Our Research in the News!

  • This is just a sample; please search "holographic microscopy" and other keywords such as "space," "Europa," or "Enceladus" for more

  • July 2020: Article in Microscopy Today about the first field test of the combined holographic/lightfield microscope

  • May 16, 2019: Feature in KATU about looking for life by looking for life

  • December 19, 2018: Feature in Popular Science about microscopy on Europa--from the microscope's point of view!

  • September 18, 2017: Article in phys.org about our recently published article in Astrobiology

  • July 26, 2017: Editorial in Microscopy and Analysis about holographic microscopy for space

  • July 21, 2017: Article in NextWeb about our search for life

  • July 21, 2017: Article in ibtimes about our search for life on Enceladus

  • July 20, 2017: Caltech press release about our Astrobiology article in the Enceladus special issue

  • September 26, 2016: Recently published article in Astrobiology, "Microbial Morphology and Motility as Biosignatures for Outer Planet Missions" receives F1000Prime Recommendation for Special Scientific Significance

  • March 23, 2016: Sending SHAMU to Look for Alien Life An article published in Seattle Space and Astronomy News regarding our trip to Nuuk, Greenland in the Spring of 2015, and our ultimate quest for life

  • January 22, 2016: How Holograms Could Aid Alien Life Hunt Written by Mike Wall. Article published on Space.com

  • October 26, 2015: Building a Microscope to Search for Signs of Life on Other Worlds Written by Kimm Fesenmaier. Article published on the front page of the Caltech website

  • August 28, 2015: J. Kent Wallace, an optical engineer on our team was cited in a New York Times article titled, "NASA's Next Horizon in Space" Click here to read the full article

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Email: nadeau@pdx.edu

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