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The
members of the CAC are drawn from the entire Columbia community and
consortium institutions. They represent a unique multidiscliplinary
team of experts sharing the common goal of seeking and understanding
the evidence for the origin and evolution of life in the universe.
Current members (alphabetical), affiliations and primary research interests: (In the process of being updated) Columbia University/ The Columbia Astrobiology Center:
Marc Audard
(Formerly Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Disk Group Lead, now ISDC & Geneva Observatory) Star Formation; accretion disks; X-ray emission in young stars; astrochemistry Fernando Camilo (Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory) Supernova and Neutron stars Nicholas Christie-Blick (Chair DEES, Lamont-Doherty) Paleoclimate, extreme environments Zoltan Haiman (Columbia Astronomy) Extrasolar planets: observational signatures and their interpretation Laura Kay (Astronomy/Physics, Barnard College) Astrobiology Education Brian Mailloux (Columbia Earth Institute/Barnard) Groundwater microbiology, tracking active microbial populations Kristen Menou (Columbia Astronomy) Extrasolar planets: Orbital configurations, Atmospheres and Habitability Paul Olsen (Lamont-Doherty) Extraterrestrial Impacts Daniel Savin (Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory) Relevant atomic and molecular reactions Caleb Scharf
(Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, CAC Director) tidally heated habitable zones, elemental constraints on habitability, planet detection Rae Silver (Barnard and Columbia Psychology) Human space exploration The Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) Michael Allison (Formerly of GISS, Planetary Science) Planetary fluid dynamics, spaceflight mission planning, planetary atmospheres Mike Bauer (GISS/DEES, Climatology) Climate simulation, planetary atmospheres Mark Chandler (GISS/CCSR) Paleoclimate and simulation Nancy Kiang (GISS) Biogeochemistry and Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions Linda Sohl (Lamont-Doherty) Sedimentary Geology and Paleoclimate The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) Denton Ebel (American Museum of Natural History, Dept. of Meteoritics) Planet formation, proto-planetary disk composition, STARDUST analysis Ben Oppenheimer (American Museum of Natural History, Astronomy Department) Direct Planet searches, instrumentation, sub-solar objects Mordecai-Mark Mac Low (American Museum of Natural History, Astronomy Department) Circumstellar disk simulation, planet formation |
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