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Jessica Barnes is an Associate Professor at the University of Arizona's Department of Planetary Sciences, specializing in cosmochemistry and lunar studies. Her research focuses on understanding solar system volatiles through microanalytical techniques in the Kuiper-Arizona Laboratory for Astromaterials Analysis.
- Ph.D. in Planetary and Space Sciences from The Open University and Natural History Museum, London (2015)
- BSc (Hons) in Geosciences from University of St Andrews (2011)
Her work integrates the Apollo Next-Generation Sample Analysis (ANGSA) program and OSIRIS-REx mission, particularly studying preserved Apollo 17 basalts to unravel lunar volatile loss mechanisms and analyzing asteroid Bennu samples for organic and isotopic compositions.
Recent publications highlight her expertise in lunar volcanics, Martian meteorite water history, and asteroid chemistry. She leads grants from NASA (ANGSA2, FINESST) and Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation for planetary materials analysis.
- Principal Investigator for Nanoscale Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation, 2020-25)
- Co-Investigator on OSIRIS-REx Mission (NASA New Frontiers, 2011-25)
- Principal Investigator for Magmatic History of Steno Crater Basalts (NASA ANGSA, 2019-24)
She advises graduate students in the Lunar and Planetary Sciences program and contributes to spacecraft mission working groups, including Sample Archiving and Mineralogy. Her outreach efforts include public lectures on lunar geology and sample curation.
