Keynote Speakers
(in alphabetical order by surname)
Professor Ling Chen
Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Topic: Exploration of Martian Aqueous Activity and Multi-Scale Environmental Evolution
Professor Hailiang Dong
China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China
Topic: Mineral–Microbe Interactions
Professor Nicolas Dauphas
The University of Hong Kong, China
Topic: The origin and evolution of the solar system
Professor Fang Huang
University of Science and Technology of China, China
Topic: Forming the earliest water ocean in the Hadean eon
Professor Shigeru Ida
Westlake University, China
Topic: Delivery of water to habitable zones and destruction of refractory carbon in inner regions of protoplanetary disks during planet formation
Professor Hongchen Jiang
Henan University, China
Topic: Microbial community response to climate fluctuations recorded in the Lohmann core, Lop Nur: Implications for astrobiology
Professor Yiliang Li
The University of Hong Kong, China
Topic: Search for Traces of Extraterrestrial Life
Professor Wei Lin
Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Topic: Astrobiological Research in Mars Analog Environments
Professor Yongqin Liu
Lanzhou University, China
Topic: Cryospheric Extremophiles
Professor Zhu Liu
Tsinghua University, China
Topic: Space Adaptation of Methanogens and Its Implications for Life Detection of Tianwen-3 Mars Sample
Professor Anhuai Lu
Peking University , China
Topic: Mineral membrane on Earth’s surface and mineral photoelectric effects
Professor Timothy Lyons
University of California, USA
Topic: Biosignatures in the Solar System
University of Greifswald, Germany
Topic: Evolution of Core Metabolism and the RNA World
Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , China
Topic: Artificial Cells for the Origin of Life
University of Göttingen, Germany
Topic: Early Life and Geobiology of Microbial Systems
Professor Bing Shen
Peking University, China
Topic: Energy Balance and Habitability of Early Planets
Professor Weidong Sun
Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , China
Topic: Serpentinization and the Origin of Life
Professor Martin Van Kranendonk
Curtin University, Australia
Topic: Precambrian Geology and Early Life
Professor Xingliang Zhang
Northwest University, China
Topic: Strategies of life in extreme environments–an astrobiological perspective
Professor Yufen Zhao
Ningbo University, China
Topic: Phosphorus chemistry and the origin of life: from N-phosphoryl amino acid to protocell
Professor Yuyan Zhao
Chengdu University of Technology, China
Topic: Martian paleoenvironment and biosignature detection
More Keynote Speakers to be announced…
Invited Speakers
Associate Professor Albert Fahrenbach
The University of New South Wales, Australia
Topic: Metabolic Evolution and the RNA World Hypothesis
Associate Professor David Flannery
Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Topic: Biosignatures on the early Earth
Assistant Professor Meng Guo
The University of Hong Kong, China
Topic: Planetary habitability
Professor Jihua Hao
University of Science and Technology of China, China
Topic: Organic Synthesis and Transportation in Planetary Oceans
Associate Professor Simon Hohl
Tongji University, China
Topic: Earth, Mars and Ocean Worlds
Associate Professor Jian Li
Nanjing University, China
Topic: High-Resolution Femtosecond Nano-Infrared Spectroscopy for Prebiotic Chemistry
Professor Dominic Papineau
Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Topic: Abiotic chemically oscillating reactions form botryoidal minerals in hydrothermal systems and dead biomass since the Hadean
Professor Yuangao Qu
Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Topic:Simulating Habitable Environments on Icy Moons
Professor Wei Wang
National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Topic: China’s Exoplanet Exploration Missions
Professor Xiao Wang
Nanjing University, China
Topic: Prebiotic Small Molecules and Nonlinear Chemistry
Professor Yinzhao Wang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Topic: AI-driven Evolutionary Adaptation of Archaea to Extreme Environments
Associate Professor Jun Yang
Peking University, China
Topic: Planetary Atmospheres, Clouds, and Habitability
Professor Yu Zhang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Topic: Intelligent Connected Detection Technology for Extreme Deep-Sea Habitats