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Paul Rimmer 🔗
Assistant Professor of Experimental Astrophysics, University of Cambridge 🔗
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Email: pbr27@cam.ac.uk
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Department(s)/lab(s): Physics (Cavendish Laboratory) / Earth Sciences | Planetary Astrochemistry Lab @ Cambridge
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Rimmer's Planetary Astrochemistry Lab experimentally simulates planetary atmospheric, aqueous and surface chemistry to measure reaction rate constants relevant to prebiotic chemistry, using the custom-built StarLab UV photochemistry simulator to reproduce the light of young stars, in order to constrain which planets and moons are most likely to host the chemical pathways to life.

Created at: July 9, 2026, 2:33 a.m. Updated at: July 9, 2026, 2:33 a.m. Metadata: Profile current as of 2025-2026 (Cavendish Laboratory / Dept of Earth Sciences).