Dr. Juan A. Sanchez’s research interests focus on small bodies, both asteroids and comets, and their relation to the meteorites collected here on Earth. His current work involves the use of ground-based telescopes and analysis of meteorite samples. His research focuses on mineralogical characterization of asteroids, and deriving physical properties of these objects, such as albedo, size, and rotation period, employing for this purpose spectroscopic and photometric data.