Dr.Alessandro Airo Ph.D.

Arens, F.L., Airo, A., Sager, C., Grossart, H.P., Mangelsdorf, K., Meckenstock, R.U., Pannekens, M., Schmitt-Kopplin, P., Uhl, J., Valenzuela, B., Zamorano, P., Zoccarato, L., Schulze-Makuch, D. (2024). Microbial response to deliquescence of nitrate-rich soils in the hyperarid Atacama Desert. EGU General Assembly 2024 Abstracts. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-1859

Miedtank, A., Airo, A., Fenski, C., Feige, J. (2024). Micrometeorites from a Time-Revolved Sedimentary Record in the Atacama Desert. Lunar and Planetary Institute Contributions, 3036. URL: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2024/pdf/6407.pdf

Miedtank, A., Airo, A., Hecht, L., Fenski, C., Feige, J. (2025). Micrometeorite Diversity in a Time-Resolved Sedimentary Record from the Atacama Desert – A Key to Understanding Solar System Events. Goldschmidt2025 abstracts, 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7185/gold2025.32037

Horstmann, L., Lipus, D., Bartholomäus, A., Arens, F., Airo, A., Ganzert, L., Zamorano, P., Schulze-Makuch, D., Wagner, D. (2024). Persistent microbial communities in hyperarid subsurface habitats of the Atacama Desert: Insights from intracellular DNA analysis. PNAS Nexus, 3(4), pgae123. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae123

Arens, F., Uhl, J., Schmitt‐Kopplin, P., Karger, C., Mangelsdorf, K., Sager, C., Airo, A., Valenzuela, B., Zamorano, P., Schulze‐Makuch, D. (2025). Exploring organic compound preservation through long-term in situ experiments in the Atacama desert and the relevance for Mars.. Scientific Reports, 15, Article number: 29957 (2025). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-16197-w

Sager, C., Airo, A., Mangelsdorf, K., Arens, F.L., Karger, C., Schulze‐Makuch, D. (2023). Habitability of Polygonal Soils in the Hyper‐Arid Atacama Desert After a Simulated Rain Experiment. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 128(4), e2022JG007328. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JG007328

Fenski, C., Feige, J., Airo, A., Miedtank, A. (2025). Constraining the Cosmic Origin of Micrometeorites from the Atacama Desert, Chile. Goldschmidt2025 abstracts, 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7185/gold2025.31799

Feige, J., Airo, A., Berger, D., Brückner, D., Gärtner, A., Genge, M., Leya, I., Habibi Marekani, F., Hecht, L., Klingner, N., Lachner, J., Li, X., Merchel, S., Nissen, J., Patzer, A.B.C., Peterson, S., Schropp, A., Sager, C., Suttle, M.D., Trappitsch, R., Weinhold, J. (2024). Transport of dust across the Solar System: Constraints on the spatial origin of individual micrometeorites from cosmic-ray exposure. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 382(2273), 20230197. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2023.0197

Anderson, J., Sager, C., Airo, A., Miedtank, A., Schwonke, F., Feige, J. (2024). Exploring Polygonal Patterned Grounds in the Hyper-arid Atacama Desert: Insights into Formation Mechanisms and Implications for Martian Analogues. EPSC Abstracts. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2024-1115

Schwarze, P., Igel, J., Arrué, B.B., Sager, C., Airo, A., Feige, J. (2025). Mapping and Modelling of Sand Wedge Polygons in Saline Alluvial Sediments in the Atacama Desert Using Ground-Penetrating Radar. 2025 13th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR), 1-4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/IWAGPR65621.2025.11109047

Feige, J., Airo, A., Berger, D., Brückner, D., Gärtner, A., Genge, M., Leya, I., Hecht, L., Klingner, N., Lachner, J., Li, X., Merchel, S., Nissen, J., Patzer, A.B.C., Peterson, S., Schropp, A., Sager, C., Suttle, M.D., Trappitsch, R., Weinhold, J. (2024). Constraints on the Spatial Origins of Individual Micrometeorites: Evidence from Cosmogenic Radionuclides 26Al and 10Be. Lunar and Planetary Institute Contributions, 3036. URL: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2024/pdf/6399.pdf

Arens, F.L., Feige, J., Airo, A., Sager, C., Hecht, L., Horstmann, L., Kaufmann, F.E., Lachner, J., Neumann, T., Nowaczyk, N., Schiperski, F., Steier, P., Stoll, A., Struck, U., Valenzuela, B., Von Blanckenburg, F., Wittmann, H., Wacker, L., Wagner, D., Zamorano, P., Schulze-Makuch, D. (2024). Climate variability in a 3.8 Ma old sedimentary record from the hyperarid Atacama Desert. Global and Planetary Change, 242, 104576. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2024.104576