Mariam Naseem she/her
Graduate Student
Contact
Office: PHY 4308
John S. Toll Physics Building
4150 Campus Drive
College Park, MD 20742
Mailing Address
8000 Regents Drive
College Park, MD 20742
mnaseem [at] umd [dot] edu
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Research Interests
Conducting analog laboratory experiments and polar fieldwork to investigate biosignature alteration during cryovolcanic eruptions on ocean worlds, informing spacecraft mission formulation.
Research Motivations: Astrobiology, Planetary habitability, Life detection, Biosignatures, Cryosphere, Analogs, Enceladus, Europa, Ceres.
Publications
Naseem, M., Neveu, M., Howell, S., Lesage, E., Daswani, M.M. and Vance, S.D.. (2023) Salt Distribution from Freezing Intrusions in Ice Shells on Ocean Worlds: Application to Europa. The Planetary Science Journal. 4(9) 181. DOI: 10.3847/PSJ/ace5a2
Neveu, M., Aspin, A., Naseem, M., Yang, Z. (2024) Effect of the liquid-vacuum transition on the relative abundances of amino and fatty acids sought as biosignatures on icy ocean worlds. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 630 118622. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118622
Lesage, E., Howell, S., Neveu, M., Miller, J.W., Naseem, M., Daswani, M.M., Villette, J., Vance, S.D. (2025) Identifying signatures of past and present cryovolcanism on Europa. Nature Communications. 16 1886. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57070-8