Noah Randolph-Flagg (方诺然)
Education
2019 Ph.D., Earth & Planetary Science, University of California at Berkeley;
advisor: Michael Manga
2011 B.A., Geology, Carleton College, magna cum laude;
Certificate of Advanced Language Study in Chinese
2006 Harvard Summer Session, Astrobiology and Political Philosophy
Work Experience
2025 - present Assistant Professor, Dept. Earth and Environmental Science, U. Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2023 - 2024 Lecturer, “Environmental Geology”, UC Berkeley, CA
2021- 2024 Scientist, Blue Marble Space at NASA Ames, Mountain View, CA
2019-2021 NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, NASA Ames, Mountain View, CA,
Exobiology, supervisor: Tori Hoehler
2018 Instructor, Planet Earth, Summer Session, UC Berkeley, CA
2013-2016 Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley
Planet Earth (2013)
Structural Geology (2015)
Stratigraphy and Earth History (2016)
2012-2018 Pathways Intern, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Menlo Park, CA
Volcano Hazards, advisor: Shaul Hurwitz, Steve Ingebritsen
2010-2011 Teaching Assistant, Carleton College
Geomorphology (2010)
Environmental Geology (2011)
2009-2011 Hydrologic Technician, Volcano Hazards, USGS, Menlo Park, CA
Awards and Grants
2025-208 NASA Habitable Worlds , Co-I, “Effect of climate on habitability of Martian hot springs”
2023 NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal
2019-2021 NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship, NASA Ames
2017 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley
2015 Outstanding Student Paper Award, talk, 2015 AGU Fall Meeting
2015 NSF East Asia Pacific Summer Research Fellowship, Taiwan
2013-2016 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Hydrology
2011-2012 Fulbright Student Research Fellowship, Hydrology, Xi’an, China
2008 Kolenkow-Reitz Fellowship for Undergraduate Research, Carleton College
Service and Public Outreach
Member of steering committee, Network for Ocean Worlds (NOW) -- NASA Astrobiology Research Coordination Network
Reviewer NASA, GSA Bulletin, Chemical Geology, PEPI, etc.
Featured in PBS's Physics Girl YouTube video on Hawaiian Volcanism. ~7M views
Bishop column research featured in ABC 10 Sacramento, LA Times, Washington Post, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Le Temps (French, Switzerland), Epoch Times (Chinese), Phys.org, The Sheet, Frankfurt General Newspaper (German), and West Hawaii Today.
Graduate Student Representative (2014-2015) UC Berkeley, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Science
Graduate Student Mentor (2012-2015) UC Berkeley New Experiences for Research & Diversity in Science (NERDS)
“NOVA: World’s Deadliest Volcanoes,” PBS NOVA, WGBH Boston, 04 January 2012.
Skills and Interests
English (native), Chinese (conversational)
Experience with Python, R, MATLAB, Julia, Obspy, MSNoise, QGIS, EQ3/6, HYDROTHERM, Ash3D, HYSPLIT
Competitive runner & triathlete.
Recent and Upcoming Conference presentation schedule (*student presenter)
2024 Geological Society of America Fall Meeting (Anaheim)
(talk, Tue) Braised Ignimbrite: Intra-caldera ignimbrite cooling as a mechanism for Li enrichment
2024 Astrobiology Conference (Providence)
(Fisher et al., Mon) Low Gravity on Ocean Worlds Can Help to Sustain Low-to-Moderate Temperature Hydrothermal Circulation
(talk, Weds) Where is sediment on Enceladus and what does it mean for life detection?
(invited talk, Fri) Phosphate availability and implications for life on ocean worlds
(Ely et al., Fri) The Fate of Silica Particles Within the Ocean of Enceladus