Curator of Mineral Sciences
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Mineral scientist bridging fundamental research with real-world applications in astrobiology, energy materials, and environmental science. Recognized expert in ion exchange mechanisms and biosignature detection with extensive NASA, DOE, and museum leadership experience. Research spans from searching for life on Mars to developing sustainable lithium extraction methods, with a focus on how minerals interact with their environments and living systems to address global challenges.
Dissertation: Time-resolved structural characterization of microporous silicotitanates and niobium silicotitanates
Thesis: Ion exchange of KâAlâGeâOââă»8HâO and NaââAlââGeââOââă»40HâO gismondine
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California
West Los Angeles College
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Department of Geography and Geology, Western Kentucky University
Western Kentucky University
Department of Geography and Geology, Western Kentucky University
School of Earth and Environmental Science, City University of New York Queens College
Co-PI with W. Ludt
Co-PI with C. Carmire, W. Bourcier
Co-PI with M. Garcia, B. H. Jaramillo, M. Muro, L. Higgins
Co-PI with S. Perl
Co-PI with F. Corsetti, V. Petyrshyn, S. S. Bradley, J. R. Spear, W. Berelson
Publication Metrics: 164+ peer-reviewed articles | Citations: 1,416+ | h-index: 20 | i10-index: 32
Complete chronological list of all publications below | View on Google Scholar
Evidence for Low Dissolved Silica in mid-Mesozoic Oceans
Yager, Joyce A, West, A Joshua, Trower, Elizabeth J, Fischer, Woodward W, Ritterbush, Kathleen, Rosas, Silvia, Bottjer, David J, Celestian, Aaron J, Berelson, William M, Corsetti, Frank A
American Journal of Science, 325, 1
Svornostite-(NH4),(NH4) 2Mg (UO2) 2 (SO4) 4 (H2O) 8, a new mineral from the Blue Lizard mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA, and the establishment of the svornostite mineral group
Kampf, Anthony R, Olds, Travis A, PlĂĄĆĄil, Jakub, Ma, Chi, Celestian, Aaron J, Marty, Joe
Mineralogical Magazine, 89(5), 609-617
MP21-12 BIOFILM-FORMING BACTERIA FOUND WITHIN CALCIUM-BASED KIDNEY STONES
Mousavi, Ava, Schmidt, William C, Li, Jiahui, Yang, Rena, Gonzalez-Marin, Gerson, Wong, Gerard CL, Celestian, Aaron, Scotland, Kymora B
The Journal of Urology, 213(5S), e709
Exploring Mechanisms of Microbialite Texture Formation through mapping in situ CaCO 3 precipitation and Microbial Cell Position
Cassady, Victoria C, Petryshyn, Victoria A, Bernhard, Joan M, Celestian, Aaron J, Berelson, William M, Bottjer, David J, Corsetti, Frank A
Goldschmidt 2025 Conference
Mechanism of Lithium Ion Exchange Into Spinel Manganese Oxide
Celestian, Aaron J, Bourcier, William, Camiré, Christopher L, Kumar, Jayanthi, Paranthaman, Mariappan Parans
Journal of Raman Spectroscopy
Evidence for Acidic Bleaching and Dominant Groundwater Processes in Endmember Hypersaline and Acidic Lakes in Western Australia
Plattner, TA, Schmidt, BE, Fernandez, N, Jamison, H, Russo, K, Weber, JM, Celestian, A, Birmingham, MA, Doran, P, Ingall, E
LPI Contributions, 3090, 2811
Machine Learning Strategies to Distinguish Iron Sulfide, Oxide, and (Oxy) hydroxide Minerals Using Raman and LIBS Spectroscopy
Lamm, SN, Sheppard, RY, Yanchilina, A, Marshall, CP, Celestian, AJ, Lacroix, B, Sobron, P, Barge, LM, Rodriguez, LE
LPI Contributions, 3090, 2702
RamanLab: A Comprehensive Cross-Platform Software Suite for Advanced Raman Spectroscopy Analysis
Celestian, Aaron J
Authorea Preprints
Mapping quartz and feldspar areal abundance and grain sizes using integrated VTIR data
Grant, Kathleen, Brodrick, Philip Gregory, GarcĂa-Pando, Carlos PĂ©rez, Ageitos, MarĂa Gonçalves, Celestian, Aaron, West, A Joshua
Authorea Preprints
Evaporitic Preservation of Modern Carotenoid Biomarkers and Halophilic Microorganisms in Mars Analog Hypersaline Environments
Perl, Scott M, Baxter, Bonnie K, Celestian, Aaron J, Tasoff, Preston, Seuylemezian, Arman, Vaishampayan, Parag A, Corsetti, Frank A
Astrobiology, 15311074251392173
Whole rock and mineral separate nitrogen concentration and isotopic data for meta-ultramafic rocks
Cooperdock, Emily, Bonilla, Ailani, Grabiec, Justine, Bustos-Moreno, Juan, Celestian, Aaron, Mallik, Ananya, Bebout, Gray
Interdisciplinary Earth Data Alliance (IEDA) dataset, 237
Signature Specimen: Elbaite from the Cruzeiro Pegmatite Minas Gerais, Brazil: At the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Francis, Carl A, Celestian, Aaron
Rocks & Minerals, 99(1), 86-88
Radiocarbon Chronology/Growth Rates of Ooids from Great Salt Lake, Utah.
Paradis, Olivia P, Corsetti, Frank A, Bardsley, Audra, Hammond, Douglas E, Berelson, William, Walker, Jennifer, Celestian, Aaron
Utah Geological Association Publication
In situ potassium and hydrogen ion exchange into a cubic zirconium silicate microporous material
Lively, Jason, Celestian, Aaron J
Plos one, 19(3), e0298661
MP63-13 BACTERIA TRIGGER CALCIUM OXALATE CRYSTAL FORMATION
Nazarian, Reyhaneh, Lin, Neil, Celestian, Aaron, Gelb, Jeff, O'Toole, George, Wong, Gerard, Scotland, Kymora B
Journal of Urology, 211(5S), e1036
PD63-06 EXPLORING BACTERIAL ROLES IN CALCIUM OXALATE STONE FORMATION THROUGH HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING
Mousavi, Ava, Nazarian, Reyhaneh, Schmidt, William C, Thaker, Karan, Prieto III, Javier, Wong, Gerard CL, Celestian, Aaron, Chen, Qian, Li, Jiahui, Scotland, Kymora B
Journal of Urology, 211(5S), e1294
The Biology of Biosignature Detection-Year One: Building the Experimental Framework for Extant and Extinct Life Measurements
Perl, Scott M, Cockell, Charles S, Fischer, Woodward W, Lloyd, Karen G, Karunatillake, Suniti, Foreman, Christine M, Corsetti, Frank A, Freedman, Kevin, Wilhelm, Mary Beth, Bywaters, Kathryn
2024 Astrobiology Science Conference
Increasing equitable access to meaningful research experiences through undergraduate mineralogy and earth materials classes
Cooperdock, Emily HG, Grabiec, Justine G, Rojas, Alexia, Celestian, Aaron J
2024 Goldschmidt Conference
The Mineralogy of Laboratory Simulated Hydrothermal Vents as Analogs to Saponite-Rich Hydrothermal Environments on Early Earth and Mars
Carman, Nancy, Hausrath, Elisabeth, Celestian, Aaron J, Chavez, Julia, Hermis, Ninos, LaRowe, Douglas, Fraeman, Abigail, Sheppard, Rachel Y, Adcock, Christopher T, Tschauner, Oliver D
The Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon) 2024(84), 421-084
The Biology of Biosignature Detection: Framework, Experiments, and Science Mission Concepts for Extant and Extinct Life Validation
Perl, SM, Cockell, CS, Fischer, WW, Lloyd, K, Karunatillake, S, Wilhelm, MB, Foreman, C, Corsetti, FA, Freedman, K, Bywaters, K
LPI Contributions, 3007, 3526
Fe/Mg-silicate chemical gardens as analogs to silicate-rich hydrothermal chimneys on early Earth and Mars
Carman, Nancy A, Hausrath, Elisabeth M, Celestian, Aaron, Chavez, Julia, Hermis, Ninos, LaRowe, Douglas E, Fraeman, Abigail A, Sheppard, Rachel Y, Adcock, Christopher T, Tschauner, Oliver
ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 8(10), 1982-1996
Living to Lithified: Construction and Preservation of Silicified Biomarkers
Rasmussen, Kalen L, Thieringer, Patrick H, Nevadomski, Sophia, Martinez, Aaron M, Dawson, Katherine S, Corsetti, Frank A, Zheng, XinâYuan, Lv, Yiwen, Chen, Xinyang, Celestian, Aaron J
Geobiology, 22(5), e12620
A Tale of Two Seasons: The Geochemical Evolution of Acidic Hypersaline Lakes in Western Australia
Plattner, Taylor, Schmidt, Britney, Fernandez, Nicole MM, Jamison, Hunter Thomas, Weber, Jessica, Celestian, Aaron, Birmingham, Margaret, Doran, Peter T, Ingall, Ellery D, Bowman, Jeff Shovlowsky
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2024, EP52A-06
Insight Into Mineral Fabrics, Biofabrics, and Channel Architecture to Comprehensively Characterize Microbialite Texture
Cassady, Victoria, Petryshyn, Victoria A, Bernhard, Joan M, Hofmann, Florian, Celestian, Aaron, Berelson, Will, Cooperdock, Emily HG, Bottjer, David, Corsetti, Frank
Geological Society of America Abstracts, 56, 405114
Unveiling Hosts for Nitrogen Transportation and Storage in Meta-Serpentinites
Bonilla, Ailani, Grabiec, Justine G, Cooperdock, Emily HG, Bustos Moreno, Juan Felipe, Celestian, Aaron, Mallik, Ananya, Bebout, Gray E
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2024(3132), V41B-3132
Nitrogen in Ultramafic and Sedimentary MĂLANGE Matrices and its Implications for Subduction Zone Nitrogen Budgets
Grabiec, Justine, Bonilla, Ailani, Cooperdock, Emily HG, Bustos-Moreno, Juan Felipe, Rebaza, Anna M, Mallik, Ananya, Bebout, Gray E, Celestian, Aaron J
Geological Society of America Abstracts, 56, 403278
Tracking Composition of Searles Lake Brines and Mineral Fluid Inclusions with Progressive Evaporation via Raman and Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
Nguyen, Melonie, Celestian, Aaron, Perl, Scott M, Corsetti, Frank
Geological Society of America Abstracts, 56, 404422
Beyond the Stones: the Transformative Impact of Mineral Collections at the Natural History Museum of LOS Angeles County
Leftwich, Kristin, Kampf, Anthony R, Celestian, Aaron
Geological Society of America Abstracts, 56, 404729
Characterization of mineral fabrics, biofabrics, and channel architecture in incipient microbialites may explain texture in ancient equivalents
Cassady, Victoria, Petryshyn, Victoria A, Bernhard, Joan M, Hofmann, Florian, Celestian, Aaron, Berelson, William, Cooperdock, Emily HG, Bottjer, David J, Corsetti, Frank A
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2024, B53J-08
The Biology of Biosignature Detection: Rationale and Experimental Frameworks for Biological Validation
Perl, Scott, Cockell, Charles, Fischer, Woodward, Sharma, Sunanda, Drake, Henrik, Lloyd, Karen, Karunatillake, Suniti, Wilhelm, Mary Beth, Foreman, Christine, Corsetti, Frank
Rare Earth: Crystalline TreasuresâExhibition at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Celestian, Aaron J
Rocks & Minerals, 98(2), 148-159
New Mineral Names: Arsenic and Lead
Celestian, Aaron J
American Mineralogist, 108(3), 634-636
Micro-elemental Analysis of Stromatolites Reveal Fe as Potential Biosignature and Remnant of a Lithification Mechanism
Cassady, Victoria C, Levene, Dylan R, Celestian, Aaron J, Petryshyn, Victoria A, Berelson, William M, Rasmussen, Kalen, Stevenson, Bradley S, Spear, John, Corsetti, Frank A
Goldschmidt 2023 Conference
Microbial Pigment Robustness in Martian and Ocean Worlds Brines and Evaporites
Perl, SM, Celestian, AJ, Cockell, CS, Corsetti, FA, Basu, C, Nisson, DM, Garner, M, Valera, J, Javier, BM
54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 2806, 2434
Detection and Preservation of Extremophile Biosignatures in Lithium-Bearing Evaporites for Life Detection
Javier, BM, Perl, SM, Basu, C, Fischer, W, Celestian, AJ
54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 2806, 2825
New Mineral Names: Heavy metal and minerals from China
Celestian, Aaron J
American Mineralogist, 108(10), 1993-1994
Rate-Dependent Preservation of Psychrotolerant Halophiles within Cryobrine Systems
Perl, SM, Cockell, CS, Celestian, AJ, Javier, BJ, Basu, C
Brines Across the Solar System: Ancient and Future Brines, 2689, 2041
Biosignature Preservation Potential of Li-Containing Hypersaline Environments
Javier, BM, Perl, SM, Basu, C, Fischer, W, Celestian, AJ
Brines Across the Solar System: Ancient and Future Brines, 2689, 2018
Examining Fe-Cycling in Microbial Mats as a Lithification Mechanism
Petryshyn, Victoria, Berelson, Will, Spear, John, Cassady, Victoria, Levene, Dylan, Stevenson, Bradley, Rasmussen, Kalen L, Yang, Shun-Chung, John, Seth, Celestian, Aaron
Geological Society of America Abstracts, 55, 393626
Micro-Elemental Analysis of Stromatolites Reveal Fe as Potential Biosignature and Remnant of a Lithification Mechanism
Rasmussen, Kalen, Levene, Dylan R, Celestian, Aaron J, Petryshyn, Victoria A, Berelson, William M, Cassady, Victoria C, Stevenson, Bradley S, Spear, John, Corsetti, Frank A
Thirty-third Annual Goldschmidt Conference, 20694
Assessing the origin of pisoids within a travertine system in the border of Puna Plateau, Argentina
Mors, R Agustin, Gomez, Fernando J, Astini, Ricardo A, Celestian, Aaron J, Corsetti, Frank A
Sedimentology, 69(3), 1252-1275
Relianceite-(K), a new phosphateâoxalate mineral related to davidbrownite-(NH4) from the Rowley mine, Arizona, USA
Kampf, Anthony R, Cooper, Mark A, Celestian, Aaron J, Ma, Chi, Marty, Joe
Mineralogical Magazine, 86(4), 539-547
Dendoraite-(NH4), a new phosphateâoxalate mineral related to thebaite-(NH4) from the Rowley mine, Arizona, USA
Kampf, Anthony R, Cooper, Mark A, Celestian, Aaron J, Ma, Chi, Marty, Joe
Mineralogical Magazine, 86(4), 531-538
New Mineral Names: Alteration Products
Celestian, Aaron J
American Mineralogist, 107(2), 318-320
Rapid phase identification of apatite and zircon grains for geochronology using X-ray micro-computed tomography
Cooperdock, Emily HG, Hofmann, Florian, Tibbetts, Ryley MC, Carrera, Anahi, Takase, Aya, Celestian, Aaron J
Geochronology, 4(2), 501-515
New Mineral Names: High-Pressure and Precious Minerals
Celestian, Aaron J
American Mineralogist, 107(4), 778-780
Flaggite, Pb4Cu2+ 4Te6+ 2 (SO4) 2O11 (OH) 2 (H2O), a new mineral with stair-step-like HCP layers from Tombstone, Arizona, USA
Kampf, Anthony R, Mills, Stuart J, Celestian, Aaron J, Ma, Chi, Yang, Hexiong, Thorne, Brent
Mineralogical Magazine, 86(3), 397-404
Diagenesis and Subsurface Habitable Environments I Online Session
Sheppard, Rachel, Perl, Scott M, Celestian, Aaron J, Horgan, Briony HN, Potter-McIntyre, Sally L
2022 Astrobiology Science Conference
Evidence for benthic oxygen production in Neoarchean lacustrine stromatolites
Wilmeth, Dylan T, Lalonde, Stefan V, Berelson, William M, Petryshyn, Victoria, Celestian, Aaron J, Beukes, Nicolas J, Awramik, Stanley M, Spear, John R, Mahseredjian, Taleen, Corsetti, Frank A
Geology, 50(8), 907-911
Geobiological impacts of Earthâs early complex bioturbators during the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition
Cribb, Alison T, van de Velde, Sebastiaan, Celestian, Aaron J, Berelson, William M, Bottjer, David J, Corsetti, Frank A
2022 Goldschmidt Conference
New Mineral Names: Hydrous Minerals
Celestian, Aaron J
American Mineralogist, 107(8), 1656-1658
Rapid phase identification of apatite and zircon grains for geochronology using micro-computed tomography
Cooperdock, Emily HG, Hofmann, Florian, Collins, Ryley M, Carrera, Anahi, Takase, Aya, Celestian, Aaron J
2022 Goldschmidt Conference
Biogenic stromatolites as lacustrine oxygen oases~ 2.7 Ga: synthesizing textural and geochemical data
Wilmeth, Dylan T, Lalonde, Stefan V, Berelson, William M, Petryshyn, Victoria A, Celestian, Aaron J, Beukes, Nicolas, Awramik, Stanley, Spear, John, Mahseredjian, Taleen, Corsetti, Frank A
2022 Goldschmidt Conference
Biogenic Stromatolites as Lacustrine Oxygen Oases~ 2.7 Ga: Synthesizing Textural and Geochemical Data
Lalonde, Stefan V, Wilmeth, Dylan T, Petryshyn, Victoria A, Berelson, William M, Celestian, Aaron J, Beukes, Nicolas, Awramik, Stanley, Spear, John, Mahseredjian, Taleen, Corsetti, Frank A
Thirty-second Annual Goldschmidt Conference, 10982
Jasonsmithite, a new phosphate mineral with a complex microporous framework, from the Foote mine, North Carolina, USA
Kampf, Anthony R, Celestian, Aaron J, Nash, Barbara P
American Mineralogist, 106(2), 174-179
Thebaite-(NH4),(NH4, K) 3Al (C2O4)(PO3OH) 2 (H2O), a new phosphateâoxalate mineral from the Rowley mine, Arizona, USA
Kampf, Anthony R, Cooper, Mark A, Celestian, Aaron J, Nash, Barbara P, Marty, Joe
Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 379-386
Geochemistry of Chromium-Silicate Minerals
Dall, Jacqueline, Oze, Christopher, Celestian, Aaron, Rossman, George
Plastic ingestion by freshwater turtles: a review and call to action
Clause, Adam G, Celestian, Aaron J, Pauly, Gregory B
Scientific Reports, 11(1), 5672
Comparison of Microporous Minerals for Potential Contaminant Uptake
Osorio, Marvin, Oze, Christopher, Celestian, Aaron
Salty Environments: The importance of evaporites and brine environments as habitats and preservers of biosignatures
Perl, Scott, Adeli, Solmaz, Basu, Chhandak, Baxter, Bonnie K, Bowman, Jeff, Boyd, Eric, Cable, Morgan, Celestian, Aaron J, Cockell, Charles S, Corsetti, Frank A
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 53(4), 240
Allantoin and natrosulfatourea, two new bat-guano minerals from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Kampf, Anthony R, Celestian, Aaron J, Nash, Barbara P, Marty, Joe
The Canadian Mineralogist, 59(3), 603-616
A proposed geobiology-driven nomenclature for astrobiological in situ observations and sample analyses
Perl, Scott M, Celestian, Aaron J, Cockell, Charles S, Corsetti, Frank A, Barge, Laura M, Bottjer, David, Filiberto, Justin, Baxter, Bonnie K, Kanik, Isik, Potter-McIntyre, Sally
Astrobiology, 21(8), 954-967
Preservation of Dynamic Biological Processes from Extant Halophilic Life: In-Situ Lessons Learned from Planetary Analogue Brines and Evaporites
Perl, SM, Celestian, AJ, Cockell, CS, Basu, C, Filiberto, J, Potter-McIntyre, S, Olsson-Francis, K, Schwenzer, SP, Crandall, JR, Baxter, BK
Brines in the Solar System: Modern Brines, 2614, 6048
New Mineral Names: Diamonds, Dumps, and Fumaroles
Celestian, Aaron J
American Mineralogist, 106(12), 2028-2030
Mineralogy and History of Semi-Precious Gemstones on the Borghese-Windsor Cabinet
Celestian, Aaron, Heginbotham, Arlen, Ehlmann, Bethany, Greenberger, Rebecca N, Morgan, Alyssa
Geological Society of America Abstracts, 53, 368743
Classification of Iron (oxy) hydroxides and Sulfides Using Mission-Ready Spectroscopic Techniques and Machine Learning
Lamm, Sarah, Rodriguez, Laura E, Rodriguez, Laura E, Shepard, Rachel Y, Shepard, Rachel Y, Perl, Scott M, Perl, Scott M, Celestian, Aaron J, Celestian, Aaron J, Barge, Laura M
Geological Society of America Abstracts, 53, 368733
Examining the role of Fe-cycling in microbial mat lithification and stromatolite abundance through Earth history
Corsetti, Frank A, Berelson, William, Celestian, Aaron J, John, PS, Petryshyn, Victoria A, Rasmussen, Kalen, Spear, John R, Stevenson, Bradley S, Yang, Shun-Chung
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2020, PP013-01
New emerald locality in Southern California
Celestian, Aaron J
COLORED STONES AND ORGANIC MATERIALS.
Celestian, Aaron J, Edley, Richard
Gems & Gemology, 56(4)
Neoarchean (2.7 Ga) lacustrine stromatolite deposits in the Hartbeesfontein Basin, Ventersdorp Supergroup, South Africa: implications for oxygen oases
Wilmeth, DT, Corsetti, FA, Beukes, NJ, Awramik, SM, Petryshyn, Victoria, Spear, JR, Celestian, AJ
Precambrian Research, 320, 291-302
In situ Cs and H exchange into gaidonnayite and proposed mechanisms of ion diffusion
Celestian, Aaron J, Lively, Jason, Xu, Wenqian
Inorganic Chemistry, 58(3), 1919-1928
Aragonite dissolution kinetics and calcite/aragonite ratios in sinking and suspended particles in the North Pacific
Dong, Sijia, Berelson, William M, Rollins, Nick E, Subhas, Adam V, Naviaux, John D, Celestian, Aaron J, Liu, Xuewu, Turaga, Nitya, Kemnitz, Nathaniel J, Byrne, Robert H
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 515, 1-12
Chemical Biomarker Robustness in Martian Planetary Analogue Evaporite Mineralogy
Perl, Scott M, Celestian, Aaron J, Baxter, BK, Tasoff, Preston
50th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference(2132), 2930
Camanchacaite, chinchorroite, espadaite, magnesiofluckite, picaite and rĂosecoite: six new hydrogen-arsenate minerals from the Torrecillas mine, Iquique Province, Chile
Kampf, Anthony R, Nash, Barbara P, Celestian, Aaron J, Dini, Maurizio, Molina Donoso, Arturo A
Mineralogical Magazine, 83(5), 655-671
Agate Analysis by Raman, XRF, and Hyperspectral Imaging Spectroscopy for Provenance Determination
Celestian, Aaron, Heginbotham, Arlen, Greenberger, Rebecca, Ehlmann, Bethany, Samanta, Bibek, Morgan, Alyssa, Mamedov, Sergey, O'Donnell, Bridget
Phoxite,(NH4) 2Mg2 (C2O4)(PO3OH) 2 (H2O) 4, the first phosphate-oxalate mineral
Kampf, Anthony R, Celestian, Aaron J, Nash, Barbara P, Marty, Joe
American Mineralogist, 104(7), 973-979
Mineral preservation and photoprotective attributes of halophilic bacteria and archaea in modern and Permian lakebed environments.
Perl, Scott M, Baxter, Bonnie K, Celestian, Aaron J
Studia Universitatis BabeĆ-Bolyai, Biologia, 64(1)
Mineral preservation and photoprotective attributes of halophilic organisms in planetary analogue lake bed environments (Screen 2)
Perl, Scott M, Baxter, Bonnie, Celestian, Aaron J, Cockell, Charles S, Sessions, Alex L, Tasoff, Preston, Crucilla, Sarah Josephine, Corsetti, Frank A
The Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon) 2019, 333-292
Uppermost Triassic phosphorites from Williston Lake, Canada: link to fluctuating euxinic-anoxic conditions in northeastern Panthalassa before the end-Triassic mass extinction
Larina, Ekaterina, Bottjer, David J, Corsetti, Frank A, Zonneveld, John-Paul, Celestian, Aaron J, Bailey, Jake V
Scientific Reports, 9(1), 18790
Pressure-induced hydration and formation of bilayer ice in nacrite, a kaolin-group clay
Hwang, Huijeong, Choi, Jinhyuk, Liu, Zhenxian, Kim, Duck-Young, He, Yu, Celestian, Aaron J, Vogt, Thomas, Lee, Yongjae
ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 4(2), 183-188
Hypersaline and Sedimentological Advantages on the Preservation of Extant Biological Activity in Modern Martian Analogue Settings
Perl, SM, Baxter, BK, Celestian, AJ
Mars Extant Life: What's Next?, 2108, 5031
Photobiology and Biogenic Preservation Comparisons Between Pleistocene Evaporite Beds and Buried Permian Brines
Perl, SM, Baxter, BK, Celestian, AJ, Cockell, CS, Sessions, AL, Tasoff, P, Crucilla, SJ, Corsetti, FA
The First Billion Years: Habitability, 2134, 1034
Unlocking the Collections: getting comfortable with next-level access to museum minerals
Celestian, Aaron J
Authorea Preprints
Locking away toxic metals into tiny holes
Celestian, Aaron J
Authorea Preprints
The Relevance of Hydrothermal Spherules in Astrobiological Exploration of Rocky Planets
Cady, Sherry L, Carrizo, Daniel, SĂĄnchez-GarcĂa, Laura, Sobron, Pablo, Perl, Scott M, Demergasso, Cecilia, Kendall, Shana L, Celestian, Aaron J, Sarrazin, Philippe, Cabrol, Nathalie A
The Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon) 2019, 321-227
The Record of Environmental Change in Northeastern Panthalassa Directly Preceding the End-Triassic Mass Extinction Event
Larina, Ekaterina, Bottjer, David J, Corsetti, Frank A, Berelson, William M, Zonneveld, John-Paul, Celestian, Aaron J, Bailey, Jake V, West, A Joshua, Yager, Joyce A
Geological Society of America Abstracts, 51, 340665
Preliminary results from Laguna MinucĂșa: a potentially annually resolved record of climate and environmental change for the past⌠5000 years in the Mixteca Alta of Oaxaca, Mexico
Goman, Michelle, Joyce, Arthur, Lund, Steve, Pearson, Charlotte, Guerra, William, Dale, Darren, Hammond, Douglas E, Celestian, Aaron J
Quaternary International, 469, 85-95
Barwoodite, Mn2+ 6 (Nb5+,âĄ) 2 (SiO4) 2 (O, OH) 6, a New Member of the Welinite Group from Granite Mountain, Arkansas
Kampf, Anthony R, Celestian, Aaron J, Nash, Barbara P
The Canadian Mineralogist, 56(5), 799-809
Permian evaporite preservation of chemical biomarkers: Implications for in-situ hydrated mineral and hypersaline brine systems
Perl, Scott, Vaishampayan, Parag, Cockell, Charles, Seuylemezian, Arman, Celestian, Aaron, Baxter, Bonnie, Corsetti, Frank
42nd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 42, F3-6
Investigation of Laminae Formation in Eocene Green River Formation Stromatolites Through Combined Micro-X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Petrography
Mahseredjian, Taleen, Frantz, Carie, Celestian, Aaron J, Paradis, Olivia Piazza, Berelson, William, Petryshyn, Victoria A, Corsetti, Frank A
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2018, PP41E-1900
In Situ Aragonite Dissolution in North Pacific: Rate and Role in Modern Ocean Carbon Budget
Dong, Sijia, Rollins, Nick, Subhas, Adam, Naviaux, John, Celestian, Aaron J, Adkins, Jess F, Kemnitz, Nathaniel James, Adkins, Jess F, Berelson, William
American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting(456), OC24B-0456
Agate Analysis by Raman, XRF, and Hyperspectral Imaging Spectroscopy for Provenance.
Celestian, Aaron, Heginbotham, Arlen, Greenberger, Rebecca, Ehlmann, Bethany, Samanta, Bibek, Morgan, Alyssa, Mamedov, Sergey
Gems & Gemology, 54(3)
Integrated Optical, Micro-Raman and Compositional Analysis of Rock Samples from Former Talc Mines in the Gouverneur Mining District, New York
McNamee, Brittani D, Celestian, Aaron J
Geological Society of America Abstracts, 50, 322067
Evidence for Rapid Rates of Oxygenic Photosynthesis Within Neoarchean Stromatolites
Wilmeth, Dylan T, Corsetti, Frank A, Berelson, William M, Beukes, Nicolas J, Awramik, Stanley M, Petryshyn, Victoria A, Spear, John R, Celestian, Aaron J
Geological Society of America Abstracts, 50, 318717
Genesis of Upper Triassic Phosphatic Ooid Beds from Williston Lake, Canada: Microbial or Abiotic Mineralization?
Larina, Ekaterina, Bottjer, David J, Corsetti, Frank A, Celestian, Aaron J, Zonneveld, John-Paul
Geological Society of America Abstracts, 50, 321035
A New Study on PIC Dissolution and Sinking Fluxes, Concentrations and Calcite/Aragonite Ratios in the North Pacific
Dong, Sijia, Celestian, Aaron, Turaga, Nitya, Rollins, Nick, Naviaux, John, Subhas, Adam, Adkins, Jess, Berelson, Will
Twenty-eighth Annual Goldschmidt Conference, 591
Rowleyite,[Na (NH4, K) 9Cl4][V25+, 4+(P, As) O8] 6â n [H2O, Na, NH4, K, Cl], a new mineral with a microporous framework structure
Kampf, Anthony R, Cooper, Mark A, Nash, Barbara P, Cerling, Thure E, Marty, Joe, Hummer, Daniel R, Celestian, Aaron J, Rose, Timothy P, Trebisky, Thomas J
American Mineralogist, 102(5), 1037-1044
Geobiological Comparisons of Preservation Potential within Hypersaline Mineral-Microbe Systems
Perl, Scott M, Celestian, Aaron J, Vaishampayan, Parag, Seuylemezian, Arman, Mahseredjian, Taleen, Baxter, Bonnie, Corsetti, Frank A
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2017, P41B-2838
Raman and FTIR spectroscopy of methane in olivine
Smith, Annika, Oze, Christopher, Rossman, George R, Celestian, Aaron J
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2017, V43C-0545
Structure determination and time-resolved raman spectroscopy of yttrium ion exchange into microporous titanosilicate ETS-4
Celestian, Aaron J, Chappell, Caleb J, Rucks, Melinda J, Norris, Pauline
Inorganic Chemistry, 55(21), 11057-11063
Potential Evidence for Arsenic Mineralization in Mussel Shells in the Upper Green River Basin, Kentucky
Turner, Autumn, Groves, Chris, Celestian, Aaron, Meier, Albert
Mineralogical Crystallography
Celestian, Aaron, Valdez, Nichole
66th Annual Meeting
In Situ Ion Exchange in Nanoporous Zirconium Silicates
Lively, Jason, Celestian, Aaron, Yan, Bangbo
66th Annual Meeting
Interlaboratory and cross-instrument comparison of Raman spectra of 96 minerals
Dyar, MD, Breitenfeld, LB, Carey, CJ, Bartholomew, P, Tague Jr, TJ, Wang, P, Mertzmann, S, Byrne, SA, Crowley, MC, Leight, C
Lunar Planet. Sci, 46, 2240
Using Raman Spectroscopy to Analyze Oxygen Isotope Ratios in Calcite Speleothems
Koostra, Caleb, Polk, Jason, Celestian, Aaron J, Lively, Jason, Ouellette, Gilman Reno
Geological Society of America Abstracts, 48, 281303
Measurements of light-absorbing particles on the glaciers in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru
Schmitt, Carl G, All, John D, Schwarz, JP, Arnott, W Patrick, Cole, RJ, Lapham, E, Celestian, A
The Cryosphere, 9(1), 331-340
Self-assembled hybrid solids of luminescent Ru (II) polypyridyl complexes and polyoxometalates
Yan, Bangbo, Li, Yanfen, Calhoun, Steven R, Cottrell, Nicholas G, Lella, Divya Jyothi, Celestian, Aaron J
Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 43, 23-26
Linking remote and in-situ detection of black carbon on tropical glaciers
Schmitt, Carl G, All, John, Cole, Rebecca J, Celestian, Aaron, Arnott, W Pat
Photogramm Eng Remote Sens, 80(5), 385-390
Measurements of light absorbing particulates on the glaciers in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru.
Schmitt, CG, All, JD, Schwarz, JP, Arnott, WP, Cole, RJ, Lapham, E, Celestian, A
Cryosphere Discussions, 8(5)
Measurements of Light Absorbing Particles on Tropical South American Glaciers
Schmitt, Carl G, All, John, Schwarz, Joshua Peter, Arnott, William P, Warthon, Julio, Andrade, Marcos, Celestian, Aaron J, Hoffmann, Dirk, Cole, Rebecca J, Lapham, Ellen
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2014, C24A-06
Modeling the Crystal Structure and Ion Exchange Mechanisms in Zorite Using Time-Resolved Raman Spectroscopy
Celestian, Aaron, Chappell, Caleb
Twenty-fourth Annual Goldschmidt Conference, 368
In situ Raman spectroscopic study of transient polyhedral distortions during cesium ion exchange into sitinakite
Celestian, Aaron J, Powers, Michael, Rader, Shelby
American Mineralogist, 98(7), 1153-1161
GEOCHEMICAL AND MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS OF CAVE DEPOSITS TO RECONSTRUCT CLIMATE CHANGE IN BARBADOS FOR WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
NEEPER, Lowell, POLK, Jason, OUELLETTE Jr, Gilman Reno, CELESTIAN, Aaron J, ASMEROM, Yemane, POLYAK, Victor J
2013 GSA Annual Meeting in Denver
Synthesis and ion exchange studies of porous nano-crystalline materials
Celestian, Aaron
Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 58
Analysis of Fiber Structure in a Concrete Matrix from EBS Coupled to Raman Spectra
Andrew, Keith, Palmquest, Shane, Kintzel, Edward, Celestian, Aaron, Arbuckle, Gregory, Palmer, Jahi
Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 58
A Novel Multiproxy Approach to High-resolution Speleothem Paleoclimate Reconstruction in the Caribbean Region During the Late Holocene
Polk, J, Ouellette, G, Celestian, AJ, Kintzel, E, Cole, J, Asmerom, Y, Polyak, VJ, Durkee, J
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2013, PP23D-02
IDENTIFYING TYPES OF ZONING IN MINERALS USING RAMAN MICROSCOPY
FLYNN, Elaine D, WULFF, AH, CELESTIAN, Aaron J, RUCKS, Melinda J
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs,, 44(4), 68
Effects of hydration during strontium exchange into nanoporous hydrogen niobium titanium silicate
Kramer, Samantha, Celestian, Aaron J
Inorganic chemistry, 51(11), 6251-6258
Synthesis and characterization of two-and three-dimensional calcium coordination polymers built with benzene-1, 3, 5-tricarboxylate and/or pyrazine-2-carboxylate
Vakiti, Raj Kishore, Garabato, Brady D, Schieber, Natalie P, Rucks, Melinda J, Cao, Yan, Webb, Cathleen, Maddox, Jeremy B, Celestian, Aaron, Pan, Wei-Ping, Yan, Bangbo
Crystal growth & design, 12(8), 3937-3943
OPTICAL, RAMAN, AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ROCK THIN SECTIONS FROM THE ARNOLD PIT FORMER TALC MINE NEAR BALMAT, NEW YORK FOR ASBESTIFORM MINERALS
CELESTIAN, Aaron J
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 44(7), 161
New measurements of particulates in glacial snow and ice in the Cordillera Blanca mountains of Peru
All, John, Schmitt, Carl, Celestian, Aaron J, Rucks, Melinda, Arnott, William P, Cole, Rebecca
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2012, GC11A-0970
Using confocal Raman spectroscopy to analyze nitrate structure at and near the air-water interface
Shockley, Heather C, Nee, Matthew J, Celestian, Aaron
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 243
Heavy Metal Sequestration in Nanoporous Minerals
Celestian, Aaron, Powers, Michael, Rader, Shelby
Twenty-second Annual Goldschmidt Conference, 1554
In situ X-ray diffraction study of cesium exchange in synthetic umbite
Fewox, Christopher S, Clearfield, Abraham, Celestian, Aaron J
Inorganic Chemistry, 50(8), 3596-3604
Crystal growth and ion exchange in titanium silicates
Celestian, Aaron J, Parise, John B, Clearfield, Abraham
, 1637-1662
IN SITU X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDY OF CS+ ION EXCHANGE IN UMBITE
CELESTIAN, Aaron J, CLEARFIELD, Abraham, FEWOX, Christopher
2010 GSA Denver Annual Meeting
Cs sequestration into a microporous gallosilicate framework
Leftwich, KM, Celestian, AJ
GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA, 74(12), A577-A577
The mechanisms of Sr ion exchange into partially niobium substituted sitinakite
Kramer, Samantha, Celestian, Aaron
Twentieth Annual Goldschmidt Conference, 538
Springer Handbook of Crystal Growth
Celestian, AJ, Parise, JB, Clearfield, A
Dhanaraj, G, 1637-1632
Cesium Sequestration into a Microporous Gallosilicate Framework
Leftwich, Kristin, Celestian, Aaron
Twentieth Annual Goldschmidt Conference, 577
The mechanism responsible for extraordinary Cs ion selectivity in crystalline silicotitanate
Celestian, Aaron J, Kubicki, James D, Hanson, Jonathon, Clearfield, Abraham, Parise, John B
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130(35), 11689-11694
Time-resolved structural characterization of microporous silicotitanates and niobium silicotitanates
Celestian, Aaron Joseph
Dissertation Abstracts International, 69(10)
Strontium ion exchange mechanism in synthetic sitinakite from time resolved studies
Kramer, S, Celestian, AJ
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2008, V13A-2107
eld and JB Parise
Celestian, AJ, Kubicki, JD, Hanson, J, Clear, A
J. Am. Chem. Soc, 130, 11689-11694
Similarities in 2-and 6-line ferrihydrite based on pair distribution function analysis of X-ray total scattering
Michel, FM, Ehm, L, Liu, G, Han, WQ, Antao, SM, Chupas, PJ, Lee, PL, Knorr, Karsten, Eulert, H, Kim, J
Chemistry of Materials, 19(6), 1489-1496
Role of the Hydroxylâ Water Hydrogen-Bond Network in Structural Transitions and Selectivity toward Cesium in Cs0. 38 (D1. 08H0. 54) SiTi2O7â(D0. 86H0. 14) 2O Crystalline Silicotitanate
Celestian, Aaron J, Parise, John B, Smith, Ronald I, Toby, Brian H, Clearfield, Abraham
Inorganic Chemistry, 46(4), 1081-1089
The origin of ion exchange selectivity in a porous framework titanium silicate
Celestian, Aaron J, Clearfield, Abraham
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 17(46), 4839-4842
Dehydration-induced water disordering in a synthetic potassium gallosilicate natrolite
Lee, Yongjae, Kim, Sun Jin, Bull, Ivor, Celestian, Aaron J, Parise, John B, Kao, Chi-Chang, Vogt, Thomas
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129(44), 13744-13748
Technical Report: Growth of Environmental Science at the NSLS
Northrup, Paul, Lanzirotti, Antonio, Celestian, Aaron
Synchrotron Radiation News, 20(3), 6-13
Solid-state structural characterization of a rigid framework of lacunary heteropolyniobates
Nyman, May, Celestian, Aaron J, Parise, John B, Holland, Gregory P, Alam, Todd M
Inorganic chemistry, 45(3), 1043-1052
In situ type study of hydrothermally prepared titanates and silicotitanates
Clearfield, A, Tripathi, A, Medvedev, D, Celestian, AJ, Parise, JB
Journal of materials science, 41(5), 1325-1333
Influence of hydroxyl-water interaction on structural transformations during Cs+ exchange in microporous H-CST
Celestian, AJ, Parise, JB, Narayan, J, Kubicki, JD, Clearfield, A
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70(18), A91
Temperature stability of a molecular sieve crystalline silicotitanate with the mineral sitinakite topology
Galloway, Melissa M, Celestian, Aaron J, Parise, John B, Clearfield, Abraham, Perry, Houston P
Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 231
GEOC 133-Size and structure of ferrihydrite from PDF analysis
Michel, F Marc, Antao, Sytle M, Celestian, Aaron J, Schoonen, Martin A, Parise, John B, Liu, Gang, Strongin, Daniel R, Lee, Peter L, Chupas, Peter J
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 232
High-pressure neutron diffraction study of superhydrated natrolite
Colligan, Marek, Lee, Yongjae, Vogt, Thomas, Celestian, Aaron J, Parise, John B, Marshall, William G, Hriljac, Joseph A
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109(39), 18223-18225
Optimizing synthesis of Na2Ti2SiO7· 2H2O (Na-CST) and ion exchange pathways for Cs0. 4H1. 6Ti2SiO7· H2O (Cs-CST) determined from in situ synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction
Celestian, AJ, Medvedev, DG, Tripathi, A, Parise, JB, Clearfield, A
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 238(1-4), 61-69
Tribasic lead maleate and lead maleate: Synthesis and structural and spectroscopic characterizations
Bonhomme, François, Alam, Todd M, Celestian, Aaron J, Tallant, David R, Boyle, Timothy J, Cherry, Brian R, Tissot, Ralph G, Rodriguez, Mark A, Parise, John B, Nyman, May
Inorganic chemistry, 44(21), 7394-7402
Tribasic lead maleate and lead maleate: synthesis, structural and spectroscopic characterizations.
Rodriguez, Mark Andrew, Celestian, Aaron J, Cherry, Brian Ray, Bonhomme, Francois R, Parise, John B, Alam, Todd Michael, Nyman, May Devan, Tallant, David Robert, Boyle, Timothy J
In situ neutron and X-ray scattering studies of Cs+ ion exchange sequestration into the crystalline silicotitanate (CST) molecular sieve
Celestian, AJ, Parise, JB, Smith, RI, Park, HS, Clearfield, A
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 230, U1769-U1770
Optimizing synthesis of Na {sub 2} Ti {sub 2} SiO {sub 7}. 2H {sub 2} O (Na-CST) and ion exchange pathways for Cs {sub 0.4} H {sub 1.6} Ti {sub 2} SiO {sub 7}. H {sub 2} O (Cs-CST) determined from in situ synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction
Celestian, AJ, Medvedev, DG, Tripathi, A, Parise, JB, Clearfield, A
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 238
Optimizing synthesis of Na2Ti2SiO7 center dot 2H (2) O (Na-CST) and ion exchange pathways for Cs0. 4H1. 6Ti2SiO7 center dot H2O (Cs-CST) determined from in situ synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction
Celestian, AJ, Medvedev, DG, Tripathi, A, Parise, JB, Clearfield, A
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 238(1-4), 61-69
Time-Resolved Diffraction Studies of Ion Exchange: K+ and Na+ Exchange into (Al, Ge) Gismondine (GIS) Na24Al24Ge24O96â 40H2O and K8Al8Ge8O32â 8H2O
Celestian, Aaron J, Parise, John B, Goodell, Carmen, Tripathi, Akhilesh, Hanson, Jonathan
Chemistry of materials, 16(11), 2244-2254
Crystallization of sodium titanium silicate with sitinakite topology: Evolution from the sodium nonatitanate phase
Medvedev, Dmitri G, Tripathi, Akhilesh, Clearfield, Abraham, Celestian, Aaron J, Parise, John B, Hanson, Jonathan
Chemistry of materials, 16(19), 3659-3666
In situ X-ray diffraction study of Cs ion exchange into H-TS
Celestian, Aaron J, MEDVEDEV, Dmitri G, TRIPATHI, Akhilesh, PARISE, John B, CLEARFIELD, Abraham
2004 Denver Annual Meeting
Synchrotron time resolved X-ray diffraction of Cs exchange into molecular sieve H-CST.
Celestian, Aaron J, Medvedev, D, Tripathi, A, Parise, JB, Clearfield, A, Hanson, JC
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 227, U1515-U1515
Time resolved diffraction studies on titanosilicate with mineral sitinakite topology: From crystallization to ion-exchange.
Medvedev, D, Tripathi, A, Clearfield, A, Celestian, AJ, Parise, JB, Hanson, JC
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 227, U1235-U1235
Phosphor imaging as a tool for in situ mapping of ppm levels of uranium and thorium in rocks and minerals
Cole, Jennifer M, Nienstedt, Jessica, Spataro, Glenn, Rasbury, E Troy, Lanzirotti, Antonio, Celestian, Aaron J, Nilsson, Melanie, Hanson, Gilbert N
Chemical Geology, 193(1-2), 127-136
(K4Li4) Al8Ge8O32· 8H2O: an Li^+-exchanged potassium aluminogermanate with the zeolite gismondine (GIS) topology
Celestian, Aaron J, Parise, John B, Tripathi, Akhilesh, Kvick, Ă ke, Vaughan, Gavin MB
Crystal Structure Communications, 59(8), i74-i76
In situ synchrotron X-ray structural studies of crystal growth and ion exchange in tunnel-type titanosilicates.
Tripathi, A, Medvedev, D, Clearfield, A, Celestian, AJ, Parise, JB, Nyman, M, Hanson, J
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 225, U93-U94
A new polymorph of eucryptite (LiAlSiO4), Δ-eucryptite, and thermal expansion of α-and Δ-eucryptite at high pressure
Zhang, Jianzhong, Celestian, Aaron, Parise, John B, Xu, Hongwu, Heaney, Peter J
American Mineralogist, 87(4), 566-571
Ion Exchange of (KAlGeO32. 8H2O) and (Na24Al24Ge24O96. 40H2O) Gismondine
Celestian, Aaron Joseph
INSTABILITY OF BETA-EUCRYPTITE UNDER PRESSURE AND THERMAL EXPANSION OF E-LIALSIO4 AT 1.9 GPA
Zhang, Jn, CELESTIAN, A, PARISE, J, XU, H, HEANEY, P
American Mineralogist, 877(BNL-74038-2005-JA)
Phase Transformations in the GIS Structure upon Ion Exchange
Parise, J, Goodell, C, Celestian, A, Trpathi, A
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2001, V32A-0956
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