Watch the Recordings: The UWAB 25th Anniversary Lecture Series!

By Megan Gialluca / March 31, 2025

Recordings are now available for the UWAB 25th Anniversary Lecture Series! You can watch them at this playlist below (it...

Professor Sharon Doty Named AAAS Fellow

By Megan Gialluca / March 31, 2025

UWAB would like to recognize UW Environment & Forest Sciences and Astrobiology professor, Dr. Sharon Doty, who has been selected...

UW Astrobiology Remembers Professor James T. Staley

By Megan Gialluca / March 27, 2025

The UW Astrobiology program remembers our founding Director, Jim Staley. Jim came to the University of Washington in 1971 as...

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

By Megan Gialluca / October 25, 2024

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

UWAB Members Featured in College of Environment’s FieldSound Podcast

By Megan Gialluca / October 16, 2024

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Over the past 20 years our program has trained the next generation of astrobiologists and made significant advances in understanding how to search for life beyond the Earth. Our program offers a rigorous, interdisciplinary dual-title PhD<\/a> in a home department and Astrobiology, as well as a graduate certificate<\/a> in Astrobiology. Our alumni <\/a>have gone on to exciting careers at universities, government labs and elsewhere. Below we showcase the achievements of students, faculty and alumni, and on other pages you can learn about how to apply to our graduate program<\/a>, learn more about our research<\/a> and outreach activities<\/a>, and find out the latest on our colloquium series<\/a> and public events<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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From Our Most Recent Newsletter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Research Highlight<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Our UW Astrobiology Program members have made exciting scientific discoveries and published many research updates over the past year. Prof Brook Nunn (Genome Sciences) and her colleagues recently published their work detailing how polar microbes can shed light on ways to detect potential life in icy bodies in our solar system!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Alumni <\/a>Updates<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The UW Astrobiology Program has graduated over 60 alumni, who have exciting careers as faculty members, scientists, university researchers, industry specialists and, entrepreneurs. They\u2019ve all been hard at work this past year and have shared some of their achievements, awards, and scientific publications with us here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Recent Updates<\/h2>\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/div>Watch the Recordings: The UWAB 25th Anniversary Lecture Series!<\/a>March 31, 2025<\/time>
Recordings are now available for the UWAB 25th Anniversary Lecture Series! You can watch them…<\/div><\/li>\n
$\"\"$ <\/div>Professor Sharon Doty Named AAAS Fellow<\/a>March 31, 2025<\/time>
UWAB would like to recognize UW Environment & Forest Sciences and Astrobiology professor, Dr. Sharon…<\/div><\/li>\n
$\"\"$ <\/div>UW Astrobiology Remembers Professor James T. Staley<\/a>March 27, 2025<\/time>
The UW Astrobiology program remembers our founding Director, Jim Staley. Jim came to the University…<\/div><\/li>\n
Space Observatories: Learning Lessons from Yesterday to Build the Systems of Tomorrow<\/a>October 25, 2024<\/time>
Dr. Jonathan W. Arenberg Northrop Grumman Space Astronomy is a science driven by observation. Since…<\/div><\/li>\n
$\"Picture$ <\/div>UWAB Members Featured in College of Environment’s FieldSound Podcast<\/a>October 16, 2024<\/time>
This week UWAB faculty member, Jodi Young, and postdoctoral researcher, Fabian Klenner, joined the UW…<\/div><\/li>\n
$\"\"$ <\/div>Sediment cycles record past lunar distance and length of day<\/a>August 23, 2024<\/time>
Alberto MalinvernoLamont-Doherty Earth\u00a0Observatory of Columbia\u00a0University Astronomical cycles have been widely recognized to drive climatic changes…<\/div><\/li>\n
$\"\"$ <\/div>Paleoenvironmental context in searching for past life on Mars<\/a>August 21, 2024<\/time>
Professor Kathy Campbell Abstract: The search for life beyond Earth occupies exploration efforts of space…<\/div><\/li>\n
$\"\"$ <\/div>Astrobiology Workshop 2023: New Mexico<\/a>July 25, 2024<\/time>
by Ardith Bravenec Carlsbad Caverns The workshop begins at Carlsbad Caverns, a natural wonder known…<\/div><\/li>\n
$\"\"$ <\/div>2022 UW Astrobiology workshop at the Salt Lakes of the Cariboo Plateau, B.C. Canada<\/a>July 22, 2024<\/time>
Environmental Analogs for the Origin of Life Why the lakes: Prebiotic phosphorylation uses ~0.1-1 M…<\/div><\/li>\n
2022 Virtual Workshop- Mission to Detect Life<\/a>July 22, 2024<\/time>
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