Amy J. V. Riches – Planetary Scientist and Geologist, Writer and Editor.
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2022 Summer Meeting: Forming and Exploring Habitable Worlds

FYI – The 5th International Workshop on Highly Siderophile Element Geo- & Cosmochemistry is to be Chaired by Thomas Meisel, with Johanna Irrgeher and I assisting as organising committee, and held in Leoben, Austria.  UPDATE: Likely ~August 2022 and linked with a new lab opening and unveiling of the latest instruments (TIMS and MC-ICP-MS) at the host.

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Research Themes

Research goal: How do habitable (Earth-like) worlds form and evolve? My work is principally concerned with the conditions of formation and evolutionary path that have made Earth habitable. The approach I take informs and draws on the insights gained from the chemistries, mineralogy / petrology,  physical properties, and geologic histories of asteroids, planets (including Earth)…

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