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Randall S. Perry
Impacts and Astromaterials Research Centre
Earth Sciences and Engineering
Imperial College London
South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ UK
r.perry@ic.ac.uk r.perry@ssef.org.uk.org
Dr RS Perry is the founder of the UKSDC and the Space Science Engineering Foundation (SSEF). He is the Honorary Chair of the SSEF, a registered UK charity. The SSEF supports the UK, MEA and EU Space Design Challenge and the Galactic Challenge. He is a director of the Global Space Design Challenge Ltd that runs an 11-day summer camp held at Imperial College London and Pro Ed et al. Ltd. He has held a Senior Research Investigator position on academic staff at Imperial college London and a past Royal Society Fellow at Imperial College London. He has a B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Washington with a NASA certification in Astrobiology. He has held the US and Canada National Science Foundation Fellowship at Oxford University. His current focus is on education. In addition, he has published widely in his areas of interest of geology, geochemistry, microbiology and education. He is the author of five adventure novels. Besides scientific talks he enjoys giving talks to a wide variety of public venues for example being invited to give the Public Lecture at the Durham Institute for Advanced Studies on a Definition of Life and as a painter and member of the Chelsea Art Club an invited talk on Science and Art. As a script writer he is a member of the Writers Guild of America West. He is a director and producer with Athene Films, a Canadian film company whose most recent film is Meet Beau Dick. In his spare time he enjoys trekking, scuba diving, flying helicopters and aircraft as licensed twin engine helicopter pilot with instrument ratings. He was the president of a company before finishing a Ph.D. later in life and has since visited many of the Earth’s extreme habitats including diving in ‘Alvin’ the deep submersible. He has sailed across the Atlantic in a small sailboat. Dr RS Perry was shortlisted for a Sir Arthur Clarke Award in 2013 for his work on USKDC and recently nominated for a Queens Honor Award 2021.
EDUCATION
2000-2004 Ph.D. Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington
Co-Advisors: Allan R. Gillespie Earth and Space Sciences and
James T. Staley UW Medical School
NASA certification Astrobiology
1977-1980 M.S. Geochemistry, University of Washington
Co- Advisors: John Adams Earth Sciences and
James T. Staley UW Medical School
1974-1976 B.S. General Interdisciplinary Studies, major title “Exobiology”; minor,
Art, University of Washington
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2021- Founder Youth Exploring Science (YES)
2020- Co-Founder Environmental Design Competition and Eco Meet
2019- Director Engineering Preparation Programme
2019- Board Member AEC US 501c Charity with the National Space Society
2018- Founder and Director Pro Ed et al. Ltd
2018- Honorary Chair Space Science Engineering Foundation
2017- Founder Europe, Africa and Middle Space Design Competitions
2017- Director Global Space Design Challenge Ltd
2014- Chair Galactic Challenge
2013- Director Athene Films, Vancouver, BC
2009- 2018 Chair and Founder Space Science and Engineering Foundation
UK Charity, number 1170548
2009- Chair and Founder UK Space Settlement Design Competition
2006-2020 Senior Research Investigator Imperial College, London UK
2007-2010 Royal Society Fellow, Impacts and Astromaterials Research Centre,
South Kensington Campus, Imperial College, University of London
2005-2006 Visiting Research Scientist, Imperial College, University of
London, UK
2005-2006 National Science Foundation International Research Fellow, Oxford
University, Oxford, UK
2004-2009 Visiting academic Oxford University
2004-2005 Visiting Research Scientist University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
2003-2010 Research Scientist, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ
2000-2004 NASA Certification in Astrobiology
- 2000-2004 Research Assistant, Astrobiology, Earth and Space Sciences, University
of Washington, Seattle, WA
1982-2000 President, EAMSA Corporation, Seattle WA
1980-1981 President, Seaframe Corporation, Seattle WA
1974-1980 Research Tech II/ Research Assistant, Department of Geology, Remote Sensing Lab, University of Washington, Seattle WA
OTHER EXPERIENCE
1966-1970 US Army, 1st Lt, Served Vietnam, 25th Infantry Division 1968-1969
Session Chair
- Member of the Program Committee for SPIE conference, San Diego, 2003,
Astrobiology VII, Chair session 2 “Biomarkers and Biominerals in Earth Rocks”
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
- SPIE Astrobiology xI, San Diego 2007
INVITED SPEAKER (selected)
- - “Biological and organic constituents of desert varnish: review and new hypotheses”, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology for Astrobiology VII
- - “Carbon isotopic gradients in the Martian crust: implications for past or present life on Mars” SPIE, Astrobiology X
- - “Defining Life But Not Definitively” Durham Institute for Advanced Studies, Durham University, UK
- - “Science and Art” Chelsea Art Club
AWARDS
- National Science Foundation International Fellowship, Oxford University
- Royal Society International Fellowship, Imperial College, University of London
- National Science foundation Internship, Carl Von Ossietzky University of
Oldenburg Germany, INSTITUT FÜR Chemie Und Biologie Des Meeres (ICBM)
2003
- President’s Advisory Committee for White Mountain Research Station, UCSD to
Study “Biology of Desert Varnish ” 2001 - 2002
- Stipend NATO/NASA Advanced Studies Institute - Astrobiology 2001-2003
- Fellowship NSF IGERT for Early Evolution and Astrobiology, University of
Washington 2000 - 2003
- Research Assistantship, Geology Graduate Department, 1978-1979
- Scholarship, Interlochen International Music Camp, University of Michigan
Summer 1962
OTHER TRAINING
- Pilot Certification with ratings in fixed wing, single and multiengine, helicopter,
instrument rated
- Scuba certified
- Sky Diving certified
- Lieutenant U.S. Army, Armor, South Vietnam, 1966 - 1969, honorable discharge
PROFESSIONAL PAST AND PRESENT SOCIETIES
- Fellow Royal Society of Medicine
- Astrobiology Society of Great Britain
- American Society of Microbiologists
- American Geophysical Union
- American Mineralogical Society
- Screen Writers Guild of America West WGA West
- IMdB
Member
2010 – Present Chelsea Art Club
2011-2016 Hurlingham Club
2010-2014 London University Club
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Fiction Novels
Off The Edge
Over The Line
Out Of Time
Ecuador
Nemesis
MOVIE PRODUCTIONS
Meet Beau Dick 2017
Ride 2018
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
- Kathleen Campbell, Brigit Lynne, Kim M. Handley … Randall S. Perry, 2015, Tracing Biosignature Preservation of Geothermally Silicified Microbial Textures into the Geological Record, Astrobiology 15 (10): 858-882
- Perry, R.S., 2011, “Desert Varnish”, Encylopedia of Earth Science Series, Encyclopedia of Geobiology, Editors Reitner, J. and Thiel, V., Part 4, 322-325
- Perry, R.S., Sephton, M.A., 2009. Reply to comments on defining biominerals and organominerals: Direct and indirect indicators of life [Perry et al., Sedimentary Geology, 201, 157-159]. Sedimentary Geology 213, 156.
- Randall S. Perry and Mark A. Sephton, 2008, “Solving the Mystery of Desert Varnish with Microscopy”, In Focus, 11, 63-76
- Randall S. Perry, Nicola McLoughlin, Bridget Y. Lynne, Mark Sephton, Joan Oliver, Carole C. Perry, Kathleen Campbell, Michael H. Engel, Jack D. Farmer, Martin D. Brasier, James T. Staley, 2007, “Defining biominerals and organominerals: direct and indirect indicators of life?”, Sedimentary Geology 201, 157-179
- Randall S. Perry, Mark Sephton, 2007, “Baking Black Opal in the Desert
Sun”, Geology, Forum, 103, p. 106–113.
- Randall S. Perry, Bridget Lynne, Carole C. Perry, Mark Sephton, Vera M. Kolb,
James T. Staley, 2006, “Baking Black Opal in the Desert Sun”, Geology, 34, 537-540
- Randall S. Perry and Mark A. Sephton, 2006, “Desert varnish – an environmental recorder on Earth and a target material for Mars Sample Return”, Astronomy and Geophysics 47, 4, 34-35
- Bridget Y. Lynne, Kathleen A. Campbell, Randall S. Perry, P.R.L. Browne, J. N. Moore, 2005, “Acceleration of sinter diagenesis in an active fumarole, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand”, Geology vol. 34, 9, 749–752
- Randall S. Perry and William K. Hartmann, “Mars primordial crust: Unique sites for investigating proto-biologic properties”, 2006, Origin of Life and Evolution of Biospheres vol. 36, 5-6, 533-540
- Joan Oliver and Randall S. Perry, “Definitely life but not definitively”, 2006, Origin of Life and Evolution of Biospheres vol. 36, 5-6, 515-521
- Randall S. Perry and Mark A. Sephton, 2006, “Varnished with a trace- a ‘Meteorwrong’ that could be right for a Mars sample return mission”, Meteorite, Vol. 12, No. 4, 30-31
- Nicola McLoughlin, Martin Brasier, David Wacey, Owen R. Green, Randall S. Perry, “Establishing Biogenicity Criteria for Endolithic Microborings on Early Earth and Beyond”, 2007, Astrobiology, Vol. 7, No. 1, 110-126
- Randall S. Perry, Jeremy Dodsworth, Lorraine Olendzenski, James Staley, “ Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic DNA preserved in siliceous mineral deposits”, in preparation Environmental Microbiology
- Mark A. Sephton, Randall S. Perry, Richard B. Hoover, “Thiophenes as indicators of aqueous alteration in carbonaceous meteorites” Sep 2006, SPIE 6309, Mission for Astrobiology IX
- Randall S. Perry, Bridget Y. Lynne and Mark A. Sephton, “Life’s signals preserved in siliceous rock deposits from extreme Earth (Mars?) environments” , in press, International Astrobiology Journal
- Mark A. Sephton, Stephen Self, Alexander B. Verchovsky, Monica M. Grady, Randall S. Perry, Michael H. Engel and Ian Wright, “Carbon isotopic gradients in the Martian crust: implications for past or present life on Mars”, Sep 2006, SPIE 6309, Mission for Astrobiology IX
- Mike H. Engel and Randall S. Perry, “Amino acids as probes for ancient life in the solar system”, Sep 2006, SPIE 6309, Mission for Astrobiology IX
- Mark A. Sephton, Ann L. Butterworth, Randall S. Perry, “Provenance of volatile carbon-bearing gases in carbonaceous chondrites”, 2005, in preparation
- Randall S. Perry, Vera M. Kolb, Ajish I. Philip, Bridget Y. Lynne, Nicola Mcloughlin, Mark Sephton, Michael H. Engel, Martin Brasier, 2005, “Making silica rock coatings in the lab: synthetic desert varnish”, Publication: Proc. SPIE Vol. 5906, Astrobiology and Planetary Missions; Richard B. Hoover, Gilbert V. Levin, Alexei Y. Rozanov, G. Randall Gladstone; Eds. 265-275.
- Randall S. Perry, Bridget Y. Lynne, Nicola Mcloughlin, Vera M. Kolb, Mark Sephton, Lorraine Olendzenski, Michael H. Engel, Martin Brasier, James T. Staley, 2005, “How desert varnish forms?”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 5906, Astrobiology and Planetary Missions; Richard B. Hoover, Gilbert V. Levin, Alexei Y. Rozanov, G. Randall Gladstone; Eds, 276-287.
- Kolb, V. M., Philip, Ajish, I., Perry, R. S., 2004, “Testing the role of silicic acid and bioorganic materials in the formation of rock coatings”, in Instruments, Methods, and Missions to Astrobiology VIII, Hoover, R. B., Levin, G. V., Rozanov, A. Y. Eds., SPIE, V. 5555, 116-125
- Perry, Randall S., 2004, “Biological Chemicals in Rock Coatings”, Ph.D. Thesis University of Washington, p.p.196
- Perry, R. S. and Kolb, V. M., 2004, “On the Applicability of Darwinian Principles to Chemical Evolution that Led to Life”, International Journal of Astrobiology Jr., 3, 1 45-53
- Perry, R. S., Gorbushina, A, A, Engel, M. H., Kolb, V. M., Krumbein, W. E., Staley, J.T., 2004, “Accumulation and deposition of inorganic and organic compounds by microcolonial fungi”, Third European Workshop on Exo/Astrobiology, Mars: the Search for life, ESA Publications SP-545, Netherlands, 55-58
- Perry, R. S., Dodsworth, Jeremy, Staley, James T., and Engel, Michael H. 2004,“Bacterial diversity of desert varnish”, Third European Workshop on Exo/Astrobiology, Mars: the Search for life ESA Publications SP-545, Netherlands, 259-260
- Perry, R. S. and Kolb, V. M., 2004 “The importance of chemicals from the transition zone to chemical evolution”, Third European Workshop on Exo/Astrobiology, Mars: the Search for life ESA Publications SP-545, Netherlands, 257-258
- Fosnot, Catherine Twomey, Perry, Randall Stewart, 2005 “Constructivism: A Psychological Theory of Learning”, in Constructivism: Theory, Perspectives and Practice, Ed. Catherine Twomey Fosnot, Teachers college press, Columbia University, New York
- Perry, R. S., Kolb, V. M., Engel, M.H., Staley, J. T., 2004, “The Importance of Silica in the Preservation of Labile Amino Acids in Rock Coatings”, International Astrobiology Jr., Supplement 1, 95.
- Perry, R. S., Engel, Mike, Botta, Oliver, Staley, James, T., 2003, “Amino acid analyses of Desert Varnish from the Sonoran and Mojave deserts“, Geomicrobiology Jr., 20,5, 1-12.
- Perry, R. S., Haggart, J. W., Ward, P. D., 2003, “Preliminary identification of fullerenes in lowermost Jurassic strata, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia”, Eds. Hoover, R. and Rozanov, A., in Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology for Astrobiology VII, v. 5163, 62-71
- Perry, R. S., Kolb, V.M., 2003, “From Darwin to Mars: desert varnish as a model for preservation of complex biochemical systems”, Eds. Hoover, R. and Rozanov, A., in Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology for Astrobiology VII, v. 5163, 136-144
- Perry, R. S., Kolb, V.M., 2003, “Biological and organic constituents of desert varnish: review and new hypotheses”, Eds. Hoover, R. and Rozanov, A., in Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology for Astrobiology VII, v. 5163, 202-217
- Perry, R.S. and Kolb, V. M., 2003, “Biological signatures in mineral coatings“, Perspectives in astrobiology, Editors, Hoover, R. , Paepe, R., in press
- Staley, J. T., Perry, R. S., 2002, “Bacterial amino acids identified from desert varnish”, AAAS Annual Meeting and Science Innovation Exposition, 168, A18,14-19.
- Randall S. Perry, Jeremy Dodsworth, James T. Staley, Allan Gillespie, 2002, “Molecular Analyses of Microbial Communities in Rock Coatings and Soils from Death Valley, California”, Astrobiology, V2, 4, 539.
- Gregory, E., Staley, J. T., Perry, R. S., 1980, “Characterization, distribution and significance of Metallogenium in Lake Washington“, Microbial Ecology, 6, 125-140.
- Perry, Randall S., 1979, “Chemistry and structure of desert varnish“, University of Washington Masters Thesis, geology 62.
- Perry, R.S. and Adams, J. B., 1978, “Desert Varnish: Evidence for cyclic deposition of manganese“, Nature 276, 489-491.
- Perry, Randall S., 1978, “Desert soils: Composition and surface properties“. Lunar and Planetary Institute Contribution No. 314, 91-95.
Interviews and Podcasts
- - Inteview BBC’s Digital Planet, Imperial College Magazine Podcasts, March
2007, “Rocks on mars and what they could tell us about life on Earth”, available as PDF http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/portal/pls/portallive/docs/1/18757697.PDF, or as an interview
http://www.imperial.ac.uk/podcasts/ImpSciMagApril.mp3
ABSTRACTS, PRESENTATIONS, POSTERS
-Randall S. Perry, Invited Speaker, Public evening lecture “Defining Life Definitively?” Durham Institute for Advanced Studies, March 29-30, 2010
- Perry, Randall S., Guest Speaker, Art and Science, Chelsea Art Club, December, 2009
- Olendzenski, L., Gotta, E., Sardella, A., O’Connell, E., Dodsworth, J., Sogin, M., Staley, J., and Perry, R., “tRFLP and RNA sequence analysis of desert varnish organisms from Mojave Desert, CA”, ASM, Toronto, 2007
- Randall S. Perry, Bridget Y. Lynne and Mark A. Sephton, “Life’s signals preserved in siliceous rock deposits from extreme Earth (Mars?) environments” , 6th European Workshop on Astrobiology, Lyon, 2006
- Mark A. Sephton, Randall S. Perry, Richard B. Hoover, “Thiophenes as indicators of aqueous alteration in carbonaceous meteorites” in press, SPIE 6309, Mission for Astrobiology IX
- Mark A. Sephton, Stephen Self, Alexander B. Verchovsky, Monica M. Grady, Randall S. Perry, Michael H. Engel and Ian Wright, “Carbon isotopic gradients in the Martian crust: implications for past or present life on Mars”, SPIE 6309, Mission for Astrobiology IX
- Mike H. Engel and Randall S. Perry, “Amino acids as probes for ancient life in the solar system”, SPIE, Mission for Astrobiology X, 2006
- R. S. Perry and B. Y. Lynne, “New insights into natural recorders of planetary surface environments: The role of silica in the formation and diagenesis of desert varnish and siliceous sinter” ,1272, LPSC 2006
- Randall S. Perry, “Understanding the Graphology of Life’s Earliest Signatures”, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, 2005
- Randall S. Perry, William K. Hartman, “Mars primordial crust: Unique sites for investigating proto-biologic properties”, National workshop on astrobiology, search for life in the solar system, Capri, Italy, 2005
- Michael H. Engel, Randall S. Perry, “Detection of Past Life Elsewhere in the Solar System”, National workshop on astrobiology, search for life in the solar system, Capri, Italy, 2005
- Joan Oliver and Randall S. Perry, Definitely Life but not Difinitively”, National workshop on astrobiology, search for life in the solar system, Capri, Italy, 2005
- - Perry, Randall S., Brasier, Martin D., Engel, Michael H., Campbell, Kathleen,
Green, Owen R., Gorbushina, Anna A., Kolb, Vera M., Krumbein, Wolfgang E., Perry, Carole C., and Staley, James T., 2004, “Should organic compounds found in association with minerals be called biominerals”, GSA annual meeting, in press
- Prof Martin D. Brasier, Prof Stephen Moorbath, Dr Randall Perry, Owen Green, Nicola McLoughlin, Jon Antcliffe, Maia Schweizer and Maya Bhatia, 2004, Geomicrobiology Earth Sciences Oxford, Poster NERC Comparative Planetology Meeting Burlington House London
- Gotta, Emily, Perry, Randall S. , Olendzenski, Lorraine, 2004, “Microbial Communities Associated With Rock Varnish: Sequence Analysis of Eukaryotic 18SrRNA Genes Amplified From Rock Varnish from Baker, CA”, St. Lawrence University Festival of
Science
- - Brasier, Martin D., Mcloughlin, Nicola1, Green, Owen R.1., Madeleine, Perry,
Randall S., and Lindsay, John F, 2004, “Testing the biogenicity of endolithic microborings on early earth and mars: new data from western Australia”, GSA annual meeting, in press
- - Volkmann, Marc, Gorbushina, Anna, A., Palinska, Katarzyna A., Krumbein,
Wolfgang, E., Perry, Randall S., 2004, “Measuring the diversity of mycosporines and mycosporine like amino acids (MAA) of both prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms from rock communities by an new universal extraction method”, 2004, GSA annual meeting
- Perry, Randall S., 2004, “Neomineralization by subaerial biofilms” Biosastronomy, Iceland
- Philip, Ajish I., Kolb, Vera M. Zhu, William, and Perry, Randall S., 2004, “The role
of sugars, amino acids, and silicic acid in the formation of rock coatings”, Annual University of Wisconsin System Symposium for undergraduate Research and Creative Activity, April 28, Oskosh, WI, Abstract #PH 12
- - M. A. I. Philip, W. Zhu and R. S. Perry, 2004, “The role of sugars, amino acids,
and silicic acid in the formation of rock coatings”, Gordon Research Conference on Biomineralization, August 8-13, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH
- A. Philip, V. Kolb, R. Perry, W. Zhu, 2004, “The role of sugars, amino acids, and silicic acid in the formation of rock coatings”, Posters in the Rotunda, A celebration of Undergraduate Student Research, April 17, State Capitol Rotunda, Madison, WI Abstract 60, p.18
- Perry, R.S., Kolb, V. M., Engel, M. H., Staley, J.T., 2004, “The importance of silica in the preservation of labile amino acids in rock coatings” Astrobiology Science Conference, NASA Ames, NASA Astrobiology Institute, Prebiotic Chemistry and Origin of Life, San Jose, California
- Perry, R. S. and Kolb, V. M., 2003,“Preservation of bioorganic molecules in amorphous silica in nature”, GSA annual conference, Seattle
- Perry, R. S., Gorbushina, A, A, Engel, M. H., Kolb, V. M., Krumbein, W. E., Staley, J.T., 2003, “Accumulation and deposition of inorganic and organic compounds by microcolonial fungi”, Third European Workshop on Exo/Astrobiology, Mars: the Search for life, speaker.
- Engel, M. H. and Perry, R. S., 2003,“Analogues for the early synthesis of organic matter on Mars”, Third European Workshop on Exo/Astrobiology, Mars: the Search for life
- Perry, R. S. and Kolb, V. M., 2003, “The importance of chemicals from the transition zone to chemical evolution”, Third European Workshop on Exo/Astrobiology, Mars: the Search for life.
- Perry, R. S., Haggart, J. W., Ward, P. D., 2003, “Preliminary identification of fullerenes in lowermost Jurassic strata, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia”, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology VII.
- Perry, R. S., Kolb, V.M., 2003, “From Darwin to Mars: desert varnish as a model for preservation of complex (bio)chemical systems”, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology for Astrobiology VII.
- Perry, R. S., Kolb, V.M., 2003, “Biological and organic constituents of desert varnish: review and new hypotheses”, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology VII, invited speaker
- Perry, Randall S., Becker, Luann, Poreda, Robert, Haggart, Jim, 2003 “Triassic-Jurassic Mass Extinction: Evidence for Bolide Impact?“ International AGU,EGS, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol 5, 07162
- Perry, Randall S., Kolb, Vera M., 2003 “Darwin to Mars” International AGU,EGS abstract, Nice France
- Perry, Randall S., Dodsworth, Jeremy, Staley, James T., Gillespie, Alan, 2003, “Microbial ecology of rock coatings from the desert southwest” NASA Astrobiology Institute annual meeting Arizona State.
- Perry, R.S., 2002, Mass Extinctions in the Triassic/Jurassic boundary section of the Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C. presentation to NATO/ASI. speaker
- Perry, Randall S., Engel, Mike, Botta, Oliver, Staley, James T. 2002, “Organic Components of Rock Coatings”, NATO-ASI, Crete.
- Staley, James T. and Perry, Randall S., 2002, “Bacterial amino acids from desert varnish”, AAAS Anual meeting and science inovation exposition 168 A18 14-19.
- Farmer, M., Stone, John O., Perry, Randall S., 2001 Fall AGU, “Biological Origin of Micro-laminated Calcium Carbonate Deposits on Antarctic Rock Surfaces“. F201.
- Haggart, J.W., Cater,E.S., Beattie, M.J., Brown, P.S., Enkin, R.J., Kring, D. A., Johns, M.J., McNicoll, V.J., Orchard, M.J., Perry, R.S., Schroder-Adams, C.S., Smith, P.L., Suneby, L.B., Tipper, H.W., Ward, P. D., 2001, “Stratigraphy of Triassic/Jurassic Boundary Strata, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia: Potential Global System Stratotype Boundary“, IGCP #458 (Triassic-Jurassic Events), Southwest England Field Workshop, Somerset,10-13.
-Perry, Randall S., Staley, James, T.,2001, “Biology and Chemistry of Rock Surfaces“, presentation to NW Chemical Society of America
- Perry, Randall S., Staley, James T., 2001, “Amino acid analyses of acid hydrolysates in desert varnish“, General Meeting of the NASA Astrobiology
Institute Washington D.C.
- Perry, Randall S. and Adams, John B., “Growth Zones in Desert Varnish,” Cordilleran Section of The Geological Society of America, 1978, March, 141-142.
Novels
- Perry, RS, 2012- Off The Edge, Publisher Penelope Ltd
- Perry, RS, 2013- Over The Line, Publisher Penelope Ltd
- Perry, RS, 2017- Out of Time, Publisher Penelope Ltd
- Perry, RS, 2020- Ecuador, Publisher Penelope Ltd
- Perry, RS, 2020- Out of Luck, Fall Release, Publisher Penelope Ltd
Movies
- “Meet Beau Dick, Producer, Documentary 2017
- “Ride”, Co-Producer 2018
- “The Magnificent”, Co-Producer, 2021 i(n production Mel Gibson Directing)
- “Off The Edge”, 2022 in planning Look To the Sky Films
Web Pages
https://uksdc.org
https://proedetall.com
https://spaceset.org
https://rsperry.com
Grants
- Perry, R. S., 2013, Royal Academy of Engineering, Ingenious Award, UK Space Settlement Design Competition.”
- Perry, R. S., 2006, Royal Society Fellowship to Imperial College, “Sequestration of organic compounds in an amorphous matrix.”
- Perry, R. S., 2005, National Science foundation Overseas Fellowship to Oxford University, “Oldest Evidence for Life on Earth.”
- Perry, R. S. 2003, “Polysaccharides and metal complexes”, Grant from Washington Space Grant Consortium
- Perry, R. S. 2003, “Organic compounds in rock coatings”, User grant from Department of Energy (DOE) for Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratories, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, Richland, renewed 2004.
- Perry, R. S. 2001, “Biology of Rock Surfaces in Arid Regions” White Mountain Research, UCSD received 2001 and renewed 2002