Student Information
Graduate Student
Astrophysics
The College of Lib Arts & Sci
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.
Presentations
AST 111, Fall 2021
AST 112, Spring 2021
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