Announcement
The TIARA Astrobiology Workshop aims to promote research related to the Origins of Life under the broad disciplines of Astronomy and Biology. The specific areas and topics covered within the workshop are made to present the local interests and strengths within Taiwan and potential areas that complementary interests could develop with international collaborations. With the acceleration of astronomical discoveries through the large telescopes that Taiwan has joined over the past decade, such as ALMA and the SMA, the pursuit of intellectual satisfaction of one's own Origins and the places we live, become imminent.
Among the questions that will be touched upon include
- How did life began on Earth?
- Where did we come from?
- Are we alone?
- How and where can we find other life forms in other exoplanetary systems?
- What are the bio-markers of these life forms and what made them possible to originate and evolve in other exoplanetary systems, in habitable planets, and on Earth?
- How do these conditions connect back to the Solar System and the Earth?
- Can what we know about our Solar System and our Earth help decipher the mysteries?
- Can modern knowledge of biology and biological molecules help put together the clues?
- Do we all need water? Do all life forms need water? Where did water come from? Did comets really bring water to Earth?
There is no registration required for the workshop. Participants from all related disciplines are welcome.
Invited Speakers
- Jose Aponte (NASA)
- Yu-Jung Chen (NCU)
- Martin Cordiner (NASA)
- Henry Hsieh (ASIAA)
- Yoko Kebukawa (Yokohama National University)
- Kensei Kobayashi (Yokohama National University)
- Ruben Krasnopolsky (ASIAA)
- Biqing Liang (NCKU)
- Zita Martins (Imperial College)
- Tom Millar (Queen’s University Belfast)
- Zan Peeters (ASIAA)
- Leslie Rogers (Caltech)
- Bill Schopf (UCLA)
- Jill Tarter (SETI)
- Patrice Theule (Aix-Marseille Université)
- Wei-Ling Tseng (NTNU)
- Hsi-Wei Yen (ASIAA)
- Hsiang-Hsu Wang (ASIAA)
Organizing Committee
- Ruobing Dong (UCB/ASIAA)
- Yi-Jehng Kuan (NTNU)
- Zan Peeters (ASIAA)
- Hsien Shang (ASIAA)
- Ronald Taam (ASIAA)
- Rebecca Zheng (ASIAA)