Professor John Bridges

Professor John Bridges

Space Park Leicester Rm 220 and Main Campus, Michael Atiyah Annexe

Biography

2024- Director Advanced Microscopy Facility, College of Science & Engineering

2018- Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy

2015- Professor of Planetary Sciences University of Leicester

2013- Project Scientist National Space Centre

2013- Visiting Professor IRAP Toulouse

2012-2015 Reader University of Leicester

2012- Science Associate JPL

2007- RCUK Fellow University of Leicester

2005-2011 Associate Lecturer Open University

2003-2007 Beagle2 and Planetary Science researcher Open University

2003- UCLA and NASA Johnson Space Center 1992-2003 Mineralogy Department NHM

1988-1992 PhD Open University

My research and that of my team aims include to understand water-rock reactions in the martian crust and differentiation of the lithosphere. Remote observations by the CaSSIS and HiRISE orbital cameras enable us to see colour and high resolution views of Mars and plan for the planned ExoMars2028 rover landing and Mars Sample Return. As part of Mars Science Laboratory we study the composition and mineralogy of the Mars surface.

Our early Solar System research centres on analyses of primitive meteorites Comet Wild2 grains and analyses of Asteroid Itokawa and Ryugu grains returned by the JAXA Hayabusa missions. Embedded in our research are a range of analytical techniques - including electron microscopy and related techniques at the Diamond synchrotron.

Scopus Field Weighted Impact Factor 2.83, H index 58, >16,000 citations

2023 papers

Noguchi T.,… Bridges J. … et al. 2023 A dehydrated space weathered skin cloaking the hydrated interior of Ryugu. Nature Astronomy Nat. Astron. (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-022-01841-6

2022 papers

Suttle M., … Bridges J.C., et al. 2022 The Winchcombe meteorite – a regolith breccia from a rubble-pile CM chondrite asteroid. Meteoritics & Planetary Science https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13938

King A. et al. …, Bridges J.C., et al 2022 The Winchcombe Meteorite, a Unique and Pristine Witness from the Outer Solar System. Science Advances doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abq3925

Bowden D., Bridges J.C. et al. 2022 Askival: An Aqueously Altered Feldspathic Cumulate in Gale Crater. Meteorit. and Planet. Science https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13933

Thorpe, M. T., Bristow, T. F., Rampe, E. B., Tosca, N. J., Grotzinger, J. P., Bennett, K. A., ... Bridges J.C. et al. (2022). Mars Science Laboratory CheMin data from the Glen Torridon region and the significance of lake-groundwater interactions in interpreting mineralogy and sedimentary history. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 127, e2021JE007099. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JE007099

Bedford C., Banham S., Bridges J.C. et al. (2022) An insight into ancient aeolian processes and post-Noachian aqueous alteration in Gale crater, Mars, using ChemCam geochemical data from the Greenheugh capping unit.#2021JE007100R (in press).

Piercy J.D., Bridges J.C. and Hicks L.J. 2022 Carbonate Dissolution and Replacement by Odinite and Saponite in the Lafayette Nakhlite: Part of the CO2-CH4 Cycle on Mars? Geochim Cosmochim Acta 326, 97-118

Fawdon P., Balme M., Davis J., Bridges J., Gupta S. and Quantin-Nataf C. 2022 Rivers and Lakes in Western Arabia Terra: The Fluvial Catchment of the ExoMars 2022 Rover Landing Site. JGR https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JE007045

Parkes-Bowen A., Bridges J.C. et al. A CaSSIS and HiRISE Map of the Clay-bearing Unit at the ExoMars 2022 Landing Site in Oxia Planum. Space Science reviews. Vol 214, doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2022.105429.

2021 papers

S. M. R. Turner, S. P. Schwenzer, J. C. Bridges, E. B. Rampe, C. C. Bedford, C. N. Achilles, A. C. McAdam, N. Mangold, L. J. Hicks, J. Parnell, A. A. Fraeman, M. H. Reed 2021 Early Diagenesis at and below Vera Rubin ridge, Gale crater, Mars. Meteoritics and Planetary Science (in press).

Hall, G. P., Martindale, A., Bridges, J. C., Nittler, L. R., & Bunce, E. J. (2021).The distribution of peak-ring basins on Mercury and their correlation with the high-Mg/Si terrane. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 126, e2021JE006839. https://doi. org/10.1029/2021JE006839

P.J. Wozniakiewicz , J. Bridges , M.J. Burchell , W. Carey , J. Carpenter V. Della Corte, A. Dignam  , M.J. Genge , L. Hicks , M. Hilchenbach , J. Hillier , A.T. Kearsley , H. Kruger , S. Merouane , E. Palomba , F. Postberg , J. Schmidt , R. Srama , M. Trieloff , M. van-Ginneken , V.J. Sterken (2021) A cosmic dust detection suite for the deep space Gateway. Advances in Space Research.

L. Mandon, A. Parkes Bowen, Cathy Quantin-Nataf, J. C. Bridges et al. (2021) Morphological and Spectral Diversity of the Clay-Bearing Unit at the ExoMars Landing Site Oxia Planum. Astrobiology, https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2020.2292

F. Foucher, K.Hickman-Lewis, A.Hutzler, K.H.Joy.Folco, J.C.Bridges, P.Wozniakiewiczi et al. (2021) Definition and use of functional analogues in planetary exploration. Planetary and Space Science Volume 197, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2021.105162

2020 papers

L. J. Hicks, J.C. Bridges, T. Noguchi, A. Miyake, J.D. Piercy and S.H. Baker. (2020) Fe-redox changes in Itokawa space-weathered rims. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 55, Nr 12, 2599–2618 (2020) doi: 10.1111/maps.13611.

J. L’Haridon, N. Mangold A. A. Fraeman J. R. Johnson A. Cousin W. Rapin, …J.C. Bridges et al. (2020) Iron Mobility during Diagenesis at Vera Rubin ridge, Gale Crater, Mars. JGR Planets doi.org/10.1029/2019JE006299

J. Frydenvang, N. Mangold, R.C. Wiens, A.A. Fraeman, … J.C. Bridges et al. (2020) The chemostratigraphy of the Murray formation and role of diagenesis at Vera Rubin ridge in Gale crater, Mars, as observed by the ChemCam instrument. JGR Planets, doi.org/10.1029/2019JE006320

A. A. Fraeman, L. A. Edgar, E. B. Rampe, … J. C. Bridges et al. 2020 Evidence for a Diagenetic Origin of Vera Rubin Ridge, Gale Crater, Mars: Summary and Synthesis of Curiosity’s Exploration Campaign. JGR Planets, DOI 10.1029/2019JE006320

Matthew R. Balme, Sanjeev Gupta, Joel M. Davis, Peter Fawdon, Peter M. Grindrod, John C. Bridges, Elliot Sefton‐Nash, Rebecca M.E. Williams (2010) Aram Dorsum: an extensive mid‐Noachian age fluvial depositional system in Arabia Terra, Mars. JGR Planets https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JE006244

C.C. Bedford, S.P. Schwenzer, J.C. Bridges, S. Banham, R.C. Wiens, O. Gasnault, E.B. Rampe, J. Frydenvang, P.J. Gasda. 2020 Geochemical variation in the Stimson formation of Gale crater: Provenance, mineral sorting, and a comparison with modern Martian dunes. Icarus 341 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113622

Ireland T.R., Avila J., Greenwood R.C., Hicks L.J. and Bridges J.C. 2020 Oxygen Isotopes and Sampling of the Solar System . Space Sci Rev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-020-0645-3

Piercy J.D., Bridges J.C., Hicks L.J., Greenwood R.C., MacArthur J.L. and Franchi I.A. 2020 Alteration Mineral Assemblages in the NWA 10416 Olivine-Phyric Shergottite. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. (in press) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.03.026

E.B. Rampe, D.F. Blake, T.F. Bristow, D.W. Ming, D.T. Vaniman,R.V .Morris, C.N. Achilles, S.J. Chipera, S.M. Morrison, V.M.Tu, A.S.Yen, N. Castle, G.W. Downs, R.T. Downs, J.P. Grotzinger, R.M. Hazen, A.H. Treiman, T.S. Peretyazhko, D.J. Des Marais, R.C.Walroth, P.I Craig, J.A.Crisp, B. Lafuenteel, J.M. Morookian, P.C. Sarrazi,M.T. Thorpe, J.C. Bridges, L.A. Edgar, C.M. Fedo, C. Freissinet, R. Gellert, P.R. Mahaffy, H.E. Newsom, J.R. Johnson, L.C. Kah, K.L. Siebach, J. Schieber, V.Z. Sun, A.R. Vasavada, D. Wellington, R.C.Wiens, the MSL Science Team. (2020) Mineralogy and geochemistry of sedimentary rocks and eolian sediments in Gale crater, Mars: A review after six Earth years of exploration with Curiosity. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2020.125605

2019 papers

Bridges J.C., Hicks L.J, Treiman A. (2019) Carbonates on Mars. In ‘Volatiles on Mars’.  1st edition. Elsevier.  Editors Filiberto and Schwenzer. pp 426.

C. C. Bedford, J. C. Bridges, S. P. Schwenzer, R. C. Wiens, E. B. Rampe, J. Frydenvang, P. J. Gasda. 2019 Alteration trends and geochemical source region characteristics preserved in the fluviolacustrine sedimentary record of Gale crater, Mars. Geochim Cosmochim Acta https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.11.031.

J. MacArthur, J.C. Bridges, L.J. Hicks, R. Burgess, K.Joy, M.J. Branney et al. 2019 Mineralogical Constraints on the Thermal History of Martian Regolith Breccia Northwest Africa 8114. Geochim Cosmochim Acta https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.11.026.

Balme M.R., Curis-Rouse M.C., Banham S., Barnes D., Barnes R., Bauer A., Bedford C.C., Bridges J.C. et al. (2019) The 2016 UK Space Agency Mars Utah Rover Field Investigation (MURFI). Planetary and Space Science. 165, 31-56.

2018 papers

Matt Balme, Ellen Robson, Rob Barnes, Frances Butcher, Peter Fawdon, Ben Huber, Thomas Ortner, Gerhard Paar, Christoph Traxler, John Bridges, Sanjeev Gupta, Jorge L.Vago. (2018) Surface-based 3D measurements of small aeolian bedforms on Mars and implications for estimating ExoMars rover traversability hazards. Planetary and Space Science Volume 153, April 2018, Pages 39-53 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2017.12.008

Livio L Tornabene, Frank P Seelos, Antoine Pommerol, Nicholas Thomas, Christy M Caudill, Patricio Becerra, John C Bridges, Shane Byrne, Marco Cardinale, Matthew Chojnacki, Susan J Conway, Gabriele Cremonese, Colin M Dundas, MR El-Maarry, Jennifer Fernando, Candice J Hansen, Kayle Hansen, Tanya N Harrison, Rachel Henson, Lucia Marinangeli, Alfred S McEwen, Maurizio Pajola, Sarah S Sutton, James J Wray. 2018 Image simulation and assessment of the colour and spatial capabilities of the Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) on the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. Space Science Reviews. 218, pp18.

Elliot Curtis-Harper , Victoria K. Pearson, Stephen Summers, John C. Bridges , Susanne P. Schwenzer and Karen Olsson-Francis (2018) The Microbial Community of a Terrestrial Anoxic Inter-Tidal Zone: A Model for Laboratory-Based Studies of Potentially Habitable Ancient Lacustrine Systems on Mars. Microorganisms, 6(3), 61; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms6030061

Bridges J.C. 2018 Meeting Models and Mineralogy. Nature Astronomy News and Views, 2, 190-191. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-018-0412-5

2017 papers

Matt Balme, Ellen Robson, Rob Barnes, Frances Butcher, Peter Fawdon, Ben Huber, Thomas Ortner Gerhard Paar, Christoph Traxler, John Bridges, Sanjeev Gupta, Jorge L. Vago. 2017 Surface-based 3D measurements of small aeolian bedforms on Mars and implications for estimating ExoMars rover traversability hazards. Planetary and Space Science (2017) 1–15.

J.E. Wickham-Eade, M. J. Burchell, M. C. Price, L. J. Hicks, J. L. MacArthur, J. C. Bridges. 2017. Raman identification of olivine grains in fine grained mineral assemblages fired into aerogel. Procedia Engineering, 204, 413-420.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.09.796

Bridges JC, J. Clemmet, M. Croon, M. R. Sims, D. Pullan, J.-P. Muller, Y. Tao, S. Xiong, A. R. Putri, T. Parker, S. M. R. Turner and J. M. Pillinger 2017 Identification of the Beagle 2 lander on Mars. R. Soc. open sci. 4: 170785. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170785

J. Frydenvang, P. J. Gasda, J. A. Hurowitz, J. P. Grotzinger, R. C. Wiens, H. E. Newsom, K. S. Edgett, J. Watkins, J. C. Bridges, et al. 2017 Diagenetic silica enrichment and late-stage groundwater activity in Gale crater, Mars. doi/10.1002/2017GL073323/

Hicks LJ, MacArthur J., Bridges JC, Price M., Wickham-Eade J., Burchell M., Hansford G., Butterworth A., Gurman S.J. and Baker S. 2017 Magnetite in Comet Wild 2:Evidence for parent body aqueous alteration.  Meteorit. Planet. Sci. doi: 10.1111/maps.12909

Patrick J. Gasda, Ethan B. Haldeman, Roger C. Wiens, William Rapin, Thomas F. Bristow, John C. Bridges, Susanne P. Schwenzer, Benjamin Clark, Kenneth Herkenhoff, Jens Frydenvang, Nina L. Lanza, Sylvestre Maurice, Samuel Clegg, Dorothea Delapp, Veronica Sanford, Madeleine R. Bodine, Rhonda Mcinroy & The MSL Science Team (2017) In Situ Detection of Boron by ChemCam on Mars. Geophysical Research Letters. #2017GL074480R.

Edwards, P.H., Bridges, J.C., Anderson, R., Dyar, D., Fisk, M., Thompson, L., S.P. Schwenzer, Wiens, R.C. (2017) Basalt-Trachybasalt Samples from Gale Crater, Mars. Meteoritics and Planetary Science. DOI: 10.1111/maps.1295.

A.J. Coates, R. Jaumann, A.D. Griffiths, C.E. Leff, N. Schmitz, J.-L. Josset, G. Paar, M. Gunn, E. Hauber, C.R. Cousins, R.E. Cross, P. Grindrod, J.C. Bridges, M. Balme, S. Gupta, I.A. Crawford, P. Irwin, R. Stabbins, D. Tirsch, J.L. Vago, T. Theodorou,M. Caballo-Perucha,  G.R. Osinski, And The Pancam Team. The Pancam Instrument For The Exomars Rover. Astrobiology Volume 17, Doi: 10.1089/Ast.2016.1548.

Vago, J.L., Westall, F., Pasteur Instrument Teams (Coates, A.J., Jaumann, R., Korablev, O., Ciarletti, V., Mitrofanov,I., Josset, J.-L., De Sanctis, M.C., Bibring, J.-P., Rull, F., Goesmann, F., Steininger, H., Goetz, W., Brinckerhoff, W.,  Szopa, C., And Raulin, F.); Landing Site Selection Working Group (Westall, F., Edwards, H.G.M., Whyte, L.G., Fairen, A.G., Bibring, J.-P., Bridges, J., Hauber, E., Ori, G.G., Werner, S., Loizeau, D., Kuzmin, R.O., Williams, R.M.E., Flahaut, J., Forget, F., Vago, J.L., Rodionov, D., Korablev, O., Svedhem, H., Sefton-Nash, E., Kminek, G., Lorenzoni, L., Joudrier, L., Mikhailov, V., Zashchirinskiy, A., Calantropio, F., Merlo, A., Poulakis, P., Witasse, O., Bayle, O., And Bayo´ N, S.); Other Contributors (Meierhenrich, U., Carter, J., Garci´A-Ruiz, J.M., Baglioni, P., Haldemann, A., Ball, A.J., Debus, A., Lindner, R., Haessig, F., Monteiro,D., Trautner, R., Voland, C., Rebeyre, P., Goulty, D., Didot, F., Durrant, S., Zekri, E., Visentin, G., Azkarate, M.,Zwick, M., Carreau, C. and The Exomars Project Team). (2017) Habitability on early Mars and the search for biosignatures with the ExoMars rover. Astrobiology 17:471–510.

N. Thomas,. Bridges J.C. et al. (2017) The Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) for the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. Space Science Reviews (in press).

A. J. Westphal,  J. C. Bridges, D. E. Brownlee,  A. L. Butterworth,  B. T. De Gregorio,  G. Dominguez, G. J. Flynn,  Z. Gainsforth H. A,. Ishii D., Joswiak,  L. R. Nittler ,R. C. Ogliore,  R. Palma et al. (2017) The future of Stardust science. Meteoritics and Planetary Science https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12893

2016 papers

S. Maurice, S. M. Clegg, R. C. Wiens, O. Gasnault, W. Rapin, O. Forni, A. Cousin, V. Sautter, N. Mangold, L. Le Deit, M. Nachon, R. B. Anderson, N. L. Lanza, C. Fabre, V. Payré, J. Lasue, P.-Y. Meslin, R. J. Léveillé, B. L. Barraclough, P. Beck, S. C. Bender, G. Berger, J. C. Bridges, N. T. Bridges, G. Dromart, M. D. Dyarn R. Francis, J. Frydenvangb B. Gondet, B. L. Ehlmann, K. E. Herkenhoff, J. R. Johnson, Y. Langevin, M. B. Madsen, N. Melikechi, J.-L. Lacour, S. Le Mouélic, E. Lewin, H. E. Newsom,v A. M. Ollila, P. Pinet, S. Schröder, J.-B. Sirven, R. L. Tokar,j M. J. Toplis, C. d'Uston, D. T. Vaniman and A. R. Vasavada. 2016. ChemCam activities and discoveries during the nominal mission of the Mars Science Laboratory in Gale crater, Mars. J. of Analytical Spectrometry. 31, 863-889. DOI: 10.1039/C5JA00417A

Schwenzer S.P., Bridges J.C., Wiens R.C., Conrad P.G., Kelley S.P., Leveille R., Mangold N., Martin-Torres J., McAdam A., Newsom H., Zorzanpo M.P., Rapin W., Spray J., Treiman A.H., Westall F., Fairen A.G. and Meslin P., -Y. 2016 Fluids during diagenesis and sulfate vein formation in sediments at Gale Crater, Mars. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 1-28 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12668/epdf

Turner S.M.R., Bridges J.C., Grebby S. and Ehlmann B.L. 2016 Hydrothermal activity recorded in post Noachian-aged impact craters on Mars.  J. of Geophysical Research (Planets) DOI 10.1002/2015JE004989

2015 Papers

Bridges J.C., Schwenzer S.P., Leveille R., Westall F., Wiens R.C., Mangold N., Bristow T., Edwards P. and Berger G. 2015 Diagenesis and clay mineral formation at Gale Crater, Mars. J. of Geophysical Research, DOI: 10.1002/2014JE004757

Olivier Forni, Michael Gaft, Michael J. Toplis, Samuel M. Clegg, Sylvestre Maurice, Roger C. Wiens, Nicolas Mangold, Olivier Gasnault, Violaine Sautter, Stéphane Le Mouélic, Pierre-Yves Meslin, Marion Nachon, Rhonda E. McInroy, Ann M. Ollila, Agnès Cousin, John C. Bridges, Nina L. Lanza, Melnda D. Dyar. Michael Gaft, Michael J. Toplis, Samuel M. Clegg, Sylvestre Maurice, Roger C. Wiens, Nicolas Mangold, Olivier Gasnault, Violaine Sautter, Stéphane Le Mouélic, Pierre-Yves Meslin, Marion Nachon, Rhonda E. McInroy, Ann M. Ollila, Agnès Cousin, John C. Bridges, Nina L. Lanza, Melinda D. Dyar. 2015 First detection of fluorine on Mars: Implications for Gale Crater's geochemistry. Geophysical Research Letters Volume 42, 1020–102. DOI 10.1002/2014GL062742

Newsom HE, Mangold N, Kah LC, Williams JM, Arvidson RE, Stein N, Ollila AM, Bridges JC, Schwenzer SP, King PL et al. 2015 Gale crater and impact processes - Curiosity's first 364 Sols on Mars.  Icarus 249:108-128

V. Sautter, M. J. Toplis, R. C. Wiens, A. Cousin, C. Fabre, O. Gasnault, S. Maurice, O. Forni, J. Lasue, A. Ollila, J. C. Bridges,N. Mangold, S. Le Mouélic, M. Fisk, P.-Y. Meslin, P. Beck, P. Pinet, L. Le Deit, W. Rapin, E. M. Stolper, H. Newsom, D. Dyar, N. Lanza, D. Vaniman, S. Clegg. 2015 In situ evidence for continental crust on early Mars. Nature Geoscience 8, 605–609, doi:10.1038/ngeo2474

Webster C.R., P. R. Mahaffy,S. K. Atreya, G. J. Flesch, M. A. Mischna, P-Y Meslin, K. A. Farley, P. G. Conrad, L. E. Christensen, A. A. Pavlov, J. Martín-Torres, M-P. Zorzano, T> H. McConnochie, T. Owen, J. L. Eigenbrode, D. P. Glavin, A. Steele, C. A. Malespin, P. D. Archer, Jr., B. Sutter, P. Coll, C. Freissinet, C. P. McKay, J. E. Moores, S. P. Schwenzer, J.C. Bridges, R.Navarro-Gonzale, R. Gellert, M. T. Lemmon and the MSL Science Team.  Mars Methane Detection and Variability at Gale Crater. 2015 Science.

Thomas F. Bristow, David L. Bish, David T. Vaniman, Richard V. Morris, David F. Blake, John P. Grotzinger, Elizabeth B. Rampe, Joy A. Crisp, Cherie N. Achilles, Doug W. Ming, Bethany L. Ehlmann, Penelope L. King, John C. Bridges, Jennifer L. Eigenbrode, Dawn Y. Sumner, Steve J. Chipera, John Michael Moorokian, Allan H. Treiman, Shaunna M. Morrison, Robert T. Downs & 6 others. (2015) The origin and implications of clay minerals from Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars. American Mineralogits 100, 824-836.

2014 Papers

Hicks L.J, Bridges J.C. and Gurman S.J. 2014 Ferric Saponite and Serpentine in the Nakhlite Martian Meteorites. Geochim. Cosmochim Acta, 136, 194-210.

T. Noguchi, J. C. Bridges, L. J. Hicks, S. J. Gurman, M. Kimura, T. Hashimoto, M. Konno, J. P. Bradley, R. Okazaki, M. Uesugi, T. Yada, Y. Karouji, M. Abe, T. Okada, T. Mitsunari, T. Nakamura, and H. Kagi (2014). Mineralogy of four Itokawa particles collected from the first touchdown site. Earth, Planets and Space, 66, 124-133. https://doi.org/10.1186/1880-5981-66-124

Anderson, R. B., Bridges, J. C., Williams, A., Edgar, L., Ollila, A., Williams, J., Nachon, M., Mangold, N., Fisk, M., Schieber, J., Gupta, S., Dromart, G., Wiens, R., Le Mouélic, S., Forni, O., Lanza, N., Mezzacappa, A., Sautter, V., Blaney, D., Clark, B., Clegg, S., Gasnault, O., Lasue, J., Léveillé, R., Lewin, E., Lewis, K., Maurice, S., Newson, H., Schwenzer, S. P., Vaniman, D. (2014): ChemCam Results from the Shaler Outcrop in Gale Crater, Mars.– Icarus, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.07.025

Blaney D. L., Wiens, R. C., Maurice, S., Clegg, S. M., Anderson, R. B., Kah, L. C., Le Mouélic, S., Ollila, A., Bridges, N., Tokar, R., Berger, G., Bridges, J. C., Cousin, A., Clark, B., Dyar, M. D., King, P. L., Lanza, N., Mangold, N., Meslin, P.-Y., Newsom, H., Schröder, S., Rowland, S., Johnson, J., Edgar, L., Gasnault, O., Forni, O., Schmidt, M., Goetz, W., Stack, K., Sumner, D., Fisk, M., Maden, M. B. and the MSL Science Team (2014): Chemistry and texture of the rocks at Rocknest, Gale Crater: Evidence for sedimentary origin and diagenetic alteration.– Journal of Geophys. Res. Planets, DOI: 10.1002/2013JE004590.

Léveillé, R. J., Bridges, J., Wiens, R. C., Mangold, N., Cousin, A., Lanza, N., Forni, O., Ollila, A., Grotzinger, J., Clegg, S., Siebach, K., Berger, G., Clark, B., Fabre, C., Anderson, R., Gasnault, O., Blaney, D., Deflores, L., Leshin, L., Maurice, S. and Newsom, H. (2014): Chemistry of fracture-filling raised ridges in Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater: window into past aqueous activity and habitability on Mars.– Journal of Geophysical Research: doi:10.1002/2014JE004620.

Westphal A.J., Stroud, R.M., Bechtel, H.A.,  Brenker, F.E., Butterworth, A.L., Flynn, G.J., Frank, D.R., Gainsforth, Z., Hillier, J.K., Postberg, F., Simionovici, A.S., Sterken, V.J., Nittler, L.R., Allen, C., Anderson, D., Ansari, A., Bajt, S., Bastien, R.K., Bassim, N., Bridges J., Brownlee, D.E., Burchell, M., Burghammer, M., Changela, H., Cloetens, P., Davis, A.M., Doll, R., Floss, C., Grün, E., Heck, P.R., Hoppe, P., Hudson, B., Huth, J., Kearsley, A., King, A.J., Lai, B., Leitner, J., Lemelle, L., Leonard, A., Leroux, H., Lettieri, R., Marchant, W., Ogliore, R., Ong, W.J., Price, M.C., Sandford, S.A., Sans Tresseras, J.-A., Schmitz, S., Schoonjans, T., Schreiber, K., Silversmit, G., Solé, V.A., Srama, R.A., Stadermann, F., Stephan, T., Stodolna, J., Sutton, S., Trieloff, M., Tsou, P., Tyliszczak, T., Vekemans, B., Vincze, L., Von Korff, J., Wordsworth, N., Zevin, D., Zolensky, M.E. and Stardust@home dusters Science (2014): Evidence for interstellar origin of seven dust particles collected by the Stardust spacecraft. Science 345: 786–791 DOI: 10.1126/science.1252496.

Stardust Special Issue: Stardust-Interstellar Dust Special Issue or Stardust Special Issue 2014 Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 49, 1509-1733. Fourteen papers.

2013 Papers

Williams R. M. E., Grotzinger J. P., Dietrich W. E., Gupta S., Sumner D. Y.,Wiens R. C., Mangold N., Malin M. C., Edgett K. S., Maurice S., Forni O., Gasnault O.,Ollila A., Newsom H. E., Dromart G., Palucis M. C., Yingst R. A., Anderson R. B.,Herkenhoff K. E., Le Mouélic S., Goetz W., Madsen M. B., Koefoed A., Jensen J. K.,Bridges J. C., Schwenzer S. P., Lewis K. W., Stack K. M., Rubin D., Kah L. C.,Bell III J. F., Farmer J. D., Sullivan R., Van Beek T., Blaney D. L., Pariser O.,Deen R. G., MSL Science Team (2013).  Martian Fluvial Conglomerates at Gale Crater.  Science, 340, 1068-1072.  10.1126/science.1237317

Yingst RA, LC Kah, M Palucis, RME Williams, J Garvin, JC Bridges, N Bridges, RG Deen, J Farmer, O Gasnault, W Goetz, VE Hamilton, V Hipkin, JK Jensen, PL King, A Koefoed, SP Le Mouélic, MB Madsen, N Mangold, J Martinez‐Frias, S Maurice, EM McCartney, H Newsom, O Pariser, VH Sautter, RC Wiens. 2013 Characteristics of pebble‐and cobble‐sized clasts along the Curiosity rover traverse from Bradbury Landing to Rocknest. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 118 (11), 2361-2380

Schmidt ME, JL Campbell, R Gellert, GM Perrett, AH Treiman, DL Blaney, A Olilla, FJ Calef, L Edgar, BE Elliott, J Grotzinger, J Hurowitz, PL King, ME Minitti, V Sautter, K Stack, JA Berger, JC Bridges, BL Ehlmann, O Forni, LA Leshin, KW Lewis, SM McLennan, DW Ming, H Newsom, I Pradler, SW Squyres, EM Stolper, L Thompson, S VanBommel, RC Wiens. 2013 Geochemical diversity in first rocks examined by the Curiosity Rover in Gale Crater: Evidence for and significance of an alkali and volatile‐rich igneous source. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 118 (11), doi 10.1002/2013JE004481

Ollila Ann M., Horton E Newsom, Benton Clark, Roger C Wiens, Agnes Cousin, Jen G Blank, Nicolas Mangold, Violaine Sautter, Sylvestre Maurice, Samuel M Clegg, Olivier Gasnault, Olivier Forni, Robert Tokar, Eric Lewin, M Darby Dyar, Jeremie Lasue, Ryan Anderson, Scott M McLennan, John Bridges, Dave Vaniman, Nina Lanza, Cecile Fabre, Noureddine Melikechi, Glynis M Perrett, John L Campbell, Penelope L King, Bruce Barraclough, Dorothea Delapp, Stephen Johnstone, Pierre‐Yves Meslin, Anya Rosen‐Gooding, Josh Williams 2013 Trace Element Geochemistry (Li, Ba, Sr, and Rb) using Curiosity’s ChemCam: Early Results for Gale Crater from Bradbury Landing Site to Rocknest. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 118 (11),doi 10.1002/2013JE004517

NACHON, M., CLEGG, S., MANGOLD, N., SCHRÖDER, S., KAH, L., DROMART, G., OLLILA, A., JOHNSON, J., OEHLER, D., BRIDGES, J., LE MOUÉLIC, S., FORNI, O., WIENS, R., ANDERSON, R, BLANEY, D., BELL, J., CLARK, B., COUSIN, A., DYAR, D., EHLMANN, B., FABRE, C., GASNAULT, O., GROTZINGER, J., LASUE, J., LEWIN, E., LEVEILLE, R., MCLENNAN, S., MAURICE, S., MESLIN, P.-Y., RAPIN, W., RICE, M., SQUYRES, S. W., STACK, K., SUMNER, D., VANIMAN, D., AND WELLINGTON, D. (2014): Calcium sulfate veins characterized by ChemCam/Curiosity at Gale Crater, Mars.– Journal of Geophysical Research,doi:2013JE004588RR

McLennan, S. M. and Anderson, R. B. and Bell, J. F., III and Bridges , J. C. and Calef, F. and Campbell, J. L. and Clark, B. C. and Clegg, S. and Conrad, P. and Cousin, A. and Des Marais, D. J. and Dromart, G. and Dyar, M. D. and Edgar, L. A. and Ehlmann, B. L. and Fabre, C. and Forni, O. and Gasnault, O. and Gellert, R. and Gordon, S. and Grant, A. and Grotzinger, J. P. and Gupta, S. and Herkenhoff, K. E. and Hurowitz, J. A. and King, P. L. and Le Mouélic, S. and Leshin, L. A. and Léveillé, R. and Lewis, K. W. and Mangold, N. and Maurice, S. and Ming, D. W. and Morris, R. V. and Nachon, M. and Newsom, H. E. and Ollila, A. and Perrett, G. M. and Rice, M. S. and Schmidt, M. E. and Schwenzer, S. P. and Stack, K. and Stolper, E. M. and Sumner, D. Y. and Treiman, A. H. and VanBommel, S. and Vaniman, D. T. and Vasavada, A. and Wiens, R. C. and Yingst, R. A. (2013) Elemental Geochemistry of Sedimentary Rocks at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars. Science, 342 . Art. no. 1244734. ISSN 0036-8075. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20131122-100220026

V Sautter, C Fabre, O Forni, MJ Toplis, A Cousin, AM Ollila, PY Meslin, S Maurice, RC Wiens, D Baratoux, N Mangold, S Le Mouélic, O Gasnault, G Berger, J Lasue, RA Anderson, E Lewin, M Schmidt, D Dyar, BL Ehlmann, J Bridges, B Clark, P Pinet. 2013. Igneous mineralogy at Bradbury Rise: The first ChemCam campaign at Gale crater J. of Geophysical Research (Planets) DOI: 10.1002/2013JE004472

2012 Papers

Bridges J.C et al. (2012) Chondrule Fragments from Comet Wild2: Evidence for High Temperature Processing in the Outer Solar System. Earth and Planetary Science Letters.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2012.06.011.

Bridges J.C. and Schwenzer S.P. 2012 The Nakhlite Hydrothermal Brine. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 359, 117–123.

Changela H.G., Bridges J.C. and Gurman S.J. (2012) Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) in Stardust Tracks: Constraining the origin of ferric iron-bearing minerals. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2012.04.036.

Cockell C.S., Balme M.R., Bridges J.C., Davila A. and Schwenzer S.P. Uninhabited Habitats on Mars. 2012 Icarus.  217, 184-193.

Schwenzer, S. P.; Abramov, O.; Allen, C. C.; Bridges, J. C.; Clifford, S. M.; Filiberto, J.; Kring, D. A.; Lasue, J.; McGovern, P. J.; Newsom, H. E; Treiman, A. H.; Vaniman , D. T.; Wiens, R. C. and Wittmann, A. 2012. Gale Crater: formation and post-impact hydrous environments. Planetary and Space Science, 70(1), pp. 84–95.

2011 Papers

Bridges J. and Hagermann A. 2011 UK Mars research and priorities in the Aurora programme. Astronomy & Geophysics, Volume 52, Issue 2, pp. 2.34-2.36

S., Cha S-H., and Bridges J.C. 2011 The tidal downsizing hypothesis for planet formation and the composition of Solar system comets. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 416, L50–L54.

Williams H.R., Bridges J.C., Ambrosi R.M., Perkinson M-C., Reed J., Peacocke L., Bannister N.P., Howe S.D., O’Brien R.C., Klein A.C. 2011 Mars Reconnaissance Lander: Vehicle and mission design. Planetary and Space Science 59, 1621–1631

Bridges J.C. and Guest M. 2011 Planetary Protection and Mars Sample Return. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering.  225, 239-246.

2010 Papers

Bridges J.C., M. J. Burchell, H. C. Changela, N. J. Foster, J. A. Creighton, J. D. Carpenter, S. J.  Gurman, I. A. Franchi and H. Busemann. 2010 Iron oxides in Comet 81P/Wild 2 Samples.  Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 45, 55-72.

Changela H.G. and Bridges J.C. 2010 Alteration Assemblages in the Nakhlites: Variation with Depth on Mars.  Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 45, 1847-1867.

Price M.C., Kearsley A.T.; Burchell M.J., Bridges J.C. et al. 2010 Comet 81P/Wild 2: The size distribution of finer (sub-10 mm) dust collected by the Stardust spacecraft.  Meteorit. Planet. Sci.  Volume: 45, 1409-1428.

Recent PhD Students and Topics

F. Willcocks (2024-) UKSA funded to study Mars Science Laboratory data and analogues for Mars Sample Return

N. Topping (2021-) STFC Funded to study planetary materials with TEM and synchrotron techniques

L. Adam (2019-2024) STFC-funded PhD to Study Mars Sample Return Technology

D. Bowden (2018-2023) STFC-funded PhD to Study Mars with MSL ChemCam data and ExoMars Raman

G. Hall (2017-2021) Co-supervisor on STFC-funded PhD on MIXS preparation for BepiColombo Mercury science activities.

A. Parkes-Bowen (2017-2022)  STFC-funded PhD to study Mars with CaSSIS and HiRISE imagery and Mars instrumentation.

R. Seidel (2017-2021) OU-UoL project to study mineralogy and Ar-Ar age dating of Mars analogues

J. Piercy (2016-2020) L STFC-funded PhD to study martian samples and instrumentation for Mars and Europa missions

C. Bedford (2015-2019) OU NERC funded project to study water-rock reaction at Gale Crater with Mars Science Laboratory data.

P. Edwards (2013-2017) UKSA-funded studentship to study MSL data and Raman spectroscopy in preparation for future missions.

J. MacArthur (2014-2018) STFC-funded PhD to study martian and cometary samples.

In the Academic year 2022-23 I taught Foundation Course Mechanics2,  PA3606 Planetary Physics (module lead), PA4607 Advanced Space Science,  2nd year laboratories, SEEDS MSc planetary science module.

I supervise Foundation Year and undergraduate tutees, SURE and Paneth student internships and 3rd and 4th year Physics undergraduate projects on a range of planetary science and materials topics.

Mission and Advisory Roles

2023- Mars Sample Return mission Science Definition Team

2023- STFC Science Board

2020-2022 Chair UKSA Space Exploration Advisory Committee

2020- STFC Solar System Advisory Panel and UKSA Science Programme Advisory Committee

2019- Hayabusa2 Fine Grained Mineralogy team

2018- UK Exploration Oversight Committee REXOC

2015-2023 EPSL Editorial Advisory Board

2013- HiRISE Co-I

2013- ExoMars2022 Landing Site Group RSOWG

2013- Hayabusa Sample Allocation Committee

2012-14 UKSA Space Exploration Advisory Committee

2011- MSL Participating Scientist (reselected 2015, 2022) and MSL ChemCam team

2010- CaSSIS Co-I 2008- Mars Sample Return planning team (iMARS 2008).

2007- Co-I MIXS X-ray telescope 2007- ExoMars PanCam Co-I

2006- Stardust Mineralogy team member

2003- Beagle2

Learned Societies: Fellow of Royal Astronomical Society, Geological Society, Member of the Meteoritical Society

Recent Meetings Organised

June 2024 British Planetary Science Conference to be held at SPL, NSC

Sept 2023  UKSA funded workshop at SPL on MSR ground based instrumentation

July 2022 Programme organizing committee of Meteoritical Society meeting.

July 2021 Mars session National Astronomy Meeting

May 2019 Local organiser 2nd Mars Sample Science Planning Group College Court Leicester

Nov 2018 ExoMars Landing Site Selection Conference National Space Centre

Nov. 2016 Crustal Differentiation on Mars: A New Perspective Forty years After Viking. RAS meeting

Aug. 2016 Scientific Programme Committee Meteoritical Society Berlin

Sept. 2015 Mars Session Organiser - European Planetary Science Congress Sept.

2013 Organiser of the Mars Science Laboratory Session at European Planetary Science Congress

2013 Organiser of the Royal Astronomical Society meeting 3rd UK in the Aurora Meeting.

2011 European Planetary Science Congress session co-organiser about ExoMars instrumentation and science.

2011 Royal Astronomical Society meeting ‘UK in the Aurora Mars programme’

2009 Co-organised the UKSA-sponsored ‘Habitability and Landing Sites on Mars’ workshop.

Dec. 2008 Royal Astronomical Society meeting ‘UK in the Aurora Mars programme’.

Oct. 2007 Royal Astronomical Society meeting ‘Early Solar System Processes’. "

I maintain a strong record of outreach work based on my work at the University and also with the National Space Centre as a project Scientist. I have given over 100 talks about Mars early Solar System and other planetary science topics to schools astronomy geology societies National Space Centre our University open days UK academic departments and media interviews. @LeicsPlanets

Most recently I led the 2021 Royal Society Summer online Exhibition - Exploring Mars which centred on the UK and ESA's preparations for the ExoMars lander. https://le.ac.uk/exploring-mars

I have published regularly in the national and international media, about topics including the Chinese space programme Hayabusa2 and Mars exploration with, for instance, The Conversation articles registering over 160000 readers internationally. @LeicsPlanets