Publications, Patents, and Presentations

PUBLICATIONS

Randazzo N., Kim S.-T., and Knyf M. (2019). Enzymatically-catalyzed CO2-H2O equilibration for oxygen isotope analyses of aqueous samples. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 33(44), 1185-1195.

Bhattacharya J., Miall A., Gabriel J., Ferron. C, Randazzo N., Kynaston D., Jicha B., and Singer B. (2019). Time-stratigraphy in point sourced river deltas: application to sediment budgets, shelf construction, and paleo-storm records. Earth Science Reviews 199, 102985.

PROVISIONAL PATENTS

“Carbonic anhydrase-catalyzed isotope equilibrium between CO2-H2O for oxygen isotope analyses of aqueous samples”. U.S. Provisional Pat. Ser. No. 62/752064. Filed on Oct. 29, 2018.

PRESENTATIONS

Lemmon M., Bell III J., Egeland R., and Randazzo N. Monitoring hotspots with Mars rovers. June 2023. American Astronomical Society. Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Poster Presentation. (Virtual).

Debaille V., Benison K.C., Bosak T., Cohen B.A., Czaja A.D., Farley K.A., Goreva Y., Hausrath E.M., Herd C.D.K, Hickman-Lewis K., Liu Y., Madariaga J.M., Mayhew L.E., Randazzo N., Sephton M.A., Shuster D.L., Siljeström S., Simon J.I., Stack K.M., Wadhwa M., Weiss B.P., and Zorzano M.-P. Mars sample return: scientific objectives and implication for the crater floor campaign. Biennial European Astrobiology Conference (BEACON). La Palma Island, Canaries, Spain. Oral Presentation (Virtual).

Fornaro T., Brucato J.R., Poggiali G., Alberini A., Florentino C.G., Jakubek R.S., Fries M., Sharma S., Murphy A.E., Coloma L., Aramendia J., Madariaga J.M., Steele A., Siljeström

S., Czaja A.D., Bhartia R., Ollila A., Clegg S., Lopez-Reyes G., Manrique J.A., Beyssac O., Bernard, S., Clavé E., Connell S., Brown, A., Wiens, and Randazzo N. Inspecting the astrobiological relevance of samples collected at Jezero Crater on Mars by the NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance rover for future return to Earth. Biennial European Astrobiology Conference (BEACON). La Palma Island, Canaries, Spain. Oral Presentation (Virtual).

Randazzo N., Simon J.I., Tuite M., Flannery D., Herd C.D.K., Fornaro T., Benaroya S., Froese D.G., Eckley S., Harvey J., McCubbin F.M., Pumple J., O’Neal E.W., Regberg A.B., and Zeigler RA.A.. Preparing for analysis of returned mars samples through collaborative analysis of high fidelity analogs. March 2023. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC). The Woodlands, Texas, USA. Oral Presentation (In-Person).

Hausrath E. M., Sullivan R., Goreva Y., Zorzano M.P., Cardarelli E., Vaughan A., Cousin A., Siljeström S., Shumway A., S. VanBommel S., Martinez G., Johnson J.R., Bechtold A., Paar G., Poulet F., Herd C.D.K., , Benison K., Sephton M., Madariaga J.M., Lasue J., Wiens R.C., Martinez-Frias J., Bell III J.F., Czaja , A.D., Adcock C.T., and Randazzo N. The history of water recorded in the Mars soil samples. March 2023. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC). The Woodlands, Texas, USA. Oral Presentation (In-Person).

Stack K. M., Gupta S., Tebolt M., Caravaca G., Ives E., Russell P., Shuster D., Williams A., Alwmark S., Barnes R., Bell III J., Beyssac O., Brown A., Flannery D., Grotzinger J. P., Horgan B., Hurowitz J., Kalucha H., Kanine O., Núñez J.I., Randazzo N., Seeger C., Simon J., Tice M, and Williams., R.M.E. Sedimentology and stratigraphy of the lower delta sequence, Jezero Crater, Mars. March 2023. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC). The Woodlands, Texas, USA. Oral Presentation (In-Person).

Tate C. D., Annex A. M., Wolff M., Hayes A. H., Randazzo N., and Powell K. E. The Metaverse is here – so let’s use it to explore Mars. March 2023. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC). The Woodlands, Texas, USA. Oral Presentation (In-Person).

Randazzo N., Wu T., Bhattacharya J.P., Walecki M., Fries K., Nelson R., Kim S.- T., Jicha

B.R., and Singer B.S. Plausibility of Milankovitch- Driven Glaciations under Ultra- Greenhouse Conditions. August 2022. Cretaceous Symposium. Warsaw, Poland. Oral Presentation (Virtual).

Randazzo N., Kim S.- T., Bhattacharya J.P., Rine J., and Walecki M. Environmental reconstruction and intercontinental correlation of the Turonian paleoclimate using stable isotope records from the Mancos Shale. July 2022. Goldschmidt Conference. Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Oral Presentation (Virtual).

Randazzo N., Gabriel J., Barros Lourenco R., Reinhardt E., Kim S.- T., Bhattacharya J.P., and

Genovese C. The utilization of XRF to predict carbon and nitrogen isotope trends in the

Cretaceous Mancos C Formation, New Mexico. June 2022. Advances in Stable Isotope Techniques and Applications (ASITA). Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Oral Presentation (In- Person).

Randazzo N., Wu T., Bhattacharya J.P., Kim S.-T., and Walecki M. Plausibility of Milankovitch Cycles in an Ultra Greenhouse World. November 2021. Geological Association of Canada- Mineralogical Association of Canada. London, Ontario, Canada. Oral Presentation (In- Person).

Randazzo N., Kim S.-T., Stalport F., Rheinstäder M.C., Cottin H., and Coll P. Effect of Martian- like Radiation Conditions on Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Compositions of Carbonates. February 2021. Canadian Geophysical Union- Student Conference. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Oral Presentation (Virtual).

Randazzo N. and Kim S.-T. Stable Isotopes of Carbonates: A Tool in the Search for Life?

Advances in Earth Sciences Research Conference. March, 2019. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Poster Presentation (In- Person).

Thomas A., Randazzo N., Torres- Kulik, Bentley M., Bardell G., and Thierrin C.. Eliminating Space Debris: N.A.P.K.I.N. Vehicle & C.L.O.T.H. Act. Queen’s Space Conference. February, 2019. Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Oral Presentation (In- Person).

Randazzo N. and Kim S.-T. Stable Isotopes of Carbonates: A Tool in the Search for Life? Science of Early Life Conference. June, 2018. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Poster Presentation (In- Person).

Randazzo N. and Kim S.-T. Resources for Future Generations (RFG) Conference. June, 2018Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Poster Presentation (In- Person).

Randazzo N. The Coevolution of Life and Environment on Mars: An Ecosystem Perspective on the Robotic Exploration of Biosignatures. SAGANet. March, 2018. Presented Online: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Oral Presentation of a paper by Nathalie Cabrol (In- Person).

Randazzo N., Kim S.- T., and El- Shenawy M.. Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Effects in Synthesized Carbonates at 25 oC. AGU Fall Meeting. December, 2016. San Francisco, California, USA Poster Presentation (In- Person).

Kynaston D., Lee R., Kovacs S., Randazzo N., and Islam A. Assessment of Petroleum Systems I Cooper Basin, Australia. AAPG Imperial Barrel Award Competition. March, 2015. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Oral Presentation (In- Person).

Randazzo N. and Kim S.- T. The Influence of Salinity of Morphology of Calcite Rafts- A New Salinity Indicator?. NSERC- USRA Poster Session. November, 2014. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Poster Presentation (In- Person).

Randazzo N. Measuring the Isotopic Compositions of Carbon- 13 and Oxygen- 18 in Synthesized Calcite Rafts under Various Conditions. McMaster Research Day. April, 2014. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Poster Presentation (In- Person).

JOURNAL CLUB PRESENTATIONS

7 Oral Presentations, Astrobiology Journal Club Sep 2017–Present

McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

6 Oral Presentations, School of Geography and Earth Sciences

Informal Seminar Series Club Sep 2017–Present

McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada