Maître de Conférences,
Université de Nantes
Postdoctoral Research Associate (2018-2020),
Earth & Space Sciences
Life in Extreme Environments
Postdoctoral Scholar,
University of California, Riverside
Postdoctoral Research Associate (2017-2020),
Astronomy
Exoplanets: Detection, Habitability, & Biosignatures
My research combines observation, instrumentation, and theoretical approaches to characterizing exoplanets
and finding realistic means to determine their habitability. My recent work has specialized in polarimetry of
potentially habitable terrestrial exoplanets
Software Developer,
Shelf Engine
Dual-Title Ph.D. (2015),
Earth and Space Sciences & Astrobiology
Origin & Evolution of Life on Earth
Life in Extreme Environments
Education & Outreach
Assistant Professor (Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences),
University of California, Los Angeles
Postdoctoral Research Associate (2017-2019),
Earth & Space Sciences
Habitability & Life In the Solar System: Mars
An arid-climate geomorphologist, Mackenzie studies dune field and landscape evolution on Earth, Mars, and other planetary bodies.
Flatiron Research Fellow,
Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute
Dual-Title Ph.D. (2016),
Astronomy & Astrobiology
Exoplanets: Detection, Habitability, & Biosignatures
Graduate Student,
Earth & Space Sciences
Dual-Title PhD
Origin & Evolution of Life on Earth
Jana Meixnerova’s research interests include the origins of life, co-evolution of life and surface environments on the early Earth, isotope…
Graduate Student,
Oceanography
Dual-Title PhD
Life in Extreme Environments
Susan completed her undergraduate work at Yale University where she majored in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. While there she worked…
Knauss Marine Policy Fellow,
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Dual-Title Ph.D. (2020),
Oceanography & Astrobiology
Life in Extreme Environments
My interests focus on bacteria and bacteriophage viruses in extreme environments (sea ice in the Arctic and Southern oceans), and…
Research Scientist (Astronomy),
University of Washington
Dual-Title Ph.D. (2018),
Earth and Space Sciences & Astrobiology
Exoplanets: Detection, Habitability, & Biosignatures
Space Exploration
Education & Outreach
Research Assistant Professor, Earth & Space Sciences
Life in Extreme Environments
Habitability & Life In the Solar System: Mars
I research the chemistry of planetary surfaces and interiors, focusing on extreme environments on Earth, Mars, and icy worlds in…
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Astronomy
Exoplanets: Detection, Habitability, & Biosignatures
