Overview

School Roles

Biography

After a BSc. in Physics (Sheffield) I completed a PhD entitled "Development of Techniques of Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry for the Analysis of Xenon from Meteorites" (again, Sheffield, supervisor, Prof. G. Turmer).  I moved to Manchester to take up a postdoctoral research position, and continued working on the same instrument.  In 1994 I was awarded a University Research Fellowship by the Royal Society, and joined the academic staff in 2002.  I developed and still informally run the degree programmes in Geology with Planetary Science.

Social responsibility

As part of our Earth & Solar System outreach team I am happy to give talks on my research and other planetary science topics to interested groups - please contact me at the email address above for engagements after May 2015. Forthcoming lectures and other events include.

• Macclesfield Science Bar, 28th September, 2015.
• "Written in the Stars" at the Godlee Observatory, Manchester - 3rd October, 2015.
• Macclesfield Astronomical Society, 15th December, 2015.

Our research group can also provide speakers and activities for schools and science festivals, and support schools in using the STFC Moon and Meteorite Sample Loan Scheme (we were scientific advisers for the recent production of new support materials).  Please contact me for details.

You may also be interested in our group's "Earth & Solar System" blog...

http://earthandsolarsystem.wordpress.com/

...and Facebook page...

http://www.facebook.com/earthandsolarsystem