Matthias M. M. Meier

I am a cosmochemist and meteoriticist and the director of the Natural History Museum (Naturmuseum) St. Gallen in Switzerland. I have published primarily in the field of noble gases in meteoritic and other extraterrestrial materials - in particular, analysis of very small amounts of noble gases in tiny samples. One of the overarching goals of my research is to reach a better understanding how the asteroid belt affected - and affects - life on Earth.