Conor shares his story about how science plays an important role in his life and his quest to find answers through it.
Conor Nixon is an astronomer and planetary scientist working in the Planetary Systems Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, where he currently is the Associate Laboratory Chief. He previously served as Deputy Principal Investigator on the Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS). His research is focused primarily on planetary atmospheres, especially the outer planets and Titan. He is keenly interested in astrochemistry and the potential for life in the solar system and elsewhere. He also works on technologies for remote sensing, spectroscopy and other mission and instrumentation development. He grew up and studied in the UK prior to coming to the US, earning a BA in Natural Science from the University of Cambridge, an MSc in Radio Astronomy from the University of Manchester, and a DPhil from the University of Oxford in Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere of Titan.
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