C. L. Smith

Natural History Museum — United Kingdom

Physics and Astronomy · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Astro and Planetary Science(77), Planetary Science and Exploration(71), Geological and Geochemical Analysis(22), Isotope Analysis in Ecology(18), Nuclear Physics and Applications(13)

Publications144 total

Mineralogical and Chemical Mapping of Martian Meteorite SaU 008 Using Deep UV Raman and Fluorescence Spectroscopy on Earth and Mars
Journal of Geophysical Research Planets·2025Open Access
Aluminous phyllosilicates promote exceptional nanoscale preservation of biogeochemical heterogeneities in Archaean siliciclastic microbial mats
Nature Communications·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Mars Sample Return: From collection to curation of samples from a habitable world
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2025· 13 citedOpen Access
Dating recent aqueous activity on Mars
Geochemical Perspectives Letters·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Brecciation at the grain scale within the lithologies of the Winchcombe Mighei‐like carbonaceous chondrite
Meteoritics and Planetary Science·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Synchronising rock clocks of Mars' history: Resolving the shergottite 40Ar/39Ar age paradox
Earth and Planetary Science Letters·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Critical Aspects of Material Selection in the Packaging and Transporting of Returned Extraterrestrial Samples
Astrobiology·2023
Recovery and curation of the Winchcombe (<scp>CM2</scp>) meteorite
Meteoritics and Planetary Science·2023· 11 citedOpen Access
Phyllosilicate-enhanced preservation of primary biogeochemical heterogeneities in Archaean (~2.9 Ga) siliciclastic microbial mats
2023Open Access
The Winchcombe meteorite, a unique and pristine witness from the outer solar system
Science Advances·2022· 60 citedOpen Access
Advanced two- and three-dimensional insights into Earth's oldest stromatolites (ca. 3.5 Ga): Prospects for the search for life on Mars
Geology·2022· 24 citedOpen Access
The SHERLOC Calibration Target on the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover: Design, Operations, Outreach, and Future Human Exploration Functions
Space Science Reviews·2022· 31 citedOpen Access
<i>In Situ</i> Identification of Paleoarchean Biosignatures Using Colocated Perseverance Rover Analyses: Perspectives for <i>In Situ</i> Mars Science and Sample Return
Astrobiology·2022· 17 citedOpen Access
Join the Dots: assessing a collection of 80 million items at The Natural History Museum, London
Museum Management and Curatorship·2022· 7 cited
Final Report of the Mars Sample Return Science Planning Group 2 (MSPG2)
Astrobiology·2021· 43 citedOpen Access
The Scientific Importance of Returning Airfall Dust as a Part of Mars Sample Return (MSR)
Astrobiology·2021· 14 citedOpen Access
MSR Science Planning Group 2 (MSPG2): Planning for the curation of MSR samples in a Sample Receiving Facility
2021
Perseverance’s Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) Investigation
Space Science Reviews·2021· 226 citedOpen Access
Defining the Science and Curation Functionalities for a Mars Sample Return (MSR) Sample Receiving Facility (SRF)
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference·2021
Definition and use of functional analogues in planetary exploration
Planetary and Space Science·2021· 27 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Martin Lee(14), G. K. Benedix(9), Akira Yamaguchi(9), J. Zipfel(8), L. Folco(8), K. Righter(8), H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane(8), S. S. Russell(7), Francès Westall(6), J. N. Grossman(5), M. M. Grady(5), M. K. Weisberg(5), Gerhard Kminek(5), Aurore Hützler(5), R. Bhartia(4), A. Steele(4), H. C. Connolly(4), Mark E. Hodson(4), Mark Rehkämper(4), Barry J. Coles(4)