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Post Doc at #MDRUubc. Loves minerals and x-rays, possibly too much. Scientist, aikidoka and occasional wanderer.

Melbourne, Victoria
Joined January 2017
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Paper on ultramafic mine tailings as a sink for carbon dioxide accepted; nice work @GeoloJess_ along with @_sashawilson_ @DrBreeMorgan @ConnorTurvey @jen_mccutcheon
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My first paper as first author is up! Thanks @_sashawilson_, @earthgirl_, and Gord. minsocam.org/MSA/AmMin/TOC/2…
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Watching magma crystallise under an optical microscope in XPL. Dendrites growing in molten sulphur. Inspiring stuff #ThinSectionThursday
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Note to self, get better at patching tire tubes. #Failure
Final version of Ottery paper now online! Check it out here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1Uig~… @The_Jow @HoorayForRocks @ConnorTurvey
This salt lake is right near the centre of melbourne. It is pink due to an algal bloom making a red pigment. Nice! (image @ParksVictoria)
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This afternoon I shall be trying to find the structure of this...A lovely As efflourescence from @_sashawilson_
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Apropos of nothing in particular, enjoy this photo of the guts of Curiosity. Just a few wires and electronics boxes packed in there.
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Found a cool article from @abcnews looking at the minerals of the anthropocene. abc.net.au/news/2017-03-02/h…
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Taking a break from research to help the first years during O week
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I added a video to a @YouTube playlist youtu.be/J3BpOKzEdMI?a An Object at Rest - Animated Short
Talk on the carbonation of mine tailings given, time to enjoy the rest of #AXAA2017
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46 years ago #today, Edgar Mitchell & Alan Shepard Jr were doing geology on the moon. hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a14/images1… #Apollo
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Scientists hope wetland carbon storage experiment is everyone's cup of tea d.gu.com/NGlQc1
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Well this just seems fascinating, completely out of my area of expertise though. sciencealert.com/new-organis…
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#PostItNoteScience for my PhD. Trying to quantify the amount of carbon dioxide which we can trap in mine tailings.