Research
Formation and evolution of chondrites and their components
- Significance of Ca,AI-rich inclusions in various chondrite groups
- Formation of chondrules in time and space
- Accretionary processes documented by the formation of chondrule dust mantles
Brecciation and reaccretion on/of meteorite parent bodies
- Almahata Sitta and the late accretion of asteroids
- Significance of xenoliths in chondrites for the evolution of asteroids
- Regolith processes on meteorite parent bodies
Early fluids and volatiles on Asteroids
- Accretion of and aqueous alteration on the CM chondrite parent bodies
- Formation and evolution of water-bearing rocks in the early Solar System
- Significance of volatiles in phosphates
Formation and evolution of differentiated meteorite parent bodies
- Volcanism on the parent bodies of the HEDs and ureilites
- Accretion, differentiation, and impact metamorphism on once molten planetary bodies
- Lunar and Martian meteorites and the evolution of our closest planetary neighbors