Queenie Hoi Shan Chan

Queenie Hoi Shan Chan

Dr

  • TW20 0EX

Personal profile

Research interests

  • 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.

Personal profile

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)

Educational background

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

Affiliations

  • 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)

Radio

TV programme

 

Links

RHUL ES Departmental Research Page - Click here

The Winchcombe Meteorite - Click here

ResearchGate - Click here

ORCID - Click here

LinkedIn - Click here

UK Cosmochemical Analysis Network - 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.

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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 14 - Life Below Water

Education/Academic qualification

Planetary Science, PhD, Imperial College London

Earth Sciences, BSc, The University of Hong Kong

External positions

Visiting Fellow, Open University

13 Jan 2020 → …

Keywords

  • Space & planetary sciences
  • Geology
  • Analytical chemistry
  • Geochemistry

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

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  • Formation and evolution of carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu: Direct evidence from returned samples

    Nakamura, T., Matsumoto, M., Amano, K., Enokido, Y., Zolensky, M. E., Mikouchi, T., Genda, H., Tanaka, S., Zolotov, M. Y., Kurosawa, K., Wakita, S., Hyodo, R., Nagano, H., Nakashima, D., Takahashi, Y., Fujioka, Y., Kikuiri, M., Kagawa, E., Matsuoka, M., Brearley, A. J., & 201 othersTsuchiyama, A., Uesugi, M., Matsuno, J., Kimura, Y., Sato, M., Milliken, R. E., Tatsumi, E., Sugita, S., Hiroi, T., Kitazato, K., Brownlee, D., Joswiak, D. J., Takahashi, M., Ninomiya, K., Takahashi, T., Osawa, T., Terada, K., Brenker, F. E., Tkalcec, B. J., Vincze, L., Brunetto, R., Aléon-Toppani, A., Chan, Q. H. S., Roskosz, M., Viennet, J-C., Beck, P., Alp, E. E., Michikami, T., Nagaashi, Y., Tsuji, T., Ino, Y., Martinez, J., Han, J., Dolocan, A., Bodnar, R. J., Tanaka, M., Yoshida, H., Sugiyama, K., King, A. J., Fukushi, K., Suga, H., Yamashita, S., Kawai, T., Inoue, K., Nakato, A., Noguchi, T., Vilas, F., Hendrix, A. R., Jaramillo-Correa, C., Domingue, D. L., Dominguez, G., Gainsforth, Z., Engrand, C., Duprat, J., Russell, S. S., Bonato, E., Ma, C., Kawamoto, T., Wada, T., Watanabe, S., Endo, R., Enju, S., Riu, L., Rubino, S., Tack, P., Takeshita, S., Takeichi, Y., Takeuchi, A., Takigawa, A., Takir, D., Tanigaki, T., Taniguchi, A., Tsukamoto, K., Yagi, T., Yamada, S., Yamamoto, K., Yamashita, Y., Yasutake, M., Uesugi, K., Umegaki, I., Chiu, I., Ishizaki, T., Okumura, S., Palomba, E., Pilorget, C., Potin, S. M., Alasli, A., Anada, S., Araki, Y., Sakatani, N., Schultz, C., Sekizawa, O., Sitzman, S. D., Sugiura, K., Sun, M., Dartois, E., Pauw, E. D., Dionnet, Z., Djouadi, Z., Falkenberg, G., Fujita, R., Fukuma, T., Gearba, I. R., Hagiya, K., Hu, M. Y., Kato, T., Kawamura, T., Kimura, M., Kubo, M. K., Langenhorst, F., Lantz, C., Lavina, B., Lindner, M., Zhao, J., Vekemans, B., Baklouti, D., Bazi, B., Borondics, F., Nagasawa, S., Nishiyama, G., Nitta, K., Mathurin, J., Matsumoto, T., Mitsukawa, I., Miura, H., Miyake, A., Miyake, Y., Yurimoto, H., Okazaki, R., Yabuta, H., Naraoka, H., Sakamoto, K., Tachibana, S., Connolly, H. C., Lauretta, D. S., Yoshitake, M., Yoshikawa, M., Yoshikawa, K., Yoshihara, K., Yokota, Y., Yogata, K., Yano, H., Yamamoto, Y., Yamamoto, D., Yamada, M., Yamada, T., Yada, T., Wada, K., Usui, T., Tsukizaki, R., Terui, F., Takeuchi, H., Takei, Y., Iwamae, A., Soejima, H., Shirai, K., Shimaki, Y., Senshu, H., Sawada, H., Saiki, T., Ozaki, M., Ono, G., Okada, T., Ogawa, N., Ogawa, K., Noguchi, R., Noda, H., Nishimura, M., Namiki, N., Nakazawa, S., Morota, T., Miyazaki, A., Miura, A., Mimasu, Y., Matsumoto, K., Kumagai, K., Kouyama, T., Kikuchi, S., Kawahara, K., Kameda, S., Iwata, T., Ishihara, Y., Ishiguro, M., Ikeda, H., Hosoda, S., Honda, R., Honda, C., Hitomi, Y., Hirata, N., Hirata, N., Hayashi, T., Hayakawa, M., Hatakeda, K., Furuya, S., Fukai, R., Fujii, A., Cho, Y., Arakawa, M., Abe, M., Watanabe, S. & Tsuda, Y., 24 Feb 2023, In: Science. 379, 6634, eabn8671.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  • Insoluble macromolecular organic matter in the Winchcombe meteorite

    Sephton, M., Chan, Q. H. S., Watson, J., Burchell, M., Spathis, V., Grady, M. M., Verchovsky, A., Abernethy, F. & Franchi, I., 17 Feb 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Meteoritics & planetary science.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

    Open Access
  • Multiscale Evidence for Weathering and the Preservation of Carbonaceous Material in an Antarctic Micrometeorite

    Boyd, M., Cartwright, J. A., Singh, J., Bagot, P. A. J., Bays, C., Chan, Q. H. S., Genge, M. & Moody, M., 28 Aug 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterpeer-review

    Open Access
  • Seeing Bennu through the eyes of OSIRIS-REx

    Chan, Q. H. S., 22 Sept 2023, In: Nature Astronomy. 7, p. 1145-1146 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

    Open Access
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  • The amino acid and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compositions of the promptly recovered CM2 Winchcombe carbonaceous chondrite

    Chan, Q. H. S., Watson, J., Sephton, M. A., O'Brien, Á. & Hallis, L., 9 Jan 2023, In: Meteoritics & planetary science.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

    Open Access