Rakesh Mogul

Rakesh Mogul

Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Science

Email

Phone number

909-869-4309

Office location

4/3-426

Office hours

M TH | M 10-11AM, 1-2PM; TH. 10-11AM, 3-4PM

Publications

Publications 

(CPP, CSU, & WHC student co-authors are in bold)

Cal Poly Pomona

  • Mogul, R.; Zolotov, M. Y.; Way, M.J.; Limaye, S.S.; Evidence of Heterogeneously Composed Aerosols in Pioneer Venus Mass Spectra. Submitted (J. Geophys. Res. Planets)

 

  • Petkowski, J. J.; Seager, S.; Grinspoon, D. H.; Bains, W.; Ranjan, S.; Rimmer, P. B.; Buchanan, W. P.; Agrawal, R.; Mogul, R.; and Carr, C. E. (2024); Astrobiological potential of Venus atmosphere chemical anomalies and other unexplained cloud properties, Astrobiology, 24(4), 343-370. (https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2022.0060)

 

  • Spry, J.A.; Siegel, B.; Bakermans, C.; Beaty, D.W.; Bell, M.-S.; Benardini, J.N.; Bonaccorsi, R.; Castro-Wallace, S.L.; Coil, D.A.; Coustenis, A.; Doran, P.T.; Fenton, L.; Fidler, D.P.; Glass, B.; Hoffman, S.J.; Karouia, F.; Levine, J.S.; Lupisella, M.L.; Martin-Torres, J.; Mogul, R.; Olsson-Francis, K.; Ortega-Ugalde, S.; Patel, M.R.; Pearce, D.A.; Race, M.S.; Regberg, A.B.; Rettberg, P.; Rummel, J.D.; Sato, K.Y.; Schuerger, A.C.; Sefton-Nash, E.; Sharkey, M.; Singh, N.K.; Sinibaldi, S.; Stabekis, P.; Stoker, C.R.; Venkateswaran, K.J.; Zimmerman, R.R.; and Zorzano-Mier, M.-P. (2024). Planetary Protection Knowledge Gap Closure Enabling Crewed Missions to Mars. Astrobiol. 24, 230-274. (https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2023.0092)

 

  • Mogul, R.; Avice, G; Way, M.J.; Limaye, S.S.; Deriving new mixing ratios for Venus atmospheric gases using data from the Pioneer Venus Large Probe Neutral Mass Spectrometer. MethodsX 11 (2023). (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2023.102305)

 

  • Mogul, R.; Miller, D.R.; Ramos, B.; Lalla, S.J.; Spacecraft-associated Acinetobacter Tolerate Kleenol-30, a Cleanroom Floor Detergent. Front. Microbiol. 14 (2023). (https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1090740)

 

 

 

  • Kotsyurbenko, O.; Cordova, J.; Belov, A.; Cheptsov, V.; Kolbl, D.; Khrunyk, Y.; Kryuchkova, M.; Milojevic; T.; Mogul, R.; Sasaki, S.; Slowik, G.; Snytnikov, V.; Vorobyova, E. Exobiology of Venus clouds: new insights into habitability through terrestrial models and methods of detection. Astrobiology 21 (2021). (http://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2020.2296)

 

  • Limaye, S.S.; Mogul, R.; Baines, K.H.; Bullock, M.A.; Cockell, C.; Cutts, J.A.; Gentry, D.; Grinspoon, D.; Head. J.; Jessup, K.L.; Kompanichenko, V.; Lee. Y.J.; Mathies, R.; Milojevic, T.; Pertzborn, R.A.; Rothschild, L.; Sasaki, S.; Schulze-Makuch, D.; Smith. D.J.; Way, M.J. Venus, as an Astrobiology Target. Astrobiology 21 (2021). (http://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2020.2268)

 

 

  • Limaye, S.S.; Bullock, M.A.; Baines, K.H.; Cordova, J.A.; Cutts, J.A.; Gentry, D.; Grinspoon, D.; Head. J.; Jessup, K.L.; Kompanichenko, V.; Lee. Y.J.; Mathies, R.; Milojevic, T.; Mogul, R.; Pertzborn, R.A.; Rothschild, L.; Sasaki, S.; Schulze-Makuch, D.; Seager, S.; Smith. D.J.; Way, M.J. Venus, as an Astrobiology Target (White Paper). Bull. Am. Astron. Soc. 53 (2021). (https://doi.org/10.3847/25c2cfeb.32998123)

 

  • Lalla, S.J.; Kaneshige, K.R.; Miller, D.R.; Mackelprang, R.; Mogul, R. Quantification of Endospores in Ancient Permafrost using Time-Resolved Lanthanide Luminescence. Anal. Biochem. 612, 113957 (2020). (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ab.2020.113957)

 

  • Chabot, M.; Morales, E.; Cummings, J.; Rios, N.; Giatpaiboon, S.; Mogul, R. Simple kinetics, assay, and trends for soil microbial catalases. Anal. Biochem. 610, 113901 (2020). (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ab.2020.113901)

 

 

  • Mogul, R.; Barding Jr.; G.A.; Lalla, S.; Lee, S.; Madrid,; Baki, R.; Ahmed, M.; Brasali, H.; Cepeda, I.; Gornick, T.; Gunadi, S.; Hearn, N.; Jain, C.; Kim, E.J.; Nguyen, T.; Nguyen, V.B.; Oei, A.; Perkins, N.; Rodriguez, J.; Rodriguez, V.; Savla, G.; Schmitz, M.; Tedjakesuma, N.; Walker J. Metabolism and Biodegradation of Spacecraft Cleaning Reagents by strains of Spacecraft-Associated Acinetobacter. Astrobiology 18, 1517-1527 (2018). [open access] (http://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2017.1814)

 

  • Limaye, S.; Mogul, R.; Smith, D.J.; Ansari, A.H.; Slowik, G.P.; & Vaishampayan, P. Venus’ Spectral Signatures and the Potential for Life in the Clouds. Astrobiology 18, 1181-1198 (2018).[open access] (http://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2017.1783)

 

  • Mogul, R.; Vaishampayan, P.; Bashir, M.; McKay, C. P.; Schubert, K.; Bornaccorsi, R.; Gomez, E.; Tharayil, S.; Payton, G.; Capra, J.; Andaya, J.; Bacon, L.; Bargoma, E.; Black, D.; Boos, K.; Brant, M.; Chabot, M.; Chau, D.; Cisneros, J.; Chu, G.; Curnutt, J.; DiMizio, J.; Engelbrecht, C.; Gott, C.; Harnoto, R.; Hovanesian, R.; Johnson, S.; Lavergne, B.; Martinez, G.; Mans, P.; Morales, E.; Oei, A.; Peplow, G.; Piaget, R.; Ponce, N.; Renteria, E.; Rodriguez, V.; Rodriguez, J.; Santander, M.; Sarmiento, K.; Scheppelmann, A.; Schroter, G.; Sexton, D.; Stephenson, J.; Symer, K.; Russo-Tait, T.; Weigel, B.; Wilhelm, M.B. Microbial Community and Biochemical Dynamics of Biological Soil Crusts across a Gradient of Surface Coverage in the Central Mojave Desert. Front. Microbiol. 8, 1974 (2017). (https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01974)

 

  • Muster, N.; Dallal, F.; Derecho, I.; McCoy, K.B.; Alvarez, R.A.; & Mogul, R. Biochemical Purification, characterization, sequencing, and implications of an alkali-tolerant catalase isolated from the hydrogen peroxide resistant and spacecraft-associated Acinetobacter gyllenbergii Astrobiology 15, 291-300 (2015). (https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2014.1242)

 

  • Mogul, R. Planetary protection mission implementation and status: Report on the PPP.2 panel at COSPAR 2014. Space Res. Today 191, 71-73 (2014).

 

  • Derecho, I.; McCoy, K.B.; Vaishampayan, P.; Venkateswaran, K.J.; & Mogul, R. Characterization of hydrogen peroxide resistant Acinetobacter speciesisolated during the Mars Phoenix spacecraft assembly. Astrobiology 14, 837-847 (2014).

      (http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/ast.2014.1193?src=recsys)

 

  • Kminek, G.; Conley, C, Allen, C.C.; Bartlett, D. H.; Beaty, D.W.; Benning, L.G.; Bhartia, R.; Boston, P.J.; Duchaine, C.; Farmer, J.D.; Flynn, G.; Glavin, D.P.; Gorby, Y.; Hallsworth, J.; Mogul, R.; Moser, D.; Price, B. P.; Pukall, R.; Fernandez-Remolar, D.; Smith, C.; Stedman, K.; Steele, A.; Stepanauskas, R.; Sun, H.; Vago, J.; Weiss, P.S.; & Westall, F. Report of the Workshop for Life Detection in Samples from Mars. Life Sci. Space Res. 2, 1-5 (2014). (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lssr.2014.05.001)

 

  • Frick, A.; Mogul, R.; Stabekis, P.; Conley, C. A.; & Ehrenfreund, P. Overview of Current Capabilities and Research and Technology Developments for Planetary Protection. Adv. Space Res. 54, 221-240 (2014). (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2014.02.016)

 

  • McCoy, K.B.; Derecho, I.; Wong, T.; H. M.; Huynh, T.D.; La Duc, M. T.; Venkateswaran, K. J.; & Mogul, R. Insights into the extremotolerance of Acinetobacter radioresistens 50v1, a Gram-negative bacterium isolated from the Mars Odyssey spacecraft. Astrobiology 12, 854-862 (2012). (http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/ast.2012.0835)

 

 

  • Barnes, L.; Kaneshige, K.; Strong, J.; Tan, K.; Von Bremen, H. F.; & Mogul, R. Effects of terbium chelate structure on dipicolinate ligation and the detection of Bacillus J. Inorg. Biochem. 105, 1580-1588 (2011). (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2011.08.020)

 

  • McCoy, K.B.; Dallal, F, Derecho, I.; La Duc, M. T.; Vaishampayan, P.; Venkateswaran, K. J.; & Mogul, R. Occurrence of high catalase-containing Acinetobacter in spacecraft assembly facilities. Astrobiology Science Conference, League City, TX (4/20-4/26), LPI Contribution 1538, 5578 (2010). (http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/abscicon2010/pdf/5578.pdf)

 

  • McCoy, K.B.; Derecho, I.; Dallal, F.; Venkateswaran, K. J.; & Mogul, R. Student perspectives to conducting astrobiology at primarily undergraduate institutions. Astrobiology Science Conference, League City, TX (4/20-4/26), LPI Contribution 1538, 5603 (2010). (http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/abscicon2010/pdf/5603.pdf)

 

 

  • Mogul, R. (under the pen name R. Shah) in Harvest International (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 2006).

 

  • Mogul, R.; Kelly, J. J. G.; Cable, M.L. & Hebard, A.F. Synthesis and magnetic characterization of microstructures prepared from microbial templates of differing morphology. Mater. Lett. 60, 19-22 (2006). (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2005.07.066)

 

NASA Ames Research Center, UC Santa Cruz, & UC Davis

  • McMillan, R.A.; Howard, J.; Zaluzec, N.J.; Kagawa, H.K.; Mogul, R.; Li, Y. F.; Paavola, C.D.; & Trent, J.D. A self-assembling protein template for constrained synthesis and patterning of nanoparticle arrays. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 2800-2801 (2005). (http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja043827s)

 

  • Ruddat, V.C.; Mogul, R.; Chorny I.; Chen C.; Perrin, N, Whitman, S.; Kenyon, V.; Jacobson, M.P.; Bernasconi, C.F. & Holman, T.R. Tryptophan 500 and argnine 707 define product and substrate active site binding in soybean lipoxygenase-1. Biochemistry 43, 13063-13071 (2004). (http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/bi0489098)

 

  • Bol’Shakov, A.A.; Cruden, B.A.; Mogul, R.; Rao, M.V.V.S.; Sharma, S.P.; Khare, B.N. & Meyyappan, M. Radio frequency oxygen plasma as a sterilization source. Am. Inst. Aero. Astro. J. 42, 823-832 (2004). (https://doi.org/10.2514/1.9562)

 

 

  • Ordered nanostructures made using chaperonin polypeptides. Nanotech Briefs 1, 2003.

 

 

 

 

  • Mogul, R.; Johansen, E. & Holman, T.R. Oleyl sulfate reveals allosteric inhibition of soybean lipoxygenase-1 and human 15-lipoxygenase. Biochemistry 39, 4801-4807 (2000). (http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/bi992805t)

 

  • Radioisotopes cleanly map macromolecules. Chem. Eng. News 10 (1997).

 

 

  • Mogul R. in Redlands Review (University of Redlands, 1991).