Dr Natasha Almeida
Curator, Meteorites
Division: ES Mineral and Planetary Sciences Division
Summary
My research focuses on the use of micro-computed tomography in the study of extraterrestrial material, including a variety of meteorites, as well as NASA Apollo samples. I am interested in how this non-destructive technique can be applied to provide new insights into the processes of the early Solar System through 3D imaging in conjunction with scanning electron microscopy and other techniques.
Qualifications
- Ph.D., Natural History Museum & Birkbeck College, London, London, 2013 - 2017
- MA Museum Studies, University College London, United Kingdom, 2011 - 2012
- MSci Planetary Science, University College London, United Kingdom, 2004 - 2008
Degrees
Employment history
Non-academic
Curator, Meteorites, Natural History Museum, Earth Sciences, United Kingdom, 2018 - ongoing
Postdoctoral Researcher, Natural History Museum, Earth Sciences, United Kingdom, 2018 - 2018
Meteorites Curator, Natural History Museum, 2017 - 2018
Curation Assistant, Meteorites, Natural History Museum, 2014 - 2017
Publications
Almeida NV, Schofield PF, Geraki K, Russell SS (2019) RELICT FORSTERITE IN UNEQUILIBRATED ENSTATITE CHONDRITES. METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE 54 :
Krzesińska AM, Almeida NV (2019) Evidence of shock-induced vaporization of matrix to form porosity in Baszkówka, a porous L5 chondrite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 54 (1) : 54 - 71. doi: 10.1111/maps.13190
Allender EJ, Orgel C, Almeida NV, Cook J, Ende JJ, Kamps O, Mazrouei S, Slezak TJ, Soini A-J, Kring DA (2019) Traverses for the ISECG-GER design reference mission for humans on the lunar surface. Advances in Space Research, 63 (1) : 692 - 727. doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2018.08.032
Krzesinska AM, Schofield PF, Smith CL, Salge T, Almeida NV, Russell SS (2017) VOLATILE METAL-BEARING PHASES ASSOCIATED WITH CUMULUS PIGEONITE IN CHASSIGNY - INDICATIONS FOR THE PETROGENESIS. METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE 52 : A184 - A184.
Krzesinska AM, Schofield PF, Smith CL, Salge T, Almeida NV, Russell SS (2017) Volatile Metal-bearing Phases Associated with Cumulus Pigeonite in Chasisgny – Indications for the Petrogenesis. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Soceity, Meteoritics and Planetary Science S1 (52) : Wiley : 6238 - 6238.
Almeida NV, Krzesinska AM, Smith CL, Downes H, Russell SS (2016) A Three-Dimensional Survey of Metal Grain Size Distribution in Ordinary Chondrites: Effects of Metamorphism. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Meteoritics and Planetary Science S1 (51) : Meteoritical Society : 6230 - 6230.
Almeida NV, Smith CL, Sykes D, Downes H, Ahmed F, Russell SS (2015) QUANTIFYING THE DEFORMATION OF LEOVILLE CHONDRULES IN 3D: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE POST-ACCRETIONAL HISTORY OF THE CV3 PARENT BODY. METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE 50 :
Almeida NV, Smith CL, Sykes D, Downes H, Ahmed F, Russell SS (2014) FINDING "PEBBLES" IN BARWELL WITH X-RAY MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (mu CT). METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE 49 : A15 - A15.
Almeida NV, Smith CL, Sykes D, Downes H, Ahmed F, Russell SS (2014) LOCATING POROSITY IN CHONDRITES WITH X-RAY MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (mu CT). METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE 49 : A16 - A16.
Smith CL, Sykes D, Almeida N, Ahmed F (2013) X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY OF MARTIAN METEORITES - CURRENT AND FUTURE RESEARCH/CURATION APPLICATIONS. METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE 48 : A321 - A321.
Almeida NV, Downes H, Smith CL, Greenwood RC, Hellmann JL, Kleine T, Franchi IA, Russell SS (2017) IGNEOUS INCLUSIONS IN THE BARWELL L6 CHONDRITE. METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE 52 : A3 - A3.
Supervision
Doctorate (PhD) Adviser to zenie L
Co supervisor(s): Schofield P
The Evolution of Material in the Inner Solar System: Elucidating the History of Enstatite Chondrites.
Funding: STFC
1/10/2019 - on going.
Invited and keynote speaker
On the use of X-ray μ-CT for curation and conservation of cultural heritage artefacts, ToScA North America Symposium 2019: University of Florida, 6/3/2019.