Grier completed a PhD in 1999 from the
University of Arizona with a dissertation Determining the ages of impact events: Multidisciplinary studies using remote sensing and sample analysis techniques supervised by
Alfred McEwen.[3] They started working for the Planetary Science Institute in 1999.[2]
Publications
Grier is a coauthor of books including:
Guide to the Universe: Inner Planets (with Andrew S. Rivkin, Greenwood Publishing, 2010)
Airless Bodies of the Inner Solar System: Understanding the Process Affecting Rocky, Airless Surfaces (with Andrew S. Rivkin, Elsevier, 2019)[4]
Recognition
Grier was named a Fellow of the
American Astronomical Society in 2024, "for over two decades of commitment to advancing accessibility, inclusion, and diversity within the scientific community; and for important advances in planetary sciences, particularly in the area of lunar optical maturity effects".[5]
Grier identifies as "queer/trans/non-binary".[6] They have published numerous poems, essays, and short works of speculative fiction,[7] including some under the pseudonym Bryce Ellicott.[7][8]
^Grier, J. A. (1999), Determining the ages of impact events: Multidisciplinary studies using remote sensing and sample analysis techniques (Doctoral dissertation), University of Arizona, p. 891,
Bibcode:
1999PhDT........22G,
hdl:
10150/284058