Simon Redfern

Simon Redfern is a mineralogist, geoscientist and academic. He is the Dean of the College of Science, the President's Chair in Earth Sciences, and a professor at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore as well as an emeritus Professorial Fellow at Jesus College, University of Cambridge.

Redfern's research spans the atomic-scale and microscopic structure of minerals and their relationship with environmental science and sustainability, ranging from biominerals to materials for clean energy and greenhouse gas reduction. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the European Mineralogical Society's Medal for Research Excellence (1997), and is the first person to have been presented with both the Max Hey (1994) and the Neumann Medals of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (2012).

Redfern is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London and the Mineralogical Society of America. He has also held editorial roles such as Chief Editor of ''Frontiers in Earth Sciences: Earth & Planetary Materials'' and Editor of ''Geochemical Perspective Letters''. Provided by Wikipedia