Publications

The weak s-process in massive stars, product for galactic chemical evolution and seed for explosive nucleosynthesis

Marco Pignatari, Lorenzo Roberti, Taoyu Jiao
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epja/s10050-026-01900-w

From Early Earth Biogeodynamics to Exoplanet Geoastronomy

S. Mojzsis
https://www.geochemicalperspectives.org/online/v15n1/

Application of in situ black shale Rb–Sr geochronology to constrain deposition/post-depositional hydrothermal alteration and assess the fidelity of geochemical proxies

Zhongwu Lan, Darwinaji Subarkah,  Zijie Zheng, Zhong-Qiang Chen, Stephen J. Mojzsis

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1342937X26001590

Reconciliation of M Dwarf and FGK Stellar Abundances with Galactic Chemical Evolution

T. C. L. Trueman, H. S. Wang, S. J. Mojzsis, D. Turrini, K. Heng, M. Pignatari
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae77e0

The stellar origins of 96Zr excesses in presolar graphites from the Murchison meteorite

I. Pal, M. Jadhav, D. Z. Shulaker, M. Raiwa, M. R. Savina, H. Bouillion, M. Pignatari, L. Roberti, M. Lugaro, B. Szányi, A. Karakas, P. Denissenkov, F. Herwig, C. J. Dory, F. Gyngard, N. Kita, S. Amari
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa56719-25/aa56719-25.html

Galactic chemical evolution of short-lived radioactive isotopes produced by explosive nucleosynthesis: 60Fe and 53Mn

Thomas C. L. Trueman, Andrés Yagüe López, Maria Lugaro, Marco Pignatari
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae0c99

Impact of 3D macro physics and nuclear physics on the p nuclei in O-C shell mergers

Joshua Issa, Falk Herwig, Stephen J. Mojzsis, Marco Pignatari
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae2ad1

Molybdenum and Ruthenium in the Galactic Disk: A Closer Look at their nucleosynthesis components

T. Mishenina, T. Kurtukian-Nieto, T. Gorbaneva, A.M. Amarsi, A. Psaltis, M. Pignatari
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2026/01/aa57454-25/aa57454-25.html

3D Macro Physics and Light Odd-Z Element Production in O-C Shell Mergers: Implications for 40K 2 production and radiogenic heating inventories of rocky exoplanets

Issa Joshua, Herwig Falk, Mojzsis Stephen J., Pignatari Marco
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025arXiv250919240I/abstract

The Astrophysical Birth Environment of the Solar System Inferred from Cometary Noble Gases

William S. Cassata, Maria Lugaro, Marco Pignatari, Benjamin Wehmeyer, Stephen J. Mojzsis, Reto Trappitsch
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae27c1

Near-instantaneous Atmospheric Retrievals and Model Comparison with FASTER

Lueber Anna, Karchev Konstantin, Fisher Chloe, Heim Matthias, Trotta Roberto, Heng Kevin
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025ApJ…984L..32L/abstract

Production of Radioactive 22Na in Core-collapse Supernovae: The Ne-E(L) Component in Presolar Grains and Its Possible Consequences on Supernova Observations

Marco Pignatari, Sachiko Amari, Peter Hoppe, C. Fryer, S. Jones, A. Psaltis, A. M. Laird, F. Herwig, L. Roberti, Thomas Siegert, Maria Lugaro
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/adef4c

Proto-planetary disk composition-dependent element volatility in the context of rocky planet formation. Astronomy and Astrophysics 703, A218

Rob J. Spaargaren, Oliver Herbort, Haiyang S. Wang, Stephen J. Mojzsis, Paolo Sossi
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2025/11/aa56011-25.pdf

Investigating Phosphorus Abundances in a Sample of APOGEE-2 Bulge Globular Clusters

Barbuy Beatriz, Fernández-Trincado José G., Camargo Morgan S., Geisler Doug, Brauner Maren, Villanova Sandro, Minniti Dante, García-Hernández Domingo Anibal, Souza Stefano O., Ernandes Heitor, Friaça Amâncio, Pignatari Marco
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025AJ….170..245B/abstract

Magnetotelluric evidence for a melt-rich magmatic reservoir beneath Mayotte. Nature

Pierre Wawrzyniak, Fabrice Gaillard, Sophie Hautot, Juan Andujar, Pascal Tarits, Laurent Arbaret, Samuel Guegan, David Sifré, Jean-François D’Eu, Jacques Deparis, Anne Lemoine, Isabelle Thinon, Sheldon Warden, Frédéric Dubois
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09625-4

The Gradient of Mean Molecular Weight across the Radius Valley

Kotar Emma, Ota Shuya, Dewey Allyson, Millman Joshua, Roberti Lorenzo, Pignatari Marco
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025ApJ…994..250K/abstract

The SPAr burning: proton captures powering carbon–oxygen shell mergers in massive stars

Roberti, L., Pignatari, M.
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025A%26A…703L..15R/abstract

Strontium-84 Enrichments in Presolar Grains Provide First Evidence of p-process Nucleosynthesis in Core-collapse Supernovae

Ishita Pal, Manavi Jadhav, Danielle Z. Shulaker, Michael R. Savina, Marco Pignatari, Lorenzo Roberti, Heather Bouillion, Maria Lugaro, Christopher J. Dory, Frank Gyngard, Noriko Kita, Sachiko Amari
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae182f

Impact of the Latest22 Ne+α Reaction Rates on Nucleosynthesis in Massive Stars and Galactic Chemical Evolution

Kotar Emma, Ota Shuya, Dewey Allyson, Millman Joshua, Roberti Lorenzo, Pignatari Marco
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025ApJ…994..250K/abstract

Tracing paleoenvironmental change across the Permian-Triassic transition in a marginal-marine setting focusing on Colorado’s Front Range

Mike J. Zawaski, James W. Hagadorn, Karen R. Whiteley, Mark Longman, Michael Yusas, Bonita L. Lahey, Alexandra A. Phillips, Thomas J. Algeo, Jun Shen, Janos Haas, Zhanhong Liu, Stephen J. Mojzsis
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/398658681_Tracing_paleoenvironmental_change_across_the_Permian-Triassic_transition_in_Colorado

The Albedo Problem and Cloud Cover on Hot Jupiters

Heng, Edwards & Cowan (2025, ApJL 996 L11):
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae2a1f