Planetary Scientist. Geologist. Explorer.

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About me

I am a planetary geologist at Imperial College London, where I am a lecturer and UK Space Agency Research Fellow. I am interested in planetary surface processes, and most of my research concerns ancient and modern geological environments on Mars. I am also interested in arid environments on Earth and how climate change is effecting them. I am a Partcipiating Scientist on NASA’s Curiosity rover mission, part of ESA’s TGO-CaSSIS and ExoMars PanCam science teams, as well as part of the HiRISE science team on MRO. I have been involved in the characterisation of martian landing sites for both the ExoMars and Perseverance rovers. I previously undertook a PDRA at the Natural History Museum, London, and completed both my PhD in planetary geology and my MSci in geology at University College London.