Professor
Jim Fraser Kasting
Pennsylvania State University
Geoscientist; Educator
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Earth Sciences
Elected
2008
Distinguished Professor; Professor of Geosciences. Research helped determine the major features of the Earth's early atmosphere, as well as those of Mars and Venus. Defined the extent of the habitable zones around main sequence stars, and is active in the search for habitable planets and moons outside our solar system.
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