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'''Charles Seaton Cockell''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRSE}} (born 21 May 1967) is a British [[astrobiology|astrobiologist]] who is the current professor of astrobiology in the [[University of Edinburgh School of Physics and Astronomy|School of Physics and Astronomy]] at the [[University of Edinburgh]] and Director of the UK Centre for Astrobiology.<ref>http://www.astrobiology.ac.uk</ref> <ref>https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/ast.2017.1713</ref>. He was previously the Professor of [[Geomicrobiology]] with the [[Open University]] and a microbiologist with the [[British Antarctic Survey]], Cambridge, UK. His scientific interests have focused on [[astrobiology]], [[geomicrobiology]] and life in extreme environments. He has published over 300 scientific papers and books in these areas <ref>http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/people/charles-cockell</ref>. He has contributed to plans for the human [[exploration of Mars]].<ref>Oliver Morton. 2002. Mapping Mars. Harper Collins</ref><ref>Robert Zubrin. 2003. Mars on Earth: The adventures of space pioneers in the high arctic. Penguin</ref> For example, he led the design study [[Project Boreas]], which planned and designed a research station for the Martian polar ice caps.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-n343rNQdo</ref><ref>http://www.bis-space.com/what-we-do/projects/project-boreas</ref><ref>Baxter, S. 2008. Project Boreas: A Base at the Martian North Pole. Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 2008</ref><ref>http://365daysofastronomy.org/2011/06/22/june-22nd-a-research-station-on-mars-the-boreas-project-part-i/</ref> He was the first Chair of the [[Astrobiology Society of Britain]].