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Prof. Dr. E. K. JessbergerProf. Dr. rer. nat. |
General Research Topic
Cosmochronology and the chemical and isotopic evolution of the small bodies in the solar system
Curriculum Vitae
(December 2006)
Personal Data
Name Elmar K. Jessberger, Universitäts-Professor, Dr. rer. nat.
Date of birth April 18, 1943
Citizenship German
Education and Academic Carreer
1969 Diploma Physics (Universität Heidelberg)
1971 Dr. rer. nat. Physics (Universität Heidelberg)
1981 Habilitation, Physics (Universität Heidelberg)
1987 Außerplanmäßiger Professor für Physik (Universität Heidelberg)
Research and Professional Experience
1971 – 1996 Senior Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg
1996 – now Full Professor (C4) of Analytical and Experimental Planetology,
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster
Personal Fellowships:
1972 –1973 NSF-Fellowship (at California Institute of Technology)
1978 – 1978 Habilitation-Fellowship (DFG)
1979 – 1983 Heisenberg-Fellow (DFG)
Principal Investigator: ENEAS, MERTIS, GENTNER, LIBS
Co-Investigator: PIA, MIDAS, COSIMA, DAWN, CDA, SEBA, ESA Topical Team, EMF
Guest Professorships
1981 State University of New York, Stony Brook
1984 Washington University, St. Louis
1991 – 1992 University of Vienna and Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna
Grants spent 2001 – 2005: 2.171.000 € (from DFG, BMBF, ESA, EU)
Research Interests
Cosmochronology and the chemical and isotopic evolution of the bodies in the solar system
Awards/Honors
Fellow of the Meteoritical Society (1994)
NASA Group Achievement Award (1998)
Asteroid 16231 Jessberger (2000 ES130) (2005)
Service
1987 – 1991 Senior Scientific Advisor of the Space Science Committee, European Science Foundation
1989 – 1994 Member of the Scientific Council and CPT-Section, Max-Planck Society (MPG)
1989 – 1994 Member of MPG Commissions
- Perspektiven-Kommission der CPT Sektion
- Kommission zur Neuordnung des Berufungsverfahrens
- Kommission zur Neugründung astrophysikalischer Institute in den neuen Bundesländern
- Stammkommissionen
1989 – 1996 Member of the MPG-Committee for the Advancement of Female Scientists
1991 – 1994 Representative Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter in the Intersectional Committee of the MPG
1991 – 2002 Review Panel Member Extraterrestrial Basic Research DARA/DLR
1997 – 1999 Science Advisor to the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg
1998 – 2001 Co-Editor Planetary and Space Science
1998 – now Member of the Fachbereichrat Geowissenschaften and various Commissions
2001 – 2002 Chairman Leonard Medal Committee, Meteoritical Society
2001 – 2003 Member of the Senate Commission on Research (KFWN) University Münster
2002 – 2006 Member of Program Committee, DLR
2003 Organizer 66th Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Münster
2003 – 2004 Chairman of the Senate Commission on Research (KFWN) University Münster
2005 – 2006 Chairman of the Commission for Planning and Structure, Fachbereich Geowissenschaften
2005 – 2006 Chairman of Leonard Medal Committee, Meteoritical Society
2003 – 2017 ESA’s AURORA Science Working Team
2005 – 2017 Member of Visiting Committees of
- Center of Excellence OEPS, Kobe, Japan
- DLR-Institut für Planetenforschung, Berlin
- International Max Planck Research School on Physical Processes in the Solar System and Beyond, Katlenburg/Lindau
Publications: 300; thereof in refereed journals: 127; success (h-Index): 27
The Ten Most Important Publications
Meierhenrich U.J., Munoz Caro G.M., Bredehöft J,H., Jessberger E.K., Thiemann W.H.P. (2004) Diamino acids in the Murchison meteorite as a source of early genetic material. Proc. New York Acad. Sci. 101: 9182–9186
Kimura, I., I. Mann, E.K. Jessberger (2003) Composition, structure, and size distribution of dust in the local interstellar cloud. Astrophys. J., 583: 314–321
Stephan, T., E.K. Jessberger, C.H. Heiss, D. Rost (2003) TOF-SIMS analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Allan Hills 84001. Met. & Planet. Sci. 38: 109–116
Trieloff M., E.K. Jessberger, I. Herrwerth, J. Hopp, C. Fiéni, M. Ghélis, M. Bourot-Denise, P. Pellas (2003) The early thermal history of the H-chondrite parent asteroid from integrated 244Pu and 40Ar-39Ar thermochronometries. Nature 402: 502–506
Mann, I., E.K. Jessberger (2003) The in-situ study of solid particles in the solar system. In: Astromineralogy (ed. Th. Henning): 189–216, Springer, Heidelberg
Jessberger, E.K., T. Stephan, D. Rost, P. Arndt, M. Maetz, F.J. Stadermann, D.E. Brownlee, J. Bradley, G. Kurat (2001) Properties of interplanetary dust: Information from collected samples. In: Interplanetary Dust (eds. S.F. Dermott, H. Fechtig, E. Grün, and B.A.S. Gustafson): 253–294, Springer, Heidelberg
Jessberger, E.K., A. Christoforidis, J. Kissel (1988): Aspects of the major element composition of Halley's dust. Nature 332: 691-695.
Jessberger, E.K., B. Dominik (1979): Gerontology of the Allende meteorite. Nature 277: 554-556.
Jessberger, E.K., Th. Staudacher, B. Dominik, T. Kirsten, O.A. Schaeffer (1978): Limited response of the K-Ar system to the Nördlinger Ries giant meteorite impact. Nature 271: 338-339.
Jessberger, E.K., J.C. Huneke, G.J.Wasserburg (1974): Evidence for a ~4.5 AE age of plagioclase clasts in a lunar highland breccia. Nature 248: 199-202.