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Category: Graduate Program

Space Observatories: Learning Lessons from Yesterday to Build the Systems of Tomorrow

October 25, 2024 Megan Gialluca

Dr. Jonathan W. Arenberg Northrop Grumman Space Astronomy is a science driven by observation. Since 1609, those observations have required…

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Posted in: Events, Featured, Graduate Program Filed under: Colloquium, Featured

Sediment cycles record past lunar distance and length of day

August 23, 2024 astrobio

Alberto MalinvernoLamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University Astronomical cycles have been widely recognized to drive climatic changes that are recorded by cyclic sediment…

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Posted in: Events, Featured, Graduate Program Filed under: Colloquium, Featured

Paleoenvironmental context in searching for past life on Mars

August 21, 2024 astrobio

Professor Kathy Campbell Abstract:  The search for life beyond Earth occupies exploration efforts of space agencies and researchers, and captures…

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Posted in: Events, Featured, Graduate Program, Research Filed under: Colloquium, Featured

Astrobiology Workshop 2023: New Mexico

July 25, 2024 astrobio

by Ardith Bravenec Carlsbad Caverns The workshop begins at Carlsbad Caverns, a natural wonder known for its extensive underground limestone…

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The cold chemistry of cryovolcanism: Insights from experimental and natural analogs

April 4, 2024 astrobio

Mark Fox-Powell Open University ‘Cryovolcanism’ at icy worlds offers immense promise for astrobiology, as it appears to transport material from…

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Posted in: Events, Graduate Program, Research Filed under: Colloquium, Featured, Research

Photochemical Stability and Reactivity of Prebiotic Molecules Under Ceres-Like Conditions

March 22, 2024 astrobio

Jessica M Weber NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Ceres is a dwarf planet of interest to astrobiology…

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Posted in: Administration, Events, Graduate Program Filed under: Colloquium

Astrobiology Research Rotations

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Sam Gilbert-Janizek Presenting: Predicting Outgassing Rates for L 98-59 b with an Interior Model AB Rotation with Prof. Laura Schaefer…

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Posted in: Administration, Events, Graduate Program, Research, Research Rotation Filed under: Colloquium

Building a Wet Planet from Dry Materials

October 31, 2023 astrobio

Zoom Link for Colloquium 10/31/2023 3:00pm PST Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Presented by Dan Shim Professor, School…

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Posted in: Events, Featured, Graduate Program

Key Building Block of Life Detected on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus

July 24, 2023 astrobio

An international team, including UW Astrobiology Postdoctoral researcher Fabian Klenner, discovered phosphorus in the form of phosphates on Saturn’s icy…

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Posted in: Awards, Events, Featured, Graduate Program, Media, Postdocs, Profile, Research Filed under: Fabian Klenner, News

Astrobiology Graduate Research Rotations Presentation

March 30, 2023 astrobio

Zoom Link for Colloquium 05/16/2023 3:00pm PST Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Miles Currie Dual-Title PhD Student Astrobiology…

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Posted in: Events, Featured, Graduate Program, Graduate Student, Research Rotation Filed under: Colloquium

The search for evidence of life on Enceladus

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Zoom Link for Colloquium 04/25/2023 3:00pm PST Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Presented By Alfonso Davila  research scientist…

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Posted in: Administration, Events, Graduate Program, Research Filed under: Colloquium

Prebiotic Compartments for Protometabolism

April 11, 2022 astrobio

Zoom Link for Colloquium 04/26/2022 3:00pm PST. Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Presented by Sheref Mansy Abstract: Much progress has been…

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Nitrogen and Phosphorus Biogeochemistry of Modern Lakes as Environmental Analogs for the Origin and Early Development of Life

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Zoom Link for Colloquium 04/19/2022 3:00pm PST. Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Presented By Sebastian Haas Abstract: The concentrations and stoichiometric…

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Posted in: Administration, Events, Featured, Graduate Program, Postdocs

Developing Community Best Practices for Biosignature Assessment and Reporting

November 29, 2021 astrobio

Zoom Link for Colloquium 11/30/2021 3:00pm PST Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Dr. Victoria Meadows,Professor, UW Astronomy DepartmentDirector,…

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Posted in: Administration, Events, Faculty, Featured, Graduate Program Filed under: Colloquium

“Developing Community Best Practices for Biosignature Assessment and Reporting”

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Dr. Victoria Meadows,Professor, UW Astronomy DepartmentDirector, UW Astrobiology ProgramPrincipal Investigator, NASA Nexus for Exoplanet System ScienceVirtual Planetary Laboratory Team Zoom…

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Posted in: Administration, Events, Faculty, Featured, Graduate Program Filed under: Colloquium

“Alien Earths: The Search for Habitable Worlds around Nearby Stars”

November 2, 2021 astrobio

Zoom Link for Colloquium 11/23/2021 3:00pm PST. Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Presented By: Daniel Apai (U Arizona…

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Posted in: Events, Featured, Graduate Program Filed under: Colloquium

“Planetary Self-Regulation and The Role of Interior Processes for Habitability”

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Zoom Link for Colloquium 11/16/2021 3:00pm PST. Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Presented By Johnny Seales, Rice University…

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Hannah Dawson & Zac Cooper Presentations

November 1, 2021 astrobio

Zoom Link for Colloquium 11/9/2021 3:00pm PST. Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Hannah Dawson will present “Expanding the…

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Posted in: Administration, Events, Graduate Program, Graduate Student, Research Rotation Filed under: Colloquium

“Planetary Systems Biochemistry: Inferring the laws of life at a Planetary Scale”

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Zoom Link for Colloquium 11/2/2021 3:00pm PST. Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Presented by: Sara Imari Walker Currently,…

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Posted in: Events, Featured, Graduate Program Filed under: Colloquium

Eliah Overbey Earns Graduate Certificate in Astrobiology

March 3, 2021 astrobio

Eliah Overbey (Genome Sciences) successfully completed her dissertation defense on Monday March 1st and has earned her Ph.D. in Genome…

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Posted in: Alumni, Awards, Featured, Graduate Program Filed under: Eliah Overbey, Final Exam, Genome Sciences

Eliah Overbey Awarded Postdoctoral Fellowship from NASA Space Biology Program!

October 22, 2020 astrobio

NASA has announced the award of 18 grants for exciting new Space Biology research that will advance NASA’s understanding of…

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Posted in: Awards, Featured, Graduate Program, Graduate Student, Media Filed under: Awards, Eliah Overbey, Fellowships, GeneLab, NASA, Space Biology Program

Max Showalter Earns Dual-Title PhD in Oceanography & Astrobiology

August 20, 2020 astrobio

Gordon (Max) Showalter (Oceanography) successfully defended their dissertation on Wednesday August 19th via Zoom! Please join the Astrobiology Program in…

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Posted in: Featured, Graduate Program, Graduate Student Filed under: Dual-Title PhD, Final Exam, Graduation, Max Showalter

Diana Windemuth Earns Dual-Title PhD in Astronomy & Astrobiology

August 18, 2020 astrobio

Diana Windemuth (Astronomy) successfully defended their dissertation for the Dual-Title PhD in Astronomy & Astrobiology on Monday August 17th via…

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Posted in: Featured, Graduate Program, Graduate Student Filed under: Diana Windemuth, Dual-Title PhD, Final Exam, Graduation

Jacob Lustig-Yaeger Earns Dual-Title PhD in Astronomy & Astrobiology

July 16, 2020 astrobio

Jacob Lustig-Yaeger (Astronomy) successfully defended his dissertation on Wednesday July 15th via Zoom! Please join the Astrobiology Program in congratulating…

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Posted in: Featured, Graduate Program, Graduate Student Filed under: Dual-Title PhD, Final Exam, Graduation, Jacob Lustig-Yaeger

Owen Lehmer Earns Dual-Title PhD in Earth and Space Sciences & Astrobiology!

June 4, 2020 astrobio

Owen Lehmer (ESS/AB) successfully defended his dissertation on Wednesday June 3rd via Zoom! Please join the AB program in congratulating…

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Posted in: Featured, Graduate Program, Graduate Student Filed under: Owen Lehmer

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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-

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(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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