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I hold a PhD in Physical Sciences, with 6+ years of experience data mining, analysis, visualisation, and interpretation. I have also contributed to over ten peer reviewed publications that are all data driven and have presented these results at international conferences. My research in terrestrial and exoplanet formation/evolution requires utilising data from the fields of astronomy, geology, chemistry, and materials science. This means I have experience working with a wide-range of, inter-disciplinary, data sets that I have collated together for scientific and non-scientific audiences. My research focuses on designing and performing experiments, analysing samples, inputting data into models I have written and including any literature data, analysing and interpreting results. I am a detail orientated, dependable, independently motivated individual with experience working with a range of highly specialised and conventional computer programs, including MatLab, Python, R, C++, ArcGIS, as well as, being an expert user of the Microsoft Office package. Alongside my experience writing scientific peer reviewed articles, I have guest edited a scientific journal, and aided non-native English speakers in preparing their manuscripts for publication. I also have experience writing grant applications and proof reading documents

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Materials Science & Engineering
• ☆ Inorganic Chemistry
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Data Processing
• ☆ Data Mining
• ☆ Mining
• ☆ Geology
• ☆ Petrology
• ☆ Mineralogy
• ☆ Astronomy
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Work Experience

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

The University of Edinburgh

April 2016 - June 2018

PhD Student

The Open University

September 2012 - May 2016

PhD student

Vrije Universite Amsterdam

September 2012 - May 2016

Exploration Intern

Lunar and Planetary Institute

May 2013 - August 2013

Research Assistant

The University of Leeds

January 2011 - September 2012

Education

PhD

The Open University

September 2012 - May 2016

MSc Geochemistry

The University of Leeds

September 2010 - September 2010

BSc Geological Sciences

The University of Leeds

September 2004 - June 2009

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Potts, N.J., Tartèse, R., Anand, M., van Westrenen, W., Griffiths, A.A., Barrett, T.J., Franchi, I.A.(2016). Characterization of mesostasis regions in lunar basalts: Understanding late-stage melt evolution and its influence on apatite formation . Meteoritics and Planetary Science. 51. (9). p. 1555-1575.

(2015). The effect of pH, grain size, and organic ligands on biotite weathering rates . Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 164. p. 127-145.

(2015). Robotic traverse and sample return strategies for a lunar farside mission to the Schrödinger basin . Advances in Space Research. 55. (4). p. 1241-1254.

(2014). Bacterially mediated removal of phosphorus and cycling of nitrate and sulfate in the waste stream of a "zero-discharge" recirculating mariculture system . Water Research. 56. p. 109-121.