People
People of the UK Centre for Astrobiology
UK Centre for Astrobiology Co-Directors
Charles Cockell (School of Physics and Astronomy)
Centre Founder and Co-Director
Homepage: [link]
Research Area: Life in extreme environments
email: c.s.cockell [at] ed.ac.uk
Sean McMahon (School of Physics and Astronomy/School of GeoSciences)
Centre Co-Director
Homepage: [link]
Research Area: Planetary Palaeobiology Group
email: sean.mcmahon [at] ed.ac.uk
Rosa Santomartino (School of Physics and Astronomy/School of Biological Sciences)
Centre Co-Director
Homepage: [link]
Research Area: Space microbiology and biotechnology
email: rosa.santomartino [at] ed.ac.uk
Postdoctoral scientists
- Corentin Loron (School of Physics and Astronomy)
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Royal Society Newton International Fellow Research Area: Planetary Palaeobiology
- Mariangela Bonavita (School of Physics and Astronomy)
- Senior Researcher Research Area: Exoplanet research
- Stewart Gault (School of Physics and Astronomy)
- Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Postdoctoral Research Associate Research Area: Proteins in extreme/extraterrestrial conditions
- Pamela Knoll (School of Physics and Astronomy)
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Postdoctoral Fellow Research Area: Planetary Palaeobiology
Postgraduate students
- Ophelia Gunn (School of Physics and Astronomy)
- Research Area: Aqueous environments on Mars
- Annemiek Waajen (School of Physics and Astronomy)
- Research Area: Life under anaerobic conditions/use of organics by life
- Cassie Hopton (School of Physics and Astronomy)
- Research Area: Biochemistry in icy moon chemistries
- Fiona Bunn (School of Biological Sciences)
- Research area: bioleaching, biomining
Lab Management
Nim Felton, Senior Astrobiology Technician (School of Physics and Astronomy)
Associated Academic Staff
- Beth Biller (School of Physics and Astronomy)
- Research Area: Exoplanet detection
- Geoff Bromiley (School of Geosciences)
- Research Area: Planetary interiors/Materials under extreme conditions
- Ian Butler (School of Geosciences)
- Research Area: Mineral formation, aqueous geochemistry, stable isotope geochemistry and the kinetics and mechanisms of geochemical processes
- Ewen Campbell (School of Chemistry)
- Research Area: Astrochemistry
- Valentina Erastova (School of Chemistry)
- Research Area: Origin of Life, Clay mineral chemistry
- Javier Martin-Torres Chaired Professor, University of Aberdeen
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Visiting Fellow, University of Edinburgh
Research Area: Atmospheric physics
- Paul Palmer (School of Geosciences)
- Research Area: Climate, atmospheric modeling
- Simon Parsons (School of Chemistry)
- Research area: Effects of pressure on molecular compounds
- Ken Rice (School of Physics and Astronomy)
- Research Area: Planetary discs
- Colin Snodgrass (School of Physics and Astronomy)
- Research Area: Comets and asteroids
- Kristina Tamane (School of Geosciences)
- Space Business Development Executive
- Ian Underwood (School of Engineering)
- Integrated nano- and micro-systems
- Matjaz Vidmar (School of Social and Political Science)
- Research Area: Technoscientific Culture and Space Exploration