DrMatthew Genge
Associate Professor in Earth and Planetary Science
Department of Earth Science & Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
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- Associate Professor in Earth and Planetary ScienceDepartment of Earth Science & Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
- 020 7594 6499 (Work)
- 1.45, Royal School of Mines, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom
BIO
Research Interests
Research interests focus on meteoritics and planetary science and terrestrial igneous petrology.
The nature of micrometeorites and meteorites
The formation of planetary systems
Impact processes and rocks
The origins of life on Earth
Astrobiology and Mars
The nature of metal-bearing basalts
Carbonatite magmatism
Planetary research is conducted as part of IARC
Biography
Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London 2002-present
PDRA, Meteorites Division, Natural History Museum 1994-2002
PhD, Geological Sciences, University College London 1989-1993
BSc, Geology, RSM, Imperial College, 1987-1989
Recent Measures of Esteem
2009 Imperial College Teaching Fellowship for Innovation.
2009 Imperial College Teaching Excellence Award
2009 Faculty of Engineering Award for Teaching Excellence
2009 Rectors Medal for Teaching
2009 Rector's Fellowship for Innovation in Teaching
2007 Invited lecture at Meteoroids, Barcelona
2006 US Antarctic Service Medal
2006 Asteroid named in honour of Matt Genge by the International Astronomical Union
2004 First UK member of the NASA CAPTEM Committee of Cosmic Dust
2004 NASA Stardust mission preliminary investigation team
2003 Dorothy Hodgkin Award, British Association for Science for excellence in science communication
Positions
Member of the cosmic dust subcommittee of NASA CAPTEM.
Advisor to the UK Government''s Near Earth Objects Information Centre.
Member of the NASA STARDUST mission preliminary examination team.
Webmaster of the Meteoritical Society.
Invited Lectures and Presentations
Oslo Natural History Museum, 2015
Univ Bergen, 2015
London Lecture Series, "Geology in Space", Geological Society of London.
Invited Lecture, Meteoroids 2007, Barcelona, Spain
Science communication articles
Author of 27 feature articles within the UK national papers and New Scientist. Recent articles include:
The sound of shooting stars. The Guardian, October 23 2003
Nature’s stopwatch. The Guardian, March 27 2003
Rock of ages. The Guardian, January 09 2003
Where there’s muck there’s grass. The Guardian, December 19 2002
Illumination is the key. The Guardian, November 14 2002
Quaking at the knees. The Guardian, September 19 2002
Research interests focus on meteoritics and planetary science and terrestrial igneous petrology.
The nature of micrometeorites and meteorites
The formation of planetary systems
Impact processes and rocks
The origins of life on Earth
Astrobiology and Mars
The nature of metal-bearing basalts
Carbonatite magmatism
Planetary research is conducted as part of IARC
Biography
Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London 2002-present
PDRA, Meteorites Division, Natural History Museum 1994-2002
PhD, Geological Sciences, University College London 1989-1993
BSc, Geology, RSM, Imperial College, 1987-1989
Recent Measures of Esteem
2009 Imperial College Teaching Fellowship for Innovation.
2009 Imperial College Teaching Excellence Award
2009 Faculty of Engineering Award for Teaching Excellence
2009 Rectors Medal for Teaching
2009 Rector's Fellowship for Innovation in Teaching
2007 Invited lecture at Meteoroids, Barcelona
2006 US Antarctic Service Medal
2006 Asteroid named in honour of Matt Genge by the International Astronomical Union
2004 First UK member of the NASA CAPTEM Committee of Cosmic Dust
2004 NASA Stardust mission preliminary investigation team
2003 Dorothy Hodgkin Award, British Association for Science for excellence in science communication
Positions
Member of the cosmic dust subcommittee of NASA CAPTEM.
Advisor to the UK Government''s Near Earth Objects Information Centre.
Member of the NASA STARDUST mission preliminary examination team.
Webmaster of the Meteoritical Society.
Invited Lectures and Presentations
Oslo Natural History Museum, 2015
Univ Bergen, 2015
London Lecture Series, "Geology in Space", Geological Society of London.
Invited Lecture, Meteoroids 2007, Barcelona, Spain
Science communication articles
Author of 27 feature articles within the UK national papers and New Scientist. Recent articles include:
The sound of shooting stars. The Guardian, October 23 2003
Nature’s stopwatch. The Guardian, March 27 2003
Rock of ages. The Guardian, January 09 2003
Where there’s muck there’s grass. The Guardian, December 19 2002
Illumination is the key. The Guardian, November 14 2002
Quaking at the knees. The Guardian, September 19 2002
FACULTY
- Faculty of Engineering
POSITION NAME
- Associate Professor in Earth and Planetary Science