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Lisa Kaltenegger (Dr. MSc. MEng.)

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

                                                            60 Garden St. MS20, Cambridge, MA 02138

                                                                        Tel: 617-495-7158, lkaltenegger@cfa.harvard.edu

                                                            http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~lkaltenegger

CURRENT RESEARCH

CfA Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Smithsonian CfA, USA                                                                                              2005 – current

Building a model for Earth’s evolution over geological time and its detectable biomarkers

Simulating surface and cloud signatures for Earth over its geological evolution

Establishing the design requirements for future space and ground based missions to detect biomarkers on Earth & Earth-like extrasolar palnets

Establishing guidelines and evaluation criteria for the reliability of biomarker detection

Stablishing design and science requirements for future missions searching for biomarkers

 

EDUCATION

 

 

Ph.D., Astrophysics, Karl Franzens Univ Graz / ESTEC  (A. Hanslmeier, M. Fridlund)                                                                   2004

“Search for Extraterrestrial Planets: DARWIN mission Target Stars & Array Architectu