About Me
I am investigating the experimental production of Core-Mantle-Particles as a cometary analogue material in order to study their physical and mechanical properties. Simplified, Core-Mantle Particles are micrometer-sized silicate particles covered in a mantle of water ice and other ices and are considered as a potential cometary analogue. I am also repsonsible for the meteorite collection of the Institut für Planetologie, Universität Münster, and give lectures on meteorites, as well as involvements in asteroid surfaces' properties and space mission studies. I used to simulate regolith formation on the Moon and asteroids under vacuum conditions using a liquid nitrogen-cooled cryostat. Followed by these experiments, 3D Computed Tomography scans and low-vacuum scanning electron microscope imaging has been carried out to understand the rate and nature of crack formation and growth within selected meteorite samples.
I also worked on aqueously-altered meteorite samples and characterise their mineralogy and isotope signatures mainly for light stable isotopes such as H, O, C, and S. To obtain these data I utilized electron microscopy, EDX, WDX, and different massspectrometric techniques. By doing so, I combine various different datasets to evaluate complex fractionation processes in the history of our Solar System.
In private, I like to spend time with my wife and my two kids, working with low-voltage electronics, sensors, home automation, coding, hardware builds, and craftswork in the house and garden.