Evan Sneed (he/him or they/them) is a Ph.D. student and Chancellor’s Distinguished Fellow in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California, Riverside (UCR). They use models to investigate the habitability of terrestrial planets and search for signs of life and technology on other worlds. At UCR, they are a member of the Alternative Earths Astrobiology Center and are advised by Professors Edward Schwieterman and Timothy Lyons. They are also a founding member of the Order of the Octopus, a community for early-career SETI researchers, and an affiliate member of the Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center.

Evan is dedicated to supporting diverse scientific communities. They actively promote STEM within underrepresented populations through outreach initiatives, paper authorship, and mentoring.