The continuously discovered of new exoplanets leads scientists and public to explore the search for habitability. Will we be able to find a twin of the Earth – a distant world we could safely call "a new home for humankind"? Why is Earth so special and how could scientists search for extra-terrestrial lifeforms?

During the webinar Dr. Vladimir Bozhilov, Head Assistant Professor at the Department of Astronomy, Faculty of Physics at Sofia University, will explore the exciting field of exoplanets and the search for habitability.

The webinar will take place at Scientix online meeting room on 30 October 2017 at 17:00 CET. To Regiter, please fill the online form.

About Dr. Vladimir Bozhilov

Dr. Vladimir Bozhilov who holds a Ph.D. in Astronomy. He is currently Head Assistant Professor at the Department of Astronomy, Faculty of Physics at Sofia University, Bulgaria. His main scientific interests are active galactic nuclei (AGN) – quasars and blazars at high redshift, cosmology, exoplanets and habitability. He is EU Space Awareness dissemination node for Bulgaria.

Besides being an active scientist and a lecturer, Dr. Bozhilov is an active science communicator with more than 100 media appearances on radio and TV and frequent presenter in sci-comm events (like Sofia Science Festival). He won second prize in the FameLab 2010 competition for communicating popular science and first prize in Hall of FameLab International 2014. He is the author of over 60 articles in various Bulgarian popular science magazines and co-author of a popular book on exoplanets and habitability (“Life and Universe”, 2010). Vladimir is also the Editor-in-Chief of Bulgarian “BBC Knowledge” magazine and lecturer at Children's Science Museum “Muzeiko”.