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Our guest is Dr. Mark Skidmore, professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at Montana State University! Dr. Skidmore conducts research on the biogeochemistry and geomicrobiology of glacial systems, examining the cycling of elements such as c
Our guest is Dr. Natalie Batalha, astrophysicist and professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz, specializing in detecting and characterizing exoplanets, including potentially habitable alien worlds! Dr. Batalha was the Co-Investi
Our guest is Dr. Geoff Wheat, professor of geological oceanography at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks! Dr. Wheat studies processes that influence the cycles of elements in the oceans, following the transport of materials through the oceanic
Our guest is Prof. Abel Méndez, a planetary astrobiologist and Director of the Planetary Habitability Laboratory at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo! His research focuses on the habitability of Earth, the Solar System, and extrasolar pl
Our guest is Dr. Alfonso Davila, an astrobiologist at NASA Ames Research Center! His research focuses on the biological and biosignature potential of terrestrial environments considered to be analogous to extraterrestrial environments, and usin
Our guest is Dr. Heather Graham, organic geochemist and research associate from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Dr. Graham's research focuses on the scientific development of tools and techniques that can help us identify “agnostic biosig
Please join us for a special panel episode all about the OSIRIS-REx mission, which just left asteroid Bennu with asteroidal material on its way back to Earth! This episode's guests are all collaborators on the OSIRIS-REx mission: Drs. Eve Berge
Our guest for this episode is Dr. Jen Blank, an astrobiologist at the NASA Ames Research Center and a Research Scientist at the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science. Jen has been a member of the Mars Curiosity science team and studies Mars an
Our guest for this episode is Dr. Cynthia Phillips, a planetary geologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory! She serves as a project staff scientist and the project science communications lead for the Europa Clipper mission, as well as the de
This is a special Mars 2020 panel episode featuring Dr. Kennda Lynch, Dr. Frances Rivera-Hernandez, and Dr. Svetlana Shkolyar! The Perseverance rover is on schedule to arrive on Mars on February 18th, and we'll be discussing all the incredible
Our guest is Dr. Melissa Trainer, a Deputy Principal Investigator (PI) for the Dragonfly mission to Saturn's moon Titan, and lead for the Dragonfly Mass Spectrometer (DraMS), an instrument supporting the Dragonfly investigation of Titan's surfa
This is a special panel episode featuring previous attendees and organizers of the Astrobiology Graduate Conference (AbGradCon), including Drs. Sandra Siljeström, Lena Noack, Marc Neveu, and Vlada Stamenkovic. We’ll discuss the impacts of confe
Our guest is Dr. Ravi Kopparapu, a research scientist from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, whose research interests include extrasolar planet habitability, atmospheric modeling, technosignatures, and more!Check out our website for the ful
Our guest is Dr. Jacob Haqq-Misra, a research scientist at the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science! Jacob studies planetary habitability, atmospheric dynamics, environmental ethics, extraterrestrial life, and space settlement. Jacob is a m
Our guest is Dr. Eddie Schwieterman, an astrobiologist and astronomer interested in studying planetary habitability and remote biosignatures to uncover the distribution of life in the Universe. Eddie received his undergraduate degrees from the
Please join us as we welcome Dr. Kevin Peter Hand, the Director of NASA JPL’s Ocean Worlds Lab! He's also a pre-Project Scientist for development of a Europa Lander/Ocean Worlds Lander mission concept. His research in the realm of astrobiology
Our guest is Dr. Betül Kaçar, an Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona. She and her team explore the molecular mechanisms of evolution, the origin(s) of life, and the distributions of life in the cosmos. Dr. Kaçar uses a paleophenoty
Our guest is Dr. Colin Goldblatt, an Associate Professor of Earth System Evolution at the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. His research has focused on the atmospheric evolution of Earth and Ear
Join us as we welcome Dr. Hiroyuki Kurokawa, a research scientist at the Earth-Life Science Institute in Tokyo, Japan, who studies the formation and evolution of planets. Dr. Kurokawa received his PhD from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, as
Join us as we welcome Dr. Daniel Angerhausen, an astrophysicist and astrobiologist at the Center for Space and Habitability at Bern University! A former NASA postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Angerhausen is also the founder and CEO of the science and te
Join us as we welcome Dr. Susan Schneider, the current Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology, Exploration, and Scientific Innovation. Dr. Schneider is an Associate Professor of philosophy and cognitive science, as we
Join us as we welcome Dr. Aaron Gronstal, a graphic artist and communications specialist for the NASA Astrobiology Program. Aaron began working for NASA as a geomicrobiologist and is now engaging in science communication for astrobiology as a w
Join us as we welcome Dr. Laurie Barge, a research scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science, and the Oak Crest Institute of Science. She studies topics like self-organizing chemical systems, the
EDM remix of our theme song for our new season 4 launch.Created by Mike Toillion.
Join us as we welcome, Dr. Bruce Damer, a multi-disciplinary scientist, researcher, and public speaker! Dr. Damer has worked on developing and testing a new model for the origin of life on Earth, and in the design of spacecraft architectures to
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