Michelle Minitti - Vitae

Assistant Director and Faculty Research Associate, Center For Meteorite Studies

School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University

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Michelle Elaine Minitti

Center for Meteorite Studies, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404
Phone: 480-965-4106, Fax: 480-965-8102

Education

  • Ph.D. Brown University, Geological Sciences, 2000
  • Thesis title: Investigations of the Effects of Impact Shock, Water and Oxidation on SNC (Martian) Meteorites,
  • Magma Petrogenesis and Spectral Properties
  • Advisor: Dr. Malcolm J. Rutherford
  • Sc.M. Brown University, Geological Sciences, 1997
  • B.S. University of Arizona, Materials Science and Engineering, Magna cum Laude with Honors, 1995

Research Interests

  • Experimental petrology
  • Role of water in Martian igneous processes
  • Interpretation of chemical and spectral data from planetary missions

Professional Experience

  • Assistant Director, Center for Meteorite Studies – Arizona State University, 2006 - present
  • Interim Director, Center for Meteorite Studies – Arizona State University, 2005 - 2006
  • Faculty Research Associate – Arizona State University, 2003 - present
  • NASA Astrobiology Institute Postdoctoral Fellow – Arizona State University, 2001 - 2003
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Carnegie Institution of Washington, Geophysical Laboratory, 2000-2001
  • Graduate Student, Experimental Petrology Lab – Brown University, 1995-2000
  • Teaching Assistant – Brown University, Spring 1998 and 1999
  • Course Instructor – Brown Learning Community - Brown University, 1997 - 1998

Service To The Community

  • Committee Co-Chair – Travel Grant Program, Gerald A. Soffen Memorial Fund for the Advancement of Space Science Education, 2002 - present
  • Co-Convener – Planetary Science Section special session “The Surface Composition of Mars: An Integrated Picture from Orbital, Telescopic, and In Situ Observations”, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2003
  • Program Organizing Committee - NASA Astrobiology Institute General Meeting, 2003
  • Proposal Review Panel member - Mars Data Analysis Program, 2001 - 2003

Honors And Awards

  • NASA Haskin Early Career Fellowship - 2006
  • Invited Talk – Geological Society of America Meeting – Planetary Geology Division, 2003
  • Outstanding Student Paper Award, Planetary Science Section – American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 1999
  • Charles Wilson Brown Fund Fellowship – Fall 1999
  • Stephen E. Dwornik Outstanding Student Poster Award – Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 1998
  • Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellow, 1998
  • P.E.O. Scholar, 1998
  • Stephen E. Dwornik Outstanding Student Talk Award – Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 1997 (Honorable Mention)
  • Rhode Island Space Grant Fellowship, 1996
  • Brown University Graduate Fellowship, 1995

Affiliations

  • American Geophysical Union
  • Sigma Xi
  • Phi Kappa Phi