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Dr. Thomas Kruijer

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Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Early solar system evolution
  • Origin, accretion and differentiation history of protoplanets
  • Hf-W chronometry of terrestrial and extraterrestrial materials
  • Accretion and early differentiation history of Earth , Moon, and Mars
  • Multi-Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (MC-ICPMS)

Academic Education

10/2009 - 09/2013Doctoral degree (Dr. sc. ETH Zurich) in isotope cosmochemistry, ETH Zurich, Inst. of Geochemistry and Petrology, Switzerland.
09/2007 - 09/2009Master of Science (MSc.) in Geosciences of Basins and Lithosphere - Research Master VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, The Netherlands
09/2004 - 02/2008Bachelor of Science (BSc.) in Earth sciences (Geology) VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, The Netherlands

Work Experience

since 03/2014Research Associate (Akad. Rat auf Zeit.), Inst. for Planetology, University of Münster
12/2013 - 02/2014Postdoctoral research fellow, Institute for Planetology, University of Münster, Germany
10/2013 - 12/2013Postdoctoral researcher, Institute for Geochemistry and Petrology, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
10/2009 - 09/2013Scientific asisstant, Institute for Geochemistry and Petrology, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Functions and Memberships

since 2012American Geophysical Union
since 2010Geochemical Society
since 2009The Meteoritical Society

Publications

Hf-W chronology of a macrochondrule from the L5/6 chondrite Northwest Africa 8192
Hellmann J L, Kruijer T S, Metzler K, Patzek M, Pack A, Berndt J, Kleine T (2020)
In: Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 55(10), 2241-2255. doi:10.1111/maps.13571
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Hf-W chronology of ordinary chondrites
Hellmann J L, Kruijer T S, Van Orman J A, Metzler K, Kleine T (2019)
In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 258, 290-309. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2019.05.040
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Hf-W chronology of CR chondrites: Implications for the timescales of chondrule formation and the distribution of 26Al in the solar nebula
Budde G., Kruijer T.S., Kleine T. (2018)
In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 222, 284-304. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2017.10.014
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
No 182W excess in the Ontong Java Plateau source
Kruijer, T.S. Kleine, T. (2018)
In: Chemical Geology, 485, 24-31. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.03.024
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Tungsten isotopes and the origin of the Moon
Kruijer T., Kleine T. (2017)
In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 475(null), 15-24. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2017.07.021
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
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Projects

SPP 1385 - Subproject: Molybdenum isotope anomalies in fine-grained refractory inclusions from Allende and Vigarano
Duration: 20/12/2013 - 19/12/2014 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Priority Programme
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted outside University of Münster

Prizes

ETH Medal
Awarded by: ETH Zurich
Award given to: Kruijer, Thomas
Announced at: 15/04/2014 | Date of awarding: 15/04/2014
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Escher prize
Awarded by: Royal Geological and Mining Society (KNGMG)
Award given to: Kruijer, Thomas
Date of awarding: 15/02/2010
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction

Doctorates

Hf-W chronology of core formation in protoplanets
Candidate: Kruijer, Thomas | Supervisors: Kleine, Thorsten
Period of time: 01/10/2009 - 30/09/2013
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster