Alex Ellery, Carleton University

Research

in-situ resource utilisation planetary instrumentation lunar resources lunar industrialisation isru payloads technology demonstrator lunar exploration

Latest papers

Bio-Inspired Strategies Are Adaptable to Sensors Manufactured on the Moon.
Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024 · first author
Microbial Characterization of Arctic Glacial Ice Cores with a Semiautomated Life Detection System.
Astrobiology · 2023
Are There Biomimetic Lessons from Genetic Regulatory Networks for Developing a Lunar Industrial Ecology?
Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021 · first author

All 6 publications

Latest funding

Throughput Demonstration of Lunar Industrialisation
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$40,000
Investigation of tungsten stable isotope fractionation by extremophile organisms as biosignatures
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$250,000
Robotic astrobiology - enhancing scientific productivity of planetary rover missions
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$132,000

All 6 grants and awards

6 publications.

01

Bio-Inspired Strategies Are Adaptable to Sensors Manufactured on the Moon.

Ellery A

Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland)2024First author

DOI: 10.3390/biomimetics9080496 PMID: 39194475

02

Microbial Characterization of Arctic Glacial Ice Cores with a Semiautomated Life Detection System.

Touchette D, Maggiori C, Altshuler I, Tettenborn A, Bourdages LJ, Magnuson E, Blenner-Hassett O, Raymond-Bouchard I, Ellery A, Whyte LG

Astrobiology2023

DOI: 10.1089/ast.2022.0130 PMID: 37126945

03

Are There Biomimetic Lessons from Genetic Regulatory Networks for Developing a Lunar Industrial Ecology?

Ellery A

Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland)2021First author

DOI: 10.3390/biomimetics6030050 PMID: 34449537

04

Supplementing Closed Ecological Life Support Systems with In-Situ Resources on the Moon.

Ellery A

Life (Basel, Switzerland)2021First author

DOI: 10.3390/life11080770 PMID: 34440514

05

How to Build a Biological Machine Using Engineering Materials and Methods.

Ellery A

Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland)2020First author

DOI: 10.3390/biomimetics5030035 PMID: 32722540

06

Tutorial Review of Bio-Inspired Approaches to Robotic Manipulation for Space Debris Salvage.

Ellery A

Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland)2020First author

DOI: 10.3390/biomimetics5020019 PMID: 32408615

Throughput Demonstration of Lunar Industrialisation

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Ellery, Alex

Keywords: in-situ resource utilisation; planetary instrumentation; lunar resources; lunar industrialisation; isru payloads; technology demonstrator; lunar exploration

$40,000

Investigation of tungsten stable isotope fractionation by extremophile organisms as biosignatures

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Rizo Garza, Hanika

$250,000

Robotic astrobiology - enhancing scientific productivity of planetary rover missions

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Ellery, Alex

$132,000

Space Robotics & Space Technology

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Ellery, Alex

Keywords: CRC

$400,000

Space Robotics & Space Technology

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Ellery, Alex

Keywords: CRC

$100,000

Space Robotics and Space Technology

Principal investigatorNSERC2006Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Ellery, Alex

Keywords: CRC

$300,210

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: in-situ resource utilisation Dear Professor Ellery, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Bio-Inspired Strategies Are Adaptable to Sensors Manufactured on the Moon." (2024), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Throughput Demonstration of Lunar Industrialisation" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]