Research Associate, Curtin University
I completed my MSci in Geophysics at Imperial College, London and completed my PhD. with the Desert Fireball Network team in Perth, Australia. I am now a postdoctoral researcher at Curtin and am the project manager of the DFN, and now Global Fireball Observatory.
I am an avid supporter of inspiring the next generation in the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) as a female role model.
I have participated in radio and TV broadcasts and am looking to start participating in the Conversation.
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NASA smacked a spacecraft into an asteroid – and learned details about its 12-million-year history
Jul 31, 2024 12:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
NASAs DART mission Double Asteroid Redirection Test was humanitys first real-world planetary defence mission. In September 2022, the DART spacecraft smashed into the companion moon of a small asteroid 11 million...