List of Frontiers of Sciences Speakers
MARCH 2020
17. Dr Terry Kee, University of Leeds: what isn't life
16. Dr Kevin Devine, london metropolitan university: an Astronaut in Structure Space: Probing the structure, function and evolution of nucleic acids
using synthetic organic chemistry
15. Prof Mike Garrett, University of Manchester : Establishing a SETI capability in the UK
14. Prof Elias Chatztheodoridis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece: Detecting the signatures of life: state-of-the-art instruments and
methods
March 2019
13. Dr Klara Capova, University of Durham: “What is life? Where do we come from?” The increasing role of astrobiology in the shaping of the
European popular worldview
12. Dr Frances Westall, CNRS, France: Volcanic rocks, hydrothermal vents and the origin of life
11. Prof Christine Foyer, University of Leeds: Antioxidants and redox and sensing mechanisms
March 2018
10. Dr Dominic Papineau, UCL: Biosignatures in the Eoarchean rock record
9. Dr Sohan Jheeta: Astrobiology: a new kid on the block
8 Dr Sergio Ioppolo, Queen Mary University of London: Star formation process, putting emphasis on the several physical and chemical steps
7. Prof Peter Strazewski, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon 1: Chemist's Challenges of the Future: How to Animate Dead Matter?
March 2017
6. Prof Nick Lane, UCL: chemistry and energetics of the origin of life
5. Prof Mark Burchell, University of Kent: panspermia hypothesis, therefore biology
4. Prof Elias Chatztheodoridis: National Technology University of Athens: physics & geology of meteorites
March 2016
3. Prof Dave Waltham, Royal Holloway, University of London: Why is the Sun so big?
2. Prof Martin Mccoustra, Heriot Watt University: Stars ‘r’ Us - role played by soot and stoor
1. Dr Mukesh Bhatt, Birkbeck College, University of London: Astrobiology and legal definition of life