Students

Anuva Anannya (PhD Candidate, ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration) Anuva’s research in the Center focuses on the microstructure and mineralogy of presolar grains.

Andrea Distel (PhD Candidate, ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration) Andrea is measuring D/H ratios in lunar rocks and chondritic meteorites in order to understand the variability of the hydrogen isotope composition on the Moon and in our early Solar System.

Anna Sophia Hindrichs (PhD Candidate, ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration) Anna studies nanoparticles in the Stroud Astromaterials Class 10,000 cleanroom with the goal of constraining aqueous and thermal alteration on primitive asteroids in the early Solar System.

Havi Tripathi (PhD Student, ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration) Havi’s research focuses on distinguishing true presolar meteoritic diamonds from those formed in the early Solar System.

Sam Campbell (Undergraduate Student, ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration) Sam (They/Them) works with the Center in public outreach. They are working towards a Bachelor’s in Astrobiology and a certificate in Planetary Science. Sam has not only been a NASA Space Grant intern in the Center, but also works as a docent in the SESE Gallery of Exploration and Meteorite Gallery, leading tours for the public and school groups.

Eric Orson (Undergraduate Student, ASU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences) Eric is a Barrett Honors College student working on his senior thesis in the Center with Director Stroud. He studies the three-dimensional structure of meteorites and returned mission samples using X-ray computed tomography.