New Center research presented at Meteoritical Society MeetingThis July, several members, alumni, and affiliates of the Center for Meteorite Studies presented new findings at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society in Sapporo, Japan. The Center's presentations covered a broad range of topics in meteoritics and cosmochemistry, including water on Mars, aubrites, ureilites, meteorites from the moon, carbonaceous chondrites, and processes… |
ASU celebrates space exploration with Apollo 11 anniversaryA new ASU Now article documents how the Apollo 11 lunar landing continues to inspire scientists at ASU, as well as the role of Center Founding Director Carleton Moore in the analyses of the lunar samples returned to Earth by the Apollo missions. While the first samples returned by the Apollo 11 mission were almost… |
New Center for Meteorite Studies Interim DirectorWe are pleased to announce that Dr. Devin Schrader has been appointed Interim Director of the ASU Center for Meteorite Studies. Since 2015, Dr. Schrader has served as Assistant Director of the Center for Meteorite Studies and Research Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration. His research involves the use of petrographic, compositional,… |
Meenakshi Wadhwa ready to lead Earth and space exploration at ASUCongratulations to former Center for Meteorite Studies Director Meenakshi Wadhwa, who has assumed leadership of ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration! Wadhwa received her doctorate from Washington University in St. Louis and was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California at San Diego and then curator at the Field Museum in Chicago before… |
