Forschungsschwerpunkte
- Merkur
- Geologie von Ceres
- Vulkanismus auf Mond und Mars
- Geologie der Planeten
- Fernerkundung
Vita
Akademische Ausbildung
- Doktor der Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.) - Planetologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- Master of Science (M.Sc.) - Geowissenschaften, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) - Geowissenschaften, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Beruflicher Werdegang
- Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU)
- Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft an der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU)
- Studentische Hilfskraft an der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU)
Projekte
- BC MERTIS: Cruise Phase Teil 2 - Teilvorhaben Labormessung und Missionsunterstützung ( – )
participations in other joint project: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz | Förderkennzeichen: 50QW2201A - Missionsunterstützende Arbeiten und Untersuchung der Geologie des Asteroiden Ceres ( – )
Gefördertes Einzelprojekt: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz | Förderkennzeichen: 50OW1802 - Untersuchungen von Oberflächenaltern und der Geologie des Asteroiden Ceres ( – )
Gefördertes Einzelprojekt: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz | Förderkennzeichen: 50OW1502 - Alter, Mineralogie und Volumen lunarer Basalte im Mare Crisium und auf der Mondrückseite ( – )
Gefördertes Einzelprojekt: DFG - Sachbeihilfe/Einzelförderung | Förderkennzeichen: HI 1410/3-1
- BC MERTIS: Cruise Phase Teil 2 - Teilvorhaben Labormessung und Missionsunterstützung ( – )
Publikationen
Forschungsartikel in Online-Sammlungen (Konferenzen)
- Contributed to the Optical Engineering + Applications: Infrared Remote Sensing and Instrumentation XXXII, San Diego. doi: 10.1117/12.3028187. . ‘MERTIS/BepiColombo: the challenges of observing the Moon with an instrument designed for Mercury.’
Abstracts in Online-Sammlungen (Konferenzen)
- contributed to the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, . „Visual Perception During Human Photo-Geologic Mapping.“
Forschungsartikel (Zeitschriften)
- 10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115267. . ‘Rheological properties and ages of lava flows on Alba Mons, Mars.’ Icarus 389. 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:
- 10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115259. . ‘The young resurfacing events at Ceres' Occator crater: Seismic shaking or deposition of cryovolcanic material?’ Icarus 389. doi:
- . . ‘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, Nr. 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.
Abstracts in Online-Sammlungen (Konferenzen)
- contributed to the 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, . „Occator’s Young Resurfacing Events: Deposition of Cryovolcanic Material or Seismic Shaking?“
- . . ‘Catastrophic rupture of lunar rocks: Implications for lunar rock size–frequency distributions.’ Icarus 387: 115200. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115200.
- 10.1038/s41467-022-28570-8. . ‘Brine residues and organics in the Urvara basin on Ceres.’ Nature Communications 13, Nr. 1: 927. doi:
Forschungsartikel (Zeitschriften)
- 10.1098/rsta.2019.0562. . ‘The lunar surface as a recorder of astrophysical processes: Astronomical events recorded by the Moon.’ Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 379, Nr. 2188. doi:
Forschungsartikel in Sammelbänden (Konferenzen)
- . . ‘Rheology and Model Ages of Lava Flows on Alba Patera, Mars.’ Contributed to the 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.
- . . ‘The Chronostratigraphy of Ceres.’ Contributed to the 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.
Forschungsartikel (Zeitschriften)
- . . ‘Recent cryovolcanic activity at Occator crater on Ceres.’ Nature Astronomy 4, Nr. 8: 794–801. doi: 10.1038/s41550-020-1146-8DO-10.1038/s41550-020-1146-8.
- . . ‘The varied sources of faculae-forming brines in Ceres’ Occator crater emplaced via hydrothermal brine effusion.’ Nature Communications 11, Nr. 1: 3680. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15973-8DO-10.1038/s41467-020-15973-8.
- . . ‘In situ fragmentation of lunar blocks and implications for impacts and solar-induced thermal stresses.’ Icarus 336.
Konferenzbeiträge
Forschungsartikel in Sammelbänden (Konferenzen)
- . . ‘Rheological Properties and Ages of Lava Flows on Alba Patera, Mars.’ Contributed to the 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.
- . . ‘Young Resurfacing Events at Ceres’ Occator Crater Caused by Deposition of Cryovolcanic Material or Seismic Shaking?’ Contributed to the 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.
Abstracts in Online-Sammlungen (Konferenzen)
- . „Geological Context for the Lunar South Pole: A Map of the South Pole-Aitken Basin Region.“ contributed to the 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA, .
- . „A new map of the South Pole-Aitken Basin including the South Pole.“ contributed to the European Lunar Symposium, Virtual, . doi: 10.5281/zenodo.5095260.
Forschungsartikel (Zeitschriften)
- . . ‘Timings of early crustal activity in southern highlands of Mars: Periods of crustal stretching and shortening.’ Timings of early crustal activity in southern highlands of Mars: Periods of crustal stretching and shortening null. doi: 10.1016/j.gsf.2018.05.016. [online first]
Konferenzbeiträge
Forschungsartikel in Sammelbänden (Konferenzen)
- . . ‘Revisiting the Geology of Occator Crater on Ceres: Recently Active Cryovolcanism?’ Contributed to the 50 th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.
- . . ‘The Evolution of Occator Crater and Its Faculae Revealed by Highest Resolution Observations of Ceres.’ Contributed to the 50 th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.
- . . ‘Final Dawn LAMO-Based Global Geologic Map of Ceres.’ Contributed to the 50 th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.
- . . ‘Geologic Mapping (1:10,000) of Cerealia Facula Based on Dawn’s High Resolution XM2 Data.’ Contributed to the 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.
Abstracts in Online-Sammlungen (Konferenzen)
- . „Geological mapping of large basins on the terrestrial planets in the scope of PLANMAP.“ contributed to the 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, .
Forschungsartikel (Zeitschriften)
- . . ‘Lunar farside volcanism in and around the South Pole-Aitken basin.’ Icarus 299: 538–562. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2017.07.023.
- . . ‘Geologic history of the northern portion of the South Pole-Aitken basin on the Moon.’ Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 123: 2585–2612. doi: 10.1029/2018JE005590.
- 10.1016/j.icarus.2017.10.038. . ‘Ceres’ Ezinu quadrangle: a heavily cratered region with evidence for localized subsurface water ice and the context of Occator crater.’ Icarus 316: 46–62. doi:
- 10.1016/j.icarus.2017.10.038. . ‘Ceres' Ezinu quadrangle: A heavily cratered region with evidence for localized subsurface water ice and the context of Occator crater.’ Icarus 316: 46–62. doi:
- . . ‘The Ac-5 (Fejokoo) quadrangle of Ceres: Geologic map and geomorphological evidence for ground ice mediated surface processes.’ Icarus 316: 63–83. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2017.09.035.
- . . ‘Geology of Ceres’ North Pole quadrangle with Dawn FC imaging data.’ Icarus 316: 14–27. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2017.09.036.
- 10.1111/maps.13008. . ‘Geologic constraints on the origin of red organic-rich material on Ceres.’ Meteoritics and Planetary Science 53, Nr. 9: 1983–1998. doi:
- 10.1016/j.icarus.2017.06.015. . ‘Geologic mapping of the Ac-2 Coniraya quadrangle of Ceres from NASA's Dawn mission: Implications for a heterogeneously composed crust.’ Icarus 316: 28–45. doi:
Forschungsartikel in Sammelbänden (Konferenzen)
- . . ‘The Hamo-based Global Geologic Map and Chronostratigraphy of Ceres.’ Contributed to the 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.
- . . ‘Unified Dawn LAMO-based Global Geologic Map of Ceres.’ Contributed to the 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.
- . . ‘Geology of the northern portion of the SPA basin on the Moon: Evidence for compositional stratification of the ancient lunar crust.’ Contributed to the 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.
- . . ‘Characterization of high-priority landing sites for the Chang'e 4 exploration mission to the Apollo basin, Moon.’ Contributed to the 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.
- . . ‘Contribution of the lunar basin ejecta materials within the Luna-Glob landing zone.’ Contributed to the 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.
- . . ‘Potential landing sites for the Chang'e-4 exploration mission to the Apollo Basin, Moon.’ Contributed to the European Lunar Symposium, Toulouse, France. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.5095160.
- . . ‘Possible compositional stratification of the ancient lunar crust: evidence from geological study of the northern portion of the SPA basin.’ Contributed to the European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.
Forschungsartikel (Zeitschriften)
- 10.1038/ngeo2936. . ‘Geomorphological evidence for ground ice on dwarf planet Ceres.’ Nature Geoscience 10, Nr. 5: 338–343. doi:
Forschungsartikel in Sammelbänden (Konferenzen)
- . . ‘The Global Geologic Map of Ceres based on Dawn HAMO Observations.’ Contributed to the 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.
- . . ‘Context of unusual red Organic-rich Areas on Ceres and Geologic Constraints for their Origin.’ Contributed to the 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.
- . . ‘Degradation and Ejecta Mobility of Impact Craters on Ceres.’ Contributed to the 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.
Forschungsartikel (Zeitschriften)
- . . ‘Composition and structure of the shallow subsurface of Ceres revealed by crater morphology.’ Nature Geoscience 9, Nr. 7: 538+. doi: 10.1038/NGEO2743.
- 10.1126/science.aaf4286. . ‘Cryovolcanism on Ceres.’ Science 353, Nr. 6303. doi:
- 10.1126/science.aaf4759. . ‘Cratering on ceres: Implications for its crust and evolution.’ Science 353, Nr. 6303. doi:
Forschungsartikel in Sammelbänden (Konferenzen)
- . . ‘Impact chronology of the Moon - Results from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC).’ Contributed to the New Views of the Moon 2, Houston, Texas, USA.
- Contributed to the 23rd International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences Congress, ISPRS 2016, cze. doi: 10.5194/isprsarchives-XLI-B4-479-2016. . ‘Mapping of planetary surface age based on crater statistics obtained by an automatic detection algorithm.’
- . . ‘Bracketing the age of lunar pyroclastic deposits in Oppenheimer crater .’ Contributed to the 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.
- . . ‘Revisiting the CSFDs of the Taurus Littrow dark mantle deposit: Implications for age determinations of pyroclastic deposits.’ Contributed to the 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.
- . . ‘New crater size-frequency distribution measurements for Autolycus crater .’ Contributed to the 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.
- . . ‘Stratigraphy of low shields and mare basalts of the Marius Hills region, Moon .’ 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.
- . . ‘Ahuna Mons: The geologycally-young extrusive viscous Dome on Ceres.’ Contributed to the 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.
- . . ‘Automatic Age Map Construction for the Floor of Lunar Crater Tsiolkovsky.’ Contributed to the 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.
- . . ‘Geologic Mapping of The Ac-H-7 Kerwan Quadrangle of Ceres From Nasa’s Dawn Mission.’ Contributed to the 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.
- . . ‘Geologic Mapping of The Ac-H-2 Coniraya Quadrangle of Ceres from Nasa’s Dawn Mission.’ Contributed to the 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.
Forschungsartikel (Zeitschriften)
- . . ‘Small-scale lunar farside volcanism.’ Icarus 257: 336–354. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.040.
- 10.1016/j.pss.2015.05.007. . ‘Landing site selection for Luna-Glob mission in crater Boguslawsky.’ Planetary and Space Science 2015, Nr. 117: 45–63. doi:
- . . ‘Quantifying Geological Processes on Mars - Results of the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on Mars Express.’ Planetary and Space Science (PSS) 112: 53–97. doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2014.11.029.
Forschungsartikel in Sammelbänden (Konferenzen)
- Contributed to the Workshop on Issues in Crater Studies and the Dating of Planetary Surfaces, Laurel, Maryland, USA. . ‘Development of guidelines for recommended lunar CSFD count area sizes via analysis of random CSFDs.’
- Contributed to the 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, USA. . ‘Effects of count area size on absolute model ages derived from random crater size-frequency distributions.’
- Contributed to the 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, USA. . ‘Lava flows on Arsia and Pavonis Mons, Mars: Rheology and ages.’
- . . ‘Preliminary Geologic Map of the Ac-H-2 Coniraya Quadrangle of Ceres: An Integrated Mapping Study Using Dawn Spacecraft Data.’ Contributed to the American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA.
- . . ‘Initial Geologic Mapping of the Ac-H-2 Coniraya Quadrangle of Ceres Using Dawn Spacecraft Data.’ Contributed to the The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore, USA.
Forschungsartikel (Zeitschriften)
- 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.07.018. . ‘The Miniature Radio Frequency instrument's (Mini-RF) global observations of Earth's Moon.’ Icarus 243: 173–190. doi:
Konferenzbeiträge
Forschungsartikel in Sammelbänden (Konferenzen)
- Contributed to the 45th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, Texas, USA. . ‘Geology of the Lunar Glob Landing Sites in Boguslawsky Crater, Moon.’
Forschungsartikel in Online-Sammlungen (Konferenzen)
- Contributed to the 45th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, Texas. . ‘Lunar Mare Basalts In- and Outside of the South Pole-Aitken Basin.’
Abstracts in Online-Sammlungen (Konferenzen)
- contributed to the 45th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, . „Diverse Volcanic Activity In and Around the Lunar farside Crater Rosseland.“
- . „Wrinkle Ridges on the Hellas Basin Floor, Mars: Morphological Assessment and Implications.“ contributed to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), Houston, TX, USA, .
- Contributed to the 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, Texas. . ‘Small, young volcanic deposits around the lunar farside craters Rosseland, Bolyai, and Roche.’
Forschungsartikel (Zeitschriften)
- 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.03.014. . ‘Rheologies and ages of lava flows on Elysium Mons, Mars.’ Icarus 219, Nr. 1: 443–457. doi:
- 10.1029/2011JE003935. . ‘How old are young lunar craters?’ Journal of Geophysical Research 117. doi:
Forschungsartikel in Sammelbänden (Konferenzen)
- In LPI Contribution No. 1659, 2060. . ‘Surface ages and mineralogy of lunar light plains in the South-Pole Aitken basin.’
- In LPI Contribution No. 1659, 2863. . ‘New crater size-frequency distribution measurements of the South Pole-Aitken basin.’
- Contributed to the European Planetary Science Congress, Rome, Italy. . ‘New crater size-frequency distributions for the lunar craters Tycho and Copernicus: Implications for the lunar chronology and target properties .’
- . . ‘New crater size-frequency distribution measurements for Copernicus Crater based on Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera images.’ In LPI Contribution No. 1533, 2304.
- In LPI Contribution No. 1533, p.1903. . ‘Rheology and Age of Lava Flows on Elysium Mons, Mars.’
Forschungsartikel in Sammelbänden (Konferenzen)
- Contributed to the European Planetary Science Congress 2009, Potsdam. . ‘Rheologies and Ages of Lava Flows on Elysium Mons, Mars.’
Abstracts in Online-Sammlungen (Konferenzen)
- contributed to the 40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, . „Rheology of Lava Flows on Elysium Mons, Mars.“