Media and Outreach

                   

 

 

Invited Talks

Invited Talk Description with Link (if applicable) Date
National Academy of Science Distinctive Voices series Invited Speaker “The Curiosity to Explore and the Perseverance to Rove: A Decade of Discoveries on Mars” 2022/6/8
NASA/ Caltech Jet Propulsion Lab Science Visitor and Colloquium Program Invited Speaker in Planetary Science Seminar Series: “Best-Laid Plans: Challenges and Opportunities in the Search for Life Beyond Earth” 2022/5/23
Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG) Invited Briefing on the Decadal Survey prioritization of the Mars Life Explorer Mission Concept, MEPAG Meeting 39, Denver, CO 2022/5/2
Mars Exploration Program Office Invited Briefing on the Decadal Survey prioritization of the Mars Life Explorer Mission Concept 2022/4/29
Stetson University Invited Seminar Speaker – Gillespie Museum Science Café and Armchair Geology Series, “ The Curiosity to Explore and the Perseverance to Rove: A Decade of Discoveries on Mars” 2022/4/14
National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, Space Science Week Keynote Public Lecture “The Curiosity to Explore and the Perseverance to Rove: A Decade of Discoveries on Mars” 2022/3/22
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities Invited Seminar Speaker – Colloquium, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, “One Planet, Two Planets, Red Planet, Blue Planet” 2021/11/19
Florida State University Invited Seminar Speaker – Colloquium, Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science 2021/10/8
University of Southern California Invited Seminar Speaker – Paleoenvironmental Seminar, Department of Earth Science 2021/3/5
COSPAR Spring 2021 Meeting Invited talk in session F3.3: Habitability in the Solar System and Beyond 2021/2
American Geophysical Union Fall 2020 Meeting Invited talk in session P070: Water, Habitability, and Curiosity’s Exploration near the Greenheugh Pediment, a Major Unconformity on Mount Sharp, Gale Crater, Mars I 2020/12
Louisiana State University Invited Endowed Seminar Speaker, Department of Geology and Geophysics. 2018
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Invited Seminar, Department of Geosciences. 2018
University of Florida Invited Seminar, Department of Geological Sciences. 2018
International Astrobiology Meeting Invited Talk, International Astrobiology Meeting, Coyhaique, Chile 2017
American Geophysical Union Fall 2017 Meeting Invited talk in session P42B: What Determines Planetary Habitability, and What Biosignatures Might We Expect? 2017
University of Maryland, College Park Invited Seminar, Department of Geology. 2016
Washington and Lee University Invited Seminar, Department of Geology. 2015
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Invited Seminar, Space Exploration Division 2014
Sevilleta LTER Invited Seminars, Sevilleta REU Summer Seminar Series 2009 & 2014
The Triple Helix, UCD Chapter Invited talk, University of California, Davis 2012
New York University – Abu Dhabi Invited Conference Speaker – Center for Space Science, “20 Months on Mars with Perseverance” 2022/10/11
McGill University Invited Seminar Speaker – McGill Space Institute, “The Search for Life on Mars: Challenges and Opportunities in Current and Future Mars Exploration” 2022/10/18
American Society for Gravitational and Space Research Banquet Keynote Lecture – “The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission” 2022/11/12

 


 

Media Interviews

Media Interviews Link (if applicable) Related articles (if applicable) Date
Interview for Universe Today “New Perseverance Rock Samples Were Altered by Water. They’ll be Coming Back to Earth in the Sample Return Mission” by Matthew Williams 2022/8/31
Interview for Forbes “Found On Mars: Rocks ‘Altered by Water’ That Could Contain Traces Of Ancient Life” by Jamie Carter 2022/8/25
Press Release with UF News “Mars rover team, with UF scientist, collects Martian rocks for return to Earth”, by Eric Hamilton Related international article pickups on: Yahoo News, The Daily Mail, The Evening Standard , Mirror, Engineering and Technology, Express & Star, Newsweek, Down To Earth 2022/8/25
Interview for Inside Outer Space “Mars Biosignature of Life Found?” by Leonard David 2022/8/24
Interview for The Planetary Society “NASA’s InSight mission is dying. Next could come ‘Mars Life Explorer’” by Jamie Carter 2022/8/22
Interview with WMFE Public Radio Podcast “Are We There Yet?” “Curiosity’s decade of discovery on Mars” by Brendan Byrne 2022/8/16
Quote in Space.com “Probing the Red Planet: Finding past life at Jezero crater” by Leonard David 2022/8/10
Quote in Space.com “NASA’s Mars Life Explorer mission would dig deep to hunt for Red Planet life” by Leonard David 2022/7/11
Quote in Wired “With Dusty Solar Panels, InSight’s Days on Mars Are Numbered” by Ramin Skibba 2022/5/17
Quote in The Space Review (SpaceNews) “The Future of Mars Science Missions” by Jeff Foust 2022/5/9
Interview with WMFE Public Radio Podcast “Are We There Yet?” “The case for Uranus: Outlining the next decade of discovery” by Brendan Byrne 2022/4/26
Interview with University of Florida ‘From Florida’ Podcast “Meet the astrobiologist and her students who are searching for life on Mars” by Nicci Brown 2022/3/15
Interview for NPR Morning Edition “NASA’s Perseverance rover marks its first year hunting for past life on Mars” by Brendan Byrne Related article pickup on WMFE 2022/2/18
Interview with the New York Times “On Mars, a NASA Rover and Helicopter’s Year of Surprise and Discovery” by Kenneth Chang 2022/2/15
Interview with United Press International “Mars rover Perseverance notches a year of science, tech achievements”, by Paul Brinkmann 2022/2/14
Interview for National Geographic “Why Signs of Life on Mars Remain So Mysterious” by Nadia Drake 2022/1/31
Expert Interview for Inside Science “Chilean Rocks Aid the Search for Life on Mars” by Zack Savitsky 2021/11/16
Interview with WMFE Public Radio Podcast “Are We There Yet?” “From Mars to Jupiter, the latest findings from the space probes exploring our solar system”, by Brendan Byrne 2021/10
Interview with Popular Science “Mars’ barren Jezero crater had a wet and dramatic past”, by Kate Baggaley Related article pickup on MSN 2021/10
Interview with United Press International “Perseverance rover’s images confirm flood episodes on Mars”, by Paul Brinkmann Related international article pickups on CNN, Space.com, Cosmos Magazine, The Daily Mail, The Guardian, Science Alert, Gizmodo, SpaceRef, The Debrief 2021/10
Interview with Furman University Magazine “Is There Life Beyond Earth?”, by Liv Osby 2021/10
Interview and Video for University of Florida News 2021 Highlights of First Scientific Publication from the NASA Perseverance rover mission, UF Research Promotion Initiative Award, Article, by Alisson Clark Video by Bri Lehan 2021/10
Interview with American Chemical Society Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) ‘Stereo Chemistry Podcast’ with Samuel Lemonick, May 2021 “Where did Mars’s water go?” 2021/5
Interview with Canadian Broadcasting Corp (CBC) radio show As It Happens With Carol Off and Chris Howden, 2021 Podcast 2021/2/18
Interview with WMFE Public Radio “Are We There Yet?” “Welcome to Mars, Percy. It’s time to do science.” Podcast, by Brendan Byrne “Welcome to Mars, Percy. It’s time to do science.” Article, by Brendan Byrne, 2021 2021/2
Interview for First at Five WUFT News Article by Taylor Levesque 2021/2/18
Interview with WUFT News “Amy Williams is a UF Geology Professor During the Day, NASA Scientist by Night”, by Maybel Cerrato 2021/2/18
Interview with The Alligator “UF assistant professor on NASA’s Perseverance rover team talks Mars landing”, by Abigail Hasebroock 2021/2/18
Interview with WUFT News Noticias “Profesora de UF hace parte del equipo de Perseverance, la sonda que acaba de aterrizar en Marte”, by Valentina Angel 2021/2/18
Interview and Video for University of Florida News 2021 Mars Perseverance Rover Mission Video, by Alisson Clark Mars Perseverance Rover Mission Article by Alisson Clark 2021/2
Interview with University of Florida University Relations “Searching for Life on Mars with Dr. Amy Williams”, by Alisson Clark & Bri Lehan, 2019 2019
Interview for Forbes Science Article “NASA’s Search for Transfats and Other Fatty Acids on Mars” by Bruce Dorminey, December 2017 2017/12
Interview for UCDavis Egghead blog “Clues to Life on Mars in a Polluted California Mine” written by Becky Oskin, 2017 2017
Interview with WMFE Public Radio Podcast “Are We There Yet?” ““From the Moon to Mars” by Brendan Byrne 2022/9/20
Interview with Space and Things Podcast “Bringing Home Rocks from Mars” by Emily Carney & Dave Giles 2022/9/29
Interview with Mashable ““Below Mars’ surface, life could endure for a shocking amount of time” by Mark Kaufman 2022/10/29
Press Release with UF News ““Perseverance rover detects more organic carbon on Mars in search for signs of ancient life ”, by Eric Hamilton Related international article pickups on: Independent, MTV Lebanon, News9Live 2022/11/23
Interview for National Geographic ““Life just might exist on Mars after all” by Nadia Drake 2022/12/6

 


Public Outreach

Public Outreach Description and Link (if applicable) Date
Interview for 1001: Intro to Everything podcast “Life on Mars, Astrobiology, and Geology with NASA”, interview with Andres Pulido 2022/5/27
Article for ‘Curious Kids’, The Conversation “Could People Breathe the Air on Mars” by Phylindia Gant and Amy Williams. 2022/5/16
Invited Speaker – Sunrise Rotary Club , Gainesville, FL N/A 2022/5
Invited Speaker – Rotary Club of Downtown Gainesville , Gainesville, FL N/A 2021/7
Invited Speaker – Sunrise Rotary Club , Gainesville, FL, April 2021 N/A 2021/4
Interview & Q&A with Launch Pad Astronomy LiveStream Show “Mars Perseverance with Dr. Amy Williams”, hosted by Christian Ready 2021/2
Scientist in Every Florida School (SEFS) Program Outreach lecture on the Definition of Life and How to Search for Life on Mars delivered to 5 classes at Gainesville High School 2020/9
Interview with NASA Astrobiology ‘Countdown to Mars’ for the Perseverance Rover Launch 2020 ‘Countdown to Mars’ 2020/4
USGS California Water Science Center Iron Mountain, CA: An Extraordinary and Extreme Environment – Hosted by the USGS California Water Science Center 2018/7
As Above Is Below A glimpse into the field of Astrobiology from three experts in the field. Created by Andrew C., Towson University 2017
Water on Mars Launch Unit – Lawrence Hall of Science Science Adviser, UC Berkeley 2014-2015
Mars Through Time’ Professional Development Training Course Lunar and Planetary Institute, contributed to an in-service and pre-service high school science teachers training program with an invited talk about water on mars, 2014 and 2015 2014 & 2015
TEDxUCDavis “Exploring the Final Frontier: Amy Williams at TEDxUCDavis” Invited Talk, UC Davis, 2013 2013
The Road to Mission Science Panelist “The Road to Mission Science: Seminars for students and early career researchers 2022/9/15
Scientific Youth of America, Speaker “Scientific Youth of America 2022/9/24
Girls Excelling in Math and Science / Scientist in Every Florida School 2022/11/7
UF Astronomy & Campus Teaching Observatory – Public Talk for Mars Closest Approach 2022/12/9