11/08/2019: “Planetary Habitability with Two Suns” Billy Quarles (GT)
B. Quarles – Seminar (postponed)
N. Hud – Seminar
10/252019: “Reconciling Plausible Prebiotic Chemistry with Plausible Prebiotic Environments” Nicholas Hud (GT)
K. Hughson & P. Szot – Seminar
10/18/2019: “Big Picture from Small Bodies and Small Stats” Kynan Hughson and Phillip Szot (GT)
C. Chivers & C. Raj- Seminar
10/04/2019: “Ocean World Habitability and Exploration” Chase Chivers and Chinmayee Govinda Raj (GT)
A. Burnetti – Seminar
09/27/2019: “Biosphere Evolution on Earth and Elsewhere” Anthony Burnetti (GT)
J. Glass, M. Grover, & F. Rosenzweig – Seminar
09/20/2019: “Certificate Programs and Training Grant” Jennifer Glass, Martha Grover, & Frank Rosenzweig (GT)
D. Fialho & A. McKee – Seminar
09/13/2019: “Chemical Origins of Life” David Fialho and Aaron Mckee (GT)
E. Spiers & M. Schaible – Seminar
09/06/2019: “What is Astrobiology” Elizabeth Spiers and Micah Schaible (GT)
Congratulations to Dr. Denise Okafor, Georgia Tech Astrobiology Alumna!
June 2019
Dr. Denise Okafor, currently a postdoctoral fellow at Emory University, will be starting as an assistant professor in the Penn State Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in January 2020. Dr Okafor graduated from Georgia Tech with a PhD in Biochemistry in 2015. She worked on research related to the origin of life in the Williams and Hud labs. Dr Okafor was featured as one of six GT College of Sciences alumni during the 2019 Georgia Tech Homecoming. Read more about Dr. Okafor’s research accomplishments here.
Launch of Georgia Tech Astrobiology Graduate Certificate Program
May 2019
Georgia Tech graduate students now have another way to join the hot field of astrobiology. The Graduate Certificate in Astrobiology is now an option, thanks to the effort of the vibrant astrobiology community in Georgia Tech. Read the full news story here.