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Professor Alex Archibald
Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry
alex.archibald@atm.ch.cam.ac.uk
Professor Tim Lewens
Professor of Philosophy of Science
tml1000@cam.ac.uk
Professor Nikku Madhusudhan
Professor of Astrophysics and Exoplanetary Science
nmadhu@ast.cam.ac.uk
Professor Oliver Shorttle
Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Institute of Astronomy and Department of Earth Sciences
Alex J.W.Thom
University Associate Professor in Theoretical Chemistry
ajwt3@cam.ac.uk
Professor Helen M. Williams
Professor of Geochemistry
hmw20@cam.ac.uk
Professor Mark Wyatt
Professor of Astrophysics and co-Director of the Institute of Astronomy
wyatt@ast.cam.ac.uk