Member Since 1996
Lindy T. Elkins-Tanton
Vice President, Arizona State University
Lindy Elkins-Tanton is a planetary scientist, the Principal Investigator of the NASA Psyche mission, and ASU Vice President of the Interplanetary Initiative. Her research concerns the formation and evolution of rocky planets, as well as on effective teams and future-facing educational practices. She has led four field expeditions in central Siberia. Asteroid (8252) Elkins-Tanton is named for her, as is the mineral elkinstantonite. She is a member of the NAS and an AGU Fellow.
Professional Experience
Arizona State University
Vice President
2014 - Present
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctorate
2002
Honors & Awards
Eugene Shoemaker Lecture
Received December 2024
Union Fellow
Received December 2016
Citation
For convincingly elucidating the formation and differentiation of rocky planets and planetesimals, from their interiors to their atmospheres.
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Publications
Ferric Iron Evolution During Crystallization of the Earth and Mars
Magma ocean crystallization models that track fO2 evolution can reproduce the D/H ratios of both the Earth and Mars without the need for exogenous ...
September 13, 2024
A Post‐Launch Summary of the Science of NASA's Psyche Missio...
February 27, 2024
Thermal‐Infrared Emission Spectroscopy of Graybody Minerals ...
February 24, 2023
Visible to Near‐Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy of Asteroi...
January 26, 2023
Cold Compaction and Macro‐Porosity Removal in Rubble‐Pile As...
October 19, 2022
AGU Abstracts
The Magnetometer on the Psyche Mission: Initial in-flight performance assessment and implications to the science objectives
GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS OF ACTIVE SATELLITES AND SMALL BODIES POSTER
planetary sciences | 11 december 2024
Jose M. Merayo, Benjamin P. Weiss, Jodie B. Ream, ...
The hypothesis that asteroid (16) Psyche formed from the core of a differentiated planetesimal is one of the objectives of the Psyche mission (launche...
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Formation of Asteroid (16) Psyche by a Giant Impact
INSIGHTS INTO PLANETARY FORMATION AND EVOLUTION FROM INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES II ELIGHTNING
study of earth's deep interior | 11 december 2024
Saverio Cambioni, Benjamin P. Weiss, John B. Biers...
Astronomical observations indicate that some asteroids have a metal-to-silicate ratio far higher than the solar abundance of iron and rock-forming ele...
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Quantifying Hydration Abundance and Distribution on Asteroid (16) Psyche with JWST Data
SMALL SOLAR SYSTEM BODIES: SAMPLE RETURNS, JWST, GROUND-BASED ASTRONOMY, AND MORE PLUS OBSERVATIONS OF THE OSIRIS-REX SAMPLE RETURN REENTRY II ORAL
planetary sciences | 10 december 2024
Stephanie Jarmak, Tracy M. Becker, Charles E. Wood...
M-class asteroids were initially thought to represent the exposed metal cores of differentiated planetesimals because of their spectral similarities t...
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Volunteer Experience
2017 - 2018
Immediate Past President
Planetary Sciences Executive Committee
2015 - 2016
Member
Planetary Sciences Executive Committee
2015 - 2016
President
Student Breakfast SFG Leaders
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