Dr. Jody Deming, an oceanographer and astrobiologist at the University of Washington, will be visiting the SCSU Department of Biological and Physical Sciences on Friday, February 25, 2005. She will be speaking to the science faculty as well as talking to several science classes that day. Dr. Deming will speak to students about the field of astrobiology and the graduate programs in engineering and science including astrobiology at the University of Washington.