Events

WiCOR Space, 6515 Sterling Hall
March 12, 2026 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am

This WiCOR Seminar will feature presentations from Luke Zoet (Geoscience) and David Baum (Botany) about their research.

WiCOR Space, 6515 Sterling Hall
April 9, 2026 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am

This WiCOR Seminar will feature presentations from Shanan Peters (Geoscience) and Daniel Fredrickson (Chemistry) about their research.

WiCOR Members (see list below)
Room 1111 (Auditorium), Genetics-Biotechnology Center
April 10, 2026 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Science Expeditions

Join WiCOR for our Science Spectacular as part of Science Expeditions, the annual campus open house. This event will feature faculty members from WiCOR sharing about “How to Build a Habitable Planet”. They will describe: …

Victoria Meadows, Senior Research Scientist, SETI Institute
The Marquee, Union South
April 22, 2026 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
https://go.wisc.edu/wicor-lecture-sp2026

This event is open to the public – please share with friends and family! Title: The Search for Living Worlds Beyond the Solar System Abstract: One of the grandest and most enduring questions in human …

Victoria Meadows, Senior Research Scientist, SETI Institute
4421 Sterling Hall
April 23, 2026 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
https://go.wisc.edu/wicor-astro-meadows

Title: The Virtual Planetary Laboratory and the Search for Signs of Life on Exoplanets Abstract: The Virtual Planetary Laboratory is a massively interdisciplinary research group that has been working since 2001 to put a strong …

WiCOR Space, 6515 Sterling Hall
April 24, 2026 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

This WiCOR Seminar will feature presentations from Eric Roden (Geoscience) and Tristan L’Ecuyer (Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences) about their research.

June 1, 2026 @ 9:00 am - June 5, 2026 @ 4:00 pm
https://wicor.wisc.edu/star-2026-bootcamp/

The STAR 2026 Bootcamp is designed to provide an interdisciplinary introduction to the major research areas in Astrobiology and Origins Research. Registration is open and will close April 1st.