# Craig Hardgrove

> Craig Hardgrove is a startup investor at Arizona State University (Tempe). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Arizona State University](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arizona-state-university)
- Location: Tempe, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-hardgrove-707bbb33
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/hardgrove?lang=en

Craig Hardgrove is a startup investor at Arizona State University in Tempe. Dr. Craig Hardgrove is an Assistant Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at ASU. He earned his Doctoral degree in Geology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Hardgrove is the Principal Investigator for the Lunar Polar HydrogenMapper (LunaH-Map) cubesat mission and a Participating Scientist on the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons instrument team. His research is focused on the characterization of hydrated rocks and their constituent phases on rocky planets as well as on small spacecraft development for interplanetary exploration. He is active in several NASA instrument development projects and has over a decade of experience working on spacecraft missions. In addition to serving as the Principal Investigator for LunaH-Map, Dr. Hardgrove is currently a member of the science team on the BepiColombo mission to Mercury.

## About Arizona State University

VC Fund · Phoenix, United States

Arizona State University creates an institution that is committed to excellence, access and impact. ASU measures itself by those it includes, not by those it excludes. ASU pursues research that contributes to the public good, and ASU assumes major responsibility for the economic, social and cultural vitality of the communities that surround it.

5 contacts available at Arizona State University.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Craig Hardgrove | Assistant Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craig-hardgrove |
| Dan Gillmor | Professor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-gillmor |
| Gemma Garcia | Instructional Designer Sr. | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gemma-garcia |
| Park Howell | Professor of Storytelling, Executive Master's for Sustainability Leadership | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/park-howell |
| Shaun Calvin | Lead Server Administrator | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shaun-calvin |

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