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Natalie Starkey

Natalie Starkey

Department of Physical Sciences

Professional biography
Natalie is a Post Doctoral Research Associate in Planetary and Space Sciences at The Open University. Natalie works on analysing small cometary and meteoritic samples with a NanoSIMS, which is a type of mass spectrometer that measures different elements and isotopes. She is studying extraterrestrial samples in order to understand the distribution of silicate and organic reservoirs in the early Solar System. Isotopes can trace the processes acting on these reservoirs over large and small scales in the early Solar System, helping to piece together the history of how the planets and other Solar System bodies formed. Comets also contain organic material which can help us to understand how the initial seeds for life may have been delivered to Earth.

Natalie Starkey's activities

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