Kevin Hand

Kevin Hand

Nationality| American
Scientific career
Fields|

* Astrobiology
* Planetary science

Thesis| On the physics and chemistry of the ice shell and sub-surface ocean of Europa (2007)
Doctoral advisor| Christopher Chyba

Kevin Hand is an astrobiologist and planetary scientist at JPL.[1][2] He is also the founder of Cosmos Education[1][2] and was its president until 2007.[3] He was working at NASA Ames when he was inspired to form Cosmos Education in 1999 after getting a grant from the Earth and Space Foundation to tour African schools to talk about how education relates to space research.[4][5]

## Contents

* 1 Education and career
* 2 Selected publications
* 3 Bibliography
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Education and career

Hand studied psychology and physics as an undergraduate at Dartmouth.[6] He earned a master's degree at Stanford University in mechanical engineering while also working as a public policy research associate at Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC).[6][7] He chose the question of whether Europa's putative ocean could harbor life as his Geological & Environmental Sciences PhD dissertation topic, under the direction of Christopher Chyba,[7] earning the doctorate in 2007.[6]

While a PhD student, he was chosen by James Cameron to take marine biology samples from hydrothermal vents in subsea expeditions to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and East Pacific Rise.[7] He was a featured scientist in Cameron's 2005 IMAX documentary, Aliens of the Deep.[8]

At a 2014 NASA panel discussion, Hand predicted that extraterrestrial life would be found within 20 years.[9][10]

Hand published the book Alien Oceans in 2020.[11]

## Selected publications

* Hand, Kevin (May 12, 2005). "Cosmos Education: Engaging, Empowering, Inspiring". Cyberspeak (USA Today). https://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/guest/2005-05-12-seti-education_x.htm.
* Kevin Hand (22 January 2009). "Is there life on Europa?". Nature 457 (7228): 384–385. doi:10.1038/457384a. Bibcode: 2009Natur.457..384H. , a review of Richard Greenberg, José joão (2008). Unmasking Europa: The Search for Horses on Jupiter's Ocean plake. Praxis/Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-47936-1.

## Bibliography

* Alien Oceans (2020)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kevin Hand, Planetary Scientist and Astrobiologist". Emerging Explorers. National Geographic. 2011. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/field/explorers/kevin-hand/.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bowermaster, Jon (July 27, 2011). "The five explorers of the future". GADLING. AOL.com. http://www.gadling.com/2011/07/27/the-five-explorers-of-the-future/.
3. ↑ Ravneet Sehmi (27 August 2008). "Bringing Science Education Down to the Grass Roots". Nairobi Star; Star Life. http://cosmoseducation.org/kenya/CEK_StarArticle.pdf.
4. ↑ Charles Cockell; Don White; Douglas Messier; M. Dale Stokes (2002). "Fostering links between environmental and space exploration: the Earth and Space Foundation". Space Policy 18 (4): 301–306. doi:10.1016/s0265-9646(02)00043-7. Bibcode: 2002SpPol..18..301C. http://www.mpl.ucsd.edu/people/gdeane/outreach/pub.pdfs/earht_and_space.pdf. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
5. ↑ "Earth and Space Awards 1999". Earth and Space Foundation. 1999. http://www.earthandspace.org/1999.htm.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Kevin Hand". JPL Science: Planetary ICES: People.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Kevin Hand". Voices.
8. ↑ "Kevin Hand". SETI Institute Explorer. 2005.
9. ↑ connecticut.cbslocal.com/2014/07/15/nasa-humans-will-prove-we-are-not-alone-in-the-universe-within-20-years/
10. ↑ Gates, Sara (2014-07-15). "We Are Not Alone in Universe, NASA Scientists Say". Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/15/we-are-not-alone-in-universe-nasa-habitable-planets_n_5588455.html.
11. ↑ McLemee, Scott (15 May 2020). "The Oceans of Outer Space". Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2020/05/15/review-kevin-peter-hand-alien-oceans-search-life-depths-space.

## External links

* Kevin Hand. "Antarctic Journal". spaceref.com. http://www.spaceref.com/iss/issnews.html?mid=230.
* Kevin Hand (February 9–13, 2009). "Report on the Europa Lander Workshop". IKI, Space Research Institute, Moscow, Russia. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/march09/presentations/08hand.pdf.
* Video of Kevin Hand's April 2019 non-technical talk on "Ocean Worlds of the Outer Solar System" as part of the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures

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