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Kenneth Nealson

Wrigley Chair in Environmental Studies and Professor of Earth Sciences and Biological Sciences, USC Dornslife

Kenneth Nealson is the Wrigley Chair in Environmental Studies and Professor of Earth Sciences and Biological Sciences at USC Dornslife. Previously, he held the position of Director of the Center for Life Detection at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).