Dr. Gregory Adam Brennecka

Dr. Gregory Adam Brennecka

Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, room 29
48149 Münster

T: +49 251 83-39081

Academic Profile

  • Honors

    Nier Priize – The Meteoritical Society
    Sofja Kovalevskaja AwardAlexander von Humboldt Foundation
    Postdoctoral Fellowship – US Department of Homeland Security
    NASA Earth and Space Science Fellow – NASA
    H. Nininger Award – H. Nininger Committee
    Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award – Arizona State University
    Outstanding Student Research Award – Geological Society of America
    Brian Mason Award – Conference Comittee of the Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society
  • Project

    • The elements of existence: Understanding the astrophysical and earliest formation period of the solar system ()
      Individual Granted Project: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation - Sofja Kovalevskaja Award
  • Research Articles (Journals)

    • , and Forthcoming. “Dy, Er, and Yb isotope compositions of meteorites and their components: Constraints on presolar carriers of the rare earth elements.Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 529

    • , , , et al. . “Combined mass-dependent and nucleosynthetic isotope variations in refractory inclusions and their mineral separates to determine their original Fe isotope compositions.Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 263: 215234.
    • , , , , , and . “Lack of late-accreted material as the origin of 182W excesses in the Archean mantle: Evidence from the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia.Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 528 doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115841.
    • , , , , and . . “Titanium isotopic evidence for a shared genetic heritage of refractory inclusions from different carbonaceous chondrites.Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 254: 4053. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2019.03.011.

    • , , , et al. . “Ti isotopic evidence for a non-CAI refractory component in the inner Solar System.Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 498: 257265. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.06.040.
    • , , , , and . . “A Distinct Nucleosynthetic Heritage for Early Solar System Solids Recorded by Ni Isotope Signatures.Astrophysical Journal, 862: 2643. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/aacb7e.
    • , , and . . “Er, Yb, and Hf isotopic compositions of refractory inclusions: Anintegrated isotopic fingerprint of the Solar System’s earliest reservoir.Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 495: 1223. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.05.007.
    • , , , et al. . “Isotopic coherence of refractory inclusions from CV and CK meteorites: Evidence from multiple isotope systems.Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 228: 6280. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2018.02.006.
    • , and . “Uranium isotope ratios of Muonionalusta troilite and complications for the absolute age of the IVA iron meteorite core.Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 490: 110. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.03.010.

    • , , , et al. . “The early differentiation of Mars inferred from Hf–W chronometry.Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 474 (null): 345354. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.06.047.
    • , , , et al. . “A renewed search for short-lived 126Sn in the early Solar System: Hydride generation MC-ICPMS for high sensitivity Te isotopic analysis.Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 201
    • , , , et al. . “The Northwest Africa 8159 martian meteorite: Expanding the martian sample suite to the early Amazonian.Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 218 (null): 126. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2017.08.037.
    • , and . “A low abundance of 135Cs in the early Solar System from barium isotopic signatures of volatile-depleted meteorites.The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 837

    • , , , et al. . “The astrobiology primer v2.0.Astrobiology, 16 (8): 653. doi: 10.1089/ast.2015.1460.
    • , , , , and . “The effects of magmatic processes and crustal recycling on the molybdenum stable isotopic composition of Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts.Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 453 (null): 171181. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.07.056.
    • , , , , , and . “A nucleosynthetic origin for the Earth's anomalous 142 Nd composition.Nature, 537 (7620): 394398. doi: 10.1038/nature18956.
    • , , , , , and . “Molybdenum isotopic evidence for the origin of chondrules and a distinct genetic heritage of carbonaceous and non-carbonaceous meteorites.Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 454: 293303. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.09.020.
    • , , , and . “Accretion timescale and impact history of Mars deduced from the isotopic systematics of martian meteorites.Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 175: 167. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2015.12.002.

    • , , and . “Uranium isotopic composition and absolute ages of Allende chondrules.Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 50 (12): 19952002. doi: 10.1111/maps.12567.
    • , , , , and . “The uranium isotopic composition of the Earth and the Solar System.Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 148 (null): 145158. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.09.008.
    • , , , et al. . “Geochemistry and chronology of the bunburra rockhole ungrouped achondrite.Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 50 (5): 958975. doi: 10.1111/maps.12443.

    • , , and . “Insights into the Martian mantle: The age and isotopics of the meteorite fall Tissint.Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 49 (3): 412418. doi: 10.1111/maps.12258.

    • , , , and . “Uranium isotope fractionation suggests oxidative uranium mobilization at 2.50Ga.Chemical Geology, 362 (null): 105114. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.08.010.
    • , , , and . “Nuclear field shift in natural environments.Comptes Rendus Géoscience, 345 (3): 150159. doi: 10.1016/j.crte.2013.01.004.
    • , , and . “Evidence for supernova injection into the solar nebula and the decoupling of r-process nucleosynthesis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110 (43): 1724117246. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1307759110.

    • , and . “Uranium isotope compositions of the basaltic angrite meteorites and the chronological implications for the early Solar System.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109 (24): 92999303. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1114043109.

    • , , , , and . “Uranium isotope fractionation during adsorption to Mn-oxyhydroxides.Environmental Science and Technology, 45 (4): 13701375. doi: 10.1021/es103061v.
    • , , , and . “Rapid expansion of oceanic anoxia immediately before the end-Permian mass extinction.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108 (43): 1763117634. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1106039108.
    • , , , and . “New constraints on early Solar System chronology from Al-Mg and U-Pb isotope systematics in the unique basaltic achondrite Northwest Africa 2976.Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75 (18): 53105323. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.06.033.

    • , , , , and . “Natural variations in uranium isotope ratios of uranium ore concentrates: Understanding the 238U/235U fractionation mechanism.Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 291 (null): 228233. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.01.023.
    • , , , , , and . “238U/235U variations in meteorites: Extant 247Cm and implications for Pb-Pb dating.Science, 327 (5964): 449451. doi: 10.1126/science.1180871.

    • , , , et al. . “Mechanisms for incompatible-element enrichment on the Moon deduced from the lunar basaltic meteorite Northwest Africa 032.Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73 (13): 39633980. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.03.039.