2019 Sagan Exoplanet Summer Workshop

Astrobiology for Astronomers

Agenda

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Sunday July 14

Registration Gathering in the Dabney Courtyard

• 4-6 pm: Please join us for the opportunity to register and greet colleagues. We'll have light snacks available but you'll want to get dinner afterwards.

Monday July 15: Formation and Evolution of the Earth and Other Solar System Bodies

• 8:15 am: Welcome and Opening Comments — Chas Beichman, Elise Furlan, Dawn Gelino (NExScI)
• 8:30 am: Main Themes in Astrobiology — Victoria Meadows (University of Washington)
• 9:15 am: Formation of Terrestrial Planets — Sean Raymond (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux)
• 10:00 am: Morning Break
• 10:30 am: Evolution of Earth, Mars, and Venus (Interior Structure) — Jun Korenaga (Yale)
• 11:15 am: Development and Evolution of Earth's Atmosphere — Kevin Zahnle (NASA Ames)
• 12:00 pm: Lunch
• 1:30 pm: Comparative Atmospheric Evolution (Solar System, Exoplanets) — Robin Wordsworth (Harvard)
• 2:15 pm: Geochemical Cycles on the Early Earth — Dustin Trail (University of Rochester)
• 2:45 pm: Afternoon Break
• 3:15 pm: Rise of Oxygen on Earth and Detectable Biosignatures Throughout Earth's History — Tim Lyons (UC Riverside)
• 4:15 pm: Geochemical Cycles on Present-Day Earth — Jennifer Glass (Georgia Tech)
• 4:45 pm: Adjourn

Tuesday July 16: Origin and Evolution of Life

• 8:30 am: Prebiotic Chemistry, Origin, and Early Evolution of Life — Steven Benner (The Foundation For Applied Molecular Evolution (FfAME))
• 9:15 am: Life as a Major Driver of Biogeochemical Cycles — Paul Falkowski (Rutgers)
• 10:00 am: Demo 1: The Nano-Machines and How They Evolved on Earth — Paul Falkowski (Rutgers)
• 10:30 am: Morning Break
• 11:00 am: Bio- and Geo-chemistry of Primitive Life on Earth — Dianne Newman (Caltech)
• 11:45 am: Demo 2: Winogradsky Column — Dianne Newman (Caltech)
• 12:15 pm: Attendee Poster Pops (click to view schedule)
• 12:45 pm: Lunch
• 2:15 pm: Evolution of Photosynthesis on Earth — Robert Blankenship (Washington Univ. St. Louis)
• 3:00 pm: Evolution of the Biosphere in Planets — Ken Nealson (USC)
• 3:30 pm: Demo 3: PyMOL — Joshua Mancini (Rutgers)
• 3:45 pm: Workshop Picture followed by Afternoon Break and Poster Session 1 (odd number posters; see poster listing) and click here to view posters)
• 4:45 pm: Introduction to Hands-on Session: ExoPlex Mass-Radius Code — Cayman Unterborn (ASU)
• 5:15 pm: Introduction to Hands-on Session: Finding ExoEarths in Simulated Spectra — Aki Roberge (NASA Goddard)
• 5:45 pm: Adjourn
• 6:45 pm: Workshop Dinner at Eden Garden Bar and Grill, 175 East Holly St., Pasadena ($37 ticket available for purchase)

Wednesday July 17: Life on Other Planets

• 8:30 am: Searching for Life on Earth and Mars — Ken Nealson (USC)
• 9:15 am: Searching for Life on Icy worlds (Europa, Enceladus) — Kevin Hand (JPL)
• 10:00 am: Morning Break
• 10:30 am: Geochemical Cycles on Exoplanets — Hilairy Hartnett (ASU)
• 11:15 am: Attendee Poster POPs (click to view schedule)
• 11:45 am: Lunch
• 1:15 pm: What We Do, Don't, and Need to Know About Exoplanets and Habitable Zones — Stephen Kane (UC Riverside)
• 1:45 pm: Exo-Earths: Discovery, Characterization, Demographics — Courtney Dressing (Berkeley)
• 2:15 pm: Chemical Composition of Stars and Rocky Exoplanets — Megan Bedell (Flatiron Institute)
• 2:45 pm: Afternoon Break and Poster Session 2 (even number posters; see poster listing) and click here to view posters)
• 3:45 pm: Hands-on sessions

  ExoEarth Finder: Exploring the boundaries of habitability and life on exoplanets

  ExoPlex Mass-Radius Code

• 6:00 pm: Adjourn

Thursday July 18: Biosignatures - False Positives and False Negatives

• 8:30 am: False Positives 1: Distinguishing Biologic and Geologic Methane — Stephanie Olson (Univ. of Chicago)
• 9:00 am: False Positives 2: Abiotic Production of Oxygen — Giada Arney (NASA Goddard)
• 9:30 am: False Negatives 1: Disequilibrium Biosignatures Over Earth's History — Josh Krissansen-Totton (Univ. of Washington)
• 10:00 am: False Negatives 2: Life is Present but Not Detectable: The Productivity of Oxygenic Photosynthesis Around Cool M Dwarf Stars — Owen Lehmer (Univ. of Washington)
• 10:30 am: Morning Break
• 11:00 am: The Climates of Other Worlds: Exoplanet Climatology as a Pathway to Accurate Assessments of Planetary Habitability — Aomawa Shields (UC Irvine)
• 11:45 am: Bringing Space Exploration AI Applications back to Earth: Machine Learning for Exoplanet Research: Lessons and Results from NASA Frontier Development Lab — Daniel Angerhausen (University of Bern)
• 12:15 pm: Lunch
• 1:45 pm: Hands-on sessions: work on group projects and preparation for presentations
• 5:15 pm: Adjourn

Friday July 19: The Future: Detecting Biosignatures on Exoplanets

• 8:30 am: Detectability of Biosignatures at Interstellar Distances — Giada Arney (NASA Goddard)
• 9:15 am: Characterization of Planets and Biosignatures from Atmospheric Spectra — Ty Robinson (NAU)
• 10:00 am: Discussion: Observation Requirements to Detect Biosignatures — Aki Roberge (NASA Goddard)
• 10:40 am: Morning Break
• 11:10 am: Studying Exoplanets with JWST — Natalie Batalha (UCSC)
• 11:40 am: Studying Exoplanets with ELTs — Jared Males (University of Arizona)
• 12:25 pm: Lunch
• 2:00 pm: Searching for Life with HabEx, LUVOIR, and OST — Scott Gaudi (Ohio State)
• 2:45 pm: Group Project Presentations
• 4:45 pm: Survey and Closing Comments
• 5:00 pm: Adjourn

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