Research Area 1. What exogenic volatile and non-volatile materials are delivered to planetary bodies during planetesimal accretion? What processes set initial limits on planetary water inventories? Samples brought back by Itokawa, Hayabusa and Hayabusa2 missions and related meteorites are investigated. [Current Students. none]
Recent Publications.
“Evidence of both molecular cloud and fluid chemistry in Ryugu regolith” (2024) Bose M., Root R. A., Guan Y., Eaton J., Wittmann A., Skrmetti T., Desch S. J., Science Advances, Vol 10, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adp3037.
“New evidence for wet accretion of asteroids from recent meteorite falls Chelyabinsk and Benenitra” (2021) Jin Z. L., Bose M., Lichtenberg L., and Mulders G. D. The Planetary Science Journal, 2, 244-258.
“New clues to ancient water on Itokawa” (2019) Jin Z. and Bose M. Science Advances, 5, eaav8106.
Research Area 2. How does the presence of carbon affect the chemical and physical (e.g., mechanical, thermal, electromagnetic) properties of the crust and upper mantle minerals in icy worlds? Analog minerals occurring in icy Worlds, focusing on Ceres and Uranian moons are investigated. [Current Students. Reynoso, Connett, Asadourian]
Relevant Publication & Talk.
“Positive glycine incorporation in Ceres analogue minerals” (2023) Reynoso L. R., Robinson K. J., Root R. A., Williams L. B., Castillo-Rogez J., and Bose M. Abstract #1321, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 54.
“Quantifying Biosignature Preservation Potential in Salts Beyond the Belt using Coordinated Laboratory Techniques” Bose M., Brines across the Solar System 2023. [Invited Keynote Talk]
Research Area 3. How can the chemical and isotopic compositions of stardust aid in constraining the nucleosynthetic reactions, kinetics, and physical, mixing processes occurring in ancient low mass stars (red giant and asymptotic giant branch) and supernova/nova explosions? Stardust in meteorites is studied. [Current Students. Cameron, More, Shepard]
Relevant Publications.
“Hydrodynamic Simulations of Oxygen – Neon Classical Novae as Galactic 7Li Producers and Potential Accretion Induced Collapse Progenitors” (2024) Starrfield S., Bose M., Iliadis C., Hix W. R., Woodward C. E., and Wagner R. M., The Astrophysical Journal, 962, 191. DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad1836
“Three-dimensional supernova models provide new insights into the origins of stardust” (2021) Schulte J., Bose M., Young P., and Vance G. The Astrophysical Journal, 908, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abcd41.
Research Area 4. What are the source body characteristics and modern (and ancient) flux of micrometeorites? What abiotic processes lead to organic synthesis and cycling on hydrated, planetary bodies? Unmelted, hydrated cosmic dust are studied. [Student. Sims]
Relevant Publications.
“Oxygen isotope analysis of olivine and pyroxene minerals in Antarctic Micrometeorites” Sims R., Bose M., Guan Y., Suttle M. D., Genge M. J., Wittman A., and Joseph R., Submitted.
“Water-rich C-type asteroids as early solar system carbonate factories” (2022) Froh V., Bose M., Suttle M. D., Nava J., Folco L., Williams L. B., Castillo-Rogez J. Icarus, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115300.
Research Area 5. How does the thick CO2 atmosphere modify mineralogy, texture, and chemical compositions of Venus’s regolith rocks? Was past Venus rich in volatiles? Venus analogs created in Glenn Extreme Environments Rig (GEER) [Collaborator & Lead. Dr. Sara Port]
“Simulating Venus: Experimental investigation of mineral stability using the Glenn Extreme Environment Rig” (2024) Port St. T., Bose M., Kremic T., and Hunter G. Goldschmidt meeting.
Collaborative Research
(1) Rubin data on solar system objects (as a member of Solar System Science Consortium)
“NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Observations of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1)” Chandler C. O., Bernardinelli P. H., Jurić M., Singh D., Hsieh H. H., Sullivan I., Jones R. L., Kurlander J. A., Vavilov D., Eggl S., Holman M., Spoto F., Schwamb M. E….Bose M. (with 200 additional authors), arXiv:2507.13409.
(2) Mass spectrometry design (with Prof. Peter Williams)
“Canode: A conical partially magnetic anode for efficient negative ion extraction from duoplasmatron ion sources” Williams P., Bose M., Hervig R., Nittler L., and Williams L., Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 43, 044005.
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