With Bob Kihara

Bob Kihara, Kenyan poet, writer, communicator, space enthusiast and environmentalist talks the future of Africa in space.

Speaker Bio:

Bob Kihara is a distinguished Kenyan poet, writer, communicator, space enthusiast, and environmentalist with over three decades of experience in journalism and media relations at both national and international levels. During his career, he served as a journalist at The East African Standard in Kenya, a Communication Officer at the United Nations, and a Press Officer at the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Switzerland.

In his poetry, Bob Kihara seeks to foster connections between individuals of diverse backgrounds, emphasizing the power of poetry to address and bridge even the most challenging societal issues. His passion for space exploration reflects his belief in its potential to unite people worldwide, including those in Africa. Additionally, he is committed to noble leadership, social justice, and improving humanity.

Bob Kihara is an alumnus of Kenyatta University and the University of Nairobi School of Journalism, where he was awarded a scholarship by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation of Germany. He also holds a diploma from the International Institute of Journalism in Berlin. Beyond his impressive career, he has actively contributed to journalism organizations, holding leadership positions and receiving accolades for his reporting efforts. He is passionate about his poetry, environmentalism, reading, music, and sports, and he often retreats to the countryside to engage in tree-planting and agricultural activities on his farm.

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With Graham Lau

Dr. Graham Lau from Blue Marble Space about the search for extraterrestrial life in our solar system and beyond.

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Website: Cosmobiota.com
Twitter: @cosmobiologist (https://twitter.com/cosmobiologist)
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TikTok: @cosmobiologist (https://www.tiktok.com/@cosmobiologist)

Speaker Bio:

Dr. Graham Lau is an astrobiologist and communicator of science. With an academic background spanning biology, chemistry, astrophysics, and geology, Dr. Lau is an expert on how living things effect the environment around them and how we search for alien life beyond the Earth. He’s conducted research in the Canadian High Arctic, has done x-ray spectroscopy at three different particle accelerators around the world, and is the Host of the NASA-funded livestream show called “Ask an Astrobiologist.”

Graham currently serves as the Director of Communications and Marketing for the non-profit Blue Marble Space, he’s a Research Scientist with the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science, and he is also the Director of Logistics for the University Rover Challenge (an undergraduate robotics competition focused on Mars rovers). Graham has given public talks to classrooms and student groups from around the world, has been interviewed on various podcasts, and is known for his inspirational views on our place in the cosmos. Dr. Lau also serves as a meditation instructor and public speaking coach.

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With Karen Daniels

Karen Daniels of NCSU talks rocks in space, and how to get them back to Earth forever changing the global economy.

Connect:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/karenedaniels
On the Web: https://mastodon.online/@rockcairn

Speaker Bio:

Professor Daniels received her PhD in 2002 from Cornell University and joined the faculty of North Carolina State University in 2005, and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Her main research interests center around experiments on the non-equilibrium and nonlinear dynamics of granular materials, fluids, and gels. Several of these studies have used idealized systems to provide insight into biological, geological, and solar system phenomena, including in rubble pile asteroids.

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