Alumna Dr. Emilie Dunham awarded 51 Pegasi b Fellowship in planetary astronomyThe 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 […] |
New paper: Si-Mg isotopes in enstatite chondrites and accretion of reduced planetary bodiesASU 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 […] |
Graduate Student Spotlight: Zachary TorranoZachary 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, […] |
Alumna Emilie Dunham joins Antarctic Search for MeteoritesHaving 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 […] |
New paper: Hypervelocity impacts in iron meteoritesPhD Candidate Soumya Ray is a co-author on a new research paper published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. The paper, Hypervelocity impact experiments in iron-nickel ingots and iron meteorites: Implications for the NASA Psyche mission, details the results of a series of high-velocity impact experiments performed on iron meteorites and cast metal ingots […] |
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