Kim Fendrich
Confocal Microscopy Specialist, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Kim Fendrich is a Confocal Microscopy Specialist at AMNH in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Her work involves the use of a confocal microscope and custom attached Raman spectrometer to analyze samples of Comet 81P/Wild 2 that were returned to Earth via the NASA Stardust mission. The objective is to locate grains embedded in silica aerogel (the capture medium) and characterize them in situ. These non-destructive methods are used to determine the mineralogy of Stardust grains and constrain their original properties (prior to collection) in order to identify those that warrant further investigation.
- Meteorite Mineral Mapping
- Track The Stardust
- 3D and 2D Bubbles In Rock
- Drilling Into Earth's Past
- Partly Cloudy Skies on Earth and Mars
- See Our Sun
- A Mixed Reality Solar System
- The Storms of Jupiter
- The Hidden Face of Venus
- The Women of Space Science
- Teach the Solar System
- Denton Ebel
- David Lindo
- Kim Fendrich
- Marina Gemma
- Samuel Alpert
- Micah Acinapura
- Nick Bartzokas
- Gabrielle Rabinowitz
- Yvonne De La Pena
- Rebecca Greenberger
