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Tullis Onstott is a professor of geosciences at Princeton University who has done research into endolithic life deep under the Earth's surface. In 2007, Onstott was listed among ''Time Magazine's'' 100 most influential people in the world.〔National Aeronautics and Space Administration.(NAI’s Tullis Onstott makes “Time 100” ) 2007-05-03.〕 In 2011 he co-discovered ''Halicephalobus mephisto'', a nematode worm living under the ground, the deepest multicellular organism known to science. He won a LExEN Award for his work "A Window Into the Extreme Environment of Deep Subsurface Microbial Communities: Witwatersrand Deep Microbiology Project".〔(Limits Of Life On Earth: Are They The Key To Life On Other Planets? )〕 ==Research== Research projects include:〔Tullis Onstott. (Princeton University Home Page ) Retrieved 2010-12-01.〕 * South African Deep Microbiology: characterizing the microbiology and geochemistry of continental crust down to . * Indiana-Princeton-Tennessee Astrobiology Institute: preparing for the search for life beneath the surface of Mars. * Natural Earthquake Laboratory in South African Mines: installed a field laboratory at depth, exploring the relationship between seismic activity and microbial diversity and activity. * Anaerobic biostimulation for the ''in situ'' precipitation and long-term sequestration of metal sulphides. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tullis Onstott」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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