Current Grants

• Atomic-scale Analysis of Samples Returned from the Hayabusa Mission and Analogs of Those to-be-returned by Hayabusa 2 and OSIRIS-Rex, NASA Laboratory Analysis of Returned Samples (LARS) Program (PI)
• The Kuiper-Arizona Laboratory for Astromaterials Analysis at the University of Arizona, NASA Planetary Science Enabling Facilities (PSEF) Program (PI w/Co-Is J. Barnes, P. Haenecour, and D. Lauretta)
• The Origin and Evolution of Sulfides in Asteroid Ryugu, NASA Laboratory Analysis of Returned Samples (LARS) Program (PI w/Co-I D. Schrader)
• Alien Earths: Which Nearby Planetary Systems Are Likely to Host Habitable Planets and Life? NASA’s Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiology Research (ICAR) Program (Co-I w/D. Apai PI and 26 other Co-Is and Collaborators)
• A Next-Generation Nanoscale Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer for the Analysis of Planetary Materials, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (Co-I with J. Barnes, PI, and six other Co-Is)
• Constraining Asteroidal Formation and Alteration Conditions via Microstructure and Elemental Compositions of Sulfides from Returned Samples, NASA Laboratory Analysis of Returned Samples (LARS) Program (Co-I w/D. Schrader, PI)
• Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) Asteroid Sample Return Mission (Co-I w/D. Lauretta PI and 46 other Co-Is). NASA New Frontiers Program

Current Spacecraft Involvement

• OSIRIS-REx Co-I
• CAESAR Co-I

Former Spacecraft Involvement

• NASA Stardust

Current Graduate Students

Student Collaborations/Advising

Former Students

• Diana Bolser, 2014 (M.S. Chemistry)
• Tarunika Ramprasad, 2023 (Ph.D. Materials Science & Engineering)
• Laura Seifert, 2023 (Ph.D. PTYS)
• Lindsay Slick, 2020, (M.S. PTYS)
• Michelle Thompson, 2016 (Ph.D. PTYS)

Current Postdocs

• Jacob Bernal

Former Postdocs

• Shaofan Che
• Pierre Haenecour
• Prajkta Mane
• Pierre-Marie Zanetta

Current Research/Staff Scientists

• Dr. Jerry Chang
• Dr. Ken Domanik
• Ms. Zoe Zeszut

Based on Google Scholar and NASA ADS: NASA ADS Author search: Thomas J. Zega

Also see: Tom Zega Journal Articles

Recent refereed publications: Years 2019 through June 2024

Ramprasad, Tarunika, Manga, Venkateswara Rao, Seifert, Laura B., Mane, Prajkta, & Zega, Thomas J. 2024, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. Ultra-refractory metal assemblages in calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions: Probes of the inner solar protoplanetary disk

Matsumoto, Toru, Noguchi, Takaaki, Miyake, Akira, Igami, Yohei, Haruta, Mitsutaka, Seto, Yusuke, Miyahara, Masaaki, Tomioka, Naotaka, Saito, Hikaru, Hata, Satoshi, Harries, Dennis, Takigawa, Aki, Nakauchi, Yusuke, Tachibana, Shogo, Nakamura, Tomoki, Matsumoto, Megumi, Ishii, Hope A., Bradley, John P., Ohtaki, Kenta, Dobricǎ, Elena, Leroux, Hugues, Le Guillou, Corentin, Jacob, Damien, de la Peña, Francisco, Laforet, Sylvain, Marinova, Maya, Langenhorst, Falko, Beck, Pierre, Phan, Thi H. V., Rebois, Rolando, Abreu, Neyda M., Gray, Jennifer, Zega, Thomas, Zanetta, Pierre-M., Thompson, Michelle S., Stroud, Rhonda, Burgess, Kate, Cymes, Brittany A., Bridges, John C., Hicks, Leon, Lee, Martin R., Daly, Luke, Bland, Phil A., Zolensky, Michael E., Frank, David R., Martinez, James, Tsuchiyama, Akira, Yasutake, Masahiro, Matsuno, Junya, Okumura, Shota, Mitsukawa, Itaru, Uesugi, Kentaro, Uesugi, Masayuki, Takeuchi, Akihisa, Sun, Mingqi, Enju, Satomi, Michikami, Tatsuhiro, Yurimoto, Hisayoshi, Okazaki, Ryuji, Yabuta, Hikaru, Naraoka, Hiroshi, Sakamoto, Kanako, Yada, Toru, Nishimura, Masahiro, Nakato, Aiko, Miyazaki, Akiko, Yogata, Kasumi, Abe, Masanao, Okada, Tatsuaki, Usui, Tomohiro, Yoshikawa, Makoto, Saiki, Takanao, Tanaka, Satoshi, Terui, Fuyuto, Nakazawa, Satoru, Watanabe, Sei-ichiro, & Tsuda, Yuichi 2024, Nature Astronomy. Influx of nitrogen-rich material from the outer Solar System indicated by iron nitride in Ryugu samples

Che, Shaofan, Domanik, Kenneth J., Chang, Yao-Jen, & Zega, Thomas J. 2023, Earth and Planetary Science Letters. The important role of fluid chemistry in the hydrothermal alteration of ordinary chondrites: Insights from halite and sphalerite in the Sidi El Habib 001 (H5) meteorite

Leroux, H., Le Guillou, C., Marinova, M., Laforet, S., Viennet, J.-C., Mouloud, B.-E., Teurtrie, A., de la Peña, F., Jacob, D., Hallatt, D., Fernandez, M.P., Troadec, D., Noguchi, T., Matsumoto, T., Miyake, A., Igami, Y., Haruta, M., Saito, H., Hata, S., Seto, Y., Miyahara, M., Tomioka, N., Ishii, H.A., Bradley, J.P., Ohtaki, K.K., Dobrică, E., Langenhorst, F., Harries, D., Beck, P., Phan, T.H.V., Rebois, R., Abreu, N.M., Gray, J., Zega, T., Zanetta, P.-M., Thompson, M.S., Stroud, R., Burgess, K., Cymes, B.A., Bridges, J.C., Hicks, L., Lee, M.R., Daly, L., Bland, P.A., Zolensky, M.E., Frank, D.R., Martinez, J., Tsuchiyama, A., Yasutake, M., Matsuno, J., Okumura, S., Mitsukawa, I., Uesugi, K., Uesugi, M., Takeuchi, A., Sun, M., Enju, S., Takigawa, A., Michikami, T., Nakamura, T., Matsumoto, M., Nakauchi, Y., Abe, M., Nakazawa, S., Okada, T., Saiki, T., Tanaka, S., Terui, F., Yoshikawa, M., Miyazaki, A., Nakato, A., Nishimura, M., Usui, T., Yada, T., Yurimoto, H., Nagashima, K., Kawasaki, N., Sakamotoa, N., Okazaki, R., Yabuta, H., Naraoka, H., Sakamoto, K., Tachibana, S., Watanabe, S.-I. and Tsuda, Y. 2023, Meteorit Planet Sci. Phyllosilicates with embedded Fe-based nanophases in Ryugu and Orgueil

Matsumoto, Toru, Noguchi, Takaaki, Miyake, Akira, Igami, Yohei, Haruta, Mitsutaka, Seto, Yusuke, Miyahara, Masaaki, Tomioka, Naotaka, Saito, Hikaru, Hata, Satoshi, Harries, Dennis, Takigawa, Aki, Nakauchi, Yusuke, Tachibana, Shogo, Nakamura, Tomoki, Matsumoto, Megumi, Ishii, Hope A., Bradley, John P., Ohtaki, Kenta, Dobricǎ, Elena, Leroux, Hugues, Le Guillou, Corentin, Jacob, Damien, de la Peña, Francisco, Laforet, Sylvain, Marinova, Maya, Langenhorst, Falko, Beck, Pierre, Phan, Thi H. V., Rebois, Rolando, Abreu, Neyda M., Gray, Jennifer, Zega, Thomas, Zanetta, Pierre-M., Thompson, Michelle S., Stroud, Rhonda, Burgess, Kate, Cymes, Brittany A., Bridges, John C., Hicks, Leon, Lee, Martin R., Daly, Luke, Bland, Phil A., Zolensky, Michael E., Frank, David R., Martinez, James, Tsuchiyama, Akira, Yasutake, Masahiro, Matsuno, Junya, Okumura, Shota, Mitsukawa, Itaru, Uesugi, Kentaro, Uesugi, Masayuki, Takeuchi, Akihisa, Sun, Mingqi, Enju, Satomi, Michikami, Tatsuhiro, Yurimoto, Hisayoshi, Okazaki, Ryuji, Yabuta, Hikaru, Naraoka, Hiroshi, Sakamoto, Kanako, Yada, Toru, Nishimura, Masahiro, Nakato, Aiko, Miyazaki, Akiko, Yogata, Kasumi, Abe, Masanao, Okada, Tatsuaki, Usui, Tomohiro, Yoshikawa, Makoto, Saiki, Takanao, Tanaka, Satoshi, Terui, Fuyuto, Nakazawa, Satoru, Watanabe, Sei-ichiro, & Tsuda, Yuichi 2023, Nature Astronomy. Influx of nitrogen-rich material from the outer Solar System indicated by iron nitride in Ryugu samples

Wilbur, Z.E., Barnes, J.J., Eckley, S.A., Ong, I.J., Brounce, M., Crow, C.A., Erickson, T., Kent, J.J., Boyce, J.W., Mosenfelder, J.L., Hahn, T., Jr, McCubbin, F.M., Zega, T.J. 2023, Meteorit Planet Sci. Volatiles, vesicles, and vugs: Unraveling the magmatic and eruptive histories of Steno crater basalts

Seifert, L.B., Haenecour, P., Ramprasad, T. and Zega, T.J. 2023, Meteorit Planet Sci. An in situ study of presolar grains and the fine-grained matrices of the Meteorite Hills 00526 and Queen Alexandra Range 97008 unequilibrated ordinary chondrites

Che, S., Zega, T.J. 2023, Nature Astronomy. Hydrothermal fluid activity on asteroid Itokawa

Che, Shaofan, Domanik, Kenneth J., & Zega, Thomas J. 2023, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. In-situ formation of halite in the Sidi El Habib 001 (H5) ordinary chondrite: Implications for hydrothermal alteration in ordinary chondrite parent bodies

Dobrică, Elena, Ishii, Hope A., Bradley, John P., Ohtaki, Kenta, Brearley, Adrian J., Noguchi, Takaaki, Matsumoto, Toru, Miyake, Akira, Igami, Yohei, Haruta, Mitsutaka, Saito, Hikaru, Hata, Satoshi, Seto, Yusuke, Miyahara, Masaaki, Tomioka, Naotaka, Leroux, Hugues, Le Guillou, Corentin, Jacob, Damien, de la Peña, Francisco, Laforet, Sylvain, Marinova, Maya, Langenhorst, Falko, Harries, Dennis, Beck, Pierre, Phan, Thi H. V., Rebois, Rolando, Abreu, Neyda M., Gray, Jennifer, Zega, Thomas, Zanetta, Pierre-M., Thompson, Michelle S., Stroud, Rhonda, Burgess, Kate, Cymes, Brittany A., Bridges, John C., Hicks, Leon, Lee, Martin R., Daly, Luke, Bland, Phil A., Zolensky, Michael E., Frank, David R., Martinez, James, Tsuchiyama, Akira, Yasutake, Masahiro, Matsuno, Junya, Okumura, Shota, Mitsukawa, Itaru, Uesugi, Kentaro, Uesugi, Masayuki, Takeuchi, Akihisa, Sun, Mingqi, Enju, Satomi, Takigawa, Aki, Michikami, Tatsuhiro, Nakamura, Tomoki, Matsumoto, Megumi, Nakauchi, Yusuke, Yurimoto, Hisayoshi, Okazaki, Ryuji, Yabuta, Hikaru, Naraoka, Hiroshi, Sakamoto, Kanako, Tachibana, Shogo, Yada, Toru, Nishimura, Masahiro, Nakato, Aiko, Miyazaki, Akiko, Yogata, Kasumi, Abe, Masanao, Okada, Tatsuaki, Usui, Tomohiro, Yoshikawa, Makoto, Saiki, Takanao, Tanaka, Satoshi, Terui, Fuyuto, Nakazawa, Satoru, Watanabe, Sei-ichiro, & Tsuda, Yuichi 2023, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. Nonequilibrium spherulitic magnetite in the Ryugu samples

Seifert, Laura B., Haenecour, Pierre, Ramprasad, Tarunika, Brearley, Adrian J., & Zega, Thomas J. 2023, Meteoritics and Planetary Science. An in situ investigation of the preservation and alteration of presolar silicates in the Miller Range 07687 chondrite

Zanetta, Pierre-Marie, Drexler, Maxwell S., Barton, Isabel F., Zega, Thomas J., 2023, Microscopy and Microanalysis. Vanadium Electronic Configuration Determination From L2,3 Transition in V-oxide Compounds and Roscoelite

Noguchi, Takaaki, Matsumoto, Toru, Miyake, Akira, Igami, Yohei, Haruta, Mitsutaka, Saito, Hikaru, Hata, Satoshi, Seto, Yusuke, Miyahara, Masaaki, Tomioka, Naotaka, Ishii, Hope A., Bradley, John P., Ohtaki, Kenta K., Dobricǎ, Elena, Leroux, Hugues, Le Guillou, Corentin, Jacob, Damien, de la Peña, Francisco, Laforet, Sylvain, Marinova, Maya, Langenhorst, Falko, Harries, Dennis, Beck, Pierre, Phan, Thi H. V., Rebois, Rolando, Abreu, Neyda M., Gray, Jennifer, Zega, Thomas, Zanetta, Pierre-M., Thompson, Michelle S., Stroud, Rhonda, Burgess, Kate, Cymes, Brittany A., Bridges, John C., Hicks, Leon, Lee, Martin R., Daly, Luke, Bland, Phil A., Zolensky, Michael E., Frank, David R., Martinez, James, Tsuchiyama, Akira, Yasutake, Masahiro, Matsuno, Junya, Okumura, Shota, Mitsukawa, Itaru, Uesugi, Kentaro, Uesugi, Masayuki, Takeuchi, Akihisa, Sun, Mingqi, Enju, Satomi, Takigawa, Aki, Michikami, Tatsuhiro, Nakamura, Tomoki, Matsumoto, Megumi, Nakauchi, Yusuke, Abe, Masanao, Arakawa, Masahiko, Fujii, Atsushi, Hayakawa, Masahiko, Hirata, Naru, Hirata, Naoyuki, Honda, Rie, Honda, Chikatoshi, Hosoda, Satoshi, Iijima, Yu-ichi, Ikeda, Hitoshi, Ishiguro, Masateru, Ishihara, Yoshiaki, Iwata, Takahiro, Kawahara, Kousuke, Kikuchi, Shota, Kitazato, Kohei, Matsumoto, Koji, Matsuoka, Moe, Mimasu, Yuya, Miura, Akira, Morota, Tomokatsu, Nakazawa, Satoru, Namiki, Noriyuki, Noda, Hirotomo, Noguchi, Rina, Ogawa, Naoko, Ogawa, Kazunori, Okada, Tatsuaki, Okamoto, Chisato, Ono, Go, Ozaki, Masanobu, Saiki, Takanao, Sakatani, Naoya, Sawada, Hirotaka, Senshu, Hiroki, Shimaki, Yuri, Shirai, Kei, Sugita, Seiji, Takei, Yuto, Takeuchi, Hiroshi, Tanaka, Satoshi, Tatsumi, Eri, Terui, Fuyuto, Tsukizaki, Ryudo, Wada, Koji, Yamada, Manabu, Yamada, Tetsuya, Yamamoto, Yukio, Yano, Hajime, Yokota, Yasuhiro, Yoshihara, Keisuke, Yoshikawa, Makoto, Yoshikawa, Kent, Fukai, Ryohta, Furuya, Shizuho, Hatakeda, Kentaro, Hayashi, Tasuku, Hitomi, Yuya, Kumagai, Kazuya, Miyazaki, Akiko, Nakato, Aiko, Nishimura, Masahiro, Soejima, Hiromichi, Suzuki, Ayako I., Usui, Tomohiro, Yada, Toru, Yamamoto, Daiki, Yogata, Kasumi, Yoshitake, Miwa, Connolly, Harold C., Lauretta, Dante S., Yurimoto, Hisayoshi, Nagashima, Kazuhide, Kawasaki, Noriyuki, Sakamoto, Naoya, Okazaki, Ryuji, Yabuta, Hikaru, Naraoka, Hiroshi, Sakamoto, Kanako, Tachibana, Shogo, Watanabe, Sei-ichiro, & Tsuda, Yuichi 2022, Nature Astronomy. A dehydrated space-weathered skin cloaking the hydrated interior of Ryugu

Ramprasad, Tarunika, Haenecour, Pierre, Domanik, Kenneth, & Zega, Thomas J. 2022, Meteoritics and Planetary Science. A petrologic and microstructural study of a compact type A calcium-aluminum-rich inclusion from the Northwest Africa 5028 CR2 chondrite: Implications for nebular and parent-body processes

Prajkta Mane, Shawn Wallace, Maitrayee Bose, Paul Wallace, Meenakshi Wadhwa, Juliane Weber, Thomas J. Zega 2022, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. Earliest evidence of nebular shock waves recorded in a calcium-aluminum-rich Inclusion

Thakur, A. K., Muralidharan, K., Zega, T. J., Ziurys, L. M. 2022, The Journal of Chemical Physics. A nanometric window on fullerene formation in the interstellar medium: Insights from molecular dynamics studies

Bernal, Jacob J., Zega, Thomas J., Ziurys, Lucy M. 2022, The Journal of Physical Chemistry. Destructive Processing of Silicon Carbide Grains: Experimental Insights into the Formation of Interstellar Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes

Seifert, Laura B., Haenecour, Pierre, & Zega, Thomas J. 2022, Meteoritics and Planetary Science. Coordinated chemical and microstructural analyses of presolar silicate grains from AGB/RGB stars and supernovae in the CO3.0 chondrite Dominion Range 08006

Ramprasad, Tarunika, Manga, Venkateshwara, Seifert, Laura, & Zega, Thomas 2021, Microscopy and Microanalysis. Coordinated Analysis of a Metal-rich Nugget from a Calcium-aluminum-rich Inclusion.

Seifert, Laura, Haenecour, Pierre, Ramprasad, Tarunika, & Zega, Thomas 2021, Microscopy and Microanalysis. Coordinated Analyses of a Supernova Silicate Grain in the CO3.0 Chondrite Miller Range 07687

Zanetta, Pierre-marie, Chang, Yao-Jen, Ramprasad, Tarunika, Manga, Venkat, Weber, Juliane, & Zega, Thomas 2021, Microscopy and Microanalysis. The oxidation state of Ti in hibonite at the atomic scale

Zega, Thomas J., Manga, Venkat Rao, Ciesla, Fred, Muralidharan, Krishna, Watanabe, Keitaro, & Inada, Hiromi 2021, The Planetary Science Journal. Atomic-scale Evidence for Open-system Thermodynamics in the Early Solar Nebula

Schrader, D. L., Davidson, J., McCoy, T. J., Zega, T. J., Russell, S. S., Domanik, K. J., King, A. J. 2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta The Fe/S ratio of pyrrhotite group sulfides in chondrites: An indicator of oxidation and implications for return samples from asteroids Ryugu and Bennu

Asaduzzaman, A., Muralidharan, K., Zega, T. J. 2021, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry Density Functional Theory Driven Analysis of the Interplay among Structure, Composition, and Oxidation State of Titanium in Hibonite, Spinel, and Perovskite

Barnouin, O. S., Daly, M. G., Palmer, E. E., Gaskell, R. W., Weirich, J. R., Johnson, C. L., Al Asad, M. M., Roberts, J. H., Perry, M. E., Susorney, H. C. M., Daly, R. T., Bierhaus, E. B., Seabrook, J. A., Espiritu, R. C., Nair, A. H., Nguyen, L., Neumann, G. A., Ernst, C. M., Boynton, W. V., Nolan, M. C., Adam, C. D., Moreau, M. C., Rizk, B., Drouet D'Aubigny, C. Y., Jawin, E. R., Walsh, K. J., Michel, P., Schwartz, S. R., Ballouz, R. -L., Mazarico, E. M., Scheeres, D. J., McMahon, J. W., Bottke, W. F., Sugita, S., Hirata, N., Hirata, N., Watanabe, S. -I., Burke, K. N., Dellagiustina, D. N., Bennett, C. A., Lauretta, D. S., Osiris-Rex Team, Highsmith, D. E., Small, J., Vokrouhlický, D., Bowles, N. E., Brown, E., Donaldson Hanna, K. L., Warren, T., Brunet, C., Chicoine, R. A., Desjardins, S., Gaudreau, D., Haltigin, T., Millington-Veloza, S., Rubi, A., Aponte, J., Gorius, N., Lunsford, A., Allen, B., Grindlay, J., Guevel, D., Hoak, D., Hong, J., Schrader, D. L., Bayron, J., Golubov, O., Sánchez, P., Stromberg, J., Hirabayashi, M., Hartzell, C. M., Oliver, S., Rascon, M., Harch, A., Joseph, J., Squyres, S., Richardson, D., Emery, J. P., McGraw, L., Ghent, R., Binzel, R. P., Asad, M. M. Al, Johnson, C. L., Philpott, L., Susorney, H. C. M., Cloutis, E. A., Hanna, R. D., Connolly, H. C., Ciceri, F., Hildebrand, A. R., Ibrahim, E. -M., Breitenfeld, L., Glotch, T., Rogers, A. D., Clark, B. E., Ferrone, S., Thomas, C. A., Campins, H., Fernandez, Y., Chang, W., Cheuvront, A., Trang, D., Tachibana, S., Yurimoto, H., Brucato, J. R., Poggiali, G., Pajola, M., Dotto, E., Epifani, E. Mazzotta, Crombie, M. K., Lantz, C., Izawa, M. R. M., de Leon, J., Licandro, J., Garcia, J. L. Rizos, Clemett, S., Thomas-Keprta, K., van Wal, S., Yoshikawa, M., Bellerose, J., Bhaskaran, S., Boyles, C., Chesley, S. R., Elder, C. M., Farnocchia, D., Harbison, A., Kennedy, B., Knight, A., Martinez-Vlasoff, N., Mastrodemos, N., McElrath, T., Owen, W., Park, R., Rush, B., Swanson, L., Takahashi, Y., Velez, D., Yetter, K., Thayer, C., Adam, C., Antreasian, P., Bauman, J., Bryan, C., Carcich, B., Corvin, M., Geeraert, J., Hoffman, J., Leonard, J. M., Lessac-Chenen, E., Levine, A., McAdams, J., McCarthy, L., Nelson, D., Page, B., Pelgrift, J., Sahr, E., Stakkestad, K., Stanbridge, D., Wibben, D., Williams, B., Williams, K., Wolff, P., Hayne, P., Kubitschek, D., Barucci, M. A., Deshapriya, J. D. P., Fornasier, S., Fulchignoni, M., Hasselmann, P., Merlin, F., Praet, A., Bierhaus, E. B., Billett, O., Boggs, A., Buck, B., Carlson-Kelly, S., Cerna, J., Chaffin, K., Church, E., Coltrin, M., Daly, J., Deguzman, A., Dubisher, R., Eckart, D., Ellis, D., Falkenstern, P., Fisher, A., Fisher, M. E., Fleming, P., Fortney, K., Francis, S., Freund, S., Gonzales, S., Haas, P., Hasten, A., Hauf, D., Hilbert, A., Howell, D., Jaen, F., Jayakody, N., Jenkins, M., Johnson, K., Lefevre, M., Ma, H., Mario, C., Martin, K., May, C., McGee, M., Miller, B., Miller, C., Miller, G., Mirfakhrai, A., Muhle, E., Norman, C., Olds, R., Parish, C., Ryle, M., Schmitzer, M., Sherman, P., Skeen, M., Susak, M., Sutter, B., Tran, Q., Welch, C., Witherspoon, R., Wood, J., Zareski, J., Arvizu-Jakubicki, M., Asphaug, E., Audi, E., Ballouz, R. -L., Bandrowski, R., Becker, K. J., Becker, T. L., Bendall, S., Bennett, C. A., Bloomenthal, H., Blum, D., Boynton, W. V., Brodbeck, J., Burke, K. N., Chojnacki, M., Colpo, A., Contreras, J., Cutts, J., D'Aubigny, C. Y. Drouet, Dean, D., Dellagiustina, D. N., Diallo, B., Drinnon, D., Drozd, K., Enos, H. L., Enos, R., Fellows, C., Ferro, T., Fisher, M. R., Fitzgibbon, G., Fitzgibbon, M., Forelli, J., Forrester, T., Galinsky, I., Garcia, R., Gardner, A., Golish, D. R., Habib, N., Hamara, D., Hammond, D., Hanley, K., Harshman, K., Hergenrother, C. W., Herzog, K., Hill, D., Hoekenga, C., Hooven, S., Howell, E. S., Huettner, E., Janakus, A., Jones, J., Kareta, T. R., Kidd, J., Kingsbury, K., Balram-Knutson, S. S., Koelbel, L., Kreiner, J., Lambert, D., Lauretta, D. S., Lewin, C., Lovelace, B., Loveridge, M., Lujan, M., Maleszewski, C. K., Malhotra, R., Marchese, K., McDonough, E., Mogk, N., Morrison, V., Morton, E., Munoz, R., Nelson, J., Nolan, M. C., Padilla, J., Pennington, R., Polit, A., Ramos, N., Reddy, V., Riehl, M., Rizk, B., Roper, H. L., Salazar, S., Schwartz, S. R., Selznick, S., Shultz, N., Smith, P. H., Stewart, S., Sutton, S., Swindle, T., Tang, Y. H., Westermann, M., Wolner, C. W. V., Worden, D., Zega, T., Zeszut, Z., Bjurstrom, A., Bloomquist, L., Dickinson, C., Keates, E., Liang, J., Nifo, V., Taylor, A., Teti, F., Caplinger, M., Bowles, H., Carter, S., Dickenshied, S., Doerres, D., Fisher, T., Hagee, W., Hill, J., Miner, M., Noss, D., Piacentine, N., Smith, M., Toland, A., Wren, P., Bernacki, M., Munoz, D. Pino, Watanabe, S. -I., Sandford, S. A., Aqueche, A., Ashman, B., Barker, M., Bartels, A., Berry, K., Bos, B., Burns, R., Calloway, A., Carpenter, R., Castro, N., Cosentino, R., Donaldson, J., Dworkin, J. P., Cook, J. Elsila, Emr, C., Everett, D., Fennell, D., Fleshman, K., Folta, D., Gallagher, D., Garvin, J., Getzandanner, K., Glavin, D., Hull, S., Hyde, K., Ido, H., Ingegneri, A., Jones, N., Kaotira, P., Lim, L. F., Liounis, A., Lorentson, C., Lorenz, D., Lyzhoft, J., Mazarico, E. M., Mink, R., Moore, W., Moreau, M., Mullen, S., Nagy, J., Neumann, G., Nuth, J., Poland, D., Reuter, D. 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