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Member Since 1992
Ariel D. Anbar
Professor, Arizona State University
Ariel Anbar is a scientist and educator interested in Earth’s past and future as an inhabited world, and the prospects for life beyond. His group develops novel geochemical methods to study topics ranging from the chemical evolution of the environment to human disease. Anbar directed ASU's Astrobiology Program from 2009 – 2015 and directs the Center for Education Through Exploration. A graduate of Harvard (1989) and Caltech (1996), he moved from the University of Rochester to ASU in 2004.
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Arizona State University
Professor
2004 - Present
University of Rochester
Assistant/Associate Professor
1996 - 2004
Education
California Institute of Technology
Doctorate
1996
California Institute of Technology
Masters
1991
Harvard University
Bachelors
1989
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Space Turbulence: Demonstrating the importance of turbulence in our daily lives through NASA Missions and SciAct team collaborations
SHARING THEIR SCIENCE: ENABLING SCIENTISTS IN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION EFFORTS I ORAL
science and society | 18 december 2025
Expanding our SCoPE of collaboration to engage broader audiences in the importance of Polar Science
SHARING THEIR SCIENCE: ENABLING SCIENTISTS IN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION EFFORTS I ORAL
science and society | 18 december 2025
Navigating New Terrain: Exploring Educator Perspectives on Virtual Field Trip Training through TPACK
EDUCATION RESEARCH IN THE EARTH, OCEAN, ATMOSPHERIC, AND SPACE SCIENCES: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS, METHODS, AND RESULTS II ORAL
education | 17 december 2025
Trace metal availability: a key component of habitability
ENCELADUS: AN OCEAN WORLD ODYSSEY II ORAL
planetary sciences | 17 december 2025
You Are Not Alone: Bridging Astrobiology Research and Education through Interactive Digital Learning and an Underlying Learning Framework
DIGITAL LEARNING INNOVATION IN EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE EDUCATION: PROMISES, PITFALLS, AND THE PATH AHEAD I ORAL
education | 17 december 2025
From crater to classroom: Designing digital field experiences in Northern Arizona
DIGITAL LEARNING INNOVATION IN EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE EDUCATION: PROMISES, PITFALLS, AND THE PATH AHEAD I ORAL
education | 17 december 2025
STEM Immersion and Virtual Field Trips to Astronomical Observatories: Bringing Authentic Science Learning Experiences to Teachers, Students, and the Public.
STRENGTHENING STEM LEARNING: CREATING IMPACT THROUGH COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS (ORAL)
union sessions | 16 december 2025
To Breathe or Not to Breathe? Exoplanet Mantles May Answer the Question
HABITABILITY ACROSS THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND EXOPLANETS I POSTER
planetary sciences | 15 december 2025
Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
Chair
College of Fellows Distinguished Lecture Series Committee
2024 - 2025
Member
College of Fellows Executive Committee
2023 - 2024
Member
College of Fellows Distinguished Lecturers - Earth Covering
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Honors & Awards
Carl Sagan Lecture
Received December 2022
Union Fellow
Received December 2021
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For developing novel biogeochemical methods that enabled studies of Earth’s earliest life and its relationships with the co-evolving environment
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