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Ms Moni Boruah

Profile summary

  • Research Student
  • Research Student
  • Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
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Professional biography

2023 - Present: Planetary Science PhD student at The Open University

Title: Probing the origin (s) of lunar volatiles and their resource potential for ISRU 

Supervisor: Prof Mahesh Anand and Prof Ian Franchi. 

2021-2023: Program Associate at Indo-German Science & Technology Centre (DST-India & BMBF-Germany)

Grants Management. Project Management. Science Communication.

2016-2018: Master in Science (MSc.) in Geology, University of Delhi, India. Percentage: 80

2013-2016: Bachelor of Science (BSc.) in Geology, University of Delhi, India. I Percentage: 78.3

Research interests

  • Lunar Volatiles (H,Cl, Li) and In-Situ Research Utilisation
  • Planetary Crustal Formation and Evolution
  • Earth and Planetary Volcanism 
  • Mantle dynamics and evolution - role of volatiles 
  • Geochronology (U-Pb & Pb-Pb) and shock metamorphism 
  • Igneous Petrology and Geochemistry.
  • Outreach and Public Engagement

Teaching interests

I am restructuring the S.T.A.R.S Project Teacher CPD course: Living on the Moon. However, I haven't had the opportunity to pursue any teaching role at OU. 

Occasionally, I also go on school visits to primary and secondary schools as a part of outreach activities to ignite young minds toward space and planetary science. 

External collaborations

External Collaborators: 

  • Dr Alice Stephant, University of Florence
  • Dr Iris Buisman, University of Cambridge
  • Dr Martin Whitehouse, Swedish Natural History Museum 
  • Dr James Darling, University of Portsmouth

Memberships:

  • Student Member, Mineralogical Society of America, 2023-Present
  • Student Member, Geological Society of London, 2024-Present

Awards: 

  • 2023: NERC-funded QXRM Workshop
  • 2024: UKRI-funded travel grant to attend the European Lunar Symposium, 2024

Outreach & Public Engagement:

  • MoonNight, 2023
  • European Lunar Symposium, 2024
  • MK Interact, 2024
  • Moon Night, 2023