Detecting Biosignatures in Complex Molecular Mixtures From Pyrolysis‐Gas Chromatography‐Mass Spectrometry Data Using Machine Learning

• Published in: Journal of geophysical research. Machine learning and computation Vol. 2; no. 3
• Main Authors: Hystad, Grethe, Cleaves, H. James, Garmon, Collin A., Wong, Michael L., Prabhu, Anirudh, Cody, George D., Hazen, Robert M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.09.2025

Understanding how measured molecular signals can distinguish the chemistry of life from the chemistry of the nonliving world is a central focus of astrobiology and paleobiology. We train and compare several machine learning (ML) classification models on data from pyrolysis‐gas chromatography‐mass sp...