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Leverhulme Centre for Life in the Universe

 

These seminars take place once per term, and cover topics in planetary science and life in the Universe. All seminars start at 4pm, and are followed by a drinks reception. All welcome.

For further details and a list of past, upcoming talks and seminars organised by the Centre, please see Talks.cam  

 

 

Date

Speaker/ Title

Time/Location

27 November 2024  

Seminar: STEPHANE MAZEVET, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur,
University Côte d’Azur, Nice (France)​

Coupling Planetary and Ecosystem Modeling to Asses habitability and Inhabitability in the Solar System and beyond

16:00-17:00, West Hub, West Cambridge Campus,
East Room 1 –First floor​

18 December 2024​

Seminar: ZOE TODD, University of Wisconsin-Madison ​ (Department of Astronomy)​

From Astronomy to Chemistry: towards a continuous path for the origins of life

12:00-13:00, Lunch (free for all participants) ​
13:00-14:00, Talk​

Martin Ryle Seminar Room, Kavli Institute​

4 March 2025

ExoCAM Seminar Series: HAIYANG WANG, Copenhagen

Devolatilization during rocky planet formation: Observations, theories, and implications

13:00-14:00
Martin Ryle Seminar Room, Kavli Institute​

5 March 2025​

Seminar: MARY DROSER, University of California, Riverside (Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences)​

Animals, Sediments, Slime, Muck and Goo: The Record of Earth’s Early Animals and their Environments with Implications for Discovering Life Elsewhere

16:00-17:00, Martin Ryle Seminar Room, Kavli Institute​​

18 March 2025​

Annual Lecture: JACK SZOSTAK, University of Chicago (Department of Chemistry)​

17:30-18:30, Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry

14 May 2025​

Seminar: KARIN ÖBERG, Harvard University (Department of Astronomy)​

16:00-17:00, East Seminar Room, Ray Dolby Centre​

Easter Term 2025 Seminar: JIHUA HAO, University of Science and Technology of China (Department of Geochemistry and Planetary Sciences)

TBC