Author: ZackCohen
I am a graduate student in the Chemistry Department and Astrobiology Program at University of Washington. I study fatty acid membranes and roles that those membranes could have during the origins of life on Earth. I also enjoy mountain sports, cooking, and time travel movies.

Progress towards detecting aliens?

E.T. may be able to phone home – or “home phone” if we’re quoting the little guy correctly – but humans require a little more info using extraterrestrial biosignatures to figure out where aliens come from.