Rhian Jones
Rhian H. Jones (born 1960)[1] is a British planetary scientist whose research focuses on chondrites and the evidence they provide on how the Solar System formed. She is Reader in Isotope Geo- and Cosmochemistry in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Manchester.[2]
Education and career[edit]
Jones read chemistry at the University of Oxford, earning a bachelor's degree there in 1983. She completed a PhD in geology at the University of Manchester in 1986.[3]
She went to the University of New Mexico for postdoctoral research, beginning her lifelong work on meteorites, and remained at the university as a faculty member for many years,[2] also becoming curator of meteorites for the university's Institute of Meteoritics.[4] In 2015, she retired from the University of New Mexico as a professor emerita,[5][6] and returned to the University of Manchester as a reader.[2]
Recognition[edit]
Jones is the 2023 winner of the Price Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, "in recognition of her outstanding contributions in a series of closely-linked investigations using chondritic meteorites to understand the composition and formation of the first planetary bodies in the Solar System".[7]
Asteroid 5366 Rhianjones is named for her.[1][7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b 5366 Rhianjones, JPL, accessed 2023-02-12
- ^ a b c "In conversation with Dr Rhian Jones – Reader in Isotope Geo and Cosmochemistry", Meet the department, Manchester Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 15 July 2019, retrieved 2023-02-12
- ^ "Rhian Jones", ORCiD, retrieved 2023-02-12
- ^ "Meteorite changes their lives", Tampa Bay Times, 13 October 2003, retrieved 2023-02-12
- ^ "Rhian Jones", Research Profiles, University of Manchester, retrieved 2023-02-12
- ^ "Faculty emeritus and emerita", People, University of New Mexico Earth and Planetary Science, retrieved 2023-02-12
- ^ a b The 2023 Price Medal is awarded to Dr Rhian Jones (PDF), Royal Astronomical Society, retrieved 2023-02-12
External links[edit]
- Rhian Jones publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Rhian Jones on AstroGen
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