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Roger H. Hewins is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics and Geophysics within these domains.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research. Other areas of specialization include High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life.

Frequently publishing in scientific journals, Hewins's recent papers include:

  • A thick crustal block revealed by reconstructions of early Mars highlands, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • Early crustal processes revealed by the ejection site of the oldest martian meteorite, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Northwest Africa 8694, a ferroan chassignite: Bridging the gap between nakhlites and chassignites, 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Nebular thermal processing of accretionary fine-grained rims in the Paris CM chondrite, 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Processes and temperatures of FGR formation in chondrites, 2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Hewins has collaborated frequently with several researchers across their scientific career. Prominent coauthors include B. Zanda, Sylvain Pont, Corentin Le Guillou, Sylvain Bernard, and V. Sautter.

The scientist's publications are often found in the following venues:

  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Meteoritics and Planetary Science
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Nature Communications
  • Astrobiology

Best Publications

  • Origin and age of the earliest Martian crust from meteorite NWA 7533

    M. Humayun;Alexander Nemchin;Alexander Nemchin;B. Zanda;B. Zanda;R. Hewins;R. Hewins

  • The Paris meteorite, the least altered CM chondrite so far

    Roger H. Hewins;Roger H. Hewins;Michèle Bourot-Denise;Brigitte Zanda;Hugues Leroux

  • Experimental Constraints on Chondrule Formation

    R. H. Hewins;Connolly, H. C., Lofgren, G. E.,;G. Libourel

  • Origin and metamorphic redistribution of silicon, chromium, and phosphorus in the metal of chondrites.

    Brigitte Zanda;Michéle Bourot-Denise;Claude Perron;Roger H. Hewins

  • Tissint Martian Meteorite: A Fresh Look at the Interior, Surface, and Atmosphere of Mars

    H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane;G. Avice;Jean-Alix Barrat;Omar Boudouma

  • Formation conditions of pyroxene-olivine and magnesian olivine chondrules

    Patrick M. Radomsky;Roger H. Hewins

  • Temperature conditions for chondrule formation

    Roger H. Hewins;Patrick M. Radomsky

  • Chondrules and the Protoplanetary Disk

    R. H. Hewins;Rhian Jones;Ed Scott

  • Experimental studies of chondrules

    R. H. Hewins

  • GEMS-like material in the matrix of the Paris meteorite and the early stages of alteration of CM chondrites

    Hugues Leroux;Priscille Cuvillier;Brigitte Zanda;Roger H. Hewins

  • Carbon and the formation of reduced chondrules

    Harold C. Connolly;Roger H. Hewins;Richard D. Ash;Brigitte Zanda

  • The lack of potassium‐isotopic fractionation in Bishunpur chondrules

    C.M. O'd. Alexander;J.N. Grossman;Jingyuan Wang;B. Zanda

  • Experimental study of evaporation and isotopic mass fractionation of potassium in silicate melts

    Y. Yu;R.H. Hewins;C.M.O.’D. Alexander;J. Wang

  • Transient Heating and Chondrule Formation: Evidence From Sodium Loss in Flash Heating Simulation Experiments

    Yang Yu;Roger H. Hewins

  • CHONDRULES AS PRODUCTS OF DUST COLLISIONS WITH TOTALLY MOLTEN DROPLETS WITHIN A DUST-RICH NEBULAR ENVIRONMENT : AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION

    Harold C. Connolly;Roger H. Hewins

  • A petrological and chemical reexamination of Main Group pallasite formation

    Joseph S. Boesenberg;Joseph S. Boesenberg;Jeremy S. Delaney;Roger H. Hewins

  • The flash melting of chondrules: an experimental investigation into the melting history and physical nature of chondrule precursors

    Harold C. Connolly;Brian D. Jones;Roger H. Hewins

  • Magmatic complexity on early Mars as seen through a combination of orbital, in-situ and meteorite data

    Violaine Sautter;Michael J. Toplis;Pierre Beck;Nicolas Mangold

  • Retention of sodium during chondrule melting

    Roger H. Hewins

  • Igneous activity in the early solar system.

    R. H. Hewins;H. E. Newsom

Frequent Co-Authors

Munir Humayun
Munir Humayun Florida State University
Alexander A. Nemchin
Alexander A. Nemchin Curtin University
Jean-Pierre Lorand
Jean-Pierre Lorand University of Nantes
Harold C. Connolly
Harold C. Connolly Rowan University
Hugues Leroux
Hugues Leroux University of Lille
Allen K. Kennedy
Allen K. Kennedy Curtin University
Eric Lewin
Eric Lewin Grenoble Alpes University
Martin J. Whitehouse
Martin J. Whitehouse Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stephan Weinbruch
Stephan Weinbruch Technical University of Darmstadt
Philip A. Bland
Philip A. Bland Curtin University

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