MIT World Speakers

Penelope Boston

Boston specializes in cave microbiology, microbial life in extreme environments, astrobiology and the search for life beyond Earth, human life support in space, Mars research and human exploration of the solar system. She is the author of more than 70 papers and an upcoming book on extreme life forms. She earned a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado and the National Center for Atmospheric Research; an M.S. in Microbiology and Atmospheric Chemistry, and a B.S. in Microbiology, Geology, and Psychology, from the University of Colorado, Boulder.