Sara Russell

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Sara Russell
Russell speaks on The Moon Landings & Cosmic Mineralogy in 2012
Born1966 (age 57–58)
Alma mater
Scientific career
Institutions

Sara Samantha Russell (born 1966) is a professor of planetary sciences and leader of the Planetary Materials Group at the

Meteoritical Society and of the Royal Astronomical Society
.

Early life and education

Russell was captivated by the Moon landing as a child.

doctoral thesis in geophysics
in 1993.

Career

Russell completed postdoctoral research at the California Institute of Technology and Smithsonian Institution.[5][6][7] She joined the Natural History Museum in 1998, where she studied protostars and planets.[8] In 2000 she edited the collection Protostars and Planets IV.[9] Russell is leader of the micrometeorite and meteorite collection at the Natural History Museum, London.[10] She has been on three expeditions to Antarctica searching for meteorites.[1][11] She has been awarded the Antarctica Service Medal.[12] She was awarded a Leverhulme Trust grant in 2005.[13] In 2006 she studied the meteorites in the early solar system and the protoplanetary disc.[14]

On behalf of the Natural History Museum, Russell was part of the team which arranged the acquisition of the Ivuna meteorite in 2008.

Apollo Astronauts, finding that the lunar crust did not form from a common source.[22][23]

Russell has studied the origin of water in the inner

5497 Sararussell was named after her. Russell is an advocate for diversity in science.[26]

References

  1. ^ a b The Natural History Museum (2007-07-20), Sara Russell on travelling to Antarctica | Natural History Museum, retrieved 2018-08-10
  2. ^ "Museum Lives Staging | Natural History Museum". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  3. ^ a b c "The Geological Society of London - 2010 Awards: Citations, Replies". www.geolsoc.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
  4. ^ "1998 Mineralogical Society-Schlumberger Medal" (PDF). Mineralogical Society. 1999-01-07. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
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  6. ISBN 9781862391949
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  7. ^ "Meteorite studies". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  8. S2CID 4785221
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  9. ^ "The University of Arizona Press : Protostars and Planets IV". 2017-06-16. Archived from the original on 2017-06-16. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
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  11. ^ a b "Royal Astronomical Society". www.ras.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  12. ISBN 9781108304672
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  13. ^ "The Leverhulme Trust 2005". The Leverhulme Trust. 2005. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
  14. ISBN 9780816525621
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  15. ^ Sample, Ian (2015-09-22). "Meteorite from birth of solar system to go on display". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  16. ^ "The Geological Society of London - NHM buys new meteorite". www.geolsoc.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  17. ISBN 9780565092399. ASIN 0565092391
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  18. ^ "The Geological Society of London - Bigsby Medal". www.geolsoc.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
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  20. ISBN 978-0333750889
  21. ^ Chang, Kenneth (8 February 2012). "Meteorite From Mars Is at Home in London, After a World Tour". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  22. ^ "Meteorites expose Moon surface formation". Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  23. PMID 25114312
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  24. PMID 28416731
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  25. ISBN 9781108418010
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  26. ^ "NASA experts and maggot races in Science Uncovered at the Natural History Museum | Culture24". www.culture24.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
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