My published research thus far involves my work as an astrobiology research assistant at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) from 2018-2022, advised by Dr. Brian Hynek. I studied the microbial communities of volcanic environments on Earth that mimic conditions of ancient Mars. This work helped us make inferences on life on Mars, create habitability constraints for the Red Planet, and provide NASA with recommendations on where and how to search for life.
For over 4 years, I worked at LASP where I traveled to Costa Rica and Iceland for field sampling, presented at conferences, and published a paper in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences.
See my work on ResearchGate and a CNN article about my research in the Poás Volcano.
