Postdoctoral Fellow Dan Gregory (UCR) of the Lyons (UCR) group received recognition for an outstanding thesis during the year of his graduation from the University of Tasmania, Australia.
Leanne Hancock (UCR) was selected to attend a one-month summer course at the University of Namibia, focusing on nutrient cycling in the Benguela Upwelling Ecosystem. Students will be working from the R/V MIRABILIS and in the laboratories of the Marine Research Center in Henties Bay. Bridget Lee (UCR) will attend a three-day workshop entitled "Antarctica’s...
Postdoctoral Fellow Dan Gregory (UCR) received the NASA Astrobiology Early Career Collaboration Award to work with Steve Romaniello (ASU) and Aleisha Johnson (ASU) in examining the rates and mechanisms of pyrite oxidation. Gregory studied at the University of Tasmania, Australia before beginning his fellowship at UCR with Professor Tim Lyons.
Alternative Earths collaborator Jim Kasting (PSU) will receive the 2016 NAS Award in Early and Life Sciences - Stanley Miller Medal for his development of numerical models that have provided fundamental insights into the evolution of Earth’s atmosphere through time and the impact of atmospheric evolution on our planet’s climate and habitability. Read More
Kingsley Odigie has been selected as a UC Riverside Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow to work with Tim Lyons on a project addressing life in extreme environments and the complex interplay of nutrients and metals in the Salton Sea.
Chloe Stanton (GT) is an undergraduate researcher for Jennifer Glass (GT) and Chris Reinhard (GT), with collaboration from Jim Kasting (PSU). Her Alternative Earths project involves nitrous oxide production in the ferruginous Proterozoic ocean.
Tim Lyons discusses how cluster hiring at UCR would affect collaboration between earth sciences, physics, astronomy, and NASA for astrobiological research. Read More
Alternative Earths team members Timothy Lyons (UCR) and Ariel Anbar (ASU) discuss the complexity of rising atmospheric oxygen on Earth more than two billion years ago. The significance of the GOE is featured in the February 2016 issue of "BioScience." Read More
Alternative Earths Principal Investigator Timothy Lyons (UCR) and International Collaborator Donald Canfield (U. of Southern Denmark) discuss the relationship of atmospheric oxygen and early animal evolution. Read More
Six graduate students from UC Riverside’s Department of Earth Sciences were among more than 700 researchers reporting on NASA’s ongoing exploration of life in the universe at the biennial Astrobiology Science Conference held at the Chicago Hilton in June. Artist depiction of Kepler-69c (CREDIT: NASA AMES/JPL-CALTECH) Read More
On Saturday, April 11, 2015, aspiring and professional scientists gathered at the University of California, Riverside to share research and interest in the integrative field of geobiology. The 12th Annual Southern California Geobiology Symposium, organized for and by graduate students, displayed current work within geology, geochemistry, biology, astrobiology, microbiology, oceanography, paleobiology, paleoecology and environmental sciences...
