Research Focus
- Numerical modelling of solar insolation and surface temperatures of Mercury and comparison to the Moon
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Academic Education
- Diploma in Geophysics
- Diploma thesis and student assistant, Institut für Planetologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Positions
- Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
- Student Assistant
- Student Assistant
Honors
- EGU Outstanding student poster award – European Geosciences Union
Projects
- BC MERTIS: Cruise Phase Teil 2 - Teilvorhaben Labormessung und Missionsunterstützung ( – )
participations in other joint project: Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action | Project Number: 50QW2201A - BC MERTIS: Systemtests, Start, Inbetriebnahme, Cruise-Phase Teil 1 ( – )
participations in other joint project: Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action | Project Number: 50QW1701 - MERTIS – Mercury Radiometer & Thermal Infrared Spectrometer, Phase E/F1 ( – )
participations in bmbf-joint project: Federal Ministry of Education and Research | Project Number: 50QW1302 - MERTIS – Mercury Radiometer & Thermal Infrared Spectrometer, Phase D/C2 ( – )
participations in bmbf-joint project: Federal Ministry of Education and Research | Project Number: 50QW0901
- BC MERTIS: Cruise Phase Teil 2 - Teilvorhaben Labormessung und Missionsunterstützung ( – )
Publications
- 10.1117/12.3028187. . ‘MERTIS/BepiColombo: the challenges of observing the Moon with an instrument designed for Mercury.’ Contributed to the Optical Engineering + Applications: Infrared Remote Sensing and Instrumentation XXXII, San Diego. doi:
- 10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115344. . ‘Simulation of surface regolith gardening and impact associated melt layer production under ns-pulsed laser ablation.’ Icarus 391. doi:
- . . ‘A mid-infrared study of synthetic glass and crystal mixtures analog to the geochemical terranes on mercury.’ Icarus 396: 115498. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115498.
- . . ‘Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Feldspars From the Bühl Basalt (Northern Hesse, Germany) Formed Under Reducing Conditions as Terrestrial Analogue of Mercury for MERTIS.’ Earth and Space Science 10, № 6: e2023EA002903. doi: 10.1029/2023EA002903.
- . . ‘Mid-IR spectral properties of different surfaces of silicate mixtures before and after excimer laser irradiation.’ Icarus 404: 115683. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115683.
- . . ‘A shock recovery experiment and its implications for Mercury's surface: The effect of high pressure on porous olivine powder as a regolith analog.’ ıcarus 357: 114162. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114162.
- . . ‘Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Anorthosite Samples From Near Manicouagan Crater, Canada, as Analogue for Remote Sensing of Mercury and Other Terrestrial Solar System Objects.’ Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets) 126, № 8: e06832. doi: 10.1029/2021JE006832.
Research Articles (Journals)
- . . ‘Studying the Composition and Mineralogy of the Hermean Surface with the Mercury Radiometer and Thermal Infrared Spectrometer (MERTIS) for the BepiColombo Mission: An Update.’ Space Science Reviews 216, № 6: 110. doi: 10.1007/s11214-020-00732-4.
Research Articles in Edited Proceedings (Conferences)
- . . ‘Infrared Spectroscopy of Well-Defined Plagioclase Samples.’ In 51st Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 1460.
- ‘Simulating space weathering on Mercury: Eximer laser experiments on mineral mixtures.’ contributed to the LPSC, Houston, .
- . . ‘Bracketing the age of lunar pyroclastic deposits in Oppenheimer crater .’ Contributed to the 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.
- . . ‘Bracketing the Age of Lunar Pyroclastic Deposits in Oppenheimer Crater.’ Contributed to the 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.
- 10.1016/j.pss.2015.05.007. . ‘Landing site selection for Luna-Glob mission in crater Boguslawsky.’ Planetary and Space Science 2015, № 117: 45–63. doi:
Research Articles (Journals)
- 10.1016/j.pss.2014.06.004. . ‘Estimation of lunar surface temperatures and thermophysical properties: Test of a thermal model in preparation of the MERTIS experiment onboard BepiColombo.’ Planetary and Space Science 101, № null: 27–36. doi:
Research Articles in Edited Proceedings (Conferences)
- . ‘What the MErcury Radiometer and Thermal infrared Imaging Spectrometer (MERTIS) Instrument will see on Mercury — Creating Synthetic Data from MESSENGER Results.’ Contributed to the 45th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, Texas.
- . ‘Geology of the Lunar Glob Landing Sites in Boguslawsky Crater, Moon.’ Contributed to the 45th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, Texas, USA.
- . . ‘Insolation and Resulting Surface Temperatures of Study Regions on Mercury.’ Contributed to the 42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, Texas.
- . ‘Possible New Constraints on Gully Formation in Nirgal Vallis from High Resolution Thermal Inertia Data.’ In LPI Contribution, p.2467.
- . ‘Thermophysical Properties of Selected Lunar Study Regions Determined from LROC and Diviner Data.’ In LPI Contribution, p.2278.
- . ‘Model Surface Temperatures of Selected Study Regions on Mercury.’ Contributed to the EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting, Nantes, France.
Research Articles (Journals)
- . . ‘Evidence for present day gully activity on the Russell crater dune field, Mars.’ Geophysical Research Letters 37, № 6. doi: 10.1029/2009GL042192.
- . . ‘Thermokarst in Siberian ice‐rich permafrost: Comparison to asymmetric scalloped depressions on Mars.’ Journal of Geophysical Research 115. doi: 10.1029/2010JE003640.
Research Articles in Edited Proceedings (Conferences)
- . . ‘Evidence for Present Day Gully Activity on the Russell Crater Dune Field, Mars.’ Contributed to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) 2010, Houston, TX, USA.
- . . ‘Estimation of Lunar Surface Temperatures: A Numerical Model.’ Contributed to the 40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, Texas.
- . ‘Estimation of Lunar Surface Temperatures: A Numerical Model.’ In LPI Contribution, p.1789.