From Suns to Life: A Chronological Approach to the History of Life on Earth

Jacques Reisse: Professor of organic chemistry and physical chemistry- Université Libre de BruxellesMember of the Royal Academy of BelgiumResearch activity: stereochemistry, study of intermolecular interactions in liquid phase, nuclear magnetic resonance, cosmochemistry, sonochemistryAntonio Lazcano, Professor at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in Mexico City.President of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of LifeResearch activity: origin and early evolution of life He is the author of The Origin of Life, which has become a bestseller with over 600 thousand copies sold. He is considered the foremost promoter of evolutionary biology and the study of the origins of life in Latin America. He has been member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Molecular Evolution, Nanobiology, Revista Latinoamericana de Microbiologia, and Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere.

• From the Arrow of Time to the Arrow of Life.- Dating Methods and Corresponding Chronometers in Astrobiology.- Solar System Formation and Early Evolution: the First 100 Million Years.- Building of a Habitable Planet.- Prebiotic Chemistry — Biochemistry — Emergence of Life (4.4-2 Ga).- Environmental Context.- Ancient Fossil Record and Early Evolution (ca. 3.8 to 0.5 Ga).- A Synthetic Interdisciplinary “Chronological Frieze”: an Attempt.- Life On Earth... And Elsewhere?.