ponce, A., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2007, 129, 1474-1475.
- Quantification of viable endospores from a Greenland ice core Yung, P.T., Shafaat, H.S., Connon, S.A., Ponce, A., FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2007, 59, 300-306.
- Microflora of extreme arid Atacama Desert Soils Lester, E.D., Satomi, M., Ponce, A., Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 2007, 39, 704-708.
- Applications of a rapid endospore viability assay for monitoring UV inactivation and characterizing Arctic ice cores Shafaat, H.S., Ponce, A., Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2006, 72(10), 6808-6814.
- A Rapid Single Spore Enumeration Assay Yung, P.T., Kempf, M.J., Ponce, A., IEEE Aerospace Conference 2006.
- Towards an In-Situ Endospore Detection Instrument Shafaat, H.S.; Cable, M.L.; Ikeda, M.K.; Kirby, J.P.; Pelletier, C.C.; Ponce, A., IEEE Aerospace Conference 2005. [
- A Second-Generation Anthrax "Smoke Detector": An Inexpensive Front-End Monitor that Detects Airborne Bacterial Spores Lester, E.D.; Bearman, G.; Ponce, A., IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2004, 23 (1), 130-135.
- An Anthrax Smoke Detector: Online Detection of Aerosolized Bacterial Spores Lester, E.D.; Ponce, A., IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology: Special Biodefense Issue, 2002, 21 (5), 38-42.
- Lateral-Flow Immunoassay With DPA-Triggered Tb Luminescence Ponce, A. NASA Tech Briefs, 2002 (accepted).
- Live/Dead Spore Assay Using DPA-Triggered Tb Luminescence Ponce, A. NASA Tech Briefs, 2002 (accepted).
- Online Detection of Trace H2S(g): UV Absorption Spectroscopy of Gas Phase Cu(COD)(HFAC) Sulfidation Product (HFAC(g)) Ponce, A.; Pikramenou, Z.; Winnpenny, R; Davidson, M. Anal. Chem., 2002 (in preparation).
- Bacterial Endospore Quantification using Lanthanide Dipicolinate Luminescence Ponce, A; Venkateswaran, KJ, NASA Tech Briefs, 2002, 26(7), 56.
- Tiger Fiber: Long Period Fiber Grating Sensor with Modulated Plastic Coating for Environmental Monitoring Kossakovski, D.; Ponce, A, NASA Tech Briefs, 2002 accepted.
- Fiber-Optic Transducers for Distributed Sensing of Volatiles: An Optical Nose Ponce, A.; Kossakovski, D, NASA Tech Briefs, 2001, 25(6), 33-34.
- Electron Tunneling in Water: Oxidative Quenching of Electronically Excited Ru(tpy)22+ (tpy = 2,2':6,2' '-terpyridine) by Ferric Ions in Aqueous Glasses at 77 K Ponce, A.; Winkler, J.R.; Gray, H.B., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2000, 122, 8187-8191.
- Electron Transfer in Ruthenium Modified High Potential Iron-Sulfur Protein Ponce, A.; Di Bilio, A.J.; Winkler, J.R.; Gray, H.B.; Babini, E.; Bertini, I.; Borsari, M.; Capozzi, F.; Luchinat, C. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2000, 122, 4532-4533.
- Electron Transfer in Proteins and Water Ponce, A; Thesis, 2000, California Institute of Technology.
- pH Dependent Excited-State Dynamics of [Ru(bpy)3]2+ Modified Amino Acids Geiser, B,; Ponce, A.; Alsfasser, R. Inorg. Chem., 1999, 38, 2030-2037.
- Electron Transfer in Strongly Coupled Ruthenium Dimers Ponce, A.; Bachrach, M.; Farmer, P.J.; Winkler, J.R. Inorg. Chim. Acta (Special Issue), 1996, 243, 135-140.
- Substrate Induced Phosphorescence from Cyclodextrin/Lumophore Host-Guest Complexes Hartman, W.; Gray, M.; Ponce, A.; Wong, P.A.; Nocera D.G. Inorg. Chim. Acta (Special Issue), 1996, 243, 239-248.
- Hydroxylamine, Hydrazine, and Diazene as Unidentate Ligands in Osmium and Ruthenium Complexes Cheng, T.Y.; Ponce, A.; Rheingold, A.L.; Hillhouse, G.L. Angew. Chem., 1994, 33, 657-659.
- Luminescence from Supramolecules Triggered by the Molecular Recognition of Substrates Pikramenou, Z.; Yu, J.A.; Lessard, R.B.; Ponce, A.; Wong, P. A.; Nocera, D.G. Coord. Chem. Rev., 1994, 132, 181-194.
- Intense Phosphorescence Triggered by Alcohols upon Formation of a Cyclodextrin Ternary Complex Ponce, A.; Wong, P.A.; Way, J.J.; Nocera, D.G. J. Phys. Chem. 1993, 97, 11137-1114.