Robin Wordsworth is the Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering at Harvard University, where he leads the Planetary Climate and Habitability Research Group. His work bridges atmospheric physics, climate modeling, and planetary science to understand how Earth‑like worlds form, evolve, and sustain life. He is internationally recognized for pioneering studies of early Mars, exoplanet atmospheres, and the fundamental processes that govern climate stability across the solar system and beyond. His research has appeared in Nature, Science, PNAS, and leading AGU and AAS journals, shaping modern thinking on planetary habitability. Wordsworth earned his PhD from the University of Oxford and has received major awards including NSF CAREER. He is a frequent advisor to NASA missions and a leading voice in comparative planetology.

2026 CME NASA Symposium Abstract