James Kasting
James Fraser Kasting | |
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| Born | 2 January 1953 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University, University of Michigan |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geoscience |
| Institutions | Penn State University |
| Doctoral advisor | Tom Donahue |
| Website | http://www.geosc.psu.edu/~kasting/PersonalPage/Kasting.htm |
| External videos | |
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| James Kasting, Origins 2011 congress |
James Fraser Kasting (born January 2, 1953) is an American geoscientist and Distinguished Professor of Geosciences at Penn State University. Kasting is active in NASA's search for habitable extrasolar planets. He is considered a world leader in the field of planetary habitability, assessing habitable zones around stars. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2018. Kasting also serves on the Advisory Council of METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence).