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Category: Graduate Program

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

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

Josh Krissansen-Totton passes his general examination

December 1, 2016 astrobio

Josh Krissansen-Totton presented his work “From Earth to Exoplanets: Atmospheric biosignatures and biogeochemical controls on habitability”. Congratulations on becoming a…

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Joshua Krissansen-Totton

Matt Koehler passes his general exam!

October 18, 2016 astrobio

Congratulations to Matt Koehler for passing his general examination on October 18, 2016. Matt presented his work “The Co-Evolution of…

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Matthew Koehler

Dr. Eva Stueeken becomes Research Fellow at U. of St Andrews!

October 7, 2016 astrobio

AB alumna Dr. Eva Stueeken will start in January as a University Research Fellow (transitioning into a Lecturer after three…

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Eva Stueeken

Dr. Jeff Bowman is now Professor Bowman!

October 1, 2016 astrobio

AB graduate Jeff Bowman has been hired to a faculty position in the Integrative Oceanography Division at Scripps Institute of…

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Jeff Bowman

Check out photos from the UWAB workshop in Mt. Rainier

September 28, 2016 astrobio

Check out the amazing photos AB student Jake Lustig-Yaeger took during this year’s AB Workshop.

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Jacob Lustig-Yaeger

Professor Sharon Doty promoted to Full Professor!

September 6, 2016 astrobio

Effective September 16, 2016, UWAB faculty member Sharon Doty from the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences was promoted from…

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Sharon Doty

Congratulations to Drs. Giada Arney, Jaci Saunders, and Eddie Schwieterman!

August 26, 2016 astrobio

Three of our Astrobiology doctoral candidates are graduating this year after successfully defending their dissertations. Congratulations and good luck! Giada…

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Eddie Schwieterman, Giada Arney, Jaclyn Saunders

Steven Sholes passes his general exam!

August 16, 2016 astrobio

Congratulations to Steven Sholes for passing his general exam on and officially obtaining his doctoral candidacy. Steven presented his work…

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Steven Sholes

UWAB Outreach to Lakewood High School

May 2, 2016 astrobio

Continuing an annual tradiation, UWAB members spoke to students in an astrobiology class at Lakewood High School visiting UW. Professor…

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Giada Arney, Jaclyn Saunders, Lakewood High School, Michael Kipp, Rory Barnes, Steven Sholes

Congratulations to Rory Barnes!

April 22, 2016 astrobio

Rory Barnes of the Astronomy Department has been promoted to an Assistant Professor in Astrobiology! Congratulations Rory!

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Rory Barnes

Congratulations to Aomawa Shields!

February 24, 2016 astrobio

UWAB alum Aomawa Shields (Astronomy and Astrobiology, 2014) has been awarded the 2016 ASU Origins Project Postdoctoral Lectureship Award! This…

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Aomawa Shields

Congratulations to UWAB alumni!

February 23, 2016 astrobio

Congratulations to two UWAB graduates on their new faculity positions! UWAB graduate Dr. Aomawa Shields (Astronomy and Astrobiology 2014) will…

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Aomawa Shields, Rika Anderson

In Memoriam: Robert Frost

January 11, 2016 astrobio

It is with sadness that we inform you that Astrobiology donor and good friend of our program, Bob Frost, passed away…

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Robert Frost

Rika Anderson’s new professorship

December 14, 2015 astrobio

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Rika Anderson for her new appointment as an Assistant Professor at Carleton College. A…

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Rika Anderson

Beyond Human: Animals, Aliens, and Artificial Intelligence!

May 15, 2015 astrobio

UWAB and Museology graduate student, Wolf Clifton, has launched his Masters project, which is an ,a href=”http://animalpeopleforum.org/beyondhuman/”>online exhibit titled “Beyond Human: Animals, Aliens, and Artificial Intelligence!”

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Wolf Clifton

Free Public Lecture — Finding Life (05/22)

May 1, 2014 astrobio

On the evening of Thursday, May 22nd, UW Astrobiology presents Finding Life: On Earth, on Mars, and throughout the Cosmos,…

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Posted in: Graduate Program

Free Public Lecture — The Kepler Mission (04/16)

April 7, 2014 astrobio

UW Astrobiology & The NASA Astrobiology Institute present: The Kepler Mission Exotic Solar Systems on the Path to Earth-Like Planets…

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Fourth Dual-Title PhD Awarded

October 18, 2013 astrobio

Congratulations to Rika Anderson for graduating with UWAB’s fourth Dual-Title PhD! Rika successfully defended her dissertation on October 18th, 2013,…

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Rika Anderson

Follow our latest workshop on Twitter!

September 6, 2013 astrobio

Next week (Sep. 8-12), our students will be traveling to Montana for UWAB’s annual workshop, where they will learn about…

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Posted in: Graduate Program, Media Filed under: Chantz Thomas

UWAB Awards Third Dual-Title PhD

July 22, 2013 astrobio

Congratulations to Marcela Ewert Sarmiento for graduating with UWAB’s first dual-title PhD in Oceanography & Astrobiology! Marcela successfully defended her…

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Marcela Ewert Sarmiento

Graduate Student Ty Robinson Receives UWAB’s First Dual-Title PhD

August 2, 2012 astrobio

UWAB graduate student Ty Robinson successfully defended his dissertation “Simulating and Characterizing the Pale Blue Dot”, and graduates with our…

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Tyler Robinson

Monday, June 4: Public Lecture – Transit of Venus

June 4, 2012 astrobio

In advance of the upcoming transit of Venus, the UW Astrobiology Program and Astronomy Department will host two, back-to-back lectures…

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Posted in: Graduate Program Filed under: Victoria Meadows, Woody Sullivan

Saturday, June 2: Seattle Science Expo Day!

June 2, 2012 astrobio

The UW Astrobiology Program and the UW Astronomy Department are partnering to present an exciting collection of entertaining and educational…

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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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