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Tanja Bosak is a Professor of Geobiology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS). She joined the EAPS faculty in 2007 after earning a BSc in geophysics from the University of Zagreb and completing her PhD studies in Geobiology at the California Institute of Technology in 2005. Bosak has extensive experience in microbial systems, exploring how microbes interact with their environments and leave evidence of life in the geological record. Her research emphasizes experimental approaches to understanding the evolution of microbial life and prebiotic processes on early Earth and other planets. She has been involved in significant projects such as the NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission and has published widely in the field. Among her accolades, she is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and has received the James B. Macelwane Medal, the MIT Harold E. Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award, and the Subaru Outstanding Woman in Science Award from the Geological Society of America.