Owen Lehmer Earns Dual-Title PhD in Earth and Space Sciences & Astrobiology from the University of Washington!

Owen Lehmer (University of Washington, Advisor: David Catling) successfully defended his dissertation for his Dual-Title PhD in Earth and Space Sciences & Astrobiology on Wednesday June 3rd via Zoom!

Owen’s Dissertation is titled: The Formation and Evolution of Habitable Worlds.

Please join the Virtual Planetary Lab in congratulating Owen for his momentous achievement!

Owen has been funded as a graduate student through the NASA Pathways program and will be moving on to a Civil Servant Research position in the SSX branch at NASA Ames!