Our guest is Dr. Lena Vincent, a NASA Astrobiology Postdoctoral Fellow at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Dr. Vincent earned her doctorate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a NASA FINESST Fellow, where she conducted research on prebiotic chemistry and the origins of life. She is currently studying the preservation of biosignatures on ocean worlds and has become a viral social media sensation (@astrobiolena) thanks to her incredible science communication videos.

https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/ask-an-astrobiologist/

What is Ask an Astrobiologist?
Once a month, NASA's Astrobiology Program hosts an hour-long program in which the public is invited to interact with a top astrobiologist, who answers questions from commenters on Twitter and YouTube live via video .

Ask an Astrobiologist: Episode 59
How to Detect Life on Ocean Worlds and Become a Viral Sensation
With Dr. Lena Vincent (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Hosted by Dr. Graham Lau (Blue Marble Space Institute of Science)

Production assistants:
Sarah Treadwell (Blue Marble Space Science Institute)
Anurup Mohanty (Blue Marble Space Science Institute)
Mariam Naseem (Blue Marble Space Science Institute)

Directed by Mike Toillion (NASA Astrobiology Program)
Illustrations by Melissa Flower (https://melissaflower.com)
Music and animation by Mike Toillion (NASA Astrobiology Program)

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