Sohan Jheeta HND BSc MSc PhD
Independent Educator, Science Communicator & Research Scientist
My Unique Universal Code Name: 16-8-1-18-7
Visiting Professorship of science communication (14) at:
University of Hyderabad, India
Loyola College, Chennai, India
CMD Postgraduate College, Bilaspur, India
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India
Chouksey Engineering College, Bilaspur, India
Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur, India
The Royal Jorden Geographic Centre, Amman, Jordan
Copperbelt University, Kitwe, Zambia
Chancellor College, University of Malawi, Malawi
National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe
The Open University of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute, Ethiopia
The South African Astronomical Observatory of Cape Town, SA
Chairmanships (3) of:
Founder: Science communication Ltd
Founder: Frontiers of Sciences (FoS), science in society group
Founder: Network of researchers on the chemical Evolution of
Life (NoR-CEL), scientific group
Fellowships (3) of:
The Royal Society of Biology (FRSB)
The Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS)
The Royal Microscopical Society (FRMS)
Memberships (5) of:
The Institute of Physics (MInstP)
The Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC)
The Astrobiology Society of Britain
The European Astrobiology Network Association
The Royal Astronomical Society’s Hot Chemistry Group
The International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life
Guest Editorship (4) of:
2013: MDPI Journal: Life - ‘Horizontal gene transfer & its part in
the reorganisation of genetics during
the LUCA epoch’
2014: the Int J of Astrobiology - ‘The routes of emergence of
life from LUCA during the
RNA and the viral world’
2016: MDPI Journal: Life - ‘The landscape of the emergence of
life’
2018: MDPI Journal: Sci - 'Molecules to microbes'
2021: MDPI: Life - 'Selected Papers from the 2021 NoR CEL Conference'
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Ambassador
Latest News
The next BLUE EARTH PROJECT
symposium will be held on
Saturday 27st January 2024
It is free to attend but registration required
Click the link: https://norcel.net/norcel-blue-earth-project/
We will discuss: "Human Madness"
I assisted Professor Nigel Mason in his application for two Major EU H2020 grant (Europlanet Research Infrastructure 10 million Euros 2015-2019 and EUspaceAwareness 2 million Euros 2015 to 2018) by providing opportunities for engagement with under-represented communities in space science
Personal statement
It is mind bogglingly inconceivable that, in this vast and hugely complex Universe, life should arise only once. With a Universe full of clouds of dust and gas molecules; with its innumerable solar systems; and with an untold number of potentially Earth-like habitable planets – it is hard to believe that they should all be barren and not fit for life.
My research could be considered to be frontier science, as currently we have very little knowledge of ‘how life began?’ or whether ‘there is life elsewhere in the Universe?’ These two questions are inextricably interlinked in that, as life exists on Earth, it is quite feasible that it should also flourish on extra-terrestrial worlds. To answer these questions, mechanisms have to be found whereby ‘non-living chemicals’ could be transformed into 3-dimensional ‘first’ living organisms. This process is often termed ‘chemical evolution.’ I am fortunate to be investigating the mysteries of life, the Universe and everything that’s in it…