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Dr Xuchao Zhao

Project Officer (NanoSIMS)

STEM Professional Services

xuchao.zhao@open.ac.uk

Biography

Publications

Journal Article

Rapid protoplanet formation in the outer Solar System recorded in a dunite from the carbonaceous chondrite reservoir (2025)

Multiple hydrothermal events at martian surface revealed by H and Cl isotope systematics of melt inclusions and hydrous minerals from chassignite NWA 2737 (2024)

Evidence against water delivery by impacts within 10 million years of planetesimal formation (2024)

The formation and aqueous alteration of CM2 chondrites and their relationship to CO3 chondrites: A fresh isotopic (O, Cd, Cr, Si, Te, Ti, and Zn) perspective from the Winchcombe CM2 fall (2024)

Detection of apatite in ferroan anorthosite indicative of a volatile-rich early lunar crust (2024)

Chondritic chlorine isotope composition of acapulcoites and lodranites (2024)

The nucleosynthetic fingerprint of the outermost protoplanetary disk and early Solar System dynamics (2024)

Hydrogen in acapulcoites and lodranites: A unique source of water for planetesimals in the inner Solar System (2023)

Upper limits of water contents in olivine and orthopyroxene of equilibrated chondrites and several achondrites (2023)

Extended time scales of carbonaceous chondrite aqueous alteration evidenced by a xenolith in La Paz Icefield 02239 (CM2) (2023)

The metal–silicate partitioning of carbon during Earth's accretion and its distribution in the early solar system (2022)

Chemical analysis of trace elements at the nanoscale in samples recovered from laser-heated diamond anvil cell experiments (2022)

Exploring relationships between shock-induced microstructures and H2O and Cl in apatite grains from eucrite meteorites (2021)

Carbonate assemblages in Cold Bokkeveld CM chondrite reveal complex parent body evolution (2021)

A deuterium-poor water reservoir in the asteroid 4 Vesta and the inner solar system (2021)

The shocking state of apatite and merrillite in shergottite Northwest Africa 5298 and extreme nanoscale chlorine isotope variability revealed by atom probe tomography (2021)

Organic matter and water from asteroid Itokawa (2021)

Deuterium and 37Chlorine Rich Fluids on the Surface of Mars: Evidence from the Enriched Basaltic Shergottite Northwest Africa 8657 (2020)

The hydrogen isotopic composition of lunar melt inclusions: An interplay of complex magmatic and secondary processes (2020)

Preservation of primordial signatures of water in highly-shocked ancient lunar rocks (2020)

An ancient reservoir of volatiles in the Moon sampled by lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 10989 (2019)

The chlorine isotopic composition of the Moon: Insights from melt inclusions (2019)

Investigating magmatic processes in the early Solar System using the Cl isotopic systematics of eucrites (2019)

Organics preserved in anhydrous interplanetary dust particles: Pristine or not? (2019)

Presentation / Conference

Selenium and Arsenic Interactions in CdSeTe/CdTe Solar Cells Using STEM-EDX, NanoSIMS and Cathodoluminescence (2024)

The shock response of apatite and its effect on volatiles in eucrites (2022)

Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Geochronology of Lunar Meteorites from the Dominion Range, and their Pairing Relationships (2022)

Volatile Inventory of Lunar Meteorites from the Dominion Range (2022)

Chlorine and hydrogen in brecciated lunar meteorites: implications for lunar volatile history (2021)

The Hydrogen and Chlorine Isotopic Composition of Highly Shocked Eucrites (2020)

Chlorine in Brecciated Lunar Meteorite Nwa 12593: Implications for Lunar Volatile History (2020)