Researchers in CLEE work to answer questions such as: "Where and how did life originate?" "What are the biological and chemical mechanisms needed for survival?" "How will life function under future planetary extremes?"
Mission Statement
The Center for Life in Extreme Environments, or CLEE, seeks to foster transformative, interdisciplinary research to advance our understanding of the boundaries of life and to identify mechanisms for survival in future planetary extremes.
In CLEE, we build actionable pathways to:
- Conduct high quality, innovative, multidisciplinary science at the forefront of international research.
- Train the next generation of scientists though interdisciplinary coursework and research experiences.
- Forge interdisciplinary partnerships with industry, academic, government and non-profit collaborators from arts, humanities, biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and engineering.
- Translate revolutionary research to broader scientific and non-scientific community through interactive, engaging outreach activities.