Megan Householder

Graduate Associate,

School of Earth and Space Exploration

[email protected]

Physical Sciences Center B Wing PSB 248A Box 871604 Tempe, AZ 85287
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Long Bio

Megan got her B.Sc. in Physics and her Master's in Nanoscience, and is now pursuing her Astrophysics PhD. She is a member of The Navrotsky Eyring Center for the Materials of the Universe (MotU), part of ASU's Advanced Materials Initiative, and the Navrotsky Laboratory Group. Her research interests include the first condensates of the solar nebula as well as exoplanet atmospheres, with an emphasis on the need for more experimental work in the field of cosmochemistry.

Publications

Navrotsky, A, Householder, M. New worlds, new chemistry, new ceramics. International Journal of Ceramic Engineering and Science. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/ces2.10104

Subramani, T., Lilova, K., Householder, M., Yang, S., Lyons, J., Navrotsky, A. Surface energetics of wurtzite and sphalerite polymorphs of zinc sulfide and implications for their formation in nature. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.11.003.

Householder, M., Subramani T., Lilova, K., Lyons J. R., Stroud, R. M., and Navrotsky, A. Calorimetric Measurement of the Surface Energy of Enstatite, MgSiO3. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c04211.

Teaching Website URL

http://windhorst111lab.asu.edu/

Presentations

AST 111, Fall 2021

AST 112, Spring 2021

Honors / Awards

NASA FINESST Award, 2022

Professional Associations

Navrotsky Eyring Center for Materials of the Universe

Advanced Materials Initiatives