Interested in Contributing?
Since I haven’t figured out the ins and outs of adding people to be contributors to this blog, I’m going to ask that, if you are a graduate student/post doc in Astrobiology, and interested in contributing, to please comment to this post.
I’ll then send you an invite to wordpress, and sign you up!
Hi,
I’m Nate Kaib, and I’m finishing up my fourth year of grad school at University of Washington. I’m working with Tom Quinn in Astronomy, and we’re using computer simulations to model the formation of the Oort Cloud. By comparing our simulation results with observations of real comet orbits, we’re hoping to put constraints on the birthplace environment of the solar system as well as determine if comet showers from the Oort Cloud pose a significant threat to the biosphere on Earth.
I’m mainly interested in planetary dynamics and what this might tell us about the history of the solar system and conditions on Earth. With that in mind, I’ll be happy to review/summarize dynamically themed AB articles in the future.
I’m Aaron Price, a 2nd year science education phd student at Tufts University. I’ll be happy to help contribute E/PO posts (along with Leigh!).
Its Dimitra here, entering third year grad school in Astrophysics from the University of Kansas. I ‘m trying to find out connection between supernovae and life. It will be fun to write about the Astro part of Astrobiology.
Hi,
I’m Kennda Lynch and I’m starting my 2nd year of “full-time” graduate school at University of Colorado at Boulder. I’m mainly interested in energy requirements for life and how that relates to habitability of planetary surfaces and their extreme environments analogs. Though I don’t have a lot of time, I would love to contribute on occasion about Astrobiology happenings
Hi, Everyone. I’m Lindsey Link Tierney. I am also at the University of Colorado and starting my 5th year. I am interested in the biological potential of Mars. I look at low-temperature water-rock reactions and determine how much geochemical energy is available for metabolism. This sounds fun, and I am looking forward to contributing!
What about young researechers? My name is Antigona Segura, i was a postdoc in the US (Caltech and Penn State University) but I have a tenure track position at the National University of Mexico (UNAM). Can I contribute too?
Congratulations for the idea. It is great!
I plan to post here too (but Langley, i already have an account set up, so don’t worry about sending another invite). I just finished my dissertation on isotopic proxies for early Earth processes. Its a lot more interesting than it sounds in that sentence, i promise! I’m also beginning some work on classification of extrasolar planets, and would be happy to help with descriptions of articles on the Early Earth, extrasolar planets (unless an astronomer takes dibs on those) or modeling extrasolar planets for TPF-style mission.
I also think that we should allow anyone interested in contributing (such as Anti) to do so, even if they’re past the grad student/postdoc stage of their careers…
Hi I’m Aubrey Zerkle. I’m starting my second year as a post-doc at the University of Maryland. I am interested in how biosignatures are created and preserved, currently investigating fractionation of multiple sulfur isotopes in biological systems and modern environments. I was also a grad student with Shawn at Penn State. I would be happy to contribute in any bio-geo related topics.
Hello, I’m Leigh Arino de la Rubia, a 2nd year student in the Ed.D. program at Tennessee State University, focusing on educational research pertaining to Education/Public Outreach efforts. I’m interested in posting some articles pertinent to E/PO as well as teaching undergraduate and graduate classes. Send me a link and I’ll start posting!
Sounds intersting.. I like to flaunt my revealing bedroom I have a fresh joke for you) What did the cannibal do when he saw an “All you can eat” restaurant? He had two waiters and a busboy.