Interview for Outreach Article in MaxPlanckResearch Science Magazine

Abstract

If a space probe were to land one day on Saturn’s moon Enceladus or another distant world, would humanity recognize life there if it existed? The building blocks of life, amino acids and nucleobases, are certainly abundant in space. But what exact ingredients and environmental conditions are needed for life to emerge? Researchers at the Max Planck Society hope to find the answer by looking back and asking: how did living biology emerge from lifeless chemistry on Earth in the first place?

Klaus Paschek

Postdoc - Astrophysics

My research interests include prebiotic synthesis, planetary science, and the origins of life.