Christopher House
Professor of Geosciences
- PA 16802
- chouse@geosc.psu.edu
- 814-865-8802
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Most Recent Publications
Long-chain alkanes preserved in a Martian mudstone
Caroline Freissinet, Daniel P. Glavin, P. Douglas Archer, Samuel Teinturier, Arnaud Buch, Cyril Szopa, James M.T. Lewis, Amy J. Williams, Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez, Jason P. Dworkin, Heather B. Franz, Maëva Millan, Jennifer L. Eigenbrode, R. E. Summons, Christopher H. House, Ross H. Williams, Andrew Steele, Ophélie McIntosh, Felipe Gómez, Benito Prats, Charles A. Malespin, Paul R. Mahaffy, 2025, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Abundant ammonia and nitrogen-rich soluble organic matter in samples from asteroid (101955) Bennu
Daniel P. Glavin, Jason P. Dworkin, Conel M.O.D. Alexander, José C. Aponte, Allison A. Baczynski, Jessica J. Barnes, Hans A. Bechtel, Eve L. Berger, Aaron S. Burton, Paola Caselli, Angela H. Chung, Simon J. Clemett, George D. Cody, Gerardo Dominguez, Jamie E. Elsila, Kendra K. Farnsworth, Dionysis I. Foustoukos, Katherine H. Freeman, Yoshihiro Furukawa, Zack Gainsforth, Heather V. Graham, Tommaso Grassi, Barbara Michela Giuliano, Victoria E. Hamilton, Pierre Haenecour, Philipp R. Heck, Amy E. Hofmann, Christopher H. House, Yongsong Huang, Hannah H. Kaplan, Lindsay P. Keller, Bumsoo Kim, Toshiki Koga, Michael Liss, Hannah L. McLain, Matthew A. Marcus, Mila Matney, Timothy J. McCoy, Ophélie M. McIntosh, Angel Mojarro, Hiroshi Naraoka, Ann N. Nguyen, Michel Nuevo, Joseph A. Nuth, Yasuhiro Oba, Eric T. Parker, Tanya S. Peretyazhko, Scott A. Sandford, Ewerton Santos, Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin, Frederic Seguin, Danielle N. Simkus, Anique Shahid, Yoshinori Takano, Kathie L. Thomas-Keprta, Havishk Tripathi, Gabriella Weiss, Yuke Zheng, Nicole G. Lunning, Kevin Righter, Harold C. Connolly, Dante S. Lauretta, 2025, Nature Astronomy on p. 199-210
Environmental Changes Recorded in Sedimentary Rocks in the Clay-Sulfate Transition Region in Gale Crater, Mars: Results From the Sample Analysis at Mars-Evolved Gas Analysis Instrument Onboard the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover
J. V. Clark, B. Sutter, A. C. McAdam, J. M.T. Lewis, H. Franz, P. D. Archer, L. Chou, J. Eigenbrode, C. Knudson, J. Stern, D. Glavin, A. Steele, C. H. House, J. Schroeder, J. Berger, E. B. Rampe, S. Simpson, B. Tutolo, R. E. Milliken, C. Malespin, P. Mahaffy, A. Vasavada, 2024, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
Prebiotic thiol-catalyzed thioamide bond formation
Andrew S. Hyde, Christopher H. House, 2024, Geochemical Transactions
Highly enriched carbon and oxygen isotopes in carbonate-derived CO<sub>2</sub> at Gale crater, Mars
David G. Burtt, Jennifer C. Stern, Christopher R. Webster, Amy E. Hofmann, Heather B. Franz, Brad Sutter, Michael T. Thorpe, Edwin S. Kite, Jennifer L. Eigenbrode, Alexander A. Pavlov, Christopher H. House, Benjamin M. Tutolo, David J. Des Marais, Elizabeth B. Rampe, Amy C. McAdam, Charles A. Malespin, 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Radiolytic Effects on Biological and Abiotic Amino Acids in Shallow Subsurface Ices on Europa and Enceladus
Alexander A. Pavlov, Hannah McLain, Daniel P. Glavin, Jamie E. Elsila, Jason Dworkin, Christopher H. House, Zhidan Zhang, 2024, Astrobiology on p. 698-709
RETRACTED: Metal Catalysis Acting on Nitriles in Early Earth Hydrothermal Systems (Life, (2023), 13, 7, (1524), 10.3390/life13071524)
Miranda Sturtz, Christopher House, 2024, Life
Extracting Meaningful Environmental and Age Information From a c. 2.4–2.2 Ga Peritidal Phosphorite: The Turee Creek Group, Western Australia
Georgia G. Soares, Joshua M. Garber, Christopher H. House, Jesse R. Reimink, 2024, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Distinctive microfossil supports early Paleoproterozoic rise in complex cellular organisation
Erica V. Barlow, Christopher H. House, Ming Chang Liu, Maxwell T. Wetherington, Martin J. Van Kranendonk, 2024, Geobiology
Tunable Laser Spectrometers for Planetary Science
Christopher R. Webster, Amy E. Hofmann, Paul R. Mahaffy, Sushil K. Atreya, Christopher H. House, Amy A. Simon, James B. Garvin, 2023, Space Science Reviews
Most-Cited Papers
Background levels of methane in Mars' atmosphere show strong seasonal variations
Christopher R. Webster, Paul R. Mahaffy, Sushil K. Atreya, John E. Moores, Gregory J. Flesch, Charles Malespin, Christopher P. McKay, German Martinez, Christina L. Smith, Javier Martin-Torres, Javier Gomez-Elvira, Maria Paz Zorzano, Michael H. Wong, Melissa G. Trainer, Andrew Steele, Doug Archer, Brad Sutter, Patrice J. Coll, Caroline Freissinet, Pierre Yves Meslin, Raina V. Gough, Christopher H. House, Alexander Pavlov, Jennifer L. Eigenbrode, Daniel P. Glavin, John C. Pearson, Didier Keymeulen, Lance E. Christensen, Susanne P. Schwenzer, Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez, Jorge Pla-García, Scot C.R. Rafkin, Álvaro Vicente-Retortillo, Henrik Kahanpää, Daniel Viudez-Moreiras, Michael D. Smith, Ari Matti Harri, Maria Genzer, Donald M. Hassler, Mark Lemmon, Joy Crisp, Stanley P. Sander, Richard W. Zurek, Ashwin R. Vasavada, 2018, Science on p. 1093-1096
Evolved gas analyses of sedimentary rocks and eolian sediment in Gale Crater, Mars: Results of the Curiosity rover's sample analysis at Mars instrument from Yellowknife Bay to the Namib Dune
B. Sutter, A. C. McAdam, P. R. Mahaffy, D. W. Ming, K. S. Edgett, E. B. Rampe, J. L. Eigenbrode, H. B. Franz, C. Freissinet, J. P. Grotzinger, A. Steele, C. H. House, P. D. Archer, C. A. Malespin, R. Navarro-González, J. C. Stern, J. F. Bell, F. J. Calef, R. Gellert, D. P. Glavin, L. M. Thompson, A. S. Yen, 2017, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets on p. 2574-2609
Desiccation cracks provide evidence of lake drying on Mars, Sutton Island member, Murray formation, Gale Crater
N. Stein, J. P. Grotzinger, J. Schieber, N. Mangold, B. Hallet, H. Newsom, K. M. Stack, J. A. Berger, L. Thompson, K. L. Siebach, A. Cousin, S. Le Mouélic, M. Minitti, D. Y. Sumner, C. Fedo, C. H. House, S. Gupta, A. R. Vasavada, R. Gellert, R. C. Wiens, J. Frydenvang, O. Forni, P. Y. Meslin, V. Payré, E. Dehouck, 2018, Geology on p. 515-518
A Lacustrine Paleoenvironment Recorded at Vera RubinRidge, Gale Crater: Overview of the Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Observed by the Mars ScienceLaboratory Curiosity Rover
L. A. Edgar, C. M. Fedo, S. Gupta, S. G. Banham, A. A. Fraeman, J. P. Grotzinger, K. M. Stack, N. T. Stein, K. A. Bennett, F. Rivera-Hernández, V. Z. Sun, K. S. Edgett, D. M. Rubin, C. House, J. Van Beek, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
Evidence for a Diagenetic Origin of Vera Rubin Ridge, Gale Crater, Mars: Summary and Synthesis of Curiosity's Exploration Campaign
A. A. Fraeman, L. A. Edgar, E. B. Rampe, L. M. Thompson, J. Frydenvang, C. M. Fedo, J. G. Catalano, W. E. Dietrich, T. S.J. Gabriel, A. R. Vasavada, J. P. Grotzinger, J. L'Haridon, N. Mangold, V. Z. Sun, C. H. House, A. B. Bryk, C. Hardgrove, S. Czarnecki, K. M. Stack, R. V. Morris, R. E. Arvidson, S. G. Banham, K. A. Bennett, J. C. Bridges, C. S. Edwards, W. W. Fischer, V. K. Fox, S. Gupta, B. H.N. Horgan, S. R. Jacob, J. R. Johnson, S. S. Johnson, D. M. Rubin, M. R. Salvatore, S. P. Schwenzer, K. L. Siebach, N. T. Stein, S. M.R. Turner, D. F. Wellington, R. C. Wiens, A. J. Williams, G. David, G. M. Wong, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
Large sulfur isotope fractionations in Martian sediments at Gale crater
H. B. Franz, A. C. McAdam, D. W. Ming, C. Freissinet, P. R. Mahaffy, D. L. Eldridge, W. W. Fischer, J. P. Grotzinger, C. H. House, J. A. Hurowitz, S. M. McLennan, S. P. Schwenzer, D. T. Vaniman, P. D. Archer, S. K. Atreya, P. G. Conrad, J. W. Dottin, J. L. Eigenbrode, K. A. Farley, D. P. Glavin, S. S. Johnson, C. A. Knudson, R. V. Morris, R. Navarro-González, A. A. Pavlov, R. Plummer, E. B. Rampe, J. C. Stern, A. Steele, R. E. Summons, B. Sutter, 2017, Nature Geoscience on p. 658-662
Late-stage diagenetic concretions in the Murray formation, Gale crater, Mars
Vivian Z. Sun, Kathryn M. Stack, Linda C. Kah, Lucy Thompson, Woodward Fischer, Amy J. Williams, Sarah S. Johnson, Roger C. Wiens, Rachel E. Kronyak, Marion Nachon, Christopher H. House, Scott VanBommel, 2019, Icarus on p. 866-890
The Emergence of Life
E. Camprubí, J. W. de Leeuw, C. H. House, F. Raulin, M. J. Russell, A. Spang, M. R. Tirumalai, F. Westall, 2019, Space Science Reviews
Depleted carbon isotope compositions observed at Gale crater, Mars
Christopher H. House, Gregory M. Wong, Christopher R. Webster, Gregory J. Flesch, Heather B. Franz, Jennifer C. Stern, Alex Pavlov, Sushil K. Atreya, Jennifer L. Eigenbrode, Alexis Gilbert, Amy E. Hofmann, Maëva Millan, Andrew Steele, Daniel P. Glavin, Charles A. Malespin, Paul R. Mahaffy, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Ceres: Astrobiological Target and Possible Ocean World
Julie C. Castillo-Rogez, Marc Neveu, Jennifer E.C. Scully, Christopher H. House, Lynnae C. Quick, Alexis Bouquet, Kelly Miller, Michael Bland, Maria Cristina De Sanctis, Anton Ermakov, Amanda R. Hendrix, Thomas H. Prettyman, Carol A. Raymond, Christopher T. Russell, Brent E. Sherwood, Edward Young, 2020, Astrobiology on p. 269-291