Do you hate boring lectures!? Are you an undergrad at Purdue?? Consider taking my brand new Intro to Astrobiology course (EAPS 191). It's going to be SO MUCH FUN! We will be doing lots of active learning strategies to keep you engaged and THERE WILL BE NO HOMEWORK!

Can you tell that we're excited about our new lab??

#Astrobiology #Origins

My lab at Purdue is at substantial completion!! I'm so grateful to Purdue, for all the support and for this incredible new lab space. My grad students and I are excited to get started on first experiments! 🤘🏻🧬⚗️⚡🧫🧪

#Astrobiology #OriginsOfLife

Happy holidays, everyone. ❤️

My office is going to be storage space for a couple months while my lab is finishing construction. 😄

I don't get FOMO very much anymore. Instead, I often experience JOMO (joy of missing out).

New deadlift PR!

#scientistswholift

How long does it take to write a NASA grant proposal?
Well, it took me 44 hours of dedicated writing time over four months.

The reason I don't have anxiety anymore, in spite of an above average stressful career, is that I regularly reduce my cortisol and release endorphins in the gym by lifting heavy things.

#scientistswholift

What's your favorite solution to the Fermi Paradox?

(i.e., if there's billions of habitable worlds out there, where are all the aliens?)

I'll go first:

I like to think Earth is just in a relatively quiet, rural part of the Galaxy.