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Year: 2017

Astrobiology Top 10: How Phosphorus helped oxygenate Earth’s Atmosphere

December 24, 2017 astrobio

A paper by Astrobiology student Mike Kipp (ESS) and UWAB Alumna Eva Stueeken (2014), now at University of St Andrews…

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Posted in: Media, Research Filed under: Eva Stueeken, Michael Kipp

UWAB 2017 Fall Newsletter

December 1, 2017 astrobio

Astronomers in the University of Washington’s Astrobiology Program are continuing their exciting discoveries of nearby potentially habitable planets…

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Posted in: Newsletter

Paul Kintner successfully passes his general exam

August 15, 2017 astrobio

Paul Kintner (ESS/AB) had his M.S. defense. His presentation was titled “New Estimates of Ice and Oxygen Fluxes Across the…

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Paul Kintner

Rodrigo Luger earns his PhD!

August 11, 2017 astrobio

Rodrigo Luger successfully defended his dissertation to earn his Astronomy and Astrobiology Dual-Title PhD. He discussed his work on understanding…

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Rodrigo Luger

Congratulations to Diana Windemuth for passing her general exam!

August 4, 2017 astrobio

Astronomy/AB Dual-Title PhD student Diana Windemuth successfully passed her general exam titled “Detection and Characterization of Circumbinary Planets”. Congratulations!

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Diana Windemuth

Please welcome our newest AB program students!

July 7, 2017 astrobio

Please join us in congratulating Guadalupe Tovar, Dominic Sivitilli, and Zachary Cohen for being admitted to the University of Washington’s Astrobiology program.…

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Dominic Sivitilli, Lupita Tovar, Zachary Cohen

Steven Sholes publishes paper on anoxic atmospheres

July 1, 2017 astrobio

AB graduate student Steven Sholes is the lead author of a paper that uses a one-dimensional photochemical model to consider…

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Posted in: Research Filed under: Steven Sholes

Lupita Tovar featured in UW A&S newsletter!

June 30, 2017 astrobio

Guadalupe (Lupita) Tovar was featured in the latest University of Washington College of Arts & Sciences’ newsletter. Congrats!

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Posted in: Media Filed under: Lupita Tovar

Michael Diamond and Andrew Lincowski win NASA graduate fellowships

June 8, 2017 astrobio

UWAB graduate students Michael Diamond and Andrew Lincowski have been awarded NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowships (NESSF). Michael Diamond’s…

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Posted in: Research Filed under: Andrew Lincowski, Michael Diamond

Congratulations to Brett Morris for passing his general exam!

June 5, 2017 astrobio

Brett Morris presented his work “Physics of the Solar Dynamo and the Solar Cycle” and successfully became a PhD Candidate.…

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Brett Morris

Re-watch Dr. Guillem Anglada-Escude’s public lecture

May 26, 2017 astrobio

If you missed our annual AB public lecture, do not fret! View the lecture.

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Posted in: Graduate Program

Ty Robinson accepts Assistant Professorship at NAU!

May 10, 2017 astrobio

Dr. Tyler Robinson has been offered the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Northern…

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Tyler Robinson

Congrats to Osa Igbinosun for passing her general!

April 20, 2017 astrobio

Osa has officially moved Doctoral Candidate after successfully passing her general exam. She gave a presentation on her work, “ISRU…

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Osazonamen Igbinosun

Proxima Centauri b: A World of Possibilities

March 29, 2017 astrobio

In August 2016 a planet was discovered orbiting the closest star to the sun, Proxima Centauri. Not only is the…

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Guillem Anglada-Escude, Olivier Guyon, Rory Barnes, Victoria Meadows

Lakewood High School visits UWAB!

March 1, 2017 astrobio

Thanks Lakewood High and UWAB volunteer speakers for all the Astrobiology fun! Professor Rory Barnes (Astronomy) and Erika Harnett (ESS)…

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Caitlyn Wilhelm, Erika Harnett, Jacob Lustig-Yaeger, Lakewood High School, Owen Lehmer, Rory Barnes

UW Astronomer Eric Agol Assists in New Seven-Planet NASA Discovery Using ‘Distracted Driving’ Technique

February 22, 2017 astrobio

Recent work by UWAB faculty member, and member of the Virtual Planetary Laboratory research group, Eric Agol has been highlighted…

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Posted in: Faculty, Featured, Media, Research Filed under: Eric Agol, Exoplanets, Habitable Zone, M Dwarf, Michaël Gillon, Spitzer Space Telescope, TRAPPIST-1, Virtual Planetary Laboratory

Congratulations to Elena Amador for successfully defending her thesis!

February 3, 2017 astrobio

Elena defended her dissertation titled “Characterizing Habitable Environments on Mars using Infrared Spectroscopy From Orbit” to earn her dual PhD…

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Elena Amador
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Last April, 4 grad students, accompanied by Prof. Last April, 4 grad students, accompanied by Prof. Baptiste Journaux and funded by the UWAB program, documented the 2024 total solar eclipse. The team traveled to Arkansas to reach the center of the 115-mile band of totality stretching from Texas to Maine, and were the subject of a CENV mini-documentary!

The eclipse team delivered a talk about their trip and outreach work to the rest of the UWAB community on October 15th! Thanks to Baptiste Journaux, Sarah Smith, Alysa Fintel, Andrew Shumway, Haskelle White-Gianella, and Ula Jones for representing the program! 

See the full Eclipse Documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD1IpJYI9NQ
… or watch their UWAB Colloquium Talk here: https://youtu.be/TG5QlVPq8rg?si=gIH2hKHxd7JsFpz-

Second Photo Description:
(left to right) Sarah Smith, Baptiste Journaux, Alysa Fintel, Andrew Shumway, Haskelle White-Gianella, and Ula Jones at Calico Rock AK just after the total solar eclipse on April 8 2024.
On October 8th, UWAB hosted Dr. Kathy Campbell - a On October 8th, UWAB hosted Dr. Kathy Campbell - a geologist, paleoecologist and astrobiologist from the University of Auckland! Dr. Campbell spoke about her work investigating extreme environments as analog settings for early life on Earth. She uses a comparative paleoenvironmental approach to searching for evidence of past life in Martian rocks by focusing on Earth’s hot spring deposits and unusual hydrothermal silica found by Spirit rover at Columbia Hills on Mars. 

In other words, her work helps us understand geochemical signs of past life, which is used to inform biosignature detection on Mars! 

The colloquium recording is now available on our YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/hYuuMY-yNu4
This week UWAB faculty member, Jodi Young, and pos This week UWAB faculty member, Jodi Young, and postdoctoral researcher, Fabian Klenner, joined the UW College of Environment’s Extreme Environments podcast, FieldSound, to teach the community about how extreme environments on Earth can inform us about the search for life on distant exoplanets and icy moons, such as Europa and Enceladus!

Jodi Young studies how marine microalgae shape our ecosystems, flourishing in the harsh icy brine environments of Earth’s polar regions. Fabian Klenner combines experimentation and modeling to understand the oceans of icy moons and biosignature detection. In the FieldSound podcast, Young and Klenner discuss topics including the Solar System’s icy moons, marine fieldwork, and the Europa Clipper mission – demonstrating how astrobiology is a field of extreme interdisciplinary collaboration! 

Listen to their full podcast here:
https://environment.uw.edu/news/2024/10/s3-e2-astrobiology-with-jodi-young-and-fabian-klenner/
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