Dr. Iris Weber

Dr. Iris Weber

Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, room 111f
48149 Münster

T: +49 251 83-39051

Academic Profile

  • Projects

  • Publications

    • Morlok, Andreas; Sehlke, Alexander; Stojic, Aleksandra N.; Whittington, Alan; Weber, Iris; Reitze, Maximilian P.; Hiesinger, Harald; Helbert, Joern. . ‘Synthetic analogs for lava flows on the surface of Mercury: A mid-infrared study.’ Icarus 415: 116078. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116078.
    • Weber I; Pavlov SG; Böttger U; Reitze MP. . ‘Alteration in the Raman spectra of characteristic rock-forming silicate mixtures due to micrometeorite bombardment.’ Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 55,  8: 901–913. doi: 10.1002/jrs.6676.
    • Reitze, MP; Renggli, C; Morlok, A; Weber, I; Rodehorst, U; Berndt, J; Klemme, S; Hiesinger, H. . ‘Crystallographic and Mid-Infrared Spectroscopic Properties of the CaS-MgS Solid Solution.’ Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 129,  8: e2024JE0–e2024JE008483. doi: 10.1029/2024JE008483.

    • Stojic A.N.; Weber I.; Morlok A.; Pavlov S.G.; Hiesinger H.; Reitze M.P.; Maturilli A.; Schmedemann N.; Bauch K.E.; Pasckert J.H.; Helbert J. . ‘Simulation of surface regolith gardening and impact associated melt layer production under ns-pulsed laser ablation.’ Icarus 391. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115344.
    • Morlok, A; Renggli, C; Charlier, B; Namur, O; Klemme, S; Reitze, MP; Weber, I, Stojic, AN; Bauch KE, Hiesinger, H, Helbert, J. . ‘A mid-infrared study of synthetic glass and crystal mixtures analog to the geochemical terranes on mercury.’ Icarus 396: 115498. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115498.
    • Reitze MP; Weber I; Morlok A; Hiesinger H; Pasckert JH; Schmedemann N; Bauch KE; Stojic AN; Helbert J. . ‘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,  6: e2023EA002903. doi: 10.1029/2023EA002903.
    • Weber I, Reitze MP, Morlok A, Stojic AN, Hiesinger H, Schmedemann N, Bauch KE, Pasckert JH, Helbert J. . ‘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.
    • Renggli, CJ; Stojic, AN; Morlok, A; Berndt, J; Weber, I; Klemme, S; Hiesinger, H. . ‘Mid-infrared spectroscopy of sulfidation reaction products and implications for sulfur on Mercury.’ Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 128,  12: e2023JE0. doi: 10.1029/2023JE007895.

    • Renggli, CJ; Klemme, S; Morlok, A; Berndt, J; Weber, I; Hiesinger, H; King, PL. . ‘Sulfides and hollows formed on Mercury’s surface by reactions with reducing S-rich gases.’ Earth and Planetary Science Letters 593: 117647. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117647.
    • Weber I; Böttger U; Hanke F; Reitze MP; Heeger M; Adolphs T; Arlinghaus HF. . ‘Space weathering simulation of micrometeorite bombardment on silicates and their mixture for space application.’ Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 53,  3: 411–419. doi: 10.1002/jrs.6162.

    • Morlok A, Renggli C, Charlier B, Reitze MP, Klemme S, Namur O, Sohn M, Martin D, Weber I, Stojic AN, Hiesinger H, Joy KH, Wogelius R, Tollan P, Carli C, Bauch KE, Helbert J. . ‘Mid-infrared reflectance spectroscopy of synthetic glass analogs for mercury surface studies.’ Icarus 361: 114363. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114363.
    • Stojic AN, Morlok A, Tollan P, Kohout T, Hermann J, Weber I, Moreau J, Hiesinger H, Sohn M, Bauch KE, Reitze MP, Helbert J. . ‘A shock recovery experiment and its implications for Mercury's surface: The effect of high pressure on porous olivine powder as a regolith analog.’ ıcarus 357: 114162. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114162.
    • Weber I, Reitze MP, Heeger M, Adolphs T, Morlok A, Stojic AN, Hiesinger H, Arlinghaus HF, Helbert J. . ‘The effect of excimer laser irradiation on mid-IR spectra of mineral mixtures for remote sensing.’ Earth and Planetary Science Letters 569: 117072. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117072.
    • Reitze MP, Weber I, Morlok A, Hiesinger H, Bauch KE, Stojic AN, Helbert J. . ‘Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Anorthosite Samples From Near Manicouagan Crater, Canada, as Analogue for Remote Sensing of Mercury and Other Terrestrial Solar System Objects.’ Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets) 126,  8: e06832. doi: 10.1029/2021JE006832.
    • Donnermeyer, D.; Ibing, M.; Bürklein, S.; Weber, I.; Reitze, M.P.; Schäfer, E. . ‘Physico-Chemical Investigation of Endodontic Sealers Exposed to Simulated Intracanal Heat Application: Hydraulic Calcium Silicate-Based Sealers .’ Materials (Basel) 14,  4: 1–11. doi: 10.3390/ma14040728.
    • Cho, Yuichiro; Bottger, Ute; Rull, Fernando; Hubers, Heinz-Wilhelm; Belenguer, Tomas; Borner, Anko; Buder, Maximilian; Bunduki, Yuri; Dietz, Enrico; Hagelschuer, Till; Kameda, Shingo; Kopp, Emanuel; Lieder, Matthias; Lopez-Reyes, Guillermo; Inza, Andoni Gaizka Moral; Mori, Shoki; Ogura, Jo Akino; Paproth, Carsten; Canora, Carlos Perez; Pertenais, Martin; Peter, Gisbert; Prieto-Ballesteros, Olga; Rockstein, Steve; Rodd-Routley, Selene; Perez, Pablo Rodriguez; Ryan, Conor; Santamaria, Pilar; Sauberlich, Thomas; Schrandt, Friedrich; Schroder, Susanne; Stangarone, Claudia; Ulamec, Stephan; Usui, Tomohiro; Weber, Iris; Westerdorff, Karsten; Yumoto, Koki. . ‘In situ science on Phobos with the Raman spectrometer for MMX (RAX): preliminary design and feasibility of Raman measurements.’ Earth, Planets and Space 73,  1. doi: 10.1186/s40623-021-01496-z.

    • Reitze M P, Weber I, Kroll H, Morlok A, Hiesinger H, Helbert J. . ‘Mid-infrared spectroscopy of alkali feldspar samples for space application.’ Mineralogy and Petrology 114: 453–463. doi: 10.1007/s00710-020-00709-9.
    • Hiesinger H, Helbert J, Alemanno G, Bauch K, D'Amore M, Maturilli A, Morlok A, Reitze M, Stangarone C, Stojic A, Varatharajan I, Weber I, and the MERTIS-Co-I Team. . ‘Studying the Composition and Mineralogy of the Hermean Surface with the Mercury Radiometer and Thermal Infrared Spectrometer (MERTIS) for the BepiColombo Mission: An Update.’ Space Science Reviews 216,  6: 110. doi: 10.1007/s11214-020-00732-4.
    • Morlok M., Weber I., Stojic A. N., Sohn M., Bischoff A., Martin D., Hiesinger H., and Helbert J. . ‘Mid-infrerad reflectance spectroscopy of aubrite components.Meteoritics & Planetary Science 55: 2080–2096. doi: 10.1111/maps.13568.
    • Weber I, Stojic A, Morlok A, Reitze M, Markus K, Hiesinger H, Pavlov S, Wirth R, Schreiber A, Sohn M, Hübers H, Helbert J. . ‘Space weathering by simulated micrometeorite bombardment on natural olivine and pyroxene: A coordinated IR and TEM study.’ Earth and Planetary Science Letters 530. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115884.

    • Bahrambeygi, Bahram; Moeinzadeh, Hesam; Prakash, Divya; Weber, Iris. . ‘Raman characteristics of Alpine–Himalayan serpentine polymorphs: A case study of Khankuie ultramafic complex, southeast of Iran.’ Journal of Earth System Science 8 / 128,  B: 238. doi: 10.1007/s12040-019-1259-6.
    • Bischoff A., Barrat J.-A., Berndt J., Borovicka J., Burkhardt C., Busemann H., Hakenmüller J., Heinlein D., Hertzog J., Kaiser J., Maden C., Meier M. M. M., Morino P., Pack A., Patzek M., Reitze M. P., Rüfenacht M., Schmitt-Kopplin P., Schönbächler M., Spurny P., Weber I., Wimmer K., and Zikmund T. . ‘The Renchen L5-6 chondrite breccia – the first confirmed meteorite fall from Baden-Württemberg (Germany).Geochemistry – Chemie der Erde 79: 125525. doi: 10.1016/j.chemer.2019.07.007.
    • Mannel T., Bentley M.S., Boakes P.S., Jeszenszky H., Ehrenfreund P., Engrand C., Koeberl C., Levasseur-Regourd A.C., Romstedt J., Schmied R., Torkar K., Weber I. . ‘Dust of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko collected by Rosetta/MIDAS: classification and extension to the nanometre scale.’ Astronomy and Astrophysics 1. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201834851.
    • Morlok A, Klemme S, Weber I, Stojic A, Sohn M, Hiesinger H, Helbert J. . ‘Mid-infrared spectroscopy of planetary analogs: A database for planetary remote sensing.’ Icarus 324: 86–103. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2019.02.010.

    • KAETER David, ZIEMANN Martin A., BÖTTGER Ute, WEBER Iris, HECHT Lutz , VOROPAEV Sergey A., KOROCHANTSEV Alexander V., KOCHEROV Andrey V. . ‘The Chelyabinsk meteorite: New insights from a comprehensive electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy study with evidence for graphite in olivine of ordinary chondrites.’ Meteoritics & Planetary Science 53: 416–432.
    • Weber Iris | Böttger Ute| Pavlov Sergey G. | Stojic Aleksandra | Hübers Heinz‐Wilhelm | Jessberger Elmar K. . ‘Raman spectra of hydrous minerals investigated under various environmental conditions in preparation for planetary space missions.’ Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 49: 1830–1839.

    • Morlok Andreas, Klemme Stephan, Weber Iris, Stojic Aleksandra, Sohn Martin, Hiesinger Harald. . ‘IR Spectroscopy of Synthetic Glasses with Mercury Surface Composition: Analogs for Remote Sensing.’ Icarus 296: 123–138.
    • Weber I., Böttger U., Pavlov S.G., Hübers H.-W., Hiesinger H., Jessberger E.K. . ‘Laser alteration on iron sulfides under various environmental conditions.’ Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 2017. doi: 10.1002/jrs.5083.
    • Böttger U., Maiwald M., Hanke F., Braune M., Pavlov S.G., Schröder S., Weber I. , Busemann H., Sumpf B., Tränkle G., Hübers H.-W. . ‘Shifted Excitation Raman Difference Spectroscopy applied to extraterrestrial particles returned from the asteroid Itokawa.’ Planetary and Space Science 144: 106–111. doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2017.05.004.
    • Böttger U. , Pavlov S.G. , Deßmann N., Hanke F., Weber I. , Fritz J., Hübers H.-W. . ‘Laser-induced alteration of Raman spectra for micron-sized solid particles.’ Planetary and Space Science 2017,  138: 25–32. doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2017.02.001.

    • Bentley M.S., Schmied R., Mannel T., Torkar K., Jeszenszky H., Romstedt J., Levasseur-Regourd A.-C., Weber I., Jessberger E.K., Ehrenfreund P., Koeberl C., Havnes O. . ‘Aggregate dust particles at comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.’ Nature 537 (7618). doi: 10.1038/nature19091.
    • Morlok A., Stojic A., Weber I., Hiesinger H., Zanetti M., Helbert J. . ‘Mid-infrared bi-directional reflectance spectroscopy of impact melt glasses and tektites.’ Icarus 278: 162–179. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2016.06.013.
    • Morlok A., Stojic A., Dittmar I., Hiesinger H., Tiedeken M., Sohn M., Weber I., Helbert H.,. . ‘Mid-infrared spectroscopy of impactites from the Nördlinger Ries impact crater.’ Icarus 264: 352–368. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2015.10.003.
    • Weber I., Morlok A., Bischoff A., Hiesinger H., Ward D., Joy K., Crowther S., Jastrzebski N., Gilmour J., Clay P., Wogelius R., Greenwood R., Franchi I., Münker C. . ‘Cosmochemical and spectroscopic properties of Northwest Africa 7325-A consortium study.’ Meteoritics and Planetary Science 51,  1: 3–30. doi: 10.1111/maps.12586.

    • Weber I., Böttger U., Pavlov S.G., Jessberger E.K., Hübers H.-W. . ‘Mineralogical and Raman spectroscopy studies of natural olivines exposed to different planetary environments.’ Planetary and Space Science 104 (B): 163–172.

    Research Articles (Journals)
    • Peter G., Helbert J., Hiesinger H., Weber I., Walter I., Arnold G., Säuberlich T. . ‘The Developing of MERTIS as an advanced process – From the study up to the flight model.’ Proceedings of SPIE 8867. doi: 10.1117/12.2024375.
    Research Article (Book Contributions)
    • Böttger U., Hermelink A., de Vera J.-P., Fritz J., Weber I., Schulze-Makuch D. and Hübers H.W. . ‘Application of Raman Spectroscopy as in-situ technology for the search for life.’ In Habitability of Other Planets and Satellites., edited by Seckbach J. and de Vera J.P., 1–12. Düsseldorf: Springer VDI Verlag.

    • Böttger U., de Vera J.-P., Fritz J., Weber I., Hübers H.-W., and Schulze-Makuch D. . ‘Optimizing the Detection of Carotene in Cyanobacteria in a Martian Regolith Analogue with a Raman Laser Spectrometer on ExoMars.Planetary and Space Science 60: 356–362.
    • Zeh T., Peter G., Walter I., Kopp E., Knollenberg J., Helbert J., Gehardt A., Weber I., Hiesinger H. . ‘MERTIS - The Thermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer Onboard of the Mercury Planetary Orbiter.’ Proceedings of ICSO 162.

    • Rost D, Stephan T, Greshake A, Fritz J, Weber I, Jessberger EK, Stöffler D. . ‘A combined ToF-SIMS and EMP/SEM study of a three-phase sympletictite in the Los Angeles basaltic shergottite.’ Meteoritics and Planetary Science 44,  8: 1225–1237. doi: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.tb01219.x.

    • Srinivasan G, Whitehouse MJ, Weber I, Yamaguchi A. . ‘The Crystallization Age of Eucrite Zircon.’ Science 317,  5836: 345–347. doi: 10.1126/science.1140264.

    • Weber I., Semenenko V.P., Stephan T., Jessberger E.K. . ‘TEM investigations of a “mysterite” inclusion from the Krymka LL-chondrite.’ Meteoritics Planet. Science 2006,  41: 571–580.

    • Semenenko V. P., Jessberger E. K., Chaussidon M., Weber I., Stephan T., Wies C. . ‘Carbonaceous xenoliths in the Krymka LL3.1-chondrite: mysteries and established facts.’ Geochemica Cosmo. Acta 2005,  69: 2165–2182.

    • Weber I., Bischoff A., Weber D. . ‘TEM investigations on the monomict ureilites Jalanash and Hammadah al Hamra 064.’ Meteoritics Planet. Science 38: 145–156.

    • Semenenko V.P., Bischoff A., Weber I., Perron C., Girich A.L. . ‘Mineralogy of fine-grained material in the Krymka (LL3) chondrite.’ Meteoritics Planet. Science 36: 1067–1085.