Nininger Meteorite Award, Arizona State University

Arizona State University
Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies
The Nininger Meteorite Award recognizes outstanding student achievement in the meteoritical sciences as embodied by an original research paper.  Papers must cover original research conducted by the student.
YearStudentPaper Title
1964-1965Hartmann, William K.Terrestrial and Lunar Flux of Large Meteorites through the Solar System History
1977-1978Newsom, HortonPrimitive Metal Condensates from the Solar Nebula, a clue from the Bencubbin Meteorite
2010-2011Berger, EveHonorable mention: Evidence for aqueous activity on comet 81P/Wild 2 from sulfide mineral assemblages in Stardust samples and CI chondrites
2011-2012Schrader, DevinHonorable mention: The Formation and Alteration of the Renazzo-like Carbonaceous Chondrites II: Linking O isotope Composition and Oxidation State of Chondrule Olivine
2013-2014Daubar, IngridThe current martian cratering rate
2023Wilbur, ZoëThe Effects of Highly Reduced Magmatism Revealed through Aubrites
2025Benner, MaizeyMicrostructural analysis of phosphorus (P)-bearing assemblages in type 3 chondrites: Implications for P condensation and processing in the early solar nebula