ETH Zurich and the SETI Institute join forces to search for the origin of life
The SETI Institute has entered a strategic partnership with ETH Zurich, providing start‑up funding of 8.5 million USD over ten years to establish a new assistant professorship in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. The professorship, titled “Earth and Planetary Evolution,” will be based at ETH’s Centre for Origin and Prevalence of Life (COPL) and will support research on biosignatures, habitability, and the co‑evolution of life and the environment on Earth and other planets. The collaboration aims to strengthen interdisciplinary research and foster international cooperation in the…
The SETI Institute has entered a strategic partnership with ETH Zurich, providing start‑up funding of 8.5 million USD over ten years to establish a new assistant professorship in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. The professorship, titled “Earth and Planetary Evolution,” will be based at ETH’s Centre for Origin and Prevalence of Life (COPL) and will support research on biosignatures, habitability, and the co‑evolution of life and the environment on Earth and other planets. The collaboration aims to strengthen interdisciplinary research and foster international cooperation in the…
The partnership could leverage Swiss AI expertise in data analytics and machine learning—areas that the SETI Institute already employs—to advance life detection research in Switzerland.
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