Best Habitability
James Kasting is an American geoscientist and astrobiologist who serves as a professor at Pennsylvania State University. He is recognized for his extensive research on planetary atmospheres and the evolution of Earth's climate. Kasting played a significant role in defining and refining the concept o...
Why this score?
Habitable-zone framework is foundational in astrobiology and planetary climate; very high cross-disciplinary recognition.
Scoring methodology
Lisa Kaltenegger is an Austrian astronomer and astrophysicist specializing in the study of exoplanets and habitability. She serves as the founding director of the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell University, a research center established in 2014 to focus on the search for habitable worlds and life in...
Victoria Meadows is an American astronomer and astrobiologist who serves as a professor at the University of Washington. She is the principal investigator for NASA's Virtual Planetary Laboratory, a research team established in 2001 as part of the NASA Astrobiology Institute. Her research focuses on...
