Edward Schwieterman, NASA Astrobiology Postdoctoral Program Fellow at the University of California Riverside (UCR), will be speaking as part of a press briefing at the 234th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). Schwieterman will discuss the topic of “A Limited Habitable Zone for Complex Life” on Monday, June 10th, 2019, 11:00 am CDT.

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Schwieterman has been actively involved with NASA Astrobiology since beginning his scientific career. Currently, he is a member of the UCR Alternative Earths Team under advisor Timothy Lyons. Lyons is a Project Co-Lead for the Prebiotic Chemistry and Early Earth Environments Consortium (PCE3), which is a Research Coordination Network (RCN) supported by the NASA Astrobiology Program. Schwieterman is also a member of the Virtual Planetary Laboratory, which is part of the RCN dubbed The Nexus for Exoplanet System Science (NExSS). Additionally, Schwieterman was a participant in the FameLab USA communication competition (part of the larger FameLab International event) for early career scientists. FameLab USA was implemented by the NASA Astrobiology Program and partners from 2012 to 2016.