Join us for the Fall 2023 GT Astrobiology Distinguished Lecture and Social Event on Sep 22nd!
We’re excited to host Dr. José C. Aponte, Research Scientist from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) as our distinguished lecturer. Please see the below flyer for more info
In the afternoon, there will be a social event with lawn games, food and refreshments beginning at 4:00 PM, located at the Molecular Science and Engineering (MoSE) outdoor patio, ground floor. We will also be taking a group photo at this time, so bring your GTAstrobiology(grey)shirts! If you are a new member or didn’t receive a shirt last year, we have extra shirts to hand out.
Please join us on Sep 1st for a special lecture on JWST hosted by Georgia Tech Astrobiology in collaboration with Spelman College Physics Department!
Presenter: Dr. Naomi Rowe-Gurney, Postdoctoral Research Associate, NASA Goddard & University of Maryland, College Park Date/Time: Friday September 1 at 11am Eastern
Congratulations to our 2023-2024 Astrobiology Fellows: Colin Burnett, Jose Luis Ramirez Colon, Sarah Kingsley, Mohamed Nassif, Chad Pozarycki, and Vahab Rajei!
Dear Astrobiology, Origins of Life, and Space Exploration Enthusiasts,
The ExplOrigins early career group invites you to join the 2023 Exploration and Origins Colloquium! This colloquium will have events on two days: a poster session and reception on the evening of February 9thand talks throughout the day on February 10th. Talks and the poster session will be held in person at Georgia Tech, with a possible virtual viewing/presenting option for talks. We are thrilled to feature keynotes from Dr. Amy Williams and Dr. Heather Abbott-Lyon. Our aim is to bring together researchers from around the Atlanta regional area, and to highlight early career projects from any field that explore, conceptualize, celebrate, and discover pieces of space, life’s origins, and astrobiology. Through this colloquium, we hope to:
forge relationships between diverse individuals of various fields, experience levels, and backgrounds
expand our awareness of local work and innovations
encourage collaboration and interdisciplinary understanding
provide a professional growth opportunity for early career individuals including undergraduates, graduates, and post-docs
General registration and abstract submission are through this form. All early career individuals (undergrads, grads, postdocs, research scientists, and more) are highly encouraged to submit abstracts, due by noon on January 19th. Late submissions for posters will be accepted through February 8th. To prepare your abstract you will need a title, author/affiliation list, and one descriptive paragraph. Announcement of selected speakers will be made on January 20th.
ExplOrigins’ inclusion of a wide breadth of fields joins our commitment for inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, (dis)ability, sexual orientation, and experience.
If you have any questions about the abstract submission process or any other aspect of the colloquium, please email the conference organizers at gtexplorigins@gmail.com.
Thank you for your consideration. We hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
The organizing committee
Christina Buffo, Claire Elbon, Tatiana Gibson, Becca Guth-Metzler, Emmy Hughes, Sarah Kingsley, Jordan McKaig, Vahab Rajaei, Micah Schaible, and Sharissa Thompson