DrMatthewGenge

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Earth Science & Engineering

Senior Lecturer in Earth and Planetary Science

Contact

+44 (0)20 7594 6499m.genge

Location

1.45Royal School of MinesSouth Kensington Campus

Summary

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

Publications

Journals

Jenkins LEE, Lee MRR, Daly L, et al.Jenkins LEE, Lee MRR, Daly L, King AJJ, Floyd CJJ, Martin P-E, Almeida NVV, Genge MJJ close, 2023, Winchcombe: An example of rapid terrestrial alteration of a CM chondrite, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ISSN:1086-9379

Genge MJ, Alesbrook L, Almeida NV, et al.Genge MJ, Alesbrook L, Almeida NV, Bates HC, Bland PA, Boyd MR, Burchell MJ, Collins GS, Cornwell LT, Daly L, Devillepoix HAR, van Ginneken M, Greshake A, Hallatt D, Hamann C, Hecht L, Jenkins LE, Johnson D, Jones R, King AJ, Mansour H, McMullan S, Mitchell JT, Rollinson G, Russell SS, Schroeder C, Stephen NR, Suttle MD, Tandy JD, Trimby P, Sansom EK, Spathis V, Willcocks FM, Wozniakiewicz PJ close, 2023, The fusion crust of the Winchcombe meteorite: A preserved record of atmospheric entry processes, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ISSN:1086-9379

Guillaume L, Laurent V, Genge MJ, 2023, Immersive and interactive three-dimensional virtual fieldwork: Assessing the student learning experience and value to improve inclusivity of geosciences degrees, Journal of Geoscience Education, ISSN:1089-9995

Suttle MD, Daly L, Jones RH, et al.Suttle MD, Daly L, Jones RH, Jenkins L, Van Ginneken M, Mitchell JT, Bridges JC, Hicks LJ, Johnson D, Rollinson G, Taylor R, Genge MJ, Schroder C, Trimby P, Mansour H, Piazolo S, Bonsall E, Salge T, Heard R, Findlay R, King AJ, Bates HC, Lee MR, Stephen NR, Willcocks FM, Greenwood RC, Franchi IA, Russell SS, Harrison CS, Schofield PF, Almeida N, Floyd C, Martin P-E, Joy KH, Wozniakiewicz PJ, Hallatt D, Burchell MJ, Alesbrook LS, Spathis V, Cornwell LT, Dignam A close, 2022, The Winchcombe meteorite-A regolith breccia from a rubble pile CM chondrite asteroid, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ISSN:1086-9379

King AJ, Daly L, Rowe J, et al.King AJ, Daly L, Rowe J, Joy KH, Greenwood RC, Devillepoix HAR, Suttle MD, Chan QHS, Russell SS, Bates HC, Bryson JFJ, Clay PL, Vida D, Lee MR, O'Brien Á, Hallis LJ, Stephen NR, Tartèse R, Sansom EK, Towner MC, Cupak M, Shober PM, Bland PA, Findlay R, Franchi IA, Verchovsky AB, Abernethy FAJ, Grady MM, Floyd CJ, Van Ginneken M, Bridges J, Hicks LJ, Jones RH, Mitchell JT, Genge MJ, Jenkins L, Martin P-E, Sephton MA, Watson JS, Salge T, Shirley KA, Curtis RJ, Warren TJ, Bowles NE, Stuart FM, Di Nicola L, Györe D, Boyce AJ, Shaw KMM, Elliott T, Steele RCJ, Povinec P, Laubenstein M, Sanderson D, Cresswell A, Jull AJT, Sýkora I, Sridhar S, Harrison RJ, Willcocks FM, Harrison CS, Hallatt D, Wozniakiewicz PJ, Burchell MJ, Alesbrook LS, Dignam A, Almeida NV, Smith CL, Clark B, Humphreys-Williams ER, Schofield PF, Cornwell LT, Spathis V, Morgan GH, Perkins MJ, Kacerek R, Campbell-Burns P, Colas F, Zanda B, Vernazza P, Bouley S, Jeanne S, Hankey M, Collins GS, Young JS, Shaw C, Horak J, Jones D, James N, Bosley S, Shuttleworth A, Dickinson P, McMullan I, Robson D, Smedley ARD, Stanley B, Bassom R, McIntyre M, Suttle AA, Fleet R, Bastiaens L, Ihász MB, McMullan S, Boazman SJ, Dickeson ZI, Grindrod PM, Pickersgill AE, Weir CJ, Suttle FM, Farrelly S, Spencer I, Naqvi S, Mayne B, Skilton D, Kirk D, Mounsey A, Mounsey SE, Mounsey S, Godfrey P, Bond L, Bond V, Wilcock C, Wilcock H, Wilcock R close, 2022, The Winchcombe meteorite, a unique and pristine witness from the outer solar system., Science of Advanced Materials, Vol:8, ISSN:1947-2935, Pages:1-17

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