Professor Dr. Tilmann Spohn

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Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Thermodynamik des Inneren der Planeten
  • Innerer Aufbau von Planeten
  • Entwicklung von Planeten
  • Exploration
  • Leben außerhalb der Erde

Academic Education

1984Habilitation
1975 - 1978Promotion
1970 - 1975Diplom in Geophysik an der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main

Work Experience

since 2004Direktor Institut für Planetenforschung DLR e.V., Berlin
1999Visiting Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
1989Visiting Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
1980 - 1982Postdoctoral researcher und visiting scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Functions and Memberships

Member of EGU
Member of DPS
since 2007HISPAC
since 2007ACHME
since 2006editor EPSL
since 2004SSAC
since 1981Member of AGU
2008 - 2010COSPAR Scientific Program Committee Chair

Appointments

1984Offer to a Professorship for Planetenphysik, University of Münster (accepted)

Publications

Tosi N, Stracke B, Godolt M, Ruedas, T, Grenfell L, Höning D, Nikolaou A, Plesa A-C, Breuer D, Spohn T (2017)
In: 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, .
Type of Publication: Abstract in digital collection (conference)
Stracke B, Tosi N, Godolt M, Ruedas, T, Grenfell L, Höning D, Nikolaou A, Plesa A-C, Breuer D, Spohn T (2016)
In: "Search for life: from early Earth to exoplanets", XIIth Rencontres du Vietnam/ICISE, Quy Nhon, Vietnam, .
Type of Publication: Abstract in digital collection (conference)
Stracke B, Tosi N, Godolt M, Ruedas, T, Grenfell L, Höning D, Nikolaou A, Plesa A-C, Breuer D, Spohn T (2016)
In: European Astrobiology Network Association Conference (EANA16), Athen, .
Type of Publication: Abstract in digital collection (conference)
Tosi N, Stracke B, Godolt M, Ruedas, T, Grenfell L, Höning D, Nikolaou A, Plesa A-C, Breuer D, Spohn T (2016)
In: Jahrestagung der Deutschen Astronomischen Gesellschaft, Bochum, .
Type of Publication: Abstract in digital collection (conference)
Tosi N, Stracke B, Godolt M, Ruedas, T, Grenfell L, Höning D, Nikolaou A, Plesa A-C, Breuer D, Spohn T (2016)
In: EGU General Assembly, Wien, .
Type of Publication: Abstract in digital collection (conference)
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Projects

Duration: 21/04/2008 - 30/04/2011
Funded by: German Aerospace Center, European Space Agency
Type of project: Individual project
Duration: 01/01/2001 - 31/12/2006
Type of project: Own resources project

Prizes

Albert Maucher-Award for Geosciences
Awarded by: German Research Foundation (DFG)
Award given to: Spohn, Tilmann
Date of awarding: 01/01/1983
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction

Doctorates

GPU accelerated n-Body integrators for long-term simulations of planetary systems
Candidate: Hellmich, Stephan | Supervisors: Spohn, Tilmann
Period of time: until 21/12/2017
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
The Influence of the Biosphere on Continental Coverage and Mantle Hydration as Feedback Cycles in the Thermal Evolution of Earth
Candidate: Höning, Dennis | Supervisors: Spohn, Tilmann
Period of time: until 18/10/2016
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
A model of the crustal magnetic field of Mars”
Candidate: Morschhauser, Achim | Supervisors: Spohn, Tilmann
Period of time: until 29/06/2016
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Resurfacing Mechanisms on Earth-like Planets: Plate Tectonics and Convective Surface Mobilization
Candidate: Noack, Lena | Supervisors: Spohn, Tilman
Period of time: 25/05/2012 - 26/10/2012
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
The surface of Venus observed by VIRTIS on Venus Express at one micrometer wavelength
Candidate: Müller, Nils Tobias | Supervisors: Spohn, Tilman
Period of time: 05/03/2012 - 20/07/2012
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
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