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Michael Macey

Michael Macey

The Open University

Professional biography
Dr Michael Macey is a microbiology Postdoctoral Research Associateworking in the AstrobiologyOU group. His research currently involves investigating the diversity and activity of microbial communities inhabiting extreme environments that are analogous to Mars and Enceladus. Healso performs simulation experiments to assess the growthdynamics and survival of microbes in simulated extra-terrestrial conditions.