Bremen Human Space Exploration Seminar

Guest: Dr. Cyprien Verseux

ZARM, University of Bremen, Germany

A settlement on Mars should depend as little as possible on Earth for material resources. Cyanobacteria may help: Some species could, it seems, be fed with materials available in the Martian ground and atmosphere. They could produce various consumables, such as dioxygen, but also support the growth of plants and other micro-organisms – which, in turn, could generate a wide range of critical consumables including drugs and food. In this presentation, I will   introduce the topic and   describe the work performed   in Bremen to turn this concept   into practical solutions – and   make human missions to Mars   more sustainable.

Dr. CyprienVerseux leads the ZARM’s Laboratory of Applied Space Microbiology and coordinates the project “Sustainable bioproduction on Mars”, part of the University of Bremen’s “Humans on Mars” initiative. His doctoral work focused on astrobiology, including contributions to the EXPOSE-R2 space mission. He also conducted field work, most notably within a one-year appointment as a Station Leader and Glaciologist at the Concordia research station (Antarctica) and as Crew Biologist in the one-year, NASA-funded HI-SEAS IV mission (Mauna Loa volcano, Hawaii).

Bremen Human Space Exploration Seminar

The seminar takes place every third Wednesday of the month at 13:30 ECT online via zoom and consists of a 40-minute talk followed by a 40-minute discussion.

The zoom link for the meeting will be send via email to all registered members of the space-exploration mailing list. You can register here.