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Nordic Network of Astrobiology

Website: http://www.nordicastrobiology.net/

Wolf Geppert, Network Coordinator
Molecular Physics Division
Department of Physics
University of Stockholm
Stockholm, Sweden
wgeppert@hotmail.com

Nordic Network of Astrobiology Activities

Conference: “Geoscience for understanding habitability in the solar system”
Furnas, Azores, 25 – 29 September 2017
http://www.nordicastrobiology.net/

Conference for Early Career Astrobiologists: “The Early History of Planetary systems and habitable planets”
Tartu, Estonia, 8 – 10 August 2017
https://sisu.ut.ee/eac/home-0

Summer school: “Formation of complex molecules in space and on planets – From interstellar clouds to life”
Tartu, Estonia, 17 – 22 July 2017
http://www.nordicastrobiology.net/Tartu2017

Summer School: “Volcanism, Plate Tectonics, Hydrothermal Vents and Life”
Azores, Portugal August 23 – September 1, 2016
http://www.nordicastrobiology.net/Azores2016/

Summer School: “Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems and Habitable Planets”
Moletai, Lithuania, August 21-30, 2015
http://www.nordicastrobiology.net/Moletai2015/

Dr. Wolf Geppert Presentation to the NAI EC at AbSciCon 2015
Presentation

5th Nordic Astrobiology Conference “Origins of Life”
Höör, Sweden, May 8-10, 2015
http://www.nordicastrobiology.net/Hoor2015

Summer Course: “Life on Earth and Beyond-The History and Philosophy of the Origin of Life”
Island of Ven, May 4-6, 2015
http://www.nordicastrobiology.net/Ven2015/

Summer Course: “Exoplanets”
La Palma, Canary Islands, Sept. 24 – Oct 2, 2014
http://www.nordicastrobiology.net/Exoplanets2014/

4th Nordic Astrobiology Conference: “Biomarkers Across Space and Time”
Bergen, Norway, May 20 – 22, 2014
http://www.nordicastrobiology.net/Biosignatures2014/

UHNAI-Nordic Winter School: “Water and the Evolution of Life in the Universe”
Hawai’i, January 1-14, 2014
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/UHNAI/home.cfm

3rd Nordic Astrobiology Conference: “Isotopes as Diagnostic Tools in Astronomy, Geology and Biology”
Höör, Sweden, June 11 – 14, 2013
http://www.nordicastrobiology.net/Isotopes2013/

Summer Course: “Impacts and their Role in the Evolution of Life”
Kuressaare, Estonia, August 16 – 2, 2013
http://www.nordicastrobiology.net/Impacts2013/

Summer Course: “Molecules in Space”
Onsala Space Observatory, Sweden, June 25 – July 2, 2013
http://www.nordicastrobiology.net/Onsala2013/

First International Workshop on Education in Astrobiology
Höör, Sweden, June 6 – 9, 2013
http://www.nordicastrobiology.net/IWEA/

Nordic-Hawai’i Summer School: “Water, Ice and the Origin of Life in the Universe”
Iceland, July 2 – 15, 2012
http://www.nordicastrobiology.net/Iceland2012/

2nd Nordic Astrobiology Conference: “The Warm Universe-Astrochemistry at Intermediate and Elevated Temperatures”
Tallinn, Estonia, May 29 – June 2, 2012
http://www.fysik.su.se/~wgeppert/Tallinn2012/

Nordic Astrobiology Conference: “Comets, Rocks and Life”
Turku, Finland, September 18 – 21, 2011

NASA-Nordic Winter School: “Water and the evolution of life in the Cosmos”
Hawai’i, January 3 – 16, 2011
http://astrobiology.com/2010/05/nasa-nordic-astrobiology-winter-school.html

Astrobiology Graduate Conference 2010
Nordic Countries hosted AbGradCon 2010 in Sweden, June 14 – 18, 2010
http://www.abgradcon2010.org

About the Nordic Network of Astrobiology

The Nordic Network of Astrobiology is coordinated from Stockholm University and currently comprises six Nordic universities, one in the Baltic States (Estonia), and one in the US. The universities and local coordinators are:

• University of Southern Denmark (Prof. Kirsten S. Habicht)
• Aarhus University, Denmark (Dr. Liv Hornekaer)
• University of Turku, Finland (Dr. Kirsi Lehto)
• University of Bergen, Norway (Dr. Nicola McLoughlin)
• University of Hawai’i, USA (Prof. Karen Meech)
• Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden (Dr. Carina Persson)
• University of Helsinki, Finland (Dr. Johanna Salminen)
• SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden (Dr. Sandra Siljeström)
• Vilnius University, Lithuania (Dr. Gražina Tautvaišienė)
• “Lund University“http://www.geol.lu.se/personal/viv/shome.xtm.htm, Sweden (Prof. Vivi Vajda)
• University of Oslo, Norway (Dr. Helge Hellevang)
• University of Jyväskylä, Finland (Dr. Matti Jalasvuori)
• University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Prof. Uffe Gråe Jørgensen)
• University of Tartu, Estonia (Prof. Kalle Kirsimäe)
• Icelandic Meteorological Office, Iceland (Dr. Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson)
• Karolinska Institutet, Sweden (Dr. Roman Zubarev)
• Stockholm University, Sweden (Dr. Wolf D. Geppert, Network Coordinator)

The Nordic Network has been engaged in a variety of activities, mainly focused on graduate training. In addition, many Network members are active in interdisciplinary astrobiology research, in many cases in collaboration with US investigators.

The NAI and the Nordic Network envision that the partnership will focus initially on the following areas:

participation of Nordic and U.S. students and young scientists in courses organised by the Nordic Network and the NAI, such as the prior Nordic-NASA Summer/ Winter Schools;

• participation of Nordic researchers in NASA Astrobiology Focus Groups;
• exchanges of U.S. and Nordic scientists and students to perform research at each other’s institutions;
• exchanges of U.S. and Nordic scientists for lecture presentations; and
• organization of Nordic/NASA workshops in astrobiology.