Welcome to the Spring 2026 Astrobiology Colloquium Series! Colloquiums are Tuesdays at 3:00pm in PAA A102.
UWAB hosts a biannual colloquium series every spring and fall, featuring speakers from both UW and other institutions presenting on a wide range of astrobiology related topics. Here, you can find the schedule for upcoming colloquia and seminars, as well as an archive of abstracts and live recordings of past events.
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| Date | Speaker | Title of Talk |
|---|---|---|
| 04/07/2026 | Frankie Pavia | The composition of habitable terrestrial planets |
| 04/14/2026 | Jordyn Robare | From Earth to Enceladus: Using Chemical Thermodynamics to Explore the Relationship between Life and Environment |
| 04/21/2026 | Andrew Fountain | Cryoconite Holes - A refugia in icy environments |
| 04/28/2026 | Don Brownlee | The composition of habitable terrestrial planets |
| 05/05/2026 | Research Rotations: An Li and Morgan Raimondo | Tale of two sugars: trehalose and hyaluronic acid in a frozen Enceladus-analog brine &TBD |
| 05/12/2026 | Research Rotation Patrick Monreal | Prebiotic organics enhance metal availability during serpentinization in Enceladus Ocean analogue experiments |
| 05/19/2026 | No Colloquium AbSciCon | |
| 05/26/2026 | TBD | TBD |
| 06/02/2026 | Edwin Kite | TBD |
Live Streaming Presentations:
Beginning in Spring 2026 live streaming of the UW Astrobiology Colloquium presentations will be via Panopto! To access the live stream each week for the Spring 2026 series, use this link:
Please be aware that the talks in our colloquium series are scientific presentations geared towards the Astrobiology Community. Members of public are welcome to join us, but we will not ask our speakers to go out of their way to make their presentations accessible, or easy to understand, to the non-scientific community.
Archived Presentations:
Missed a video in the last seminar series? See our archive for abstracts and video recordings of past talks from 2003 – 2018, and our YouTube channel for all recorded presentations since then!