Alumni Laurie Barge ’09 and Scott Perl ’19 co-lead a laboratory at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. There, they search for the origins of life on Earth to better understand how life might develop elsewhere in the universe. [5½ min read]
Laurie Barge ’09, an astrobiologist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, investigates the origins of life on Earth to make sense of how life could form on other planets. [5½ min read]
For more than a decade, a team of scientists helped develop SHERLOC, the ultraviolet laser technology that probes the red planet for chemicals produced by living organisms. [4½ min read]
Apocalypse fatigue got you down? The remedy may be found in a different climate change narrative emphasizing the vast potential for a thriving planet. [13 min read]
USC Dornsife's Kenneth Nealson, professor of earth sciences and biological sciences, weighs in on recent findings regarding the potential for life on Mars.
Graduate students from throughout the world attend a USC Dornsife summer course in geobiology. Some of their research takes place at the USC Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina Island.
Ranking among the top one percent most cited for their subject field and year of publication, four USC Dornsife researchers earn the mark of exceptional impact.
Doug Capone of biological sciences is awarded the DuPont Industrial Biosciences Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology for his influential research on the nitrogen cycle in marine systems.
Working in the laboratory of USC Dornsife’s Steven Finkel, local high school student David Zimmerman takes top prizes at the Intel ISEF international science fair for his research on Shewanella oneidensis.
