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Lucianne Walkowicz (/ ˈwɔːkəwɪtʃ / WAW-kə-witch; [1] born 1979) is an American astronomer, artist, and activist. They were based at the Adler Planetarium until 2022 and are noted for their research contributions in stellar magnetic activity and its impact on planetary suitability for extraterrestrial life. [2][3] Career.
Lucianne Walkowicz is an astronomer, movement artist, and educator. As co-Founder of the JustSpace Alliance, Walkowicz studies how outer space serves as the site where humanity crafts its futures, and works to make those futures more just (both in space, and on Earth).
I am an interdisciplinary public scholar whose work is rooted in astronomy and its social contexts. I study ethical issues in space exploration, stellar magnetic activity, how stars influence a planet's suitability as a host for alien life, and use machine learning to discover unusual events in large astronomical data sets.
Lucianne Walkowicz--Noted Astronomer at the Adler Planetarium, Co-Founder of The JustSpace Alliance, TED Senior Fellow and Practicing Multimedia Artist--to Receive Alumni Achievement Award at Carnegie Hall. We need to change the way we talk about space exploration. Inspiring Career Advice From A Real-Life Alien Hunter.
Dr. Lucian Walkowicz is an astronomer, movement artist, and educator based in Chicago. As co-Founder of the JustSpace Alliance, Walkowicz studies how outer space serves as the site where humanity crafts its futures, and works to make those futures more just (both in space, and on Earth).
Lucianne Walkowicz is all for space exploration, but says we shouldn't expect Mars to save us from a damaged Earth. She warns us not to lose sight of preserving the home we already have.
Dr. Lucianne Walkowicz is an astronomer, author and artist who seeks to combine the “right and left brain” to better understand cosmic phenomena and scientific principles. At our TEDx...
Lucianne Walkowicz is an Astronomer at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. She studies stellar magnetic activity and how stars influence a planet's suitability as a host for alien life. She is also an artist and works in a variety of media, from oil paint to sound.
Walkowicz, an associate research scholar in the astrophysics department, is a postdoctoral associate on NASA’s Kepler team, which has discovered Earth-size planets orbiting other stars.
AstroFan: Over the Moon for Enceladus. Meet our Adler Staff Star: Lucianne! Learn more about the employees at the Adler Planetarium who help make our mission possible.