I am interested in astrobiology and planetary science and have research experience in planetary geology, astrobiology, spectroscopy, biosignature detection, education and public outreach, space policy, ethics, and mentoring. My research area are as follows:

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)

• Observing the Earth as a Communicating Exoplanet – White paper for the NASA Decadal Survey in 2019

Ethical Considerations for Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence

• The Morality of Interstellar Messaging – Published as a conference paper for the International Astronautical Congress in 2019
• The Imperative to Develop Ethically-Informed METI Analysis – Published in Theology & Science in 2019
• A Protocol for Messaging to Extraterrestrial Intelligence – Published in Space Policy journal in 2011

Particle Flux to Saturn’s Moon Titan – and astrobiological implications

• Project overview

Remote biosignature detection and their associated challenges

Education and Public Outreach of STEM (Science, Engineering, Technology, and Math) subjects

Archeo-astronomy – and the anthropology of astronomy in art and culture of indigenous ethnic groups

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION & WORKSHOPS (SP – SPEAKER, PO – POSTER)

2015

• (PO) VEXAG, Hampton, VA: From Clouds to Life Detection: The Past, Present, and Future of Lidar.
• (PO) Astrobiology Science Conference, IL
• (PO) Emerging Researchers in Exoplanet Science Symposium, PA

2014

• (PO) NASA Nordic Astrobiology Winter School, HI
• (PO) American Geophysical Union, CA

2013

• (SP) UNM Mentoring Conference, NM
• (SP) AbGradCon, Montréal, Canada
• NAI E/PO Retreat, NM
• Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Jose, CA

2012

• (SP) UNM Mentoring Conference, NM
• (SP) AbSciCon, GA
• (PO) Comparative Climatology Conference, CO
• Mars Science Lab Teacher Training Workshop, AZ

2011

• Mentoring Conference, NM
• Space Visions, CO
• (SP) International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Cape Town, South Africa
• (SP) History and Philosophy of Astrobiology Conference, Ven, Sweden
• Lunar Planetary Science Conference, CA
• (SP) Astrobiology Graduate Conference (AbGradCon), MT
• Graduate Research Focus Group (RFG), MT

2010

• IAC – Prague, Czech Republic
• Sagan Exoplanet Workshop, CA
• Lunar Science Forum, CA
• AbGradCon, Tållberg, Sweden
• (SP) AbSciCon, TX
• (SP) Second Symposium on Astrosociology, MD

2009

• (PO) AbGradCon, WA
• Accepted to speak, AGU conference, San Francisco, CA

2008

• (PO) ISSOL, Florence, Italy
• (SP) AbGradCon, CA
• (PO) AbSciCon, CA

2007

• (PO) BioAstronomy conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2006-2011 Fiske Planetarium Outreach

• Over 100 Astronomy/Astrobiology presentations at the Univ. of Colorado Fiske Planetarium
• Invited Astrobiology Speaker at Winter Park Star Safari (’10, ’09), Vail Starry Nights (‘08)