Bidong Zhang
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- Assistant Professor at Rice University - Cosmochemistry and geochronology - Moon rock fanboy and iron meteoriticist. CV↓
Los Angeles
Joined August 2011
🚀 Exciting PhD & Postdoc Opportunities! 🚀.My group at @RiceUniversity is recruiting PhD students and postdocs for 2025. Join us to explore space and dive into cutting-edge cosmochemical research! Please consider applying or spreading the word. My NASA-funded programs focus on
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RT @RiceEarthSci: 🚨 Reminder 🚨 . EEPS wants you to join us THIS Saturday, May 3rd for an educational open house that is free and for all ag….
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In the paper lead by Daman, we challenge the notion that the earliest asteroids in the inner solar system were depleted in volatiles - some were enriched in volatiles as the carbonaceous chondrites. Check out the paper for more details about how we come up with the idea!.
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RT @drcrater: Moon selected as historical preservation site to protect lunar heritage
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"The inclusion of the moon underscores the universal need for proactive and cooperative strategies to protect heritage — whether on Earth or beyond — that reflect and safeguard our collective...
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RT @TheCosmiChemist: 🌕 New study in PNAS! Apollo samples reveal that KREEP, the magma left after the Moon was >99% solidified, formed 4.43….
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RT @rdasgupta_earth: The Center for Planetary Origins to Habitability of @RiceSpace @RiceUniversity has opened its annual post-doc fellowsh….
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RT @ExMAG_community: The Extraterrestrial Materials Assessment Group (ExMAG) is seeking applications for open positions starting in 2025, i….
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RT @Katie_H_Joy: Come and join us @EarthSolarSystm @UoM_EES - we have funded planetary sample PhD studentships advertised for a Sept 2025….
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RT @EYU_UCLA: 🚀✨ Save the Date! ✨🚀.Get ready to for an unforgettable adventure at Exploring Your Universe 2024! 🔭🌌. 🔬🧬 This interactive sci….
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RT @ParshatiPatel: Since this evening’s fireball was seen by many, here’s a handy guide from @csa_asc on what’s an asteroid vs meteoroid vs….
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RT @RiceEarthSci: EEPS IS HIRING! .Pan Postdoctoral Fellowship (applications due 1 November).Tenure-track faculty in Environmental.earth S….
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RT @UCLA_SIMS: The UCLA SIMS lab will hold a student workshop on SIMS in geosciences and planetary sciences February 24-27, 2025. Applicat….
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RT @rdasgupta_earth: The department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences @RiceEarthSci, @RiceNatSci has opened its Pan post-doct….
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RT @NASAhistory: "We choose to go to the Moon…". In a rousing speech at Rice University #OTD in 1962, President John F. Kennedy announced t….
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RT @ClaeysVub: Ok now we most likely know where the Chicxulub projectile came from… . Ruthenium isotopes show the Chicxulub impactor was a….
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An impact at Chicxulub, Mexico, occurred 66 million years ago, producing a global stratigraphic layer that marks the boundary between the Cretaceous and Paleogene periods. That layer contains...
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RT @CinTyLeeEarth: Our paper, led by Duncan Keller, on anorthosites is out in Science Advances. Anorthosites are mysterious rocks. Massive….
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RT @SenBillNelson: This is our crew. This is humanity’s crew. And when Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy circle the Moon next year, they’….
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RT @ShogoCitrus: OSIRIS-REx チームによる小惑星ベヌー試料分析結果の第一弾論文が出版されました．Lauretta, Connolly et al. (2024) Asteroid (101955) Bennu in the laboratory: Pr….
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On September 24, 2023, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission dropped a capsule to Earth containing ~120 g of pristine carbonaceous regolith from Bennu. We describe the delivery and initial allocation of this...
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