ASU Founders' Day 2023
ASU Founders' Day 2023 award recipients
(from left): Vivek Kopparthi, Sara Brownell, Laurie Leshin, Peter Buseck,
Karen Mossberger, Carolyn Compton and Bennett and Jacquie Dorrance of The Dorrance Family
(from left): Vivek Kopparthi, Sara Brownell, Laurie Leshin, Peter Buseck,
Karen Mossberger, Carolyn Compton and Bennett and Jacquie Dorrance of The Dorrance Family
Peter and Laurie Leshin
GSA, Phoenix Peter was awarded the 2019 Roebling Medal
by the Mineralogical Society of America
A special GSA session in his honor and a celebration party were held December, 2019
by the Mineralogical Society of America
A special GSA session in his honor and a celebration party were held December, 2019
Mickey Gunter (2019 outgoing MSA President), Peter, Mihály Pósfai, Carol Frost (2020 incoming President)
7*M group members at the Reobling Event
Peter and Huifang Xu
Peter and Li Jia (Susan Buseck in background)
Sumio Iijima, Alex Navrotsky, Mike O'Keefe, Lita O'Keeffe, Mike O'Keeffe
Lenore and Mike Treacy, Rafal Dunin-Borkowski, Huifang Xu
Peter Heaney, Lori Buseck, Jeff Post, Dave Veblen
AGU, San Francisco, December, 2019
Peter and Weijun Li, Visiting Scholar 2007-2009
Mihály Pósfai (postdoc and visiting scientist 1992-94 and1996-98), founder of the Nanolab.
Mihály in nanolab facility
Mike Klosterman and Peter September 2018
Mike (M.S., Geology, 1972) is the retired Chief Geologist
of the US Army Corps of Engineers [https://www.usace.army.mil/about/].
Mike's thesis, published in JGR,
was on Structural analysis of olivine in pallasitic meteorites:
Deformation in planetary interiors.
His subsequent work as a geological engineer shows the interesting
but unpredictable ways that careers can develop.
of the US Army Corps of Engineers [https://www.usace.army.mil/about/].
Mike's thesis, published in JGR,
was on Structural analysis of olivine in pallasitic meteorites:
Deformation in planetary interiors.
His subsequent work as a geological engineer shows the interesting
but unpredictable ways that careers can develop.
Zhejiang University June 2018
Huifang Xu (postdoc 1993-97) and Weijun Li (visiting student 2007-09)
during Huifang's visit to present talks at Weijun's new university.
during Huifang's visit to present talks at Weijun's new university.
Lake Balaton Conference, Hungary
Huifang Xu (postdoc 1993-97) and Mihály Pósfai
(postdoc and visiting scientist 1992-94 and1996-98)
(postdoc and visiting scientist 1992-94 and1996-98)
AGU, New Orleans December, 2017
Kouji Adachi and Peter
South Africa June-July, 2017
Peter and David Bell (research scientist 2002-14) outside Port Elizabeth
Johan de Villiers (visiting professor 1987, 1991-92) and Peter in Kruger National Park
Retirement party of Prof. Tomeoka March, 2017
Kouji Adachi and Tomoka Kojima at the retirement party of Prof. Kazushige ("Kazu") Tomeoka
in Kobe, Japan, March 2017 - several generations of 7*Mers!
in Kobe, Japan, March 2017 - several generations of 7*Mers!
November, 2016
Heather & Henry Throop, children of one of Peter's first graduate students.
Heather is an Associate Professor in SESE, and Henry is an astronomer with the
Planetary Science Institute (PSI) in Tucson
Heather is an Associate Professor in SESE, and Henry is an astronomer with the
Planetary Science Institute (PSI) in Tucson
Visit with David Veblen in Waldoboro, Maine May, 2016
Peter and Dave (postdoc 1976-79) on Waldoboro dock with lobster traps
Peter, Dave holding a guinnea fowl, and Linda, Dave's wife
Mihály Pósfai wins Széchenyi Prize March, 2016
In March 2016 Mihály Pósfai won a Széchenyi Prize,
which is awarded to “the greatest Hungarian minds alive today.”
It is “the most prestigious state award in the sciences”
and was given in a ceremony in the Parliament Building led by
the President and the Prime Minister of Hungary.
This picture shows the ceremony hall.
which is awarded to “the greatest Hungarian minds alive today.”
It is “the most prestigious state award in the sciences”
and was given in a ceremony in the Parliament Building led by
the President and the Prime Minister of Hungary.
This picture shows the ceremony hall.
A recumbent Mihály proudly displaying the Széchenyi Prize statue in front of him.
This picture was taken in 2000 in the town of Tapolca, where we went to collect magnetic bacteria. It shows Peter, two friends of Mihály, Mihály, Rafal, Bertrand Devouard, and Richard Frankel. It was cold and rainy, but Mihály is in shorts because he had to go into the water to get the bacteria.
PacChem meeting, Hawaii December, 2015
Kouji Adachi and Weijun Li
GSA, Baltimore Session Honoring Dave Veblen November, 2015
Peter and Dave Veblen (postdoc 1976-79)
Huifang Xu (postdoc 1993-97), Peter, and Dave Veblen
Jeff Post (grad student, 1981 Ph.D.) and Peter
Peter and Don Miser (postdoc 1988-90)
Alaska, July 2015
Jerry Van Kooten (7*M from 1973 to 1975) and Peter at the Russian River, Kenai Peninsula, AK
AGU, San Francisco December, 2014
Kouji Adachi, Peter, and Gary Scott (7*M undergraduate assistant 1964-69)
Kouji Adachi, Peter, and Li Jia
GoAmazon field campaign, Amazonia, Brazil First Intensive Operating Period (IOP)
February 1 to March 30, 2014
February 1 to March 30, 2014
Kouji Adachi and Peter on sampling tower at ZF2 site in jungle
Peter and Kouji Adachi at ZF2 site
AGU, San Francisco December, 2013
Péter Németh, Steve Lehner, Kouji Adachi, Jun Wu, (Zhili Gui), Peter, (Emily), (Kevin), Li Jia
OE Biomass Burning Observation Project (BBOP) field campaign July, 2013
Kouji Adachi and Peter in airplane hanger at Pasco, Washington
Microscopy & Microanalysis 2012 Conference
Phoenix Convention Center 7*M group
at dinner honoring Peter held at ASU, August 2, 2012
Phoenix Convention Center 7*M group
at dinner honoring Peter held at ASU, August 2, 2012
Almost 20% of the students and postdocs that came through the lab attended (a couple are "ringers").
Front: Jun Wu, Joe Goldstein, Steve Lehner, Dawn Janney, Shirley Turner, Peter, Barbara Minor, Ed Holdsworth, John Armstrong. Back: Tom Sharp, Mihály Pósfai, Susan Lowry, Rafal Dunin-Borkowski, Roy Christoffersen, Tom Zega, Craig Johnson, Lindsey Keller, Laurence Garive, Heiner Friedrich, Péter Németh, Taiga Okumura, Mike O'Keefe
Front: Jun Wu, Joe Goldstein, Steve Lehner, Dawn Janney, Shirley Turner, Peter, Barbara Minor, Ed Holdsworth, John Armstrong. Back: Tom Sharp, Mihály Pósfai, Susan Lowry, Rafal Dunin-Borkowski, Roy Christoffersen, Tom Zega, Craig Johnson, Lindsey Keller, Laurence Garive, Heiner Friedrich, Péter Németh, Taiga Okumura, Mike O'Keefe
Early Ph.D. student John Armstrong making introductory remarks at dinner.
International Symposium on Aerosol Studies Explored by Electron Microscopy
Tsukuba, Japan February 16-17, 2012
Tsukuba, Japan February 16-17, 2012
Kazu Tomeoka, Kouji Adachi, (server), (Yuki Adachi), Peter, Tomoko Kojima, Weijun Li
Talk at Peking University, also given at symposium in Japan and other universities in China
Kazushige Tomeoka Award Tokyo, Japan December, 2011
Kazu received a prestigious award from the Geochemical Research Association in Japan for his "Studies on the origin and evolution of the primitive meteorites by analytical electron microscopy and experimental methods." The photo was taken at the award ceremony in Tokyo.
Evelyn's visit to ASU December, 2011
Jun Wu, Steve Lehner, Laurence Garvie, (Pierre Garnaud), Evelyn Freney (iPhone photo)
AGU, San Francisco December, 2011
Jun Wu, Evelyn Freney, Peter, Li Jia
(Zhili Gui), Jun Wu, Evelyn Freney, Peter, Li Jia, (Tingting), (Xiangxiang)
ASU Center for Meteorite Studies 50th Anniversary Symposium
Tempe, AZ, October 21-22, 2011
Tempe, AZ, October 21-22, 2011
Laurence Garvie, Thomas Zega, David Bell, Peter, Stephen Lehner, Thomas Sharp
Mihály's partner Eva with Peter in the Austrian Alps July, 2011
(Photographer: Mihály Pósfai)
Barbara Miner (7*M Ph.D. 1988) showing President Obama columns of atoms in a new aberration-corrected TEM. Barbara is manager of the INTEL TEM lab in Hillsboro, Oregon. (February 18, 2011) For additional photos, search Google for "Barbara Miner Obama."
Michael Czank, Peter, Lindsay Keller, Péter Németh, Marlene de Villiers (with camera), Johan de Villiers, Bertrand Devouard, Fernando Cámara, Mihály Pósfai
Johan de Villiers, Bertrand Devouard, Fernando Cámara, István Dódony, Gisela and Michael Czank, Peter, Lindsay Keller, Péter Németh, Marlene de Villiers (back)
István Dódony, Rafal Dunin-Borkowski, Michael Czank
AGU, San Francisco December, 2009
Kouji Adachi, Peter, Li Jia, (Tingting), (Zhili Gui)
Kouji Adachi, Jun Wu
Kouji Adachi, Peter, Li Jia, (Tingting)
7*M Group December, 2007
Susan Lowry, Evelyn Freney, Laurence Garvie, Steve Lehner, Peter, Kouji Adachi, Mike Stevens;
Front: Gongpu Zhao, Weijun Li, David Bell, Ran Liu
Front: Gongpu Zhao, Weijun Li, David Bell, Ran Liu
7*M Hike, Wet Beaver Creek, near Sedona October, 2007
Kouji Adachi, Peter, (friend), Gongpu Zhao, Steve Lehner
Kouji Adachi, (friend), Steve Lehner, Peter
Gongpu Zhao, (friend), Kouji Adachi, Steve Lehner, Peter
7*M Group March, 2007
Gongpu Zhao, Laurence Garvie, Evelyn Freney, Peter, David Bell, Mike Stevens, Susan Lowry; Front: Kouji Adachi, Shunyu Cheng, Melanie Channon, Chipepo Mugala
Magnetic Interactions 2007 Conference
University of Cambridge, U.K. January, 2007
University of Cambridge, U.K. January, 2007
Peter and Alice Buseck, Mihály Pósfai, István Dódony
Gary Scott (ASU, 1969), Peter
Michael Czank Retirement Party
University of Kiel, Germany April, 2006
University of Kiel, Germany April, 2006
Michael Czank, Peter
Michael and Gisela Czank, Alice and Peter
Michael Czank
19 General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association (IMA)
Kobe, Japan July, 2006
Kobe, Japan July, 2006
Peter, Kazu and Yuko Tomeoka
(Keiko Nakamura-Messenger), Lindsay Keller, Tomoko Kojima, (Scott Messenger), Peter, Kazu Tomeoka
Lindsay Keller, Peter, Kazu Tomeoka
Visit to Rafal Dunin-Borkowski at Cambridge University
Sitting: from right to left, Mihály Pósfai, Takeshi Kasamai, and Peter; standing: Caterina Ducati on far right and Ed Simpson between Takeshi and Peter (photographer: Rafal)
AGU, San Francisco December, 2004
Peter, Li Jia
7*M Group May, 2004
Peter, David Bell, Jacob Spinsby, Laurence Garvie, Heiner Friedrich, Craig Johnson, István Dódony, Matt Wise; Front: Laura van Poppel, Trudi Semeniuk, Tomoko Kojima, Susan Lowry
7*M Group 1999
Soame Banerji, Dawn Janney, Susan Lowry, Tom Zega, Li Jia, Dana Perry, Dante Lauretta, István Dódony, Hua Xin, Peter; Seated: (Peter Perry), Laurence Garvie
1987
Barbara Miner, Tom Sharp
Jim Rask, Barbara MIner, Melanie Sharp, Peter
Fred Allen and Tom Sharp’s ferret
Fred Allen, Brad Smith, Jim Rask
Johan DeVilliers
7*M Group 1982
Peter, Peter Davies, Mark Germani, Donna Colletta, Jim Clark, Cherie Klobcar, Clarence Menninga
Jeff Post, Shirley Turner, Kazu Tomeoka, Steve Kissin, Roy Christoffersen, Gerard Spinnler, Jenny Needham
Gary Aden, Dave Cater, Francois, Peter Self, Jeff Post, Shirley Turner,
Kazu Tomeoka, Steve Kissin, Roy Christoffersen, Gerard Spinnler
Kazu Tomeoka, Steve Kissin, Roy Christoffersen, Gerard Spinnler
Jerome Instrument Corp. 1981
John McNerney is in the classy sun glasses, with wife Iris on his right. He is surrounded by the JIC staff in front of the company offices in the old Jerome High School.