Exploring extraterrestrial life with Kathleen Campbell
Episode description
Is there life out there beyond Earth? And why does it matter? Join former NASA researcher and University of Auckland astrobiologist Professor Kathleen Campbell.
Is there life out there beyond Earth? And why does it matter?
Join former NASA researcher and University of Auckland astrobiologist Professor Kathleen Campbell as she explores the quest for extraterrestrial life in our Solar System, past and present.
She will share the remarkable discoveries that are raising the odds of finding life.
It's a highlight of 2023's Raising the Bar series.
About the speaker
Professor Kathleen Campbell is a geologist and astrobiologist investigating extreme environments as analogues for early life on Earth and possible life on Mars. Originally from the United States, she completed post-doctoral research at the NASA Ames Research Center in California, is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi and is founding director of Te Ao Mārama - Centre for Fundamental Inquiry, a transdisciplinary research centre at the University of Auckland exploring the origin and evolution of the Universe and its life. She teaches paleoecology and astrobiology alongside her research.