Lecture followed by Q&A
Witte Hall, 998 Avocado Avenue, Newport Beach
Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 7:00pm
SPOTLIGHT ON SCIENCE
Earth 2.0: How to Find it, Why We May Already Have, and What's Next
Paul Robertson, PhD
Associate Professor – Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCI
Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 7:00pm
Doors open at 6:30pm
Paul Robertson is an Associate Professor in the UCI Department of Physics and Astronomy. He was a NASA Sagan Fellow at Penn State University, and a member of the Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds. His current research focuses on the development of the Habitable Zone Planet Finder and NEID instruments and continuing a detailed study of stellar activity for old, low-mass stars. These research avenues together advance his overall goal of finding potentially habitable exoplanets around nearby stars.
