Student theses and university courses
Supervision of student theses
Doctoral candidates
- Doctoral study co-supervisor, Caroline Brachmann, since 2020, Freie Universität Berlin/DLR
Tentative title: Volcanic outgassing and gas specition on early Earth and Mars
- Doctoral study, Sara Vulpius, since 2019, Freie Universität Berlin
Tentative title: Global volatile cycles on early Earth
- Doctoral study, Julia Schmidt, since 2018, Freie Universität Berlin
Tentative title: Crust formation on early Earth and Mars
- Doctoral study co-supervisor, Rutu Parekh, 2018-2022, Freie Universität Berlin/DLR
Title: Evaluating Volatile Induced Surface Features on Vesta and Ceres
- Doctoral study co-supervisor, Gianluigi Ortenzi, completed in 2021, Freie Universität Berlin/DLR
Title: Interior-surface-atmosphere interactions of rocky planets: simulation of volcanic outgassing and volatile chemical speciation in the C-O-H system
- Doctoral study co-supervisor, Robert Luther, completed in 2019, Freie Universität Berlin/MfN
Title: Numerical Modelling of Impact Crater Formation: Material Excavation and Interaction between Ejecta and Atmosphere
Master students
- Alexander Thamm (since 2022), FU Berlin, Germany
- Alexander Balduin (since 2022), FU Berlin, Germany
- Oliver Henke-Seemann (since 2021), FU Berlin, Germany
- Falco Menne (2021-2022), FU Berlin, Germany
Title: Modelling the transport and release of H2O during subduction
- Sonja Zierke (2019-2021), FU Berlin, Germany
Title: Thermodynamic evolution of Earth-like planets in the solar system (in German)
- Pierre Boissinot (2017), Master thesis, ROB Belgium / U Nantes, France
Title: Numerical reconstruction of the evolution of Mars\' atmosphere. Study of outgassing and escape of H2O and CO2 from the mantle of Mars to space.
Bachelor students
- Kilian Hebold (2021-2022), FU Berlin/TU Berlin, Germany
Title: Geophysical approach on the basic conditions for habitability in the Tau Ceti System
- Karoline Knop (2020-2021), FU Berlin, Germany
Title: Mantle material mixing stirred up by subducting plates (in German)
- Clemens Heistracher (2014-2015), Bachelor thesis, ROB Belgium / TU Vienna, Austria
Title: Implementation of high-pressure and high-temperature thermodynamic properties of water
- Nastasia Zimov (2014-2015), Bachelor thesis, ROB Belgium / TU Vienna, Austria
Title: Thermal evolution of ocean planets
Internship students
- Jérémie Godret (2015), 2-months internship, ROB Belgium / ELISA Aerospace Institute, France
Title: Tidal dissipation and its influence on mantle convection
- Zeynep Aydin (2011), 3 weeks internship, DLR Berlin, Germany / FU Berlin, Germany
Title: The influence of high surface temperatures on the thermal progress of Venus
- Franz Büsing (2010), 6 weeks internship, DLR Berlin, Germany
Title: Thermal evolution of Mercury
- Robert Pieske (2010), 4 weeks internship, DLR Berlin, Germany / FU Berlin, Germany
Title: Phase transitions on Earth and Mars
- Sebastien Hadjadj (2010), 1 week internship, DLR Berlin, Germany, Germany
Title: Influence of lateral viscosity variations on mantle convection
University courses at Freie Universität Berlin
- "Computational Methods", MSc Planetary Sciences and Space Exploration, WS22/23
- "Geophysical Modelling of Planets and Moons", MSc Planetary Sciences and Space Exploration, WS22/23
- "Seminar on geodynamic modelling", MSc Planetary Sciences and Space Exploration, WS22/23
- "TRR 170 Late Accretion onto Terrestrial Planets Seminar", MSc Geological Sciences, WS22/23, co-organization
- "Planetology Literature Seminar", MSc Geological Sciences, WS22/23, co-organization
- "Bridge Course Mathematics", BSc Geological Sciences, WS22/23
- "Planetary Habitability", MSc Geological Sciences, SS22
- "Seminar on geodynamic modelling", MSc Geological Sciences, SS22
- "TRR 170 Late Accretion onto Terrestrial Planets Seminar", MSc Geological Sciences, SS22, co-organization
- "Planetology Literature Seminar", MSc Geological Sciences, SS22, co-organization
- "Seminar on geodynamic modelling", MSc Geological Sciences, WS21/22
- "TRR 170 Late Accretion onto Terrestrial Planets Seminar", MSc Geological Sciences, WS21/22, co-organization
- "Bridge Course Mathematics", BSc Geological Sciences, WS21/22
- "Planetary Habitability", MSc Geological Sciences, SS21, digital lecture series
- "Seminar on geodynamic modelling", MSc Geological Sciences, SS21
- "TRR 170 Late Accretion onto Terrestrial Planets Seminar", MSc Geological Sciences, SS21, co-organization
- "Planetology Literature Seminar", MSc Geological Sciences, SS21, co-organization
- "Geophysical Modelling of Planets and Moons", MSc Geological Sciences, WS20/21
- "Seminar on geodynamics and mineral physics", MSc Geological Sciences, WS20/21
- "TRR 170 Late Accretion onto Terrestrial Planets Seminar", MSc Geological Sciences, WS20/21, co-organization
- "Bridge Course Mathematics", BSc Geological Sciences, WS20/21
- "Planetary Habitability", MSc Geological Sciences, SS20, digital lecture series
- "Introduction to quantitative Geology with Matlab", MSc Geological Sciences, WS19/20
- "Geophysical Modelling of Planets and Moons", MSc Geological Sciences, WS19/20
- "Bridge Course Mathematics", BSc Geological Sciences, WS19/20
- "Astrobiology", MSc Geological Sciences, SS19
- "Introduction to quantitative Geology with Matlab", MSc Geological Sciences, WS18/19
- "Geophysical Modelling of Planets and Moons", MSc Geological Sciences, WS18/19
- "Bridge Course Mathematics", BSc Geological Sciences, WS18/19
- "Astrobiology", MSc Geological Sciences, SS18
- "Introduction to quantitative Geology with Matlab", MSc Geological Sciences, WS17/18
- "Geophysical Modelling of Planets and Moons", MSc Geological Sciences, WS17/18
- "Bridge Course Mathematics", BSc Geological Sciences, WS17/18
- "Geophysical Modelling of Planets and Moons", MSc Geological Sciences WS16/17
- "Geophysical Modelling of Planets and Moons", MSc Geological Sciences WS15/16