The Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University is pleased to announce the application opportunity for the 2020 Nininger Student Travel Award for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing research in meteoritics and planetary sciences. The Nininger Student Travel Award supports travel to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) of up to 4 School […]
Apply for Nininger Meteorite Award
The Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University is accepting applications for the 2019 Nininger Meteorite Award for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing research in meteoritical sciences until April 3! The Nininger Meteorite Award recognizes outstanding student achievement in the meteoritical sciences as embodied by an original research paper. Papers must cover original […]
Center receives Martian gift
What's better than a Martian meteorite? Two Martian meteorites! The Center for Meteorite Studies was recently gifted two pieces of the meteorite popularly known as Black Beauty (NWA 7034 and NWA 10922), which is a type of rock from Mars described as a polymict breccia. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 105) description of NWA 10922: […]
Center alumna headed to Antarctica
Having successfully defended her dissertation in September, Center alumna Dr. Emilie Dunham is preparing to collect meteorites from Antarctica this week! As a member of the US-led Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET), she'll be collecting meteorites from stranding surfaces along the Transantarctic Mountains. To date, ANSMET has recovered over 22,000 meteorites – these meteorites […]
Graduate Student Spotlight: Zachary Torrano
Zachary Torrano received his B.S. in Environmental Geosciences from the University of Notre Dame in 2015, and is currently enrolled in the final year of his Ph.D. at ASU, advised by Prof. Meenakshi Wadhwa. As an undergraduate, Zack conducted nuclear forensics research in the University of Notre Dame’s High Temperature Isotope Geochemistry Laboratory from 2013–2015, […]
