• Meteorites
• Planetary Science
• Space Exploration Missions
• Cosmochemistry
• Analytical Chemistry
• Origin of Life
• Astrobiology

Research Opportunities - If you are interested in studying extra-terrestrial material and are considering a MSci/PhD (or just to gain some short-term research experiences), please feel free to discuss with me in person or via email.

Appointments

• Lecturer - Royal Holloway University of London, UK (2020-present)
• Visiting Fellow - The Open University, UK (2020-present)
• Postdoctoral Associate - The Open University, UK (2016-20)
• Postdoctoral Fellow - NASA Johnson Space Center, US (2013-16)
• Nature Conservation Officer - Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD), HK (2012-13)
• Postdoctoral Fellow - Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Japan (2011-12)

• PhD in Planetary Science, Imperial College London (2008-11)
• BSc in Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong (2005-08)

• Fellow of NASA Postdoctoral Program
• Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
• Member of the Meteoritical Society
• Member of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life (ISSOL)

Public Engagement and Media

News / articles (selected)

• AccuWeather
• Bastille Post
• CNN
• Daily Mail - (1) (2)
• Europa Press - (1)
• Express (1) (2)
• Hong Kong Economic Times - (1) (2)
• Innovation News Network - (Winchcombe)
• IFL Science - (Winchcombe)
• Motherboard
• MSN.com - (1)
• National Geographic - (1)
• Nature.com - (1) (2)
• Naturalnews.com - (1)
• Newsweek - (1) (2) (3) (4)
• Open Access Government - (Winchcombe)
• Press Association
• Royal Holloway News - (Winchcombe)
• Sci-News.com - (1)
• SciTechDaily - (Winchcombe)
• Space.com
• Space Daily - (1)
• Sky news
• Tech Investor News
• The Conversation - (1) (2)
  
• The Independent - (1)
• TheStandNews
• The Sun - (1) (2)
• The Telegraph - (1)
• Yahoo News - (1)

Radio

• Science Friday
• RCN Radio Columbia
• Graystoke Media with Jess Larsen

TV programme

• ARTE - Life from space - Meteorites
• Ancient Aliens - They Came from the Sea

Links

RHUL ES Departmental Research Page - Click here

The Winchcombe Meteorite - Click here

ResearchGate - Click here

ORCID - Click here

LinkedIn - Click here

Contact

Phone: +44 1784 443896

Office location: Queens Building - QB279

Meteorites are invaluable materials for teaching and research at Royal Holloway.  If you are interested in considering a donation of meteorite samples, I would love to hear from you. Please contact me here.