Professor Gretchen Benedix

Curtin University Space Expert

Gretchen Benedix is a Professor (and former Australian Research Council Future Fellow) in the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Curtin University. She also a member of the Space Science and Technology Centre, the largest research group dedicated to Planetary Science in the southern hemisphere.

She is a fierce STEM and Women in Science advocate and take her responsibility as a role model very seriously. She use her work to provide inspiration to young people and particularly keen on passing along her passion for understanding of Solar System.

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