The EAI ACADEMY is an international educational program broadcasted by the Centro de Astrobiología (CAB, CSIC-INTA), Madrid. It provides a framework to meet online with the European astrobiology community and to acquire interdisciplinary knowledge through a series of seminars given by experts in these fields.
Following the success of the 2021-2022 academic year, the EAI Academy starts again in October for the 2022-2023 academic year. The talks will be given by world-renowned experts, who answer the questions raised by the public after their talk.
The seminars are offered for free and are streamed online via zoom every two weeks on Wednesday from 3:00 to 4:00 PM CEST. All seminars will be recorded and available on the CAB youtube channel and the EAI Youtube Channel
At the end of the academic year, CAB awards a certificate of participation to those who attend at least 10 seminars.
The registration is now closed for the 2022-2023 Academic Year !
List of Presenters & Topics
October 5th, 2022
Under too little pressure - Hypopiezotolerant microorganisms as potential model organisms in Astrobiology
Extreme environments on Earth
Dr. Petra Schwendner
University of Florida (USA)
November 2nd, 2022
Microbial life in extreme environments of Earth
Extreme environments on Earth
Dr. Kristina Beblo-Vranesevic
DLR Cologne (Germany)
November 16th, 2022
Effect of saltation and abraded silicates on the survival of bacteria and as a sink of methane and carbon dioxide
Lab simulations of planet and satellite atmospheres
Dr. Kai Finster
Aarhus University (Denmark)
November 30th, 2022
TBD
Lab simulations of planet and satellite atmospheres
Dr. Uffe Gråe Jørgensen
University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
December 14th, 2022
Habitability of extreme environments
Extreme environments on Earth
Dr. Felipe Gómez
CAB (Spain)
January 11th, 2023
Virtual laboratories for understanding weather and climate regimes of extrasolar planets
Lab simulations of planet and satellite atmospheres
Dr. Christiane Helling
IWF (Austria)
February 8th, 2023
The PLATO mission
Missions to explore exoplanets
Dr. Miguel Mas
CAB (Spain)
February 22nd, 2023
Life with a pinch of salt
Extreme environments on Earth
Dr. Adrienne Kish
MNHN Paris (France)
March 8th, 2023
Hyperhermophiles and hydrothermal springs
Extreme environments on Earth
Dr. Christa Schleper
University of Vienna (Austria)
March 22nd, 2023
Extreme environments and lab simulations
Extreme environments on Earth
Dr. Karen Olsson-Francis
The Open University (UK)
April 5th, 2023
JWST and planet spectroscopy studies
Missions to explore exoplanets
Dr. David Barrado
CAB (Spain)
April 19th, 2023
Ariel
Missions to explore exoplanets
Dr. Theresa Rank-Lueftinger
ESA (The Netherlands)
May 3rd, 2023
C isotope studies and applications to Mars Sample Return
Mars Sample Return
Dr. Fuencisla Cañadas
CAB (Spain)
May 17th, 2023
Planetary Atmospheres and Surfaces Simulation Chamber: bringing planetary objets to the lab
Lab simulations of planet and satellite atmospheres
Dr. Eva Mateo-Marti
CAB (Spain)
May 24th, 2023
TBD
Mars Sample Return
Dr. Keyron Hickmann- Lewis
NHM London/ESA (UK)
previous years
Click on the buttons below to see the program, speakers and topics of the previous years.
All the seminars are recorded and available on the CAB youtube channel and the EAI Youtube Channel
Frequently asked questions
The seminars offer a wide range of topics, such as: “Trips to the outer solar system”, “Habitability of ExoPlanets”, “Life in the dark” and “CoEvolotion of planetary geospheres, atmospheres, and biospheres”.
The sessions will be hosted by the Center for Astrobiology (CAB). If you wish to be included in the EAI-Academy email distribution list to receive the zoom link and meeting access code, please write your full name, institutional affiliation and contact email here.
The CAB will deliver a certificate of participation to those who attend at least 10 seminars. The audience registration will take place, during each session, in the zoom session chat where each member of the audience will include their full name, institution and email for our registration. The individual final certificate will include each of the seminars the applicant has attended.
Additionally, the University of Tartu will award 3 ECTS and a digitally stamped certificate to those who attend a minimum of 10 lectures and complete either a short review of the topic of their own choosing from the list of the EAI Academy lecture series or create a Wikipedia entry about a subject of their choice covered by the seminar, and peer-review one home assignment by a fellow participant.
If you wish to receive credits, you must register for the continuing learning program at the University of Tartu here and send an email to riho.motlep(at)ut.ee, providing your contact information (Name, Country of Residence, affiliation) before the 31st October 2021.
The seminars will be recorded and made available permanently on the CAB YouTube channel.
