Planetary Research
Dr. Harry Becker
Professor of Geochemistry
Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Geological Sciences
Geochemistry
Malteserstraße 74-100, 12249 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Age, origin, and composition of meteorites
- Formation of the solar system and planets
- Chemical evolution of the Earth
- Volcanism and its causes
Dr. Jasmin Mersmann
Professor of Art history
Department of History and Cultural Studies
Institute of Art History
Art History Europe and America
Koserstraße 20, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Art history of the early modern period
- Historical anthropology (body norms, body modifications, gestures)
- Demonology
- Art and ecology (garden art, landscape painting, botany, human-animal relations)
- Relationship between the arts and sciences (astronomy and medicine)
Dr. Nelly Mouawad
Freie Universität Berlin
MINToring for schoolgirls in physics, computer science and geosciences
Physics and computer science
Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin
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Interviews are available in English, French, Lebanese, and partly in German.
Areas of Expertise
- Women in science
- Astrophysics
- Space missions
- Science communication
- Interdisciplinary STEM promotion
- University teaching / Scientific teaching
Dr. Frank Postberg
Professor of Planetary Science
Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Geological Sciences
Planetary Science and Remote Sensing
Malteserstrasse 74 - 100, 12249 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Planets and their moons
- Asteroids and comets
- Space probes
- Evolution of the solar system
- Cosmochemistry
- Astronomy
- Planetology
- Space travel
Dr. Kai Wünnemann
Professor of Geology
Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Geological Sciences, Planetology, and the Berlin Museum of Natural Sciences
Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Meteorite impacts
- Moon
- Asteroids and comets
- Meteorites
- Terrestrial planets
- Tsunamis
- Landslides