Kevin Hand Explained

Kevin Hand
Nationality:American
Doctoral Advisor:Christopher Chyba
Thesis Title:On the physics and chemistry of the ice shell and sub-surface ocean of Europa
Thesis Year:2007
Thesis Url:https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/7139232

Kevin Hand is an astrobiologist and planetary scientist at JPL.[1] [2] He is also the founder of Cosmos Education[1] [2] and was its president until 2007.[3] He was working at NASA Ames when he was inspired to form Cosmos Education in 1999 after getting a grant from the Earth and Space Foundation to tour African schools to talk about how education relates to space research.[4] [5]

Education and career

Hand studied psychology and physics as an undergraduate at Dartmouth.[6] He earned a master's degree at Stanford University in mechanical engineering while also working as a public policy research associate at Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC).[6] [7] He chose the question of whether Europa's putative ocean could harbor life as his Geological & Environmental Sciences PhD dissertation topic, under the direction of Christopher Chyba,[7] earning the doctorate in 2007.[6]

While a PhD student, he was chosen by James Cameron to take marine biology samples from hydrothermal vents in subsea expeditions to the mid-Atlantic ridge and East Pacific Rise.[7] He was a featured scientist in Cameron's 2005 IMAX documentary, Aliens of the Deep.[8]

At a 2014 NASA panel discussion, Hand predicted that extraterrestrial life would be found within 20 years.[9] [10]

Hand published the book Alien Oceans in 2020.[11]

Selected publications

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kevin Hand, Planetary Scientist and Astrobiologist . Emerging Explorers . 2011 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20110521095543/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/field/explorers/kevin-hand . dead . May 21, 2011 . 2011-08-11 .
  2. Web site: Bowermaster . Jon . The five explorers of the future . GADLING . . July 27, 2011 . 2011-08-11 .
  3. News: Nairobi Star
    Star Life
    . Bringing Science Education Down to the Grass Roots . Ravneet Sehmi . 27 August 2008 . 2011-08-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100827044508/http://www.cosmoseducation.org/kenya/CEK_StarArticle.pdf . 27 August 2010.
  4. Fostering links between environmental and space exploration: the Earth and Space Foundation . Charles Cockell . Don White . Douglas Messier . M. Dale Stokes . Space Policy . 18 . 4 . 2002 . 301–306 . 2011-08-11 . 10.1016/s0265-9646(02)00043-7 . 2002SpPol..18..301C . 10.1.1.536.4575 .
  5. Web site: . Earth and Space Awards 1999 . 1999 . 2011-08-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111002120132/http://www.earthandspace.org/1999.htm . 2011-10-02 .
  6. JPL Science: Planetary ICES: People . Kevin Hand . 2011-08-12--> .
  7. Kevin Hand . Voices .
  8. Kevin Hand . SETI Institute Explorer . 2005 .
  9. connecticut.cbslocal.com/2014/07/15/nasa-humans-will-prove-we-are-not-alone-in-the-universe-within-20-years/
  10. News: We Are Not Alone in Universe, NASA Scientists Say. Huffington Post. 2014-07-15. Gates. Sara.
  11. News: McLemee . Scott . The Oceans of Outer Space . 19 August 2020 . Inside Higher Ed . 15 May 2020.

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