Dante Lauretta

[2] He was a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Geological Sciences at Arizona State University from 1997 through 1999.

He was an Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Arizona State University from 1999 through 2001.

His research focuses on the chemistry and mineralogy of asteroids and comets as determined by in situ laboratory analyses and spacecraft observations.

[3][4] He serves as the principal investigator on NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to return at least 60 grams (2.1 oz) of regolith from carbonaceous asteroid 101955 Bennu in 2023.

He was a member of the 2002-2003 Antarctic Search for Meteorites for which he received the Antarctica Service Medal of the United States of America in 2010.