How this will unfold is unknown ranging from finding the simplest life forms on one of the Solar System's moons such as Europa to the possibility of contacting intelligent life through SETI or something even more surprising. This will have profound impacts on science, culture and the future.
Being cross-disciplinary means most of the posts presented here will cover astronomical topics but will venture into some other areas such as biological evolution, philosophy and some current cultural aspects.
As for me, most of my research is focused on the search for extraterrestrial life, exoplanets, planetary astronomy, astrobiology, evolutionary biology and philosophical impacts of life in the Universe with some additional interests in galaxy formation and dark matter. I focus specifically on providing a skeptical yet open view on extraterrestrial life that looks at some of the latest scientific research, philosophical trends combined with a mathematical approach.
I received my bachelors degree in Physics from St. Olaf College and my masters degree in Astronomy from Swinburne University-Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing and currently reside in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota.
