WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 16: University of California, Santa Cruz, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics Dr. Natalie Batalha talks about advances in the study of exoplanets made possible by the ...
As Natalie Batalha searches for life outside our solar system, the celebrated astrophysicist and her colleagues often gather around the whiteboard in her UC Santa Cruz office. It’s reminiscent of the ...
When Natalie Batalha was growing up in Northern California, she told her mother she wanted to be a philosopher—“looking for meaning in life,” she says today, with an ironic smile. At the University of ...
Chancellor Cynthia Larive has appointed Natalie Batalha, professor of astronomy & astrophysics, as the UC Santa Cruz Presidential Chair for work on the UCSC Astrobiology Initiative. Batalha is ...
Natalie Batalha, a NASA scientist who earned her Ph.D. in astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz, has been named to Time magazine’s annual list of the “100 most influential people in the world.” Batalha leads ...