Nov 17, 2017
Joining me today is Dr Rafael Alves-Batista. Rafael is a
post-doctoral research associate at the University of Oxford. He
received his Bachelor’s Degree and his Masters’ at the State
University of Campinas in Brazil, moved to Hamburg, Germany for his
PhD which he received in 2015, and then onto Oxford for his
postdoctoral position. And, last year, he supervised my Masters’
project, looking into the origin of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays:
so I can attest to his genius first-hand!
In this second part of the interview, we talk about his famous
paper - The Resilience of Life to Astrophysical Events, which
describes how likely it is for events in the Universe to destroy
*all life* on Earth. We also talk about the potential for
discovering life on other planets, some fascinating missions that
are planning to do just that, and the possibility that the Universe
was "Fine-Tuned" to allow human life to exist.
For more information you can follow Rafa over at @8rafael, or visit
his website at www.8rafael.com
where you can read his scientific papers and see the other popular
media he's taken part in.