• OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission - Phase-B/C/D/E: NASA New Frontiers Program, Principal Investigator
• Cosmochemistry of Siderophile and Chalcophile Elements in Chondritic Meteorites: NASA Cosmochemistry Program, Principal Investigator
• Application of Machine-learning Algorithms for On-board Asteroid Shape Model Determination and Spacecraft Navigation, Principal Investigator
• Comet Astrobiology Exploration Sample Return (CAESAR) - Phase A: NASA New Frontiers Program, Co-Investigator

• OSIRIS-REx, Principal Investigator
• Hayabusa2 Mission, Co-Investigator
• CAESAR - Phase A, Co-Investigator

Former Students

• Kelly Miller, 2016 (Ph.D. PTYS)
• Kathryn G. Gardner-Vandy, 2012 (Ph.D. PTYS)
• Devin Schrader, 2012 (Ph.D. PTYS)
• Eve Berger, 2011 (Ph.D. PTYS)
• Jade Bond, 2008 (Ph.D .PTYS)
• Celinda Marsh, 2007 (M.S. PTYS)
• Matthew Pasek, 2006 (Ph.D. PTYS)

• Jemma Davidson, Ph.D. 2009
• Eric Palmer, Ph.D. 2009, University of Arizona

Complete publications list available from: NASA ADS Author search: Dante Lauretta

Selected Publications

PUBLICATIONS - BOOKS

2011: 
D. S. Lauretta (ed.) Elements: An International Magazine of Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Petrology. Special Issue on Cosmochemistry, Volume 7, Number 1.

2010: 
D. Apai and D. S. Lauretta (eds.) Protoplanetary Dust: Astrophysical and Cosmochemical Perspectives. Cambridge University Press.

2006:
D. S. Lauretta and H. Y. McSween (eds.) Meteorites and the Early Solar System II. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.

2005:
D. S. Lauretta and M. Killgore. A Color Atlas of Meteorites in Thin Section. Golden Retriever Publications, Tucson, AZ and Southwest Meteorite Press, Payson, AZ.

2002:
M. K. Crombie, et al. Rich Hill: The History of Arizona's Most Amazing Gold District. Golden Retriever Publications, Tucson, AZ. 

PUBLICATIONS LISTED FOR 2012-2017

For a complete list of Dr. Lauretta's publications, use the link provided for the NASA ADS Author search.

Lauretta, D. S., Balram-Knutson, S. S., Beshore, E., Boynton, W. V., Drouet d'Aubigny, C., DellaGiustina, D. N., Enos, H. L., Golish, D. R., Hergenrother, C. W., Howell, E. S., Bennett, C. A., Morton, E. T., Nolan, M. C., Rizk, B., Roper, H. L., Bartels, A. E., Bos, B. J., Dworkin, J. P., Highsmith, D. E., Lorenz, D. A., Lim, L. F., Mink, R., Moreau, M. C., Nuth, J. A., Reuter, D. C., Simon, A. A., Bierhaus, E. B., Bryan, B. H., Ballouz, R., Barnouin, O. S., Binzel, R. P., Bottke, W. F., Hamilton, V. E., Walsh, K. J., Chesley, S. R., Christensen, P. R., Clark, B. E., Connolly, H. C., Crombie, M. K., Daly, M. G., Emery, J. P., McCoy, T. J., McMahon, J. W., Scheeres, D. J., Messenger, S., Nakamura-Messenger, K., Righter, K., Sandford, S. A. V OSIRIS-REx: Sample Return from Asteroid (101955) Bennu 2017SSRv..212..925L

Daly, M. G., Barnouin, O. S., Dickinson, C., Seabrook, J., Johnson, C. L., Cunningham, G., Haltigin, T., Gaudreau, D., Brunet, C., Aslam, I., Taylor, A., Bierhaus, E. B., Boynton, W., Nolan, M., Lauretta, D. S. V The OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA) Investigation and Instrument 2017SSRv..212..899D

Gainsforth, Z., Lauretta, D. S., Tamura, N., Westphal, A. J., Jilly-Rehak, C. E., Butterworth, A. L. V Insights into solar nebula formation of pyrrhotite from nanoscale disequilibrium phases produced by H2S sulfidation of Fe metal 2017AmMin.102.1881G

Zega, T. J., Massani, B. B., Chang, Y. J., Domanik, K., Nebesny, K., Wallace, P., Armstrong, N. R., Corral, E., Lauretta, D. S., Swindle, T. D., Wang, W., Howe, J. Y., Hanawa, A., Inada, H. V A New Core Facility For Electron And Ion Microscopy At The University Of Arizona 2017MiMic..23S..64Z

Miller, K. E., Lauretta, D. S., Connolly, H. C., Berger, E. L., Nagashima, K., Domanik, K. V Formation of unequilibrated R chondrite chondrules and opaque phases 2017GeCoA.209...24M

Berger, E. L., Lauretta, D. S., Zega, T. J., Keller, L. P. V Heterogeneous histories of Ni-bearing pyrrhotite and pentlandite grains in the CI chondrites Orgueil and Alais 2016M&PS...51.1813B

Scheeres, D. J., Hesar, S. G., Tardivel, S., Hirabayashi, M., Farnocchia, D., McMahon, J. W., Chesley, S. R., Barnouin, O., Binzel, R. P., Bottke, W. F., Daly, M. G., Emery, J. P., Hergenrother, C. W., Lauretta, D. S., Marshall, J. R., Michel, P., Nolan, M. C., Walsh, K. J. V The geophysical environment of Bennu 2016Icar..276..116S

Andronikov, A. V., Rudnickaitė, E., Lauretta, D. S., Andronikova, I. E., Kaminskas, D., Šinkūnas, P., Melešytė, M. V Geochemical evidence of the presence of volcanic and meteoritic materials in Late Pleistocene lake sediments of Lithuania 2015QuInt.386...18A

Binzel, R. P., DeMeo, F. E., Burt, B. J., Cloutis, E. A., Rozitis, B., Burbine, T. H., Campins, H., Clark, B. E., Emery, J. P., Hergenrother, C. W., Howell, E. S., Lauretta, D. S., Nolan, M. C., Mansfield, M., Pietrasz, V., Polishook, D., Scheeres, D. J. V Spectral slope variations for OSIRIS-REx target Asteroid (101955) Bennu: Possible evidence for a fine-grained regolith equatorial ridge 2015Icar..256...22B

Takir, D., Clark, B. E., Drouet d'Aubigny, C., Hergenrother, C. W., Li, J.-Y., Lauretta, D. S., Binzel, R. P. V Photometric models of disk-integrated observations of the OSIRIS-REx target Asteroid (101955) Bennu 2015Icar..252..393T

Lauretta, D. S., Bartels, A. E., Barucci, M. A., Bierhaus, E. B., Binzel, R. P., Bottke, W. F., Campins, H., Chesley, S. R., Clark, B. C., Clark, B. E., Cloutis, E. A., Connolly, H. C., Crombie, M. K., Delbó, M., Dworkin, J. P., Emery, J. P., Glavin, D. P., Hamilton, V. E., Hergenrother, C. W., Johnson, C. L., Keller, L. P., Michel, P., Nolan, M. C., Sandford, S. A., Scheeres, D. J., Simon, A. A., Sutter, B. M., Vokrouhlický, D., Walsh, K. J. V The OSIRIS-REx target asteroid (101955) Bennu: Constraints on its physical, geological, and dynamical nature from astronomical observations 2015M&PS...50..834L

Burton, A. S., McLain, H., Glavin, D. P., Elsila, J. E., Davidson, J., Miller, K. E., Andronikov, A. V., Lauretta, D., Dworkin, J. P. V Amino acid analyses of R and CK chondrites 2015M&PS...50..470B

Bottke, W. F., Vokrouhlický, D., Walsh, K. J., Delbo, M., Michel, P., Lauretta, D. S., Campins, H., Connolly, H. C., Scheeres, D. J., Chelsey, S. R. V In search of the source of asteroid (101955) Bennu: Applications of the stochastic YORP model 2015Icar..247..191B

Schrader, D. L., Connolly, H. C., Lauretta, D. S., Zega, T. J., Davidson, J., Domanik, K. J. V The formation and alteration of the Renazzo-like carbonaceous chondrites III: Toward understanding the genesis of ferromagnesian chondrules 2015M&PS...50...15S

Berger, E. L., Keller, L. P., Lauretta, D. S. V An experimental study of the formation of cubanite (CuFe₂S₃) in primitive meteorites 2015M&PS...50....1B

Connolly, H. C., Lauretta, D. S., Walsh, K. J., Tachibana, S., Bottke, W. F. V Towards understanding the dynamical evolution of asteroid 25143 Itokawa: constraints from sample analysis 2015EP&S...67...12C

Davidson, J., Schrader, D. L., Alexander, C. M. O., Lauretta, D. S., Busemann, H., Franchi, I. A., Greenwood, R. C., Connolly, H. C., Domanik, K. J., Verchovsky, A. V Petrography, stable isotope compositions, microRaman spectroscopy, and presolar components of Roberts Massif 04133: A reduced CV3 carbonaceous chondrite 2014M&PS...49.2133D

Davidson, J., Krot, A. N., Nagashima, K., Hellebrand, E., Lauretta, D. S. V Oxygen isotope and chemical compositions of magnetite and olivine in the anomalous CK3 Watson 002 and ungrouped Asuka-881595 carbonaceous chondrites: Effects of parent body metamorphism 2014M&PS...49.1456D

Andronikov, A. V., Subetto, D. A., Lauretta, D. S., Andronikova, I. E., Drosenko, D. A., Kuznetsov, D. D., Sapelko, T. V., Syrykh, L. S. V In search for fingerprints of an extraterrestrial event: Trace element characteristics of sediments from the lake Medvedevskoye (Karelian Isthmus, Russia) 2014DokES.457..819A

Chesley, S. R., Farnocchia, D., Nolan, M. C., Vokrouhlický, D., Chodas, P. W., Milani, A., Spoto, F., Rozitis, B., Benner, L. A. M., Bottke, W. F., Busch, M. W., Emery, J. P., Howell, E. S., Lauretta, D. S., Margot, J.-L., Taylor, P. A. V Orbit and bulk density of the OSIRIS-REx target Asteroid (101955) Bennu 2014Icar..235....5C

Emery, J. P., Fernández, Y. R., Kelley, M. S. P., Warden (nèe Crane), K. T., Hergenrother, C., Lauretta, D. S., Drake, M. J., Campins, H., Ziffer, J. V Thermal infrared observations and thermophysical characterization of OSIRIS-REx target asteroid (101955) Bennu 2014Icar..234...17E

Gardner-Vandy, K. G., Lauretta, D. S., McCoy, T. J. V A petrologic, thermodynamic and experimental study of brachinites: Partial melt residues of an R chondrite-like precursor 2013GeCoA.122...36G

Nolan, M. C., Magri, C., Howell, E. S., Benner, L. A. M., Giorgini, J. D., Hergenrother, C. W., Hudson, R. S., Lauretta, D. S., Margot, J. L., Ostro, S. J., Scheeres, D. J. V Asteroid (101955) Bennu Shape Model V1.0 2013PDSS..211.....N

Hergenrother, C. W., Nolan, M. C., Binzel, R. P., Cloutis, E. A., Barucci, M. A., Michel, P., Scheeres, D. J., d'Aubigny, C. D., Lazzaro, D., Pinilla-Alonso, N., Campins, H., Licandro, J., Clark, B. E., Rizk, B., Beshore, E. C., Lauretta, D. S. V Lightcurve, Color and Phase Function Photometry of the OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroid (101955) Bennu 2013Icar..226..663H

Nolan, M. C., Magri, C., Howell, E. S., Benner, L. A. M., Giorgini, J. D., Hergenrother, C. W., Hudson, R. S., Lauretta, D. S., Margot, J.-L., Ostro, S. J., Scheeres, D. J. V Shape model and surface properties of the OSIRIS-REx target Asteroid (101955) Bennu from radar and lightcurve observations 2013Icar..226..629N

Walsh, K. J., Delbó, M., Bottke, W. F., Vokrouhlický, D., Lauretta, D. S. V Introducing the Eulalia and new Polana asteroid families: Re-assessing primitive asteroid families in the inner Main Belt 2013Icar..225..283W

Lantz, C., Clark, B. E., Barucci, M. A., Lauretta, D. S. V Evidence for the effects of space weathering spectral signatures on low albedo asteroids 2013A&A...554A.138L

Schrader, D. L., Connolly, H. C., Lauretta, D. S., Nagashima, K., Huss, G. R., Davidson, J., Domanik, K. J. V The formation and alteration of the Renazzo-like carbonaceous chondrites II: Linking O-isotope composition and oxidation state of chondrule olivine 2013GeCoA.101..302S

Moores, J. E., Brown, R. H., Lauretta, D. S., Smith, P. H. V Experimental and theoretical simulation of sublimating dusty water ice with implications for D/H ratios of water ice on Comets and Mars 2012PlSci...1....1M

Pizzarello, S., Schrader, D. L., Monroe, A. A., Lauretta, D. S. V Large enantiomeric excesses in primitive meteorites and the diverse effects of water in cosmochemical evolution 2012PNAS..10911949P

Gardner-Vandy, K. G., Lauretta, D. S., Greenwood, R. C., McCoy, T. J., Killgore, M., Franchi, I. A. V The Tafassasset primitive achondrite: Insights into initial stages of planetary differentiation 2012GeCoA..85..142G

Moores, J. E., Brown, R. H., Lauretta, D. S., Smith, P. H. V Experimental and theoretical simulation of sublimating dusty water ice with implications for D/H ratios of water ice on Comets and Mars 2012PlSci...1....2M

Brown, R. H., Lauretta, D. S., Schmidt, B., Moores, J. V Experimental and theoretical simulations of ice sublimation with implications for the chemical, isotopic, and physical evolution of icy objects 2012P&SS...60..166B