Nine Circles - Cosmochemistry

The Nine Circles Cosmochemistry research group is led by founding member Dante Lauretta and is supported by the LPL and NASA. The group consists of staff scientists, post doctoral research associates, graduate and undergraduate students, amongst others.

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2010 - 2008 - 2007 - 2005 - 2004

Dante S. Lauretta	Associate Professor Director of Southwest Meteorite Center Group Leader OSIRIS-Rex Deputy PI	Harold C. Connolly Jr.	Professor, CUNY Adjunct Professor, LPL Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History http://haroldconnolly.com
Alex Andronikov	Associate Staff Scientist LA-ICP-MS Lab Manager	Marvin Killgore	Curator of the Southwest Meteorite Center www.meteoritelab.com
Dolores Hill	Staff Scientist	Irina Andronikova	Research Technician
Glinda Davidson	Administrative Support

Kelly Miller

2011 - Present
Graduate Student

Michelle Thompson

2011 - Present
Graduate Student

Julia Goreva

Jemma Davidson

Development of simultaneous LA-ICP-MS and LIBS for the study of extraterrestrial materials.

PhD 2009 (Open University)

Now at UH at Manoa

www.cosmochemist.com

Devin Schrader	The formation and aqueous alteration of the Renazzo-like carbonaceous chondrites. PhD (2012) Now at UH at Manoa www.devinschrader.com	Kathryn Gardner-Vandy	Melting and differentiation of asteroids in the early solar system via the study of primitive achondrites and heating experiments. PhD (2012) www.cosmochemist.com/katgardnervandy
Eve Berger	Formation and stability of Cu/Fe- sulfides at low temperatures. Characterization of rare sulfides in Stardust and CI chondrites. PhD (2011) Now at NASA JSC	Eric Palmer	Aqueous alteration of CM meteorites. PhD (2009) Now at the PSI
Jade Bond	Chemical compositions of extrasolar planetary systems. PhD (2008) Now at the PSI http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~jbond/	Celinda Marsh	M.S. (2007)
Matt Pasek	Origin of life using phosphorus redox cosmobiogeochemistry. PhD (2006) Now at University of South Florida http://geology.usf.edu/faculty/mpasek/	Fred Ciesla	Formation of planetary systems by numerical modelling. PhD (2003) Now at the University of Chicago http://geosci.uchicago.edu/people/ciesla.shtml
Kristin Block		Naydene Hays

Katrina Jackson

College Letters Arts Sciences
Interdisciplinary Studies

Courtney King

Partial melting on the CR chondrite parent body: understanding the relationship between CR chondrites and primitive achondrites with Kathryn Gardner-Vandy.

College of Science
Geosciences/Mathematics 2/Planetary Sciences

Rachel Maxwell

Lujendra Ojha

Jennifer Sierchio

Daniella Della Giustina (2004-2008)

Devin Schrader (2005-2006)

Alyssa La Blue (2003-2005)

Virginia Smith (2003-2004)

Frances McQueen (2002-2003)

Matthew Rodriguez

Adria Brooks