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Isotope Cosmochemistry and Geochronology Laboratory

Congratulations, Soumya and Zack!

PhD candidates Zack Torrano and Soumya Ray are among the awardees of the 2020 Nininger Student Travel Award! Presented by the Center for Meteorite Studies and the School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE), the goal of the award is to support travel to the annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference of up to 4 […]

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New Online Meteorite Resources for At-Home Learning

ICGL PhD candidates Soumya Ray and Zack Torrano recently produced a new segment for ASU's Ask an Earth and Space Scientist website! Their piece, Meteorites: Space Rocks, covers meteorite origins, types, identification, and much more – all tailored for at-home learning. Ask an Earth and Space Scientist is an educational portal for students, teachers, parents, […]

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Alumna Dr. Emilie Dunham awarded 51 Pegasi b Fellowship in planetary astronomy

The Heising-Simons Foundation has announced that ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration and Center for Meteorite Studies alumna Dr. Emilie Dunham has been selected for a 51 Pegasi b Fellowship in planetary astronomy. Established in 2017 and named for the first exoplanet discovered orbiting a Sun-like star, the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship provides exceptional […]

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New paper: Si-Mg isotopes in enstatite chondrites and accretion of reduced planetary bodies

ASU Now recently published a story featuring Associate Research Scientist Dr. Vinai Rai’s research on enstatite chondrites and what they can tell us about what Earth and other terrestrial planets are made of. This research was published in Nature Scientific Reports with co-author Jinia Skidar. Read the full story, on ASU Now! Read the full […]

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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, […]

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