Edwin Kite

Edwin Kite is an accomplished researcher currently focusing on the early Mars climate problem, Enceladus, and rocky exoplanets. He leads the Solar System & Exoplanet Habitability research group at the University of Chicago, delving into the factors that sustain habitable planets. Edwin's work aims to explore the origins and evolution of life in potentially habitable environments, as well as future habitability for human life. He is actively seeking graduate students and postdocs to join his team at sseh.uchicago.edu.

Edwin's academic journey includes a Postdoc in Geological and Planetary Sciences from Caltech, a PhD in Earth and Planetary Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BA & MSci in Natural Sciences Tripos (Physical Sciences) from the University of Cambridge.

His professional experience encompasses roles such as Assistant Professor at The University of Chicago, Astrophysics/Geosciences prize postdoc at Princeton University, Geological and Planetary Sciences Division Prize Postdoctoral Fellow at the California Institute of Technology, and graduate student at UC Berkeley.