Is it possible to find life on distant planets without ever visiting them?

Can God work through a single reading of a book to bring someone to faith? Are secular institutions like Harvard supportive of a scientist who happens to be a Christian and a woman?

Join us as we explore these questions and more in our interview with Astronomer and Astrochemist Professor Karin Öberg, PhD.

Professor Öberg is a Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University and she is using sophisticated new instruments to uncover the secrets of life’s building blocks in new planet formation.

She has a BS in Chemistry from Caltech and a PhD in Astronomy from the University of Leiden. Prof. Oberg has also been the recipient of many awards and fellowships, including the AAS Newton Lacy Pierce Prize, the Packard Fellowship and the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship.

Books mentioned in the interview:

https://www.amazon.com/Mere-Christianity-C-S-Lewis/dp/0060652926/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/130/pg130-images.html

Prof. Oberg’s Biography pages:

https://astronomy.fas.harvard.edu/people/karin-oberg

https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~koberg/Karin_Oberg.html

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