Astrobiology work
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Two domains. One persistent question.

Astrobiology and Earth–planetary science, pursued together because the conditions that make life possible on this planet are the same lens through which we examine everywhere else.

Close overhead view of a researcher's hands tracing a topographic map spread across a field table, a petri dish with mineral sediment sample placed alongside, warm north-facing daylight from a canvas shelter, pencil annotations visible at the map edges
Close overhead view of a researcher's hands tracing a topographic map spread across a field table, a petri dish with mineral sediment sample placed alongside, warm north-facing daylight from a canvas shelter, pencil annotations visible at the map edges
Overhead study of an open field notebook resting on dry reddish soil, geological sample chips arranged beside handwritten notes, late afternoon golden-hour light raking across the page texture, a compass and hand lens visible at the edge
Overhead study of an open field notebook resting on dry reddish soil, geological sample chips arranged beside handwritten notes, late afternoon golden-hour light raking across the page texture, a compass and hand lens visible at the edge
— Two bodies of work

Each domain earns its own methods

Domain two

Earth & Planetary Science

Domain one

Astrobiology

Comparative planetology rooted in surface processes, mineralogy, and the deep-time record — methods that hold up to peer scrutiny while remaining free to follow the evidence.

Field-grounded inquiry into the chemical and environmental signatures that distinguish living systems — and what analogue environments on Earth tell us about planetary habitability elsewhere.

What does life require — and where else might those conditions exist?

Independent of any institution, the work remains peer-engaged and evidence-bound — rigorous enough to stand beside institutional science, free enough to go where the question leads.

Astrobiology portfolio
Earth & Planetary portfolio

Go deeper into either domain

Each portfolio carries the full record — field methods, published thinking, and the open questions still driving the work.