The UCLA Center for Astrobiology was created in 1998 when UCLA became a founding member of the NASA Astro-biology Institute (NAI). The Center for Astrobiology is one of five centers of the UCLA branch of the University of California-wide Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP) and one of twelve lead teams comprising the NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI).

Our research is focused on four main themes:

(1) Extrasolar Planetary Systems
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(2) Habitability within the Solar System
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(3) Earth's Early Environment and Life
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(4) Evolution of Biological Complexity
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