Group News

  • Dr Fahrenbach was interviewed by Solutions Science podcast to discuss astrobiology and prebiotic chemistry. Check it on YouTube! https://youtu.be/xPLqyhCxZB4

  • The recently published worked in Chemical Communications led by Dr Ruiqin Yi of the Fahrenbach Group was covered by Phys.org. Nice!

  • Led by world-renowned geologist, Professor Martin Van Kranendonk, Dr Fahrenbach along with Professor Jim Cleaves, Professor Steve Benner and Luke Steller just visited the ~3.5 billion year old fossilized stromatolites in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

  • Congratulations to Jeremy Tran, Megan Amos, Jiazheng Cao and Yaam Deckel who all just presented their research at the 2023 Australasia Astrobiology Meeting! Well done!

  • The Fahrenbach Group welcomes Siddhant Sharma, a visiting researcher from the University of Delhi. Sid will stay with the Fahrenbach Group until August carrying out experimental and theoretical research on autocatalytic reaction networks. Welcome, Sid!

  • Dr Fahrenbach was interviewed live again, this time on ABC Adelaide, check it out! (Skip to the ~1h mark) https://www.abc.net.au/adelaide/programs/mornings/adelaide-mornings/102424876

  • Dr Fahrenbach was interviewed live on ABC Tasmania, check it out! https://www.abc.net.au/hobart/programs/your-afternoon/dr-albert-fahrenback/102411138

  • Congratulations to Renee Lim, former Fahrenbach group Honours student, who just graduated with a dual degree in Law and Advanced Science. Way to go, Renee!

  • Congratulations to our PhD student Megan Amos for being awarded the Westpac Future Leaders Scholarship for 2023! The scholarship provides $120,000 in funding over the course of her PhD, which will investigate the potential for ancient microbial life on Mars. See Megan’s profile here and read more about the other 2023 scholars here.

  • Dr Fahrenbach was interviewed by the Sydney Morning Herald about a recent article in Nature Communications about the Hayabusa2 Mission. Check it out! The seeds for life on Earth may have arrived on asteroids