Today, the Library of Congress and NASA announced my new gig for next year, as the Baruch Blumberg Chair of Astrobiology at the LC. From October 2015 through September 2016, I’ll be resident at the Library.
Why astrobiology? My next project is a biography of DNA. One key part of the book will be the story of how we’ve come to understand the origins of DNA and the origin of life in an RNA world. So I’ll be using the unparalleled resources of the Library to write the history of origins research since the genome project, as well as working on the rest of the book.
Looking forward to joining the excellent people at the Library!
Congratulations. Hope you don’t get too starry-eyed in astrobiology.
Thanks, Bob. I pray to the skies that I’ll remain grounded.
Congratulations!
Thanks, Michael!
Great post, thanks for sharing. Goodluck