Devin Schrader

Devin Schrader

Assoc Research Professor (FSC), Center for Meteorite Studies
Assoc Research Professor (FSC), School Of Earth and Space Exploration
  • devin.schrader@asu.edu
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  • Mail code: 6004
    Campus: Tempe
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Dr. Schrader’s research interests concern primitive astromaterials that remain unaltered since their formation in the early Solar System and meteorites that were thermally and aqueously altered on their parent asteroids. He primarily studies carbonaceous chondrites, ordinary chondrites and Hayabusa particles from asteroid Itokawa, but has worked on a range of extraterrestrial materials. His research aims to characterize primitive early Solar System material, determine its variability between meteorite groups, and understand its evolution.

 

Dr. Schrader utilizes petrographic, chemical, isotopic, and thermodynamic data to constrain the pre-accretionary formation conditions and secondary thermal and aqueous alteration processes of small bodies in the early Solar System. He achieves this by analyzing the chemical and physical properties of primitive carbonaceous chondrites, including the Renazzo-like (CR), Mighei-like (CM), Ornans-like (CO), Vigarano-like (CV), and Ivuna-like (CI) carbonaceous chondrites. He also studies ordinary chondrites, and has worked on Rumuruti-like (R) chondrites, primitive achondrites, and iron meteorites.

 

Dr. Schrader’s research utilizes advanced sample preparation techniques, such as focused-ion-beam (FIB) lift-out and ultramicrotomy, alongside traditional optical microscopy and state-of-the-art techniques and equipment, including secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), field emission electron probe microanalysis (FE-EPMA), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). He also provides sample science support for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission as a Science Team Member.

Education
  • Ph.D. Planetary Science, University of Arizona 2012
  • B.S. Astronomy and in Physics, University of Arizona 2006
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Curriculum Vitae
Research Website URL
http://www.devinschrader.com/
Google Scholar URL
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=6e5xvf8AAAAJ&hl=en
Research Interests

Dr. Schrader’s research interests concern primitive astromaterials that remain unaltered since their formation in the early Solar System and meteorites that were thermally and aqueously altered on their parent asteroids. He primarily studies carbonaceous chondrites, ordinary chondrites and Hayabusa particles from asteroid Itokawa, but has worked on a range of extraterrestrial materials. His research aims to characterize primitive early Solar System material, determine its variability between meteorite groups, and understand its evolution.

 

Dr. Schrader utilizes petrographic, chemical, isotopic, and thermodynamic data to constrain the pre-accretionary formation conditions and secondary thermal and aqueous alteration processes of small bodies in the early Solar System. He achieves this by analyzing the chemical and physical properties of primitive carbonaceous chondrites, including the Renazzo-like (CR), Mighei-like (CM), Ornans-like (CO), Vigarano-like (CV), and Ivuna-like (CI) carbonaceous chondrites. He also studies ordinary chondrites, and has worked on Rumuruti-like (R) chondrites, primitive achondrites, and iron meteorites.

 

Dr. Schrader’s research utilizes advanced sample preparation techniques, such as focused-ion-beam (FIB) lift-out and ultramicrotomy, alongside traditional optical microscopy and state-of-the-art techniques and equipment, including secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), field emission electron probe microanalysis (FE-EPMA), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). He also provides sample science support for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission as a Science Team Member.

Research Group

Center for Meteorite Studies

 

Publications

25. Lunning N. G., McCoy T. J., Schrader D. L., Nagashima K., Corrigan C. M., Gross J., and Kracher A. (2019) Lewis Cliff 86211 and 86498: Metal-Sulfide liquid segregates from a carbonaceous chondrite impact melt. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 259, 253–269.

24. Hamilton V., Simon A., Christensen P., Reuter D., Clark B., Barucci A., Bowles N., Boynton W., Brucato J., Cloutis E., Connolly Jr. H., Donaldson Hanna K., Emery J., Enos H., Fornasier S., Haberle C., Hanna R., Howell E., Kaplan H., Keller L., Lantz C., Li J.-Y., Lim L., McCoy T., Merlin F., Nolan M., Praet A., Rozitis B., Sandford S., Schrader D. L., Thomas C., Zou X.-D., Lauretta D., and the OSIRIS-REx Team. (2019) Evidence for widespread hydrated minerals on asteroid (101955) Bennu. Nature Astronomy 3, 332–340.

23. Donaldson Hanna K. L., Schrader D. L., Cloutis E. A., Cody G. D., King A. J., McCoy T. J., Applin D. M., Mann J. P., Bowles N. E., Brucato J. R., Connolly H. C. Jr., Dotto E., Keller L. P., Lim L. F., Clark B. E., Hamilton V. E., Lantz C., Lauretta D. S., Russell S. S., and Schofield P. F. (2019) Spectral Characterization of Analog Samples in Anticipation of OSIRIS-REx’s Arrival at Bennu: A Blind Test Study. Icarus 319, 701-723.

22. Schrader D. L., Fu R. R., Desch S. J., and Davidson J. (2018) The background temperature of the protoplanetary disk within the first four million years of the Solar System. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 504, 30–37.

21. Tenner T. J., Ushikubo T., Nakashima D., Schrader D. L., Weisberg M. K., Kimura M., and Kita N. T. (2018) Oxygen Isotope Characteristics of Chondrules from Recent Studies by Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry. In Chondrules (eds. S. Russell, H. C. Connolly Jr., and A. N. Krot). Cambridge University Press, pp. 196–246.

20. Fu R. R., Weiss B. P., Schrader D. L., and Johnson B. C. Records of magnetic fields in the chondrule formation environment. (2018) In Chondrules (eds. S. Russell, H. C. Connolly Jr., and A. N. Krot). Cambridge University Press, pp. 324–340.

19. Schrader D. L., Nagashima K., Waitukaitis S. R., Davidson J., McCoy T. J., Connolly Jr. H. C., and Lauretta D. S. (2018) The retention of dust in protoplanetary disks: Evidence from agglomeratic olivine chondrules from the outer Solar System. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 223, 405–421.

18. Jilly-Rehak C. E., Huss G. R., Nagashima K., and Schrader D. L. (2018) Low temperature aqueous alteration on the CR chondrite parent body: Implications from in situ oxygen isotopes. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. In press.

17. Schrader D. L. and Davidson J. (2017) CM and CO chondrites: A common parent body or asteroidal neighbors? Insights from chondrule silicates. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 214, 157–171.

16. Schrader D. L., McCoy T. J., and Gardner-Vandy K. (2017) Relict chondrules in primitive achondrites: Remnants from their precursor parent bodies. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 205, 295–312.

15. Schrader D. L., Nagashima K., Krot A. N., Ogliore R. C., Yin Q.-Z., Amelin Y. A., Stirling C. H., and Kaltenbach A. (2017) Distribution of 26Al in the CR chondrite chondrule-forming region of the protoplanetary disk. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 201, 275–302.

14. Schrader D. L., Davidson J., and McCoy T. J. (2016) Widespread evidence for high-temperature formation of pentlandite in chondrites. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 189, 359–376.

13. Schrader D. L., Connolly H. C. Jr., Lauretta D. S., Zega T. J., Davidson J., and Domanik K. J. (2015) The formation and alteration of the Renazzo-like carbonaceous chondrites III: Towards understanding the genesis of ferromagnesian chondrules. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 50, 15–50.

12. Howard K. T., Alexander C. M. O’D, Schrader D. L., and Dyl K. A. (2015) Classification of hydrous meteorites (CR, CM and C2 ungrouped) by phyllosilicate fraction: PSD-XRD modal mineralogy and planetesimal environments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 149, 206–222.

11. Davidson J., Schrader D. L., Lauretta D. S., Busemann H., Alexander C.M. O’D., Greenwood R. C., Domanik K. J., Franchi I. A. and Verchovsky A. (2014) Petrology, geochemistry, stable isotopes, Raman spectroscopy, and presolar components of RBT 04133: A reduced CV3 carbonaceous chondrite. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 49, 2133–2151.

10. Schrader D. L., Davidson J., Greenwood R. C., Franchi I. A., and Gibson J. M. (2014) A water-ice rich minor body from the early Solar System: The CR chondrite parent asteroid. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 407, 48–60.

9. Schrader D. L., Nagashima K., Krot A. N., Ogliore R. C., and Hellebrand E. (2014) Variations in the O-isotope compositions of gas during the formation of chondrules from the CR chondrites. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 132, 50–74.

8. Schrader D. L., Connolly H. C. Jr., Lauretta D. S., Nagashima K., Huss G. R., Davidson J. and Domanik K. J. (2013) The formation and alteration of the Renazzo-like carbonaceous chondrites II: Linking O-isotope composition and oxidation state of chondrule olivine. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 101, 302–327.

7. Pizzarello S., Schrader D. L., Monroe A. A. and Lauretta D. S. (2012) The chiral composition of primitive CR meteorites and the diverse effects of water in cosmochemical evolution. P. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 109, 11949–11954.

6. Ma C., Connolly H. C. Jr., Beckett J. R., Tschauner O., Rossman G. R., Kampf A. R., Zega T. J., Sweeny Smith S. A. and Schrader D. L. (2011) Brearleyite, Ca12Al14O32Cl2, a new alteration mineral from the NWA 1934 meteorite. Am. Mineral. 96, 1199–1206.

5. Ma C., Kampf A. R., Connolly H. C. Jr., Beckett J. R., Rossman G. R., Sweeny Smith S. A. and Schrader D. L. (2011) Krotite, CaAl2O4, a new refractory mineral from the NWA 1934 meteorite. Am. Mineral. 96, 709–715.

4. Schrader D. L., Franchi I. A., Connolly H. C. Jr., Greenwood R. C., Lauretta D. S. and Gibson J. M. (2011) The formation and alteration of the Renazzo-like carbonaceous chondrites I: Implications of bulk-oxygen isotopic composition. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 75, 308–325.

3. Schrader D. L., Lauretta D. S., Connolly H. C. Jr., Goreva Y. S., Hill D. H., Domanik K. J., Berger E. L., Yang H. and Downs R. T. (2010) Sulfide-rich metallic impact melts from chondritic parent bodies. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 45, 743–758.

2. Schrader D. L. and Lauretta D. S. (2010) High-temperature experimental analogs of primitive meteoric metal-sulfide-oxide assemblages. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 74, 1719–1733.

1. Schrader D. L., Connolly H. C. Jr. and Lauretta D. S. (2008) Opaque phases in type-II chondrules from CR2 chondrites: Implications for CR parent body formation. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 72, 6124–6140.

 

Courses
2023 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SES 499 Individualized Instruction
LIA 194 Special Topics
2023 Spring
Course Number Course Title
LIA 194 Special Topics
2022 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SES 499 Individualized Instruction
2021 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SES 499 Individualized Instruction
Honors / Awards

2017: Asteroid 117581 Devinschrader (formerly 2005 EG37) named for contributions to Planetary Science

2012: 2011 Nininger Award, Honorable Mention

2012: UA College of Science Galileo Circle Scholar

2011: UA-LPL Graduate Teaching Assistant Excellence Award

Professional Associations

The Meteoritical Society

Work History

Current Appointments

2015 – present: Assistant Director, Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University.

2015 – present: Assistant Research Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University.

 

Past Appointments

2013 – 2015: Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Mineral Sciences, Washington, DC.

Advisor: Timothy J. McCoy

2012 – 2013: Postdoctoral Fellow, Hawai‘i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.

Advisor: Alexander N. Krot

2012: Research/Laboratory Assistant, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Department of Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

Advisor: Dante S. Lauretta

2006: REU Intern, American Museum of Natural History, New York City, NY.   

Advisor: Harold C. Connolly Jr.

2004 – 2005: Electron Microprobe Mineral Analysis, RRUFF Project, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

Advisor:  Robert T. Downs

2003 – 2004: Intern, UA/NASA Space Grant Undergraduate Research Program, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Department of Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

Advisor: David A. Kring

Service

Meteorite Working Group (MWG, NASA), Member (Jan. 2016–Dec. 2018)

Curation and Analysis Planning Team for Extraterrestrial Materials (CAPTEM, NASA), Member (Jan. 2016–Dec. 2018)

Meteoritical Society Membership Committee, Member (Jan. 2017–Dec. 2019)

Expertise Areas
Planetary Sciences
Cosmochemistry
Planetary Geochemistry
Planetary Mineralogy
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