Gioia Rau

Gioia Rau is an astrophysicist and program scientist at Schmidt Futures. She was previously a research scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Gioia has a Ph.D. in astrophysics from the University of California, Berkeley. She has published numerous papers on exoplanet detection and characterization. Gioia is also a fellow of the American Physical Society. She is known for her work on exoplanet habitability and the search for life beyond Earth. Gioia is a frequent speaker at scientific conferences and has given talks at institutions such as Harvard University and the California Institute of Technology. She is also a member of the American Astronomical Society and the International Astronomical Union.