Dr. Niccolò Satta

Dr. Niccolò Satta

Corrensstr. 24, room 126
48149 Münster

T: +49 251 83-33404

Academic Profiles

External Profile

  • Research Focus

    • Physical properties of geomaterials at pressures and temperatures of planetary interiors
  • CV

    Academic Education

    Doktor der Naturwissenschaften (Dr.rer.nat) - Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth (Germany)
    MSc in Exploration Geology - Roma La Sapienza (Italy)
    BSc in Geological Sciences - Roma La Sapienza (Italy)

    Positions

    Akad. Rat auf Zeit in Experimental Mineral Physics - Institute for Mineralogy, University of Münster (Germany)
    Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Mineral Physics - Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford (United Kingdom)
  • Research Articles (Journals)

    • , , , et al. . “Iron Content-Dependence of Ferropericlase Elastic Properties Across the Spin Crossover From Novel Experiments and Machine Learning.Geophysical Research Letters, 51 doi: 10.1029/2024GL111276.
    • , , , , , and . “Elastic anomalies across the P21nm-Pnnm structural phase transition in δ-(Al,Fe)OOH.American Mineralogist, 109 (11) doi: 10.2138/am-2023-9129.
    • , , and . “Effects of Fe-Ca-Mg substitutions on the equation-of-state of pyrope-rich garnet from ab initio modeling and experiments: Insights and implications for the upper mantle.Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 350: 107171. doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2024.107171.

    • , , , et al. . “Compressibility of ferropericlase at high-temperature: Evidence for the iron spin crossover in seismic tomography.Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 618 doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118296.

    • , , , et al. . “Broad Elastic Softening of (Mg,Fe)O Ferropericlase Across the Iron Spin Crossover and a Mixed‐Spin Lower Mantle.Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 127 (8) doi: 10.1029/2021JB023832.
    • , , , et al. . “Single‐Crystal Elasticity of Antigorite at High Pressures and Seismic Detection of Serpentinized Slabs.Geophysical Research Letters, 49 (16) doi: 10.1029/2022GL099411.
    • , , , et al. . “Apollo 15 regolith breccia provides first natural evidence for olivine incongruent melting.American Mineralogist, 107: 16611667. doi: 10.2138/am-2022-8121.

    • , , , , , and . “High‐Pressure Elasticity of δ‐(Al,Fe)OOH Single Crystals and Seismic Detectability of Hydrous MORB in the Shallow Lower Mantle.Geophysical Research Letters, 48 (23) doi: 10.1029/2021GL094185.

    • , , , et al. . “A resistively-heated dynamic diamond anvil cell (RHdDAC) for fast compression x-ray diffraction experiments at high temperatures.Review of Scientific Instruments, 91 doi: 10.1063/5.0007557.
    • , , , et al. . “Elastic properties of majoritic garnet inclusions in diamonds and the seismic signature of pyroxenites in the Earth's upper mantle.American Mineralogist, 105: 984991. doi: 10.2138/am-2020-7136ccby.

    • , , , et al. . “Single-crystal elasticity of iron-bearing phase E and seismic detection of water in Earth's upper mantle.American Mineralogist, 104: 15261529. doi: 10.2138/am-2019-7084.