Dr Áine O'Brien
Carbon Ratings Scientist
Dr Áine O'Brien's interests
Energy
Energy Efficiency
Renewable Energy
Non-Renewable Energy
Energy Infrastructure
Industrial Processes
Industrial Emissions
Waste
Carbon mapping
Climate modelling
Data science
GIS
Physics
Remote sensing
Satellite imagery
Dr Áine O'Brien is an Earth and planetary scientist whose research focuses on geochemical analysis of organic (carbon based) compounds in rocks. Her main focuses are on the development of mass spectrometry and spectroscopic techniques to determine the structure and likely formation scenario of organics in igneous rocks on Earth, Mars, and asteroids.
Before her PhD, Áine was a high school physics teacher for three years.
Education
Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Postdoctoral Researcher (geochemical analysis of carbon emissions from historic wildfires during previous climate change events)
University of Glasgow, Research Associate carrying out geochemical analysis of the organic content of the Winchcombe Meteorite
Royal Astronomical Society, Diversity Officer
University of Glasgow, PhD in extra-terrestrial organic geochemistry
University of Buckingham, PGCE in Physics Teaching
Research associations
Astrobiology Society of Britain Barrie Jones Memorial Award for best science communicator 2022
University of Glasgow Research Culture award for EDI - 2022
Inaugural chair of UK Astronomy and Geophysics Early Career Network 2020-2023
Sir Arthur Clarke Award - UK Space Student of the Year 2020
University of Glasgow Future World Changer award - 2019
Part of group achievement in geophysics award from the Royal Astronomical Society, 2022 for retrieval of the Winchcombe Meteorite
Communications lead for the UK Fireball Alliance (2021-2023) - Fellow at the Royal Astronomical Society
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