Helen Brand
Dr Helen Brand
Science Operations Manager, ANSTO Australian Synchrotron
Helen is a planetary scientist who studies how minerals form on other planets. She works on the Powder Diffraction beamline at the Australian Synchrotron.
Twitter: @heab
ORCiD: 0000-0002-7217-171X
Professional Fellowships & Memberships
The Geological Society
The Meteoritical Society
Royal Astronomical Society
Relevant Publications:
Tomkins, A.G., Wilson, N.C., MacCrae, C.M, Salek, A., Field, M., Brand, H.E.A., Langendam, A.D., Stephen, N.R., Torpy, A., Pinter, Z., Jennings, L.A., McCulloch, D. (2023) Reply to Németh and Garvie: Evidence for lonsdaleite in ureilite meteorites, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120, 20, DOI
Whitworth, A.J., Brand, H.E.A., Wilson, S.A., Grey, I.E., Stephen, N.R., Gozukara, Y. & Frierdich, A.J. (2023) The occurrence of monoclinic jarosite in natural environments, American Mineralogist 108 (3), 584-594 DOI
Tomkins, A.G., Wilson, N.C., MacCrae, C.M, Salek, A., Field, M., Brand, H.E.A., Langendam, A.D., Stephen, N.R., Torpy, A., Pinter, Z., Jennings, L.A., McCulloch, D. (2022) Sequential lonsdaleite to diamond formation in ureilite meteorites via in-situ chemical/fluid vapor deposition, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119, DOI
Brand, H.E.A., Stephen, N.R. & Martin, D.J.P. (2020) Bulk and Thermal Properties of Planetary Analogue Simulants and Martian Meteorites, Lunar & Planetary Science Conference, 1628
Stephen, N.R., Brand, H.E.A. & Tomkins, A.G. (2019) Meteorites of the Nullarbor Plain; Recent Recovery and Classification Efforts, LPI Contributions 2157, 6136
Brand, H.E.A., Langendam, A.D., Whitworth, A.J., Alkemade, A.L., Mitchell, J.T., Davis, A., Stephen, N.R. & Tomkins, A.G. (2019) Meteorites on the Nullarbor Plain, Insights from Synchrotron Powder Diffraction, Lunar & Planetary Science Conference, 1361
Tomkins, A. G., Bowlt, L., Genge, M. J., Wilson, S. A., Brand, H. E. A. & Wykes, J. L. (2016) Ancient micrometeorites suggestive of an oxygen-rich Archaean upper atmosphere Nature 533 235–238 DOI
Maynard-Casely, H.E., Brand, H. E. A. & Wallwork, K. S. (2014) Phase relations between the water-rich sulfuric acid hydrates, potential markers of thermal history on Jupiter’s icy moons. Icarus 238 59-65 DOI