Prof. Amedeo Balbi was nominated among the scientific experts of the ASI Working Group on Astrobiology. The aim of the Working Group is to define a long-term roadmap to optimize the Italian contribution to international activities and programs (ESA, EU, NASA, etc.) in the next decade of astrobiological research, exploration and discovery.

The Working Group sees the participation of experts from ASI (including the Coordinator, Barbara Negri), from INAF, the University of Tuscia, the University of Bologna, the University of Naples, the University of Rome Tor Vergata and of the CNR.