Jan Špaček

Jan Špaček (born 16 June 1986) is a Czech molecular biologist, analytical chemist and astrobiologist. He is based in Florida, United States and is a senior research scientist at the Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution (FfAME) and the founder and CEO of the Agnostic Life Finding Association Inc. His work focuses on life detection technologies, planetary chemistry, and the development of instrumentation for space missions. Špaček is known for proposing an Organic Carbon Cycle in the atmosphere of Venus and for inventing the Agnostic Life Finder (ALF) instrument to screen Martian water for known or alien genetic polymers. Provided by Wikipedia