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Mary Thompson

Chemistry · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1982

Publications

27

Citations

401

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

44

Publishing since 1982

Research summary
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Mary Thompson's recent publications focus on planetary and lunar science, particularly the analysis of Apollo lunar samples and space weathering effects on minerals. Her work involves coordinated microanalysis techniques to study the composition and history of extraterrestrial materials such as lunar basalts and meteorite minerals. This research supports NASA's Artemis program by helping prepare the scientific community to analyze new lunar samples.

Lunar sample analysisSpace weatheringPlanetary scienceMicroanalysis techniquesMeteoritics

Publication output has been low and irregular over the last decade, with only a handful of publications clustered in 2018 and then again in 2024-2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.4/year recently
172018: 2 publications21819202122232024: 1 publication242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Space Science Reviews×1
  • Meteoritics and Planetary Science×1
  • Microscopy and Microanalysis×1
  • LPI×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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