Astrobiology jobs

The Centre for Origin and Prevalence of Life invites applications for interdisciplinary research on the origins and prevalence of life. Up to one fellow will be selected for a 2027 start. Funding covers three years; a fourth year requires a successful midterm review and funding committed by the host professors. Fellows participate in the Centre and its…

Study temperate terrestrial exoplanet atmospheres and potential signs of life for the LIFE mission. Research includes atmospheric retrieval, alternative biospheres and abiotic explanations, and translating modelling results into science and instrument requirements.

Study temperate terrestrial exoplanet atmospheres and potential signs of life within the LIFE mission research programme. The doctoral work contributes to assessing what mid-infrared observations can reveal about habitable worlds.

Investigate the energy metabolism and physiology of methane-producing archaea adapted to alkaline environments. The four-year doctoral project contributes to research on the conditions supporting life's emergence.

The University of Chicago’s origins-of-life fellowship supports early-career scientists studying prebiotic chemistry, the development and evolution of protocells, and potentially habitable environments on Earth and elsewhere. Fellows collaborate with existing research groups, with particular interest in projects spanning disciplinary boundaries.…