Meet the people who make up STEM Faculty.
Dr Peter Fawdon is a research fellow at the Open University, currently funded by the European Space agency and previously supported by the UK Space Agency.
Peter has worked at the Open University since 2011, as a PhD student studying the volcanology of large igneous provinces on Mars, and in two Post doc positions working on landing site selection for the ExoMars mission.
He is a planetary geologist using remote sensing and GIS techniques to explore planetary surfaces. Motivated to understand how the world came to be the way it is he uses the record left behind by volcanoes, rivers, lakes and impact craters to investigate the geological history of ancient Mars.
Currently Peters work involves investigating the geological context of places on Mars that where most likely to be habitable in its ancient past. Peter is currently leading the geological characterisation of Oxia Planum, the landing site for the ExoMars 2022 rover, making the maps to help identify where to drill to find evidence of life.
