Sara Imari Walker

Sara Walker
NationalityAmerican
Alma materDartmouth College
Florida Institute of Technology
Cape Cod Community College
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics of life, astrobiology, abiogenesis
InstitutionsGeorgia Institute of Technology
NASA Astrobiology Institute
Santa Fe Institute
Arizona State University
ThesisTheoretical Models for the Emergence of Biomolecular Homochirality
Doctoral advisorMarcelo Gleiser
Other academic advisorsPaul Davies
Websitehttp://emergence.asu.edu/

Sara Imari Walker is an American theoretical physicist and astrobiologist with research interests in the origins of life, astrobiology, physics of life, emergence, complex and dynamical systems, and artificial life.[1][2] Walker is deputy director of the Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science at Arizona State University (ASU), associate director of the ASU-SFI Center for Biosocial Complex Systems and an associate professor at ASU.[3][4] She is a co-founder of the astrobiology social network SAGANet, and on the board of directors for Blue Marble Space, a nonprofit education and science organization.[1] As a science communicator, she is a frequent guest on podcasts and series, such as Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman.[5]

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  3. ^ "Sara Walker | iSearch". isearch.asu.edu. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
  4. ^ "Lifeboat Foundation Bios: Dr. Sara Imari Walker". lifeboat.com. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
  5. ^ "Media". Emergence@ASU. Retrieved 2016-11-15.