Postdoctoral Fellow
Lunar and Planetary Institute

wittmann@lpi.usra.edu

Professional Background

2008  Postdoc with Dr. Kring at the LPI, Houston

2007  Postdoc with Prof. Reimold at the Museum of Natural History Berlin

2006  PhD, Humboldt University Berlin:
“Formation and emplacement of impactites from drill core Yaxcopoil-1, Chicxulub crater, Mexico”

2002–2005  Research Assistant with Dr. Kenkmann at the Museum of Natural History Berlin

2001  Diplom (M.S.), University of Erlangen-Nürnberg:
"Geological Mapping, Petrography and Geochemistry of Ultramafics from Val Strona di Omegna (Ivrea Zone), Northern Italy"

Current Research Projects

Origin of lunar impact melts from the Apollo collection

Petrography of chondritic impact melts

Evidence for the fluidization of the ejecta blanket of the Ries crater, Germany

Petrology of impactites from the ICDP-USGS Eyreville drillings of the Chesapeake Bay impact structure

Other Professional Activities

Tour Guide of the Museum of Natural History's Electron-Microprobe Laboratory in the course of the "Lange Nacht der Museen" (Long Night of Museums)

Presentation of the Chicxulub Project at the European Science Open Forum in Munich

Assistant lecturer and microscopy instructor for Dr. Kenkmann’s seminar in Impact Research at the Centrum for Ries Crater Research (ZERIN) in Nördlingen

Invited Lectures

Scientific Seminar at the USGS National Center in Reston, VA.: “Petrological comparison of suevite-like rocks from the Chicxulub and Chesapeake Bay impact structures”, 2008

Scientific Colloquium at the Federal Agency for Geosciences and Natural Resources in Berlin: “Impactite petrography on a drill core through the Chicxulub impact crater”, 2006

Seminar of the Friends and Supporters of the Museum of Natural History, Berlin: “Geology of the lower continental crust – the Ivrea Zone (Southern Alps)”, 2005

Institute of Geophysics of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexcio City: “Impact-induced dike lithologies in drill core Yaxcopoil-1 (Chicxulub Impact structure, Mexico)”, 2004

Publications

• Papers
• Abstracts

Last updated
July 10, 2008