Please join us in welcoming Michelle Aigner to the ICGL management team! Michelle has been involved in geochemical research at ASU since 2014, in the Hodges Group 18 noble gas mass spectrometry labs. In addition to her experience in mineral separation, Parr high-pressure digestion, and sample preparation for noble gas mass spectrometry, Michelle recently completed […]
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Meenakshi Wadhwa inducted into National Academy of Sciences
By Kim Baptista | The National Academy of Sciences is inducting School of Earth and Space Exploration Director Meenakshi Wadhwa into the 2023 class of new members for her pioneering work in planetary sciences and continuing achievements in original research. The National Academy of Sciences welcomes 120 new members and 23 international members at its induction […]
Meenakshi Wadhwa named ASU Regents Professor
School of Earth and Space Exploration Director Meenakshi Wadhwa is among four Arizona State University professors recently honored with the highest faculty award possible — Regents Professor. The four are internationally recognized experts at the top of their fields, and joined an elite rank when their nominations were approved by the Arizona Board of Regents. […]
BCMS researcher Jemma Davidson selected by NASA for international mission to Mars moons
NASA has announced the selection of US participating scientists in the JAXA-led Martian Moons eXploration (MMX )Mission to return samples from the Martian moon Phobos. Arizona State University researcher Dr. Jemma Davidson will join the MMX mission's Sample Analysis and Science Working Teams as a participating scientist. Davidson, an isotope cosmochemist and petrologist in the […]
New research presented at MetSoc 2023
This August, Wadhwa Group members presented new findings at the annual meeting of the Meteoritical Society in Los Angeles. Established in 1933, The Meteoritical Society is an international organization dedicated to the promotion of research and education in planetary science with emphasis on the studies of meteorites and other extraterrestrial materials that further our understanding […]
2023 Spring ExMAG meeting
Meteorite Studies (BCMS) personnel recently participated in the annual meeting of the NASA-chartered Extraterrestrial Materials Analysis Group (ExMAG). ExMAG is a community-based, interdisciplinary group that provides a forum for discussion and analysis of matters concerning the collection, curation, and analysis of extraterrestrial samples, including planning future sample return missions. Center Research Scientist Dr. Jemma Davidson […]
Congratulations to Nicole Phelan!
Congratulations to Wadhwa Group member Nicole Phelan, who successfully defended her M. S. thesis June 28, 2023! Mass-independent Isotope Anomalies of Titanium in Carbonaceous Chondrites: Implications for Isotopic Heterogeneity in the Early Solar System The isotopic compositions of meteorites provide valuable insights into the earliest history of our Solar System and, in some cases, provide […]
New research
This week, members of the Wadhwa Group are presenting new findings at the annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) held in Houston, Texas. The presented research covers a range of topics in meteoritics and cosmochemistry, including carbonaceous chondrites, water on Mars, mineralogy, and isotope geochemistry. Click on the abstract title links below to learn […]
Undergraduate student presents new research on lunar meteorite
At this year’s NASA Space Grant Sudent Poster Session, undergraduate student Christian Kroemer presented his analysis of minerals that form under high pressure and temperature conditions, including tissingtite-II, corundum, silica, and olivine to explore the formation and impact processes of lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 13967. The poster session highlights the research of Space Grant Students […]
New paper on chondrite meteorites
Wadhwa Group Ph.D. student Nicole Phelan is first author of a new research paper released in the journal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, titled "A 187Re-187Os, 87Rb-86Sr, highly siderophile and incompatible trace element study of some carbonaceous, ordinary and enstatite chondrite meteorites". "The focus of the study is to link the variations observed in the HSE […]
