have a varied scientific background which includes a BSc in Chemistry where I completed coursework across the chemical and biological sciences with further studies in the physical sciences during my PhD in Geology. I've worked mainly in interdisciplinary teams and this has allowed me to develop expertise in multiple mass spectrometry techniques, thermal analysis, spectroscopy, chromatography, as well as X-ray and neutron diffraction. My main research interest is the geochemical analysis of terrestrial and non-terrestrial environments for clues about how these sites were formed and shaped by biotic and abiotic processes.

Cottin, H., J. M. Kotler, K. Bartik, H. J. Cleaves II, C. S. Cockell, J.-P. P. de Vera, P. Ehrenfreund, S. Leuko, I. L. Ten Kate and Z. Martins (2015). "Astrobiology and the Possibility of Life on Earth and Elsewhere…." Space Science Reviews: 1-42. DOI: 10.1007/s11214-015-0196-1 Pell, S. J., A. B. Imhof, C. Waldvogel, J. M. Kotler and M. Peljhan (2014). "Towards a cooperation between the arts, space science research and the European Space Agency-Preliminary findings of the ESA Topical Team Arts and Sciences (ETTAS)." Acta Astronautica 105(1): 181-191. DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2014.08.015 Hinman, N. W. and J. M. Kotler (2013). "Aluminum in Silica Phases Formed in Hot Springs." Procedia Earth and Planetary Science 7: 365-368. DOI: 10.1016/j.proeps.2013.03.078 Richardson, C. D., N. W. Hinman, L. J. McHenry, J. M. Kotler, D. L. Knipe and J. R. Scott (2012). "Secondary sulfate mineralization and basaltic chemistry of craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho: Potential martian analog." Planetary and Space Science 65(1): 93-103. DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2012.02.002