I. A. Franchi

The Open University — United Kingdom

Physics and Astronomy · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Astro and Planetary Science(463), Planetary Science and Exploration(287), Isotope Analysis in Ecology(192), Geological and Geochemical Analysis(121), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research(62)

Publications605 total

Northwest Africa 4269: a metal-rich eucrite from the Algerian Sahara
Geochemistry·2025Open Access
Isotopic analysis of tochilinite (carbonate and magnetite) in Winchcombe: Temperature constraints on early‐stage aqueous alteration in the <scp>CM</scp> parent body
Meteoritics and Planetary Science·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
The variety and origin of materials accreted by Bennu’s parent asteroid
Nature Astronomy·2025· 12 citedOpen Access
Mineralogical evidence for hydrothermal alteration of Bennu samples
Nature Geoscience·2025· 13 citedOpen Access
Rapid protoplanet formation in the outer Solar System recorded in a dunite from the carbonaceous chondrite reservoir
Communications Earth & Environment·2025Open Access
An overview of the petrography and petrology of particles from aggregate sample from asteroid Bennu
Meteoritics and Planetary Science·2025· 21 citedOpen Access
An evaporite sequence from ancient brine recorded in Bennu samples
Nature·2025· 44 citedOpen Access
Multiple hydrothermal events at martian surface revealed by H and Cl isotope systematics of melt inclusions and hydrous minerals from chassignite NWA 2737
Earth and Planetary Science Letters·2024Open Access
Phosphorus-rich grains in Ryugu samples with major biochemical potential
Nature Astronomy·2024· 18 citedOpen Access
A primordial noble gas component discovered in the Ryugu asteroid and its implications
Nature Communications·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Evidence against water delivery by impacts within 10 million years of planetesimal formation
Earth and Planetary Science Letters·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Asteroid (101955) Bennu in the laboratory: Properties of the sample collected by <scp>OSIRIS</scp>‐<scp>REx</scp>
Meteoritics and Planetary Science·2024· 132 citedOpen Access
The nucleosynthetic fingerprint of the outermost protoplanetary disk and early Solar System dynamics
Science Advances·2024· 15 citedOpen Access
The nucleosynthetic fingerprint of the outermost protoplanetary disk and early Solar System dynamics
arXiv (Cornell University)·2024Open Access
Selenium and Arsenic Interactions in CdSeTe/CdTe Solar Cells Using STEM-EDX, NanoSIMS and Cathodoluminescence
2024· 1 cited
Asteroid (101955) Bennu in the Laboratory: Properties of the Sample Collected by OSIRIS-REx
arXiv (Cornell University)·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Brecciation at the grain scale within the lithologies of the Winchcombe Mighei‐like carbonaceous chondrite
Meteoritics and Planetary Science·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Chondritic chlorine isotope composition of acapulcoites and lodranites
Geochemical Perspectives Letters·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Detection of apatite in ferroan anorthosite indicative of a volatile-rich early lunar crust
Nature Astronomy·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
A new primordial noble gas component in the solar system discovered in Ryugu asteroid
2023Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

R. C. Greenwood(23), M. Anand(10), Romain Tartèse(8), Jessica Barnes(7), J. Borg(6), J. R. Brucato(6), Z. Djouadi(6), A. T. Kearsley(6), C. T. Pillinger(6), Jean‐Alix Barrat(6), P. Tsou(5), C. M. O'd. Alexander(5), J. P. Bradley(5), H. Busemann(5), M. M. Grady(5), F. Grossemy(5), L. P. Keller(5), Scott A. Sandford(5), F. M. McCubbin(5), S. S. Russell(5)