Professor Redfern is a mineralogist, trained as a crystallographer, who is interested in the links between atomic scale structure and the physical and chemical properties of planetary materials, from Earth’s oceans to its core.

 

His research interests focus on the physical and chemical properties of minerals and associated fluids in planetary interiors. He uses experimental and computational methods to understand the role of minerals in Earth and planetary processes at extreme pressures and temperatures.

Prof Simon is also the President’s Chair in Earth Sciences in the Asian School of the Environment, as well as the Dean of the College of Science in Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.