Contending with the Truly Alien: Agnostic Approaches to Life Detection
Dr. Sarah Stewart Johnson (Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., Maryland) will present the Georgia Tech Astrobiology Distinguished Lecture of Fall 2022. The virtual talk will take place Friday, September 2, 2022, from 11am-12:30pm Eastern Time.
Sarah Stewart Johnson’s research is driven by the underlying goal of understanding the presence and preservation of biosignatures within planetary environments. Her lab is also involved in the implementation of planetary exploration, analyzing data from current spacecraft as well as devising new techniques for future missions. A former Rhodes Scholar and White House Fellow, she received her Ph.D. from MIT and has worked on NASA’s Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity Rovers. She is also a visiting scientist with the Planetary Environments Lab at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.