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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

Please note

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