Dr Claire Cousins
Reader in Earth Sciences
Research areas
I use planetary analogues and experimental research to develop the science and technology related to current and future robotic space missions within our Solar System. I am especially interested in geothermal systems and how volcanism (including cryovolcanism) both supports and preserves microbial life. I am part of the Panoramic Camera and Enfys science teams for the ESA ExoMars Rover. Finally, I am interested in the interface between art and science, and collaborate with a variety of visual, audio and literary artists and academics to produce creative content.
PhD supervision
- Toni Galloway
- Grace Nielson
- Saskia Hagan-Fellowes
Selected publications
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Open access
Partitioning of crystalline and amorphous phases during freezing of simulated Enceladus ocean fluids
Fox‐Powell, M. G. & Cousins, C. R., 6 Jan 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 126, 1, 16 p., e2020JE006628.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Volcanic controls on the microbial habitability of Mars-analogue hydrothermal environments
Moreras-Marti, A., Fox-Powell, M., Zerkle, A. L., Stueeken, E. E., Gazquez, F., Brand, H., Galloway, T., Purkamo, L. & Cousins, C. R., Sept 2021, In: Geobiology. 19, 5, p. 489-509 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Quadruple sulfur isotope biosignatures from terrestrial Mars analogue systems
Moreras-Marti, A., Fox-Powell, M., Stueeken, E., Di Rocco, T., Galloway, T., Osinski, G. R., Cousins, C. R. & Zerkle, A. L., 12 Jun 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 308, p. 157-172Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Metamorphic evolution of carbonate-hosted microbial biosignatures
Cousins, C. R., Mikhail, S., Foucher, F., Stelle, A. & Westall, F., 16 Jan 2020, In: Geochemical Perspectives Letters. 12, p. 40-45 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Multiscale and multispectral characterization of mineralogy with the ExoMars 2020 rover remote sensing payload
Allender, E. J., Cousins, C. R., Gunn, M. D. & Caudill, C. M., 22 Apr 2020, In: Earth and Space Science. 7, 4, 18 p., e2019EA000692.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review