First name
Carleton BryantLast name
MooreAcademic unit
The College of Liberal Arts and SciencesStatus
DeceasedStatus link
https://asura.asu.edu/carleton-moore-0Web Directory link
https://search.asu.edu/profile/21807Type of professor
Regents ProfessorYear
1988Bio summary
Moore was in the School of Molecular Sciences and the School of Earth and Space Exploration. He was a pioneering researcher in the field of meteorite studies, founding director of the ASU Center for Meteorite Studies and credited with being the first scientist to detect the different types of carbon in lunar samples. A mineral, carletonmooreite was named for him in 2021.