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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
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).
SM123 Physics and Space
S283 Astronomy and Planetary Science
S288 Practical Science
S818 Masters in Space Science Technology
