Request for Cooperation in the Field of Astrobiology and Plasma Physics

My name is Stefanie Toth. Following my scientific work at the Fraunhofer Institute for Media Communication, I spent several years at the NASA Ames Research Center (USA), where I introduced students in the field of astrobiology to virtual reality technologies. Please find attached my CV as well as a reference letter from NASA Ames.

From this work, a study on Erwin Schrödinger’s essay “What is Life?” has emerged. In it, I examine how complexity can be used as a possible biosignature in the search for exoplanets – an approach that some researchers already discuss as an indicator of potential habitability.

Building on this, I intend to develop a project proposal together with the experimental plasma physics group in Greifswald. Schrödinger himself did not work on plasma physics, but his reflections on universal principles of order show a remarkable parallel: plasma physics likewise investigates fundamental principles of order and self-organization in the universe. This connection is what I aim to explore further and make applicable to astrobiology.