Professor Dr. Thorsten Kleine

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Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Chronology of the early solar system using short-lived nuclides
  • Early evolution of the solar nebula as inferred from nucleosynthetic isotope anomalies in meteorites and meteorite components
  • Accretion and differentiation of asteroids and terrestrial planets

Academic Education

since 2008Venia Legendi for Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
since 2004Dr. rer. nat. (with honours), Institute of Mineralogy, WWU Münster
since 2001Diplom (German equivalent of Master) in Mineralogy, WWU Münster
since 2000Diplom (German equivalent of Master) in Geology and Palaentology, WWU

Work Experience

since 10/2009Professor (Chair) for Planetology, University of Muenster
02/2009 - 09/2009Assistant Professor for Isotope Geochemistry, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
01/2007 - 02/2009Senior Research Scientist (Oberassistent), Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
01/2005 - 12/2006EU Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
08/2004 - 12/2004Postdoctoral researcher, Institute for Isotope Geology and Mineral Resources, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
02/2004 - 07/2004Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Mineralogy, University of Muenster
07/2000 - 01/2004Research Assistant, Institute of Mineralogy, University of Muenster

Functions and Memberships

since 2016Member of the European Association of Geochemistry
since 2003Member of the Geochemical Society
since 2003Member of the Meteoritical Society
since 2002Member of the German Mineralogical Society (DMG)

Publications

Archer, Gregory; Budde, Gerrit; Worsham, Emily; Stracke, Andreas; Jackson, Matthew, Kleine, Thorsten (2023)
In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 24
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Budde, Gerrit; Archer, Gregory; Tissot, François; Tappe, Sebastian; Kleine, Thorsten (2022)
In: Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 37
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Renggli, CJ; Hellmann, JL; Burkhardt, C; Klemme, S; Berndt, J; Pangritz, P; Kleine, T (2022)
In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 339
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Metzler K, Hezel D C, Barosch J, Wölfer E, Schneider J M, Hellmann J L, Berndt J, Stracke A, Gattacceca J, Greenwood R C, Franchi I A, Burkhardt C, Kleine T (2021)
In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 304
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Kruijer T., Archer G., Kleine T. (2021)
In: Nature Geoscience, 14
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
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Projects

Duration: 01/01/2022 - 30/04/2024 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme
Type of project: Individual project
Duration: 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2024 | 2nd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2024 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2024 | 2nd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2024 | 2nd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
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Prizes

Election as Member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts
Awarded by: North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts
Award given to: Kleine, Thorsten
Announced at: 17/05/2018 | Date of awarding: 15/05/2018
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
ERC Consolidator Grant
Awarded by: European Research Council (ERC)
Award given to: Kleine, Thorsten
Announced at: 16/01/2014 | Date of awarding: 01/01/2014
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Fellow of the Meteoritical Society
Awarded by: The Meteoritical Society
Award given to: Kleine, Thorsten
Date of awarding: 01/01/2012
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
F.W. Clarke Award
Awarded by: The Geochemical Society
Award given to: Kleine, Thorsten
Date of awarding: 01/01/2010
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
SNSF professorships
Awarded by: ​Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Award given to: Kleine, Thorsten
Date of awarding: 01/01/2009
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
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Doctorates

Tellurium isotopes and the late accretion history of the Earth
Candidate: Hellmann, Jan | Supervisors: Kleine, Thorsten Burkhardt, Christoph
Period of time: 01/12/2016 - 31/12/2019
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
A view of early Solar System dynamics from isotopic signatures of refractory materials
Candidate: Render, Jan | Supervisors: Brennecka, Gregory Kleine, Thorsten
Period of time: 01/02/2016 - 31/10/2019
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Understanding early Solar System reservoirs: New isotopic evidence from Fe, Er, and Yb
Candidate: Shollenberger, Quinn | Supervisors: Brennecka, Gregory Kleine, Thorsten
Period of time: 01/10/2015 - 31/10/2019
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
The late veneer and the origin of the Earth's volatiles
Candidate: Hopp, Timo | Supervisors: Kleine, Thorsten
Period of time: 01/01/2015 - 31/12/2018
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Tungsten stable isotope fractionation during planetary differentiation
Candidate: Krabbe, Nadine | Supervisors: Kleine, Thorsten; Stracke, Andreas
Period of time: 01/05/2014 - 08/12/2017
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
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