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Andrzej (Andrew) Pohorille (May 14, 1949 – January 6, 2024) was a statistical and theoretical physicist, holding a professor position at the University of California, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and G15 civil servant position at NASA. He studied the origin of life and he made “sustained contributions to NASA’s establishment of Astrobiology as a vibrant, rigorous, and accessible scientific discipline” for which he was awarded NASA Exceptional Services Medal in 2023.[1]
Early life
[edit]Born in Szczecin, Poland, he was the only child of Eugenia Gartenberg, a teacher, and Maksynilian Pohorille, a professor of economy at Main School of Planning and Statistics (SGPiS), now Warsaw School of Economics (SGH). His parents were the only members of their families to survive the Holocaust.
Education and career
[edit]Pohorille received his Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from the University of Warsaw, under David Shugar. Subsequent to his Ph.D. studies, he did postdoctoral work with Prof. Bernard Pullman at the Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique in Paris. He came to the United States in 1980. From 1982 to 1992, Pohorille served as an Assistant Professor and then Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley. At Berkeley, he and colleagues worked on the hydrophobic effect[2][3][4] and on other fundamental physical processes related to the origin of life. Since 1992 he had been professor at the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of California San Francisco. In 1996 he joined the staff of NASA Ames Research Center as a civil servant in the Exobiology Branch. He was one of the authors of the Astrobiology Roadmap, a foundational document in the establishment of the NASA Astrobiology Institute. He was the architect and first director of the NASA Center for Computational Astrobiology.[5]
Research and contributions
[edit]Pohorille’s primary interest was utilizing computational methods to help test hypotheses on the origins of cellular life.[6][7][8] The goal of these studies was to determine the basic functions that early cells had to possess in order to thrive and propagate in a primordial environment. He made use of computer simulations techniques to model the structure and dynamics of biomembranes, ion channel proteins, and other condensed phase systems.[9][10][11][12][13] In the context of this work, he also developed methods for calculating free energy profiles of complex molecular systems.[14][15][16] Other research efforts included theoretical modeling of genetic and metabolic networks,[17][18][19][20], cometary ices,[21] as well as designing instruments for microbiology experiments on small satellites and in the lunar environment.[22] His most recent interests were in developing new ways to organize scientific information.[23]
He served as the computational lead for astrobiology projects on three successive NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) teams, and as the computational lead for two Internal Scientist Funding Model (ISFM) teams. The first was on the origin of life on Earth and the second was on the detection of life on other planets.[24] His published scientific work consists of 147 peer-reviewed articles.[25]
Awards and Honors
[edit]- 1994 NASA Ames Space Science Division Recognition Award
- 2000 NASA Group Award for the Astrobiology Team
- 2002 NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal
- https://history.arc.nasa.gov/hist_pdfs/awards/nha_individual.pdf
- 2005 named Distinguished Lecturer at the Centre for Mathematical Modeling and the National Centre for Space Research in the U.K.
- 2008 James Clerk Maxwell Lecture, Edinburgh, U.K
- 2009 NASA Group Award for the Astrobiology Roadmap Team
- 2010 (together with Eric Darve) H. Julian Allen Award for the article Calculating Free Energies Using Average Force, published in Journal of Chemical Physics.[26]
- https://www.nasa.gov/ames-ocs/h-julian-allen-award/darve-pohorille/
- 2014 NASA Group Award
- 2023 NASA Exceptional Services Medal for "establishment of Astrobiology as a vibrant, rigorous and accessible scientific discipline".
References
[edit]- ^ Cowing, Keith (2024-02-09). "In Memoriam: Andrzej Pohorille". Astrobiology. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ Pohorille, Andrew; Pratt, Lawrence (1990). "Origin of life and the aqueous environment: The role of hydrophobicity in self-organization and prebiotic chemistry". Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere. 20 (2): 151–178.
- ^ Pratt, Lawrence; Pohorille, Andrew (1992). "Theory of hydrophobicity: Transient cavities in molecular liquids". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 89 (7): 2995–2999.
- ^ Pratt, Lawrence; Pohorille, Andrew (2002). "Hydrophobic Effects and Modeling of Biophysical Aqueous Solution Interfaces". Chemical Reviews. 102 (8): 2671–2692.
- ^ "Andrew Pohorille - NASA". Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ Pohorille, Andrew (2012). "Processes that Drove the Transition from Chemistry to Biology: Concepts and Evidence". Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 42 (5): 429–432. Bibcode:2012OLEB...42..429P. doi:10.1007/s11084-012-9304-3. ISSN 0169-6149. PMID 23080008.
- ^ Pohorille, Andrew; Pratt, L. R. (2012). "Is Water the Universal Solvent for Life?". Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 42 (5): 405–409. Bibcode:2012OLEB...42..405P. doi:10.1007/s11084-012-9301-6. ISSN 0169-6149. PMID 23065397.
- ^ "NASA Astrobiology". astrobiology.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ Wilson, Michael A.; Wei, Chenyu; Bjelkmar, Pär; Wallace, B.A.; Pohorille, Andrew (2011). "Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Antiamoebin Ion Channel: Linking Structure and Conductance". Biophysical Journal. 100 (10): 2394–2402. Bibcode:2011BpJ...100.2394W. doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2011.03.054. PMC 3093558. PMID 21575573.
- ^ Wilson, Michael A.; Pohorille, Andrew (2021-05-06). "Electrophysiological Properties from Computations at a Single Voltage: Testing Theory with Stochastic Simulations". Entropy. 23 (5): 571. Bibcode:2021Entrp..23..571W. doi:10.3390/e23050571. ISSN 1099-4300. PMC 8148522. PMID 34066581.
- ^ Wilson, Michael; Pohorille, Andrew (2022). "Computer modeling of the Structure and Conductance of LS3, a Synthetic Ion Channel". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 126 (44): 8995–8999. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c05965. PMID 36306164. Retrieved 2024-08-18 – via ACS Publications.
- ^ Wei, Chenyu; Pohorille, Andrew (2009). "Permeation of Membranes by Ribose and Its Diastereomers". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131 (29): 10237–10245. Bibcode:2009JAChS.13110237W. doi:10.1021/ja902531k. PMID 19621967 – via ResearChgate.
- ^ Pohorille, Andrew; Deamer, David (2009). "Self-assembly and function of primitive cell membranes". Research in Microbiology. 160 (7): 449–456. Bibcode:2009ResMb.160..449P. doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2009.06.004. PMID 19580865.
- ^ Darve, Eric; Pohorille, Andrew (2001-11-22). "Calculating free energies using average force". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 115 (20): 9169–9183. Bibcode:2001JChPh.115.9169D. doi:10.1063/1.1410978. hdl:2060/20010090348. ISSN 0021-9606.
- ^ Darve, Eric; Rodríguez-Gómez, David; Pohorille, Andrew (2008-04-11). "Adaptive biasing force method for scalar and vector free energy calculations". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 128 (14). Bibcode:2008JChPh.128n4120D. doi:10.1063/1.2829861. ISSN 0021-9606. PMID 18412436.
- ^ Pohorille, Andrew; Jarzynski, Christopher; Chipot, Christophe (2010-08-19). "Good Practices in Free-Energy Calculations". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 114 (32): 10235–10253. Bibcode:2010JPCB..11410235P. doi:10.1021/jp102971x. hdl:2060/20140000578. ISSN 1520-6106. PMID 20701361.
- ^ Wei, Chenyu; Pohorille, Andrew (2013). "Permeation of Aldopentoses and Nucleosides Through Fatty Acid and Phospholipid Membranes: Implications to the Origins of Life". Astrobiology. 13 (2): 177–188. Bibcode:2013AsBio..13..177W. doi:10.1089/ast.2012.0901. ISSN 1531-1074. PMID 23397957.
- ^ Wei, Chenyu; Pohorille, Andrew (2011-04-07). "Permeation of Nucleosides through Lipid Bilayers". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 115 (13): 3681–3688. Bibcode:2011JPCB..115.3681W. doi:10.1021/jp112104r. ISSN 1520-6106. PMID 21405137.
- ^ Wei, Chenyu; Pohorille, Andrew (2021). "Fast bilayer-micelle fusion mediated by hydrophobic dipeptides". Biophysical Journal. 120 (11): 2330–2342. Bibcode:2021BpJ...120.2330W. doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2021.04.012. ISSN 0006-3495. PMC 8390801. PMID 33887225.
- ^ Wei, Chenyu; Pohorille, Andrew (2023). "Multi-oligomeric states of alamethicin ion channel: Assemblies and conductance". Biophysical Journal. 122 (12): 2531–2543. Bibcode:2023BpJ...122.2531W. doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2023.05.006. PMC 10323028. PMID 37161094.
- ^ Darve, Eric; Pohorille, Andrew (2001-11-22). "Calculating free energies using average force". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 115 (20): 9169–9183. Bibcode:2001JChPh.115.9169D. doi:10.1063/1.1410978. ISSN 0021-9606.
- ^ Peyvan, Kianoosh; Karouia, Fathi; Cooper, John J.; Chamberlain, Jeff; Suciu, Dominic; Slota, Michael; Pohorille, Andrew (August 2019). "Gene Expression Measurement Module (GEMM) for space application: Design and validation". Life Sciences in Space Research. 22: 55–67. Bibcode:2019LSSR...22...55P. doi:10.1016/j.lssr.2019.07.004. PMID 31421849.
- ^ Hoehler, Tori; Brinckerhoff, Will; Davila, Alfonso; Marais, David Des; Getty, Stephanie; Glavin, Danny; Pohorille, Andrew; Quinn, Richard; Bebout, Lee; Broddrick, Jared; Dateo, Christopher; Eigenbrode, Jennifer; Everroad, Craig; Karouia, Fathi; Lafuente, Barbara (2021-03-18). "Groundwork for Life Detection". Bulletin of the AAS. 53 (4): 202. Bibcode:2021BAAS...53d.202H. doi:10.3847/25c2cfeb.bd9172f9.
- ^ Pohorille, Andrew; Sokolowska, Joanna (2020-10-01). "Evaluating Biosignatures for Life Detection". Astrobiology. 20 (10): 1236–1250. Bibcode:2020AsBio..20.1236P. doi:10.1089/ast.2019.2151. ISSN 1531-1074. PMC 7591378. PMID 32808814.
- ^ "Andrew Pohorille: Chemistry H-index & Awards". Andrew Pohorille: Chemistry H-index & Awards.
- ^ "File:HJA 2010 1.jpg - Wikipedia". commons.wikimedia.org. 2010-10-14. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
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