Karin Öberg is the Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences at Harvard University, where she teaches courses in astronomy, and on Catholic thought. Her scholarship in astrochemistry, on the chemistry of planet formation, has been recognized with numerous awards, most recently the Harnack Lectureship from the Max Planck Society, and the Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement by the American Academy of Sciences and Letters. She is Board Member of the Society of Catholic Scientists, the vice-Chair of the Board of the Pontifical University of Thomas Aquinas (the Angelicum), a member of the American Academy of Catholic Scholars and Artists, and a frequent public speaker on the relationship between science and faith.