2026 – 2027

The EAI ACADEMY is an international educational program organised and broadcasted by the Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), CSIC-INTA, Madrid, with the support of the European Astrobiology Institute (EAI). It provides a framework to meet online with the international astrobiology community and to acquire interdisciplinary knowledge through a series of seminars given by experts in these fields. The Academy audience connects from more than 32 countries and all continents, with an average participation of 70 attendees per seminar. Past editions are accesible through the CAB youtube channel (link to 2021-2022, link to 2022-2023, link to 2023-2024, link to 2024-2025, link to 2025-2026).

The EAI Academy program for the academic year 2026-2027 will start this October, and the program will be announced here. The seminars are offered for free and are streamed online via zoom every two weeks on Wednesday from 3:00 to 4:00 PM CET (Madrid time). The talks will be given by world-renowned experts, who answer the questions raised by the public after their talk. All seminars will be recorded for future availability in the CAB youtube channel.

At the end of the academic year, CAB awards a certificate of participation to those who attend a minimum of 10 seminars. In order for us to keep track of the attendance, you will need to enter your name and affiliation in the seminar chat when you enter the room (Zoom).

If you were part of the program in previous years your email is already in the distribution list and you DO NOT NEED TO SUBSCRIBE again. If you want to register to the EAI Academy distribution list, please include your information here.

–link to the form–

This registration form will be closed in October. 

LIST OF SPEAKERS AND TOPICS

Dr. Cédric Gillman

ETH Zürich, Switzerland
October 21, 2026

Comparative planetology

Dr. Jay T. Lennon

Planetary Science Institute, USA
November 04, 2026

Dormancy

Dr. Stephen Kane

University of California, Riverside, USA
November 18, 2026

From Habitable to Hostile: Venus, Earth, Mars, and the Divergent Paths of Terrestrial Planets

Dr. Bruce M. Jakosky

University of Colorado Boulder, USA
December 02, 2026

Divergent climate evolution on Mars, Venus, and Earth + MAVEN

Dr. Sergey Melnikov

Newcastle University, UK
December 16, 2026

Ribosome Hibernation

Dr. Günter Kargl

IWF Graz, Austria
January 13, 2027

Sample return concepts

Dr. James B. Garvin

NASA Goddard, USA
January 27, 2027

DAVINCI

Dr. Daniel P Glavin

NASA Goddard, USA
February 10, 2027

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission: Laboratory Results from Pristine Samples of Asteroid Bennu

Dr. Sei-ichiro Watanabe

Nagoya University, Japan
February 24, 2027

The Solar System Formation Process Revealed by the Hayabusa2 Mission

Dr. Anthony Boccaletti

LESIA (Observatoire de Paris/PSL), France
March 10, 2027

HWO & direct imaging of ExoEarths

Dr. Adrienne Kish

NHM Paris, France
March 24, 2027

Life resists chemistry not conditions

Dr. José Antonio Caballero

Centro de Astrobiología, Spain
April 07, 2027

Proxima Centauri b and the Seven M Dwarfs

Dr. Nadja Møbjerg

University of Copenhagen, Denmark
April 21, 2027

Tardigrades

Dr. Miguel Mas Hesse

Centro de Astrobiología, Spain
May 05, 2027

PLATO research of Earth-like exoplanets

Dr. Sascha Quanz

ETH Zürich, Switzerland
May 19, 2027

In Search of a Second Earth: The LIFE Space Mission