Virtual school registration
Teachers of the year
Planetary Science; Cosmochemistry; Meteoritics; Astrobiology; Organic geochemistry
I am a planetary scientist and also a senior lecturer at Royal Holloway University of London. My research aims at understanding the earliest chemical reactions involving liquid water in the solar system, and how these processes turned life’s simple building blocks into increasingly complex molecules that ultimately yielded life. My work focuses on astromaterials–meteorites, micrometeorites and interplanetary dust particles–which are derived from carbonaceous asteroids that accreted organic and volatile components at the birth of our solar system. I lead coordinated international efforts to characterise the abundance, distribution, and isotopic signatures of extraterrestrial organic compounds and water, with the use of cutting-edge technology with extreme precision and sensitivity, including the synchrotron light source. Being a member of the UK Fireball Alliance, we aim to recover freshly-fallen meteorites, an example of this is the recent recovery of the Winchcombe meteorite. I lead a consortium of the UK’s leading specialists in evaluating its primitive organic composition. I was on the science team for JAXA’s Hayabusa2 mission, which returned pristine samples from a carbonaceous asteroid–Ryugu. Our team addresses the role of asteroidal processes in the evolution of Ryugu with a focus on its mineralogy.
EDI Lead of Department of Earth Sciences – Royal Holloway, University of London Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK
queenie.chan@rhul.ac.uk
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This is the registration page for the virtual edition of the RED Training School (June 2nd – 8th, 2026). This online Training School will feature recorded lectures from the current year’s in-person RED event. Each streamed lecture will be followed by a live Q&A session with the speaker. Throughout the week, attendees will have the chance to network with students from all around the world, connect with the lecturers, present their PhD topics (optional), and share and discuss research across disciplines. All lectures will be conducted in English.
Once your registration has been validated, you will get the login to access the interface for this virtual school.
Participants who watch the whole lecture series and succeed in short quizzes about it will receive a certificate of attendance. Live animations and Q&A sessions will be organized at CEST (UTC + 2), but you can watch the lectures and replays of the Q&A session at your convenience in your time zone.
Registrations are open until May 26th, 1 PM CEST (UTC +2).
The registration form is located under the Lecturers presentation. Go to registration form