Kimsorn Seng

Ms. Kimsorn Seng

Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Alabama, USA
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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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27 May 2022 in Sci
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KFKiernan Foster
Kiernan Foster
BHBrooke Hillman
Brooke Hillman
VRVahab Rajaei
Vahab Rajaei
Kimsorn SengKimsorn Seng
Kimsorn Seng
SMSarah Maurer
Sarah Maurer
One of the challenges in understanding chemical evolution is the large number of starting organics and environments that were plausible on early Earth. Starting with realistic organic mixtures and using chemical analyses that are not biologically biased, understanding the interplay between organic composition and environment can be approached using statistical analysis. In this work, a mixture of 73 organics was cycled through dehydrating conditions five times, considering environmental parameters of pH, salinity, and rehydration solution. Products were analyzed by HPLC, amide and ester assays, and phosphatase and esterase assays. While all environmental factors were found to influence chemical evolution, salinity was found to play a large role in the evolution of these mixtures, with samples diverging at very high sea salt concentrations. This framework should be expanded and formalized to improve our understanding of abiogenesis.