# Carol Cleland **Entity class:** Person **Domain:** philosopher of science and astrobiologist ## Definition **Carol Cleland** is a philosopher of science and astrobiologist. At ICE, joined Robert Hazen and Marcelo Gleiser for What Is Life?. ## Projects, contributions, and institutional alignments University of Colorado Boulder scholar and SETI Institute affiliate known for work on definitions of life, biosignatures, shadow biospheres, origins, and how scientists detect unfamiliar life without circular definitions. ## Relationships - **ICE role:** [[wiki/Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement|Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement]]. - **wider alignments:** University of Colorado Boulder, [[wiki/SETI Institute|SETI Institute]], astrobiology, origins, and biosignatures. - **disambiguation route:** [[wiki/ICE|ICE disambiguation]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [Institutional or primary profile](https://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/people/faculty/carol-cleland) - [ICE archive](https://www.ice.dartmouth.edu/)