{"619159":{"#nid":"619159","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Searching for Life in Oceans Beyond Earth","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhere is the best place to find \u003Cem\u003Eliving\u003C\/em\u003E life beyond Earth? It may be that the small, ice-covered moons of Jupiter and Saturn harbor some of the most habitable real estate in our solar system. Life loves liquid water, and these moons have lots of it!\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThese oceans worlds of the outer solar system have likely persisted for much of the history of the solar system. As\u0026nbsp;a result they are highly compelling targets in our\u0026nbsp;search for life beyond Earth.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKevin Hand will explain why we think we know these oceans exist and what we know about the conditions on these worlds. He will focus on Jupiter\u0026rsquo;s moon Europa, which is a top priority for future NASA missions. The talk will also show how the exploration of Earth\u0026rsquo;s ocean is helping to inform our understanding of the potential habitability of worlds like Europa.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EAbout the Speaker\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKevin Peter Hand is a planetary scientist at NASA\u0026rsquo;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. His research focuses on the origin, evolution, and distribution of life in the solar system, with emphasis on Jupiter\u0026rsquo;s moon, Europa. His work involves both theoretical and laboratory research on the physics and chemistry of icy moons in the outer solar system.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHand is the director of the Ocean Worlds Lab at JPL. He served as co-chair for NASA\u0026rsquo;s Europa Lander Science Definition team. He is the Project Scientist for the Pre-Phase-A Europa Lander mission.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom 2011 to 2016, Hand\u0026nbsp;served as deputy chief scientist for Solar System Exploration at JPL. He served as a member of the National Academies Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHis work has brought him to the Dry Valleys of Antarctica, the sea ice near the North Pole, the depths of the Earth\u0026rsquo;s oceans, and to the glaciers of Kilimanjaro.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe was a scientist onboard James Cameron\u0026rsquo;s 2012 dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, and he was part of a 2003 IMAX expedition to hydrothermal vents in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.\u0026nbsp;Hand has made nine dives to the bottom of the ocean. In 2011 he was selected as a National Geographic Explorer.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHand earned his Ph.D. from Stanford University and B.S. degrees from Dartmouth College. He was born and raised in Manchester, Vermont.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EAbout the 2019 ExplOrigins Colloquium\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis interdisciplinary colloquium and networking event has two goals: (1) to forge connections across Georgia Tech straddling the boundaries between technology development and hypothesis testing in the search for life\u0026rsquo;s beginnings and (2) to explore collaborative ideas among participants.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOrganizing Committee\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EPeter Colin, postdoctoral fellow, School of Biological Sciences\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EZijian Li, Ph.D. student, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ETyler Roche, Ph.D. student, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EMicah Schaible, postdoctoral fellow, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EPengxiao Xu, Ph.D. student, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EGeorge Zaharescu, postdoctoral fellow, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFaculty Advisor:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EMartha Grover, professor, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMore information is available \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/events\/2019-georgia-tech-exploration-and-origins-colloquium-0\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis public lecture is part of the 2019 ExplOrigins Colloquium, organized by the Georgia Tech astrobiology community.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A public lecture by Kevin Hand, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technololgy"}],"uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2019-03-12 21:51:07","changed_gmt":"2019-03-12 21:53:11","author":"A. 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