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Richard D. Ash

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Education:

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• Ph.D. (1990) Open University, United Kingdom (Cosmochemistry)
  “Interstellar Dust from Primitive Meteorites: A Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Study”
  

• BSc (1986) Queen Mary College, University of London. United Kingdom (Geochemistry)

Employment:

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• 2002 - Faculty Research Assistant, Plasma Laboratory Manager,
  University of Maryland.

• 2001 - 2002 Associate Researcher, UCLA.

• Design and construction of laser ablation oxygen isotope facility

• 1999 - 2001 Research Fellow, University of Oxford.

• Nano-analysis of oxygen and magnesium isotopes in meteorites

• 1996 – 1999 Research Fellow, Smithsonian Institution/Carnegie Institution of Washington.

• Micro-analysis of oxygen isotopes in extraterrestrial materials

• 1995 – 1996 Kalbfleisch Research Fellow, American Museum of Natural History.

• I-Xe chronology of enstatite chondrites

• 1992 – 1995 Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Manchester.

• The chronology of Mars and the early Solar System using Ar-Ar and I-Xe dating.

• 1990 - 1992 Post-doctoral Research Associate, Open University.

• The cosmochemistry of carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen.

• 1987 – 1991 Demonstrator and Senior Demonstrator, Open University

• Summer School: Science (S101) and Geology (S236)

Professional Affiliations:

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• Member of the Meteoritical Society

• Member of the Geological Society of Washington

• Member of the Geochemical Society

• Member of the European Association of Geochemistry

Professional and Public Activities:

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• Committee for the planning of the Hall of Planet Earth ( American Museum of Natural History)

• Liaison Committee for the Hall of Planet Earth/Hall of the Universe (Hayden Planetarium)

• Martian Meteorite Working Group

• Stephen E. Dwornik Prize Award Committee, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference

• Interviews and commentary on “Life on Mars” coverage for CNN, CNN International, CBS, NBC, C-NBC, FoxTV, New York News, Channel 11, Los Angeles Times.

• Interviews about dating Martian meteorites: Daily Telegraph, The Times, Toronto Globe and Mail, San José Mercury News, Sky and Telescope. Radio interview for the BBC World Service.

• Interview on dangers of meteorite impacts for Central TV news.