Laurence E. Nyquist: key obituary facts
Is Laurence E. Nyquist dead? Yes. Laurence E. Nyquist died on August 5, 2026, at age 87.
Cause of death: Laurence E. Nyquist's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Laurence E. Nyquist known for?
He was an American planetary scientist.
More about Laurence E. Nyquist
Born: 1939.
Gender: male.
Occupation: physicist, planetary scientist.
Nationality: United States.
Education: Macalester College, University of Minnesota.
Employer: University of Minnesota System.
Also known as: Laurence Nyquist.
Laurence E.
Nyquist, an American planetary scientist, died on August 5, 2026, aged 87. He was known for work on the chronometry of planetary materials, research that helped scientists better understand the time scales of accretion, differentiation and impacts on meteorite parent bodies.
His NASA biography also noted contributions to the study of noble gases in iron meteorites and lunar samples, radiometric age dating and isotope geochemistry of lunar, Martian and meteoric materials, and the application of stable isotope methods to biomedical research. Nyquist studied physics and mathematics at Macalester College, then earned advanced degrees in physics from the University of Minnesota, and later served as an associate editor of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and the Proceedings of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.