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Zoe Todd is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Astronomy at UW–Madison. Her research focuses on the origins of life on Earth and the implications for the possibility of life on other planets. Todd employs an interdisciplinary approach to explore the astronomical and planetary environments that may facilitate the chemical and biochemical origins of life. She investigates the prebiotic chemistry in laboratory settings to ascertain the viability of these planetary environments for the inception of complex chemical processes. Todd's work aims to trace a continuous and plausible pathway of life's origins, which includes understanding the role of astronomical and planetary environments in providing the necessary chemical feedstock, synthesizing life's building blocks such as ribonucleotides and amino acids, and ultimately developing self-replicating functional protocells.
Department: Department of Computer Sciences