VPL Postdoctoral Researcher, Andrew Lincowski (University of Washington), and VPL project PI, Victoria Meadows (University of Washington), published two new…
UWAB faculty member Eric Agol and Program Director Victoria Meadows were recently interviewed by Phil LaMarr with the Universe Unplugged:…
VPL Team members Ravi Kopparapu, Giada Arney, Jacob Haqq-Misra, and Jacob Lustig-Yaeger, recently submitted a new study for publication exploring…
VPL Researcher Tyler Robinson (Northern Arizona University) was recently named as one of the 25 recipients of the 2021 Cottrell Scholar Award!…
VPL Researcher, Eric Agol (University of Washington) is the lead author on a new study of the 7 planets in…
Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate in Planetary Geochemistry Applications are invited for a postdoctoral scholar to work on planetary geochemistry using…
VPL Team member, and recent graduate from the University of Washington Astrobiology Program, Diana Windemuth (PhD Astronomy & Astrobiology, 2020),…
The UCR-based Alternative Earth’s Team has received a five-year funding award from the Interdisciplinary Consortium for Astrobiology Research (ICAR). VPL…
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…
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…