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NASA Ames Announces Change In Astrobiology Management
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 16, 2006 Dr. Carl Pilcher, senior scientist for astrobiology at NASA Headquarters, Washington, has been appointed director of the NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) based at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. The appointment is effective Sept. 18, 2006. Pilcher succeeds Dr. Bruce Runnegar, who served as the third director of the NAI from 2003-2006. Runnegar is returning to his home institution, the University of California at Los Angeles in September. Prior to coming to NASA, Pilcher served on the faculty of the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii. He has received numerous awards, including the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal. Founded in 1997, NAI is a partnership between NASA, 12 major U.S. teams and six international consortia. NAI's goal is to promote, conduct and lead integrated multidisciplinary astrobiology research and to train a new generation of astrobiology researchers. Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe. Related Links NASA
NRAO Telescope Helps Study Into Formation Of Chemical Precursors to Life
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 08, 2006In just two years of work, an international research team has discovered eight new complex, biologically-significant molecules in interstellar space using the National Science Foundation's Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia. |
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