1. Cutting-edge research on understanding the origin of our Solar System and planets, including the pathways to forming habitable worlds.
2. Curation and distribution of one of the finest meteorite collections in the world.
3. Broad dissemination of the latest scientific results and education at local, national and global scales.
News
Announcing the 2021-22 Nininger Meteorite AwardeesThe ASU Center for Meteorite Studies is pleased to announce that Zoë Wilbur, a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Arizona is the recipient of the 2021-22 Nininger Meteorite Award, and Cauê Borlina, a Blaustein Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University received an Honorable Mention for the award. The Nininger Meteorite Award recognizes outstanding student […] |
Welcome, Imène KerraouchWe are pleased to welcome Dr. Imène Kerraouch, who joins the Center as a Postdoctoral Research Scholar working under Center Director Prof. Rhonda Stroud. Imène received her Ph.D. from Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster in 2022, and studies formational processes in primitive chondrites and the early Solar System. She is currently examining samples returned by JAXA‘s Hayabusa2 […] |
Hugoton: Our largest meteorite!Hugoton is an ordinary (H5) chondrite found in Stevens County, Kansas, in 1935. It was identified by H. H. Nininger, who had recently given a presentation on meteorites at a local high school. The talk was attended by the son of the finder, who invited Nininger to visit the Lynch family farm and examine the […] |
New Meteorite Studies Postdoctoral FellowshipThe Arizona State University Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies (BCMS) is pleased to announce the search for the inaugural BCMS Meteorite Studies Postdoctoral Fellow. Early career individuals near PhD completion and up to 4 years post-PhD, with an interest in meteorites and related materials, are encouraged to apply. Come launch your scientific career in the […] |
