NOTE: As of August 2023, Gretchen has transitioned to the role of Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research of Curtin University. 

Gretchen (She/Her) is a cosmic mineralogist and astro-geologist using the chemistry, mineralogy, spectroscopy, and petrology of meteorites to understand the formation and evolution of asteroids and other planets.    

She joined Curtin in 2012 and has held a number of research fellowships. She was awarded a Senior Curtin Research Fellowship in 2014.  She held an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship from 2018 to 2021.  

She is a member of the Space Science and Technology Centre in the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences.