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Dr. Edgar Sikko Steenstra

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Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Research Focus

  • High pressure-temperature experiments
    Piston cilinder press, multi-anvil press, laser-heated diamond anvil cell, gas mixing furnaces
  • Planetary accretion processes
  • Volatiles in planetary interiors
  • Trace element partitioning
  • Sulfide ore petrogenesis
  • Optimization of LA-ICP-MS analyses of metal, sulfide and copper targets

Academic Education

07/2014 - 10/2018PhD (Cum Laude) - Experimental Petrology (VU Amsterdam)
2012 - 2014Master of Science (Cum Laude) - Geochemistry (VU Amsterdam)
2009 - 2012Bachelor of Science - Geology (VU Amsterdam)

Work Experience

02/2021 - 05/2021TRR-170 Fellow (WWU)
02/2019 - 01/2021Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow (Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington D.C., USA)
06/2018 - 12/2018Visiting Scientist (Carnegie Institution for Science)
05/2015 - 07/2015Lunar and Planetary Institute Exploration Intern (2015)

Publications

Thermal Stability of F-rich Phlogopite and K-richterite during Partial Melting of Metasomatized Mantle Peridotite with Implications for Deep Earth Volatile Cycles
Steenstra, ES; Klaver, M; Berndt, J; Flemetakis, S; Rohrbach, A; Klemme, S (2024)
In: Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 129(3), e2023JB0. doi:10.1029/2023JB028202
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Quantification of evaporative loss of volatile metals from planetary cores and metal-rich planetesimals
Steenstra, ES; Renggli, CJ; Berndt, J; Klemme, S (2024)
In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 384, 93-110. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2024.08.021
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Experimental and petrological investigations into the origin of the lunar Chang'e 5 basalts
Haupt, CP; Renggli, CJ; Klaver, M; Steenstra, ES; Berndt, J; Rohrbach, A; Klemme, S (2023)
In: Icarus, 402, 15625. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115625
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Evaporation of moderately volatile elements from metal and sulfide melts: implications for volatile element abundances in magmatic iron meteorites
Steenstra, ES; Renggli, JC; Berndt, J; Klemme, S (2023)
In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 622(118406). doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118406
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Sulfur solubility in a deep magma ocean and implications for the deep sulfur cycle
Steenstra ES, Lord OT, Vitale S, Bullock ES, Klemme S, Walter M (2022)
In: Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 22, 5-9. doi:10.7185/geochemlet.2219
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
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Projects

Sulfur and Chalcophile elements in the Mantle: An Experimental Investigation of the Sulfur Cycle in the Terrestrial Interior (SuChaMa)
Duration: 01/11/2021 - 31/10/2023
Funded by: EC H2020 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - Individual Fellowship
Type of project: EU-project hosted at University of Münster

Prizes

2017 LPI Career Development Award
Awarded by: Lunar and Planetary Institute
Award given to: Steenstra, Edgar
Announced at: 15/03/2017
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
2015 PSI Pierazzo Student Travel Award
Awarded by: Planetary Science Institute
Award given to: Steenstra, Edgar
Announced at: 01/03/2015
Type of distinction: Scholarship
2019 Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellowship
Awarded by: Carnegie Institution for Science, USA
Award given to: Steenstra, Edgar
Announced at: 01/03/2018
Type of distinction: Scholarship
2021 Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (99/100% ranking)
Awarded by: European Union
Award given to: Steenstra, Edgar
Announced at: 01/02/2021
Type of distinction: Scholarship
2021 Transnational access visit EUROPLANET
Awarded by: EUROPLANET (European Union)
Award given to: Steenstra, Edgar
Announced at: 01/04/2021
Type of distinction: Scholarship