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Monica Grady

Monica Grady

Professor In Planetary Sciences

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Professional biography

Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences from April 2005 to April 2025, when I retired. Appointed Professor Emerita in Planetary and Space Sciences from April 2025. Member of the Cosmochemistry Research Group. Prior to that, I was in the Department of Mineralogy at the Natural History Museum in London, where I headed the Meteorite team; I remain a Research Fellow of the Museum.

For more details, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_Grady

 

Research interests

My research interests are in the formation and evolution of the Solar System, and what we can learn about this from study of asteroids, meteorites, comets and cosmic dust, the Moon and Mars. I am most specifically interested in the role of carbon in planetary evolution, and the links between the carbon chemistry of extraterrestrial materials and the origin of life on Earth (and beyond).

Teaching interests

SM123 Physics and Space

S283 Astronomy and Planetary Science

S288 Practical Science

S818 Masters in Space Science Technology

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Latest publications

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  • Rider-Stokes, B., MacLennan, E., Váci, Z. and Grady, M., 2026, ‘Rare and evolved: The distribution of silica-rich magmatism across the solar system’, Icarus, 458, https://oro.open.ac.uk/110556/.
  • Rider-Stokes, B., Stephant, A., Nottingham, M., Gamblin, J., Füri, E., Russell, S., Zhao, X., Anand, M., Whitehouse, M. and Grady, M., 2026, ‘The hydrogen isotopic composition and content of the ureilite parent body: constraints from new ungrouped achondrites’, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 429 pp. 207–220., https://oro.open.ac.uk/111624/.
  • Riches, L. J., Suttle, M. D., Franchi, I. A., Zhao, X. and Grady, M. M., 2026, ‘Aqueous alteration in C2‐ung Bells through the analysis of carbonates – Does a CR origin ring true? Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 61(5), pp’, 927–941., https://oro.open.ac.uk/109757/.
  • Rider-Stokes, B., Davies, F., Burbine, T., MacLennan, E., Greenwood, R., Jackson, S., Anand, M., Sheikh, D. and Grady, M., 2026, ‘Crossing boundaries: Brachinites and their diverse asteroidal origins’, Icarus, 449, https://oro.open.ac.uk/109103/.
  • Riches, L. J., Suttle, M. D., Franchi, I. A., Zhao, X. and Grady, M. M., 2026, ‘Fluid history in the ungrouped C2 Essebi meteorite parent body’, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 415 pp. 146–165., https://oro.open.ac.uk/109100/.
  • Rider-Stokes, B., Wong, A., Burbine, T., MacLennan, E., Greenwood, R., Jackson, S., Anand, M., White, L. and Grady, M., 2026, ‘The Noritic mineralogy of V- and S-type objects and the links with asteroid (4) Vesta’, Icarus, 445, https://oro.open.ac.uk/106882/.
  • Rider-Stokes, B. G., MacLennan, E., Russell, S. S., Anand, M. and Grady, M. M., 2026, ‘Provenance of the bright boulders on (101955) Bennu’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 549, https://oro.open.ac.uk/110302/.
  • Barnes, J. J., Nguyen, A. N., Abernethy, F. A. J., Bajo, K., Bekaert, D. V., Bloch, E., Brennecka, G. A., Busemann, H., Cowpe, J. S., Crowther, S. A., Ek, M., Fawcett, L. J., Fehr, M. A., Franchi, I. A., Füri, E., Gilmour, J. D., Grady, M. M., Greenwood, R. C., Haenecour, P., Kawasaki, N., Koefoed, P., Krietsch, D., Le, L., Liszewska, K. M., Maden, C., Malley, J., Marrocchi, Y., Marty, B., Meyer, L. A. E., Peretyazhko, T. S., Piani, L., Render, J., Russell, S. S., Rüfenacht, M., Sakamoto, N., Schönbächler, M., Shollenberger, Q. R., Smith, L., Thomas-Keprta, K., Verchovsky, A., Villeneuve, J., Wang, K., Welten, K. C., Wimpenny, J., Worsham, E. A., Yurimoto, H., Zimmermann, L., Zhao, X., Alexander, C. M. O., Amini, M., Baczynski, A., Bland, P., Borg, L. E., Burgess, R., Caffee, M. W., Chaves, L. C., Clay, P. L., Dworkin, J. P., Foustoukos, D. I., Glavin, D. P., Hamilton, V. E., Hill, D., House, C. H., Huss, G. R., Ireland, T., Jilly, C. E., Jourdan, F., Keller, L. P., Kruijer, T. S., Lai, V., McCoy, T. J., Nagashima, K., Nishiizumi, K., Ogliore, R., Ong, I. J., Reddy, S. M., Rickard, W. D. A., Sandford, S., Saxey, D. W., Timms, N., Weis, D., Wilbur, Z. E., Zega, T. J., DellaGiustina, D. N., Wolner, C. W. V., Connolly, H. C. and Lauretta, D. S., 2025, ‘The variety and origin of materials accreted by Bennu’s parent asteroid’, Nature Astronomy, 9 pp. 1785–1802., https://oro.open.ac.uk/106334/.
  • Rider-Stokes, B. G., Branagan-Harris, E., Markus, K., Snape, J., Jackson, S. L., Russell, S. S., Greenwood, R. C., Burbine, T., Whitehouse, M., Rothery, D. A., White, L. F. and Grady, M. M., 2025, ‘Insights into pyroxene-dominated surfaces and implications for ongoing space exploration missions’, Icarus, 441, https://oro.open.ac.uk/105860/.
  • Zega, T. J., McCoy, T. J., Russell, S. S., Keller, L. P., Gainsforth, Z., Singerling, S. A., Manga, V. R., Harrison, C., Libourel, G., Prince, B. S., Thomas-Keprta, K., King, A., Portail, M., Guigoz, V., Tu, V., Le, L., Thompson, M., Benner, M. C., Kerrison, N. A., Barnes, J. J., Ong, I., Haenecour, P., Chaves, L., Smith, L., Kontogiannis, M., Vega Santiago, N., Hill, D., Zeszut, Z., Domanik, K., Chang, Y., Corrigan, C. M., Ray, S., Wardell, L. R., Gooding, T., Rose, T. R., Bates, H. C., Schofield, P. F., Almeida, N. V., Salge, T., Najorka, J., Seifert, L. B., Lunning, N., Righter, K., Nguyen, A. N., Brenker, F. E., Eckley, S. A., Dworkin, J. P., Jones, R. H., Sandford, S. A., Marcus, M. A., Bechtel, H. A., Dominguez, G., Yurimoto, H., Kawasaki, N., Bajo, K., Sakamoto, N., Zanetta, P., Tachibana, S., Busemann, H., Hamilton, V. E., Franchi, I. A., Grady, M., Greenwood, R. C., Tait, K., Timms, N., Bland, P., Jourdan, F., Reddy, S. M., Rickard, W., Saxey, D., Vincze, L., Connolly, H. C. and Lauretta, D. S., 2025, ‘Mineralogical evidence for hydrothermal alteration of Bennu samples’, Nature Geoscience, 18(9), pp. 832–839., https://oro.open.ac.uk/106129/.
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