Colin Goldblatt

Background

I am Associate Professor of Earth System Evolution in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of Victoria, British Columbia (our awesome location).

Previously, I was a research associate in the University of Washington Astronomy department and the Virtual Planetary Laboratory (part of the NASA Astrobiology Institute). Before that I was a NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow at NASA Ames Research Center and before that a PhD student in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia.

Research focus

My main research focus is the atmospheric evolution of Earth and Earth-like planets. This is an interdisciplinary problem of Earth System Science and Planetary Science, by necessity integrating atmospheric and climate science, geology and geochemistry. Motivating questions include: How has Earth's atmospheric composition and climate evolved throughout Earth history, and what has determined this? What controls (exo) planet habitability? How does life affect planetary evolution?

Prospective graduate students