Welcome!
Astrobiology and the study of planets throughout the galaxy deal with some of the most profound questions regarding our existence: where did we come from, are there other worlds like ours out there, and are we alone?
I don't profess to be able to answer these questions, but that doesn't stop me from cobbling together some loosely coherent thoughts to share with interested readers. I find it helps me to maintain a cosmic perspective.
I completed a PhD in the Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Science at the University of East Anglia in 2015, broadly focussed on planetary habitability, astrobiology, and global biogeochemical cycling on Earth.
Since March 2016 I can be found at Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, where I am a Fellow on NASA's Postdoctoral Management Program and help adminster the newly-formed
Nexus for Exoplanet System Science (NExSS) project.
I am also a committee member of the Astrobiology Society of Britain. Visit the
ASB website for more information about astrobiology in the UK:
Please feel free to drop me an email or comment and let me know what you think of the site (I host and design it myself, so feedback is appreciated) and the articles, or just to say hi.
Copyright: All content on this site is written by me, except where explicitly stated. If you'd like to use an article I've written on your site you are free to do so providing you acknowledge me as the author, and link to the original post where possible.
Andrew J. Rushby
andrew.j.rushby[at]gmail.com