Vitae
EDUCATION
Ph.D. 1996 Physics Washington University, St. Louis, MO
A. B. 1991 Physics Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Director, Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies & Professor, School of Earth & Space Exploration, Arizona State University, 2022-Present
Head, Nanoscale Materials Section, Naval Research Laboratory, 2007-2022
Acting Head, Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Section, Naval Research Laboratory, 2014, 2016-2017
Research Physicist, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, 1998- 2007
NRC/NRL Cooperative Research Associate, Naval Research Laboratory, 1996-1998
Part-time Instructor, St. Louis Community College, Meramec, 1995
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Electron, ion and x-ray beam characterization and modification of materials at the micrometer to atomic scale
- Formation and processing histories of nanoscale astromaterials
- Evolution of organic matter in the Solar System
- Sample Return Missions
- In Situ Resource Utilization on the Moon
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
2023 Faculty of Impact Award
2022 Fellowship in the Microanalysis Society
2021 Fellowship in the Microscopy Society of America
2020 Antarctic Service Medal (for work on the South Pole Cosmic Dust Sucker)
2014 Fellowship in the Meteoritical Society
2013 NASA Group Achievement Award– Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination Team
2023, 2022, 2020, 2013, 2004, 2002, 2000 Naval Research Lab Berman Publication Award
2012 Naming of Asteroid 8468Rhondastroud by the International Astronomical Union
2009 Fellowship in the American Physical Society
2003 Sigma Xi NRL Edison Chapter Young Investigator Award
1996-1998 National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
1991-1996 Olin Graduate Fellowship, Washington University
1991-1994 NSF National Need Fellowship, Washington University
1991 Distinction in All Subjects, Cornell University
SERVICE
2025-Present, Member, Eyring Center Governing Board
2024 Co-organizer of a 2-day workshop on Presolar Grains at SESE
2023-2024, Chair, SESE Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship Search Committee
2023, Member, ASU Eyring Center electron microscope professional hiring committee
2023 Lead organizer for a 2-day international symposium on Solar System Exploration by Spacecraft and Microscope in honor of the dedication of the Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies.
2022-Present, Member, SESE Annual Personnel Review Committee
2022-2023 Member, SESE Tenure & Promotion By-Laws Committee
2023-2027 Lead organizer for 2027 Meteoritical Society Meeting, Flagstaff AZ
2023-2025 Monash University Electron Microscopy Center Advisory Board Member, Monash Australia
2023-Present, Meteoritical Society Ethics Committee
2020-Present, Microanalysis Society Finance Committee
2023-2024 Theme Lead, Goldschmidt 2024 Conference
2022-2023 International Review Committee for Microscopy Australia
2020-2022 Panelist, NAS Planetary Science Decadal Survey
2021-2022 Symposium Organizer, Goldschmidt 2022
2018-2020 President, Microanalysis Society
2018-Present, Advisory Committee, Microscopy Australia
2019 Mentor, US Department of State, International Visitor Leadership Program, Hidden No More, 50 women in STEM from 50 countries
2019-2020 Meteoritical Society Nominating Committee Chair
2018-2020 NASA Planetary Science Division Advisory Committee Member
2018 DOE External Review Committee for Materials Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
2017-2022 Chair, NASA Extraterrestrial Materials Analysis Stardust Subcommittee
2014-2017 Strategic Planning Chair, Microanalysis Society of America
2015-2016 Panel Member, National Academy of Science Triennial Review of the National Nanotech Initiative
2014 & 2015 Organizer, symposia on Earth and Planetary Microanalysis, Microscopy and Microanalysis Meeting
2013-2016 Antarctic Meteorite Working Group member
2006-2016 NASA CAPTEM STARDUST Committee member
2011-2013 Director, Executive Council of the Microanalysis Society
2009 DOE External Review Committees for Oak Ridge and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Electron Microscopy User Facilities
2011-2014 Chair, NASA Cosmochemistry Program Management Operations Working Group
2009-2011 NASA Cosmochemistry Program Management Operations Working Group
2006-2007 Tour Speaker, Microbeam Analysis Society
2006-2007 President, NRL Sigma Xi Chapter
2002-2005 President, NRL Women in Science
NASA Review Panel Member for Emerging Worlds, LARS
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Physical Society, Meteoritical Society, Microscopy Society of America,
Microanalysis Society, Materials Research Society, American Geophysical Union
TEACHING AND MENTORING
STUDENTS/POSTDOCS MENTORED:
At ASU (7 undergraduate, 8 graduate students (2 as primary advisor), 1 postdoc)
2025-pres. Valentina Ferrero Fuentes (PhD student, thesis committee member)
2025-pres. Maya Watkins (Barret Honors College, undergraduate research assistant)
2025-pres. Charly Bisson (Barret Honors College, undergraduate research assistant)
2024- pres. Rishant Prakash (PhD student, thesis committee member)
2024-pres. Cassandra Kraver (PhD student, thesis committee member))
2024- pres. Havi Tripathi (PhD student, primary advisor)
2024- 2025. Krishna Kotagari (Barret Honors College, undergraduate research assistant)
2024 Nishtha Kukreja (Barret Honors College, undergraduate research assistant)
2024-2025 Griffin Roy (Barrett Honors College, SESE astrophysics major advisor)
2023- 2025. Imene Kerraouch (Postdoctoral Fellow)
2023- 2025. Eric Orson (Barrett Honors College, undergraduate research assistant, honors thesis, now in graduate school at the University of Michigan)
2023-2024 Sam Campbell (Barret Honors College, Spacegrant project)
2022- pres. Anna Sophia Hindrichs (PhD student, primary advisor)
2022- pres. Anuva Annanya (PhD student, second project advisor)
2022- 2025 Megan Householder (PhD student, thesis committee member, degree awarded)
2022- pres. Leah Shteyman (PhD student, thesis committee member)
Prior to ASU (10 postdoctoral fellows, 3 visiting graduate students, 3 high school summer interns)
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2021-2022 Brittany Cymes, Postdoctoral Fellow, co -advisor (Contractor, Johnson Space Center)
2019-2022 Sheryl Singerling, Postdoctoral Fellow, (TEM lab manager, Goethe University, Frankfurt)
2018 Eric Bour, High school summer intern, (astrophysics PhD student, Cambridge University, UK)
2019-2021 Andrew Lang, ASEE Postdoctoral Fellow (Materials Engineer, Naval Research Laboratory)
2018-2019 Mathew Crane, U. Washington PhD student, visiting Goldstein Scholar at Naval Research Laboratory (Assistant Professor, Colorado School of Mines)
2017-2018 Amy Ng, NRC Postdoctoral Fellow co-advisor (Private Industry)
2015-2016 Michale Katz, NRC Postdoctoral Fellow co-advisor (Staff Scientist, National Institute for Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg)
2014-2016 Katherine Burgess, NRC Postdoctoral Fellow (Private Industry)
2014-2015 Brendan Haas, Washington University PhD Student, visiting Goldstein Scholar at NRL (Private Industry)
2012-2014 Aki Takigawa, Postdoctoral Fellow co-advisor (Professor, University of Tokyo)
2009, 2014 Ingrid Koch, high school summer intern., Washington University PhD student, visiting scholar at Naval Research Laboratory (Private Industry)
2008 Spencer Stebbins, High school summer intern (Private Industry)
2007-2009 Bradely De Gregorio, NRC Postdoctoral Fellow (Research Geologist, Naval Research Laboratory)
2005-2006 Mitra Taheri, NRC Postdoctoral Fellow (Professor, Johns Hopkins University)
2004-2006 Thomas Zega, NRC Postdoctoral Fellow (Professor, University of Arizona)