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My research focuses on the origin and evolution of the early solar system, primarily through the detailed investigation of the chemical and isotopic composition of meteorites, interplanetary dust particles and other materials returned by space missions using a range of advanced analytical techniques.
Key methods include the development and application of mass spectrometry for high precision oxygen isotope measurements and NanoSIMS (a secondary ionisation mass spectrometer with nano-metric spatial resolution for chemical and isotopic measurements on samples in situ with a spatial resolution down to <100 nm).
Acquisition of new samples is an important aspect to help address new science questions, and throughout my career I have sought to enhance the materials available to both my own research and the wider community through sample collection programmes, collaboration with many colleagues around the world and involvement in sample return space missions, including playing a leading role in developing proposals for asteroid sample return missions.
My current focus is on the study of samples of primitive asteroidal material returned by the JAXA Hayabusa2 and NASA OSIRIS-REx missions.
