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Dr Helen Maynard-Casely completed her PhD in High Pressure Physics at The University of Edinburgh. She is also a passionate advocate for diversity in STEM. She also occasionally writes articles on planets and her wondering. Her current role is at ANSTO which is working in the WOMBAT team as a Instrumental Scientist.

She has a lot of publications which can be found on Google Scholar, with the top publication having over 150 citations in other works.

Intro
Dr Helen Maynard-Casely is a scientist of the WOMBAT high intensity powder diffractometer at ANSTO. Her expertise is in powder diffraction, high-pressure sample environments, crystal structure solution, planetary science and science communication.

Many of her publications can be found on Google Scholar, her most popular publication is from 2012 about Crystal engineering of energetic materials.

Fun Facts

 * Writes for "The shores of Titan" column for The Conversation.

Awards

 * Parkin Prize lecture for Science Communication (2011)
 * UK Physical Crystallography Group’s Thesis prize (2010)
 * Post-Doctoral positions held at Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions, University of Edinburgh (2009-2010) and Australian Synchrotron (2011-2013).
 * PhD in High Pressure Physics from University of Edinburgh (2009)
 * Msci in Planetary Science from University College London (2005)
 * Holds the Guinness World record for the longest glow-in-the-dark necklace (326.44 m)