Dr Helena Bates
Postdoctoral Researcher UKRI FLF Project
ORCID: 0000-0002-0469-9483
Department: Earth Sciences
Division: ES Economic and Environmental Earth Sciences
Summary
I am unravelling the history of an unusual group of carbonaceous chondrite meteorites that are believed to be similar to a certain group of water bearing asteroids; two of which are the targets of a JAXA sample return mission and a NASA sample return mission, Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx. I want to compare the meteorites we have here on Earth to these asteroids in order to say something about asteroid evolution.
Qualifications
Degrees
- MSci Geophysics, Imperial College London, UK, 2012 - 2016
- DPhil, Oxford University, UK, 2016 - 2020
Academic
- Interim meteorite curator, Natural History Museum, United Kingdom, 2021 - 2021