Speaker: Dr. Claudia Álvarez Carreño, NASA Astrobiology Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for the Origin of Life (COOL) at Georgia Institute of Technology.
PSAS: Protein fold evolution before LUCA
PSAS: Illuminating organomineral interactions within the Western United States and beyond
Speaker: Dr. Emily Cardarelli, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Astrobiogeochemistry Laboratory at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) California Institute of Technology
PSAS: Roles of small bodies in habitability: their influences on the Earth-Moon system and contributions to the water ice distribution on the Moon
Speaker: Dr. Masatoshi Hirabayashi, Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Auburn University
PSAS: Applications of Critical Zone Science in the Exploration of Mars
Speaker: Dr. Laura Frackell, Planetary Scientists of Geochemistry and Geomicrobiology
PSAS: Informing Perseverance Rover Biosignature Studies with Raman and Fluorescence Spectroscopy
PSAS: Siliceous hot springs preserve biosignatures, but how well do they retain them?
Speaker: Dr. Marisol Juárez Rivera, Geobiologist in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University
PSAS: Detecting life as we don’t know it
Speaker: Natalie Grefenstette, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Santa Fe Institute
PSAS: Deciphering global tectonic patterns on Mercury
PSAS: The Once and Future Lunar Atmosphere: Modeling the Moon’s Water Cycle
Speaker: Dr. Parvathy Prem, Planetary Scientist at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)
GT Astrobiology Fall Welcome Event
Georgia Tech Astrobiology and ExplOrigins Community,
Please join us for the Fall 2021 GT Astrobiology Distinguished Lecture and Social Event!
Title: Exploring Jezero Crater with the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover
Presented by: Dr. Kathryn Stack-Morgan, JPL — Mars 2020 Project Scientist
Date/Time: Friday, September 10th, 2:30 PM–3:30 PM Eastern *note new time*
Location: virtual via BlueJeans (link: http://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/udqsqwfd) and on YouTube Live (http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxcmACiPDyN21-KRTXCc1wg/live).
Following the virtual seminar, there will be an in-person social with 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 4:15pm, so bring your GT Astrobiology shirts!
We hope to see you there!
Organized by Astrobiology Fellows, 2021-2022:
Becca Guth-Metzler, Christina Buffo, Tyler Roche, Taylor Plattner, and Jordan McKaig
Sponsored by GT Astrobiology and CSTAR