Select Publications
Nguyen, A. N., Mane, P., Keller, L. P., Piani, L., Abe, Y., Aléon, J., Alexander, C. M. O. D., et al. (2023) Abundant Presolar Grains and Primordial Organics Preserved in Exogenous Clasts in Asteroid Ryugu. Science Advances 9: eadh1003.
Nguyen, A. N., Nakamura-Messenger, K., Keller, L. P., and Messenger, S. (2022) Diverse Assemblage of Presolar and Solar System Materials in Anhydrous Interplanetary Dust Particles: Coordinated Nanosims and Tem Analyses. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 336, 131-49.
Abreu N. M., Aponte J. C., Cloutis E. A., and Nguyen A. N. (2020) The Renazzo-like carbonaceous chondrites as resources to understand the origin, evolution, and exploration of the solar system. Geochemistry, 80, 125631.
Davidsson B.J.R., Birch S., Blake G.A., Bodewits D., Dworkin J.P., Glavin D.P., Furukawa Y., Lunine J.I., Mitchell J.L., Nguyen A.N., Squyres S., Takigawa A., Vincent J.-B., Zacny K. (2020) Airfall on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Icarus, 354, 114004.
Simon J. I., Ross D. K., Nguyen A. N., Simon S. B., and Messenger S. (2019) Molecular cloud origin for oxygen isotopic heterogeneity recorded by a primordial spinel-rich refractory inclusion. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 884, L29-L37.
Nguyen A. N., Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O’D., and Hoppe P. (2018) Titanium isotopic compositions of rare presolar SiC grain types from the Murchison meteorite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 221, 162-181.
Shearer C. K., Messenger S., Sharp Z. D., Burger P. V., Nguyen A. N., and McCubbin F. M. (2018) Distinct chlorine isotopic reservoirs on Mars. Implications for character, extent and relative timing of crustal interactions with mantle-derived magmas, evolution of the martian atmosphere, and the building blocks of an early Mars. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 234, 24-36.
Joswiak D. J., Brownlee D. E., Nguyen A. N., and Messenger S. (2017) Refractory materials in comet samples. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 52, 1612-1648.
Nguyen A. N., Berger E. L., Nakamura-Messenger K., Messenger S., and Keller L. P. (2017) Coordinated analysis of a cosmic symplectite discovered in a comet 81P/Wild 2 sample. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 52, 2004-2016.
Nguyen A. N., Keller L. P., and Messenger S. (2016) Mineralogy of presolar silicate and oxide grains of diverse stellar origins. The Astrophysical Journal 818, 51-67.
Liu N., Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O’D., Wang J., Pignatari M., José J., and Nguyen A. N. (2016) Stellar origins of extremely 13C- and 15N-enriched presolar SiC grains: Novae or supernovae? The Astrophysical Journal, 820, 140-153.
Nguyen A. N. and Messenger S. (2014) Resolving the stellar sources of isotopically rare presolar silicate grains through Mg and Fe isotopic analyses. The Astrophysical Journal 784, 149-163.
Messenger S., Keller L. P., and Nguyen A. N. (2014) Dust in the Solar System: Properties and origins. In proceedings of The Life Cycle of Dust in the Universe: Observations, Theory, and Laboratory Experiments, PoS(LCDU 2013)040.
Nguyen A. N. Messenger S. (2011) "Presolar history recorded in extraterrestrial materials." Elements 7, 17-22.
Nguyen A. N., Nittler L. R., Stadermann F. J., Stroud R. M., and Alexander C. M. O'D. (2010) "Coordinated analysis of presolar grains in the Allan Hills 77307 and Queen Elizabeth Range 99177 meteorites." Astrophysical Journal 719, 166-189.
Busemann H., Nguyen A. N., Cody G. D., Hoppe P., Kilcoyne A. L. D., Stroud R. M., Zega T. J., and Nittler L. R. (2009) "Ultra-primitive interplanetary dust particles from the comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup dust stream collection." Earth & Planetary Science Letters 288, 44-57.
Nittler L. R., Alexander C. M. O.D, Gallino R., Hoppe P., Nguyen A. N., Stadermann F. J., and Zinner E. K. (2008) "Aluminum-, calcium-, and titanium-rich oxide stardust in ordinary chondrite meteorites." Astrophysical Journal 682, 1450-1478.
Meyer B. S., Nittler L. R., Nguyen A. N., and Messenger S. (2008) "Nucleosynthesis and chemical evolution of oxygen." Oxygen in the Solar System, Vol. 68 (ed. G. J. MacPherson, D. W. Mittlefehldt, J. H. Jones, and S. B. Simon), pp. 31-53. The Mineralogical Society of America.
Zinner E., Amari S., Guinness R., Jennings C., Mertz A. F., Nguyen A. N., Gallino R., Hoppe P., Lugaro M., Nittler L. R., and Lewis R. S. (2007) "NanoSIMS isotopic analysis of small presolar grains: Search for Si3N4 grains from AGB stars and Al and Ti isotopic compositions of rare presolar SiC grains." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71, 4786-4813.
Nguyen A. N., Stadermann F. J., Zinner E., Stroud R. M., Alexander C. M. O’D., and Nittler L. R. (2007) Characterization of presolar silicate and oxide grains in primitive carbonaceous chondrites. The Astrophysical Journal 656, 1223-1240.
Nguyen A. N. and Zinner E. (2004) Discovery of ancient silicate stardust in a meteorite. Science 303, 1496-1499.
Nguyen A., Zinner E., and Lewis R. S. (2003) "Identification of small presolar spinel and corundum grains by isotopic raster imaging." Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia 20, 382-388.