Center Director Meenakshi Wadhwa spent part of the summer chairing the 2016 Vatican Observatory Summer School (VOSS) in Astrophysics, on Water in the Solar System and Beyond. This is the first in a series of digital post cards from her travels in Rome – stay tuned for future updates! Students and faculty of the 2016 […]
Center Student Awarded NASA Earth & Space Science Fellowship!
The recipients of the prestigious 2016 NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) have been announced, and include the Center's own Emilie Dunham! Emilie's research focuses on measuring the rare earth element (REE) abundances of Martian basaltic meteorites to determine their formation history and composition of the parent magma. She is also analyzing beryllium and […]
2015 Nininger Meteorite Award Winner Announced!
The ASU Center for Meteorite Studies is pleased to announce that François Tissot, a graduate student at the University of Chicago, is the recipient of the 2015 Nininger Meteorite Award. François’s paper “Origin of uranium isotope variations in early solar nebula condensates” describes how the characterization of the U isotope composition of 12 fine-grained Calcium […]
Meteorites at Phoenix Comicon!
Center students and personnel took the meteorites on the road in June, to Phoenix Comicon! Ph.D. candidate Emilie Dunham demonstrates the Center's loanable classroom modules at Phoenix Comicon's Edu Tech event. Photo ASU/CMS. Droids, timelords, and aliens all enjoyed posing with the Center's meteorites! Photo ASU/CMS. Thanks to all who braved the heat to visit […]
Congratulations to Cameron Mercer!
Congratulations to Center Ph.D. candidate Cameron Mercer, recipient of the prestigious 2016 Stephen E. Dwornik Award! The award was endowed in 1991 by Dr. Stephen E. Dwornik, who wished to encourage U.S. students to become involved with NASA and planetary science. The Dwornik Award recognizes outstanding student presentations at the annual Lunar and Planetary Science […]
