UCI Professor Aomawa Shields is featured as Lunatic’s April Astrobiologist of the Month.

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UCI Professor Aomawa Shields and her PostDoc Ana Lobo are featured in “‘Terminator zones’ on distant planets could harbor life, UC Irvine astronomers say”, an article by Lucas Van Wyk Joel of UCI Physical Sciences Communications which discusses their newly published paper in The Astrophysical Journal.

UCI Professor Aomawa Shields is featured in Astrophysics Variety Hour, produced by NASA’S Universe of Learning. Professor Shields appears at minutes 7:12 and 12:43 of the video, which highlights different aspects of exoplanet science in short segment video form and features a diverse group of real astronomers to inspire future generations of young scientists who strive to pursue a career in astronomy.

UCI Professor Aomawa Shields is featured in “UCI’s Rising Stargirls Program Dawns Again This Summer”, an article by Lucas Van Wyk Joel of UCI Physical Sciences Communications which discusses her program, Rising Stargirls.

UCI Professor Aomawa Shields is featured in StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson Season 12, Episode 22: “Cosmic Queries – Exoplanetary Exploration with Dr. Aomawa Shields” which presents a discussion of exoplanet exploration and Dr. Shields’ connection of her world of acting with her world of astronomy.

UCI Professor Aomawa Shields’ newly published sequel to Inside Higher Ed article, “Claiming a Louder Life: Part II”  is now available.

UCI Professor Aomawa Shields’ newly published Inside Higher Ed article,  “Claiming a Louder Life: Part I,” is now available. The article discusses the treatment of Black students further along the academic pipeline, at the college level in departments of physics and astronomy.

UCI Professor Aomawa Shields is featured in “The Limit Does Not Exist” Podcast,” episode 111: “Star Power,” which presents a discussion of Professor Shields’ transitions between the world of acting and that of astronomy, and how she has found herself in the space between worlds. 

UCI Professor Aomawa Shields is featured in Adler Planetarium’s Online Exhibit “Life on Other Worlds.” An exhibit which is about the search for life and covers astrobiology/SETI on Earth, in the solar system, and outside the solar system, Professor Shields’ exoplanet climate work is included in this exhibit.