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.
| Year | Student | Paper Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1964-1965 | Hartmann, William K. | Terrestrial and Lunar Flux of Large Meteorites through the Solar System History |
| 1977-1978 | Newsom, Horton | Primitive Metal Condensates from the Solar Nebula, a clue from the Bencubbin Meteorite |
| 2010-2011 | Berger, Eve | Honorable mention: Evidence for aqueous activity on comet 81P/Wild 2 from sulfide mineral assemblages in Stardust samples and CI chondrites |
| 2011-2012 | Schrader, Devin | Honorable mention: The Formation and Alteration of the Renazzo-like Carbonaceous Chondrites II: Linking O isotope Composition and Oxidation State of Chondrule Olivine |
| 2013-2014 | Daubar, Ingrid | The current martian cratering rate |
| 2023 | Wilbur, Zoë | The Effects of Highly Reduced Magmatism Revealed through Aubrites |
| 2025 | Benner, Maizey | Microstructural analysis of phosphorus (P)-bearing assemblages in type 3 chondrites: Implications for P condensation and processing in the early solar nebula |