Timo Hopp

Timo Hopp

Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, room 27
48149 Münster

T: +49 251 83-33643

  • Research Areas

    The late veneer and the origin of the Earth´s volatiles

    Stable isotope fractionation processes of highly siderophile elements (HSE) and volatile elements in regarding planetary core formation.

    Stable isotope fractionation processes of highly siderophile elements (Ru, Pd) in extraterrestrial and terrestrial samples

    The oxidation state of primitive components (e.g. amorphous silicate matrix) in chondrites

  • CV

    Education

    PhD in natural sciences, Planetology, University of Münster
    Master of Science, Earth Sciences, Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität Münster
    Bachelor of Science, Earth Sciences, Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität Münster

    Positions

    Postdoc, Institute for Planetology, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
    PhD Student, Institute for Planetology, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
    Research Assistent, Institute of Planetology, Work Group Prof. Dr. Kleine, Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität Münster
    Student Assistent Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Work Group Prof. Dr. Wiemhöfer, Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität Münster

    Honors

    Wiley Award – McKay Award Committee of The Meteoritical Society

    External Functions

    Meteoritical Society
    Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft (DMG)

  • Research Articles (Journals)

    • Hellmann J L, Hopp T, Burkhardt C, Becker H, Fischer-Gödde M, Kleine T. . ‘Tellurium isotope cosmochemistry: Implications for volatile fractionation in chondrite parent bodies and origin of the late veneer.’ Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 309: 313–328. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2021.06.038.
    • Grützner T, Hopp T, Berndt J, Rohrbach A, Klemme S. . ‘Experimental investigation of Ru isotope fractionation between metal, silicate and sulfide melts.’ Chemical Geology 580: 120384. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120384.

    • Hellmann J L, Hopp T, Burkhardt C, Kleine T. . ‘Origin of volatile element depletion among carbonaceous chondrites.’ Earth and Planetary Science Letters 549: 116508. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116508.

    • Hopp T., Fischer-Gödde M., Kleine, T. . ‘Ruthenium isotope fractionation in protoplanetary cores.’ Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 223: 75–89. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2017.11.033.
    • Timo Hopp, Thorsten Kleine. . ‘Nature of late accretion to Earth inferred from mass-dependent isotope compositions in meteorites and mantle peridotites.’ Earth and Planetary Science Letters 494: 50–59. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.04.058.

    • Hopp T., Vollmer C. . ‘Chemical composition and iron oxidation state of amorphous matrix silicates in the carbonaceous chondrite Acfer 04.’ Meteoritics and Planetary Science 2017, No. 1-14. doi: 10.1111/maps.12991.

    • Hopp T., Fischer-Gödde M., Kleine T. . ‘Ruthenium stable isotope measurements by double spike MC-ICPMS.’ Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 31: 1515–1526.
    • Neuhaus K., Gerke B., Niehaus O., Koops S., Hopp T., Pöttgen R., Wiemhöfer H. D. . ‘Investigation of the cation valency and conductivity of antimony-substituted ceria.’ Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry 20: 2295–2304. doi: 10.1007/s10008-016-3242-3.