VPL graduate student Nick Wogan (University of Washington), researcher and former student Dr. Josh Krissansen-Totton (University of California, Santa Cruz)…
VPL Researcher, David Catling (University of Washington), was recently interviewed in a Nature News article discussing NASA’s Perseverance Rover and…
Dr. Michael Wong was interviewed by the Nexus for Exoplanet System Science (NExSS) Science Communication Working Group to be featured…
VPL Scientist Dr. Melissa Trainer (NASA GSFC) was recently featured on the Ask an Astrobiologist program! You can watch a…
Chirality is considered a universal, agnostic biosignature that is independent of a planet’s biochemistry. Researchers have recently characterized the chiral…
VPL researcher Dr. Sarah Keller has been named a 2021 Fellow of the Biophysical Society for “pioneering, fundamental experimental contributions…
VPL Team members Roy Black, Sarah Keller and other collaborators in the Keller Lab in the Chemistry Department at the…
VPL scientist Dr. Ravi Kopparapu was recently awarded the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal! NASA states: “This prestigious NASA medal…
Deputy PI and Task B Co-Lead, Giada Arney, and one of the VPL team’s resident Venus experts, was recently honored…
NASA’s Exoplanet Program Analysis Group (ExoPAG) invites postdocs and graduate students currently at US institutions to participate in the inaugural Exoplanet…
VPL Scientist Dr. Ravi Kopparapu (NASA GSFC) was recently featured on the Ask an Astrobiologist program! Dr. Ravi Kopparapu is…
The NASA Nexus for Exoplanet Systems Science (NExSS) and Sellers Exoplanet Environments Collaboration recently hosted the TRAPPIST Habitable Atmospheres Intercomparison…
Giada Arney works at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and as part of the VPL team is the Project Deputy…
Diana Windemuth (University of Washington, Advisor: Eric Agol) successfully defended their dissertation for the Dual-Title PhD in Astronomy & Astrobiology…
Are we alone in the universe? How did life arise on our planet? How do we search for life beyond…
VPL Scientist Dr. Jacob Haqq-Misra (BMSIS) was recently featured on the Ask an Astrobiologist program! You can watch a recording…
Jacob Lustig-Yaeger (University of Washington, Advisor: Victoria Meadows) successfully defended his dissertation for his Dual-Title PhD in Astronomy & Astrobiology…
William Sparks recently had a proposal, titled: “Detecting the Fundamental Chiral Building Blocks of Life”, selected by the NASA Exobiology…
VPL scientist Dr. Eddie Schwieterman (UCR) was recently featured on the Ask an Astrobiologist program! You can watch a recording…
Owen Lehmer (University of Washington, Advisor: David Catling) successfully defended his dissertation for his Dual-Title PhD in Earth and Space…
Dorian Abbot and postdoctoral fellow Stephanie Olson’s recent publication “Oceanographic Considerations for Exoplanet Life Detection” has been receiving some press…
David Fleming (University of Washington, Advisor: Rory Barnes) successfully defended his dissertation for PhD in Astronomy with focus in Data…
VPL Scientist Dr. Colin Goldblatt (University of Victoria) was recently featured on the Ask an Astrobiologist program! Dr. Colin Goldblatt,…
The inaugural Exoplanets in Our Backyard conference was held at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, TX from February…
VPL graduate student at the University of Washington, Andrew Lincowski, successfully defended his dissertation on Thursday February 27th! Andrew was…