Grone Jonathan, Mr.
Center for Space and Habitability, Phase 3 – Domain C – Project 8, Universität Bern
PhD Student
3012 Bern
+41 31 684 34 44
Please give us a personal quote or a quote of a famous person (e.g. of Albert Einstein) that describes you and your life/work. | |
“Nature is never so admired as when she is understood.” – Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle | |
Please describe your job in only one sentence and tell us what the most important goal of this work is. | |
I am working with spectropolarimetry to develop a remote sensing method to detect life beyond Earth. | |
How did you get into this research/work field? | |
I first studied biology and then biological oceanography, before switching fields a bit to get involved in astrobiology. | |
What would be the greatest discovery you would like to see in your life time? | |
The discovery of life beyond Earth, and the accompanying awareness that much more life may be out there. | |
You work for the NCCR PlanetS. What do you think will the NCCR enable you to do you couldn’t do without it? | |
Learning from a wide range of colleagues in a variety of scientific fields. Truly great discoveries can only be made on an interdisciplinary basis. |
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