Dr. Ninja Braukmüller
Geochemistry Group
Research Scientist, ICP-MS Lab Manager
Room 221, Building B
12249 Berlin
Research Interests
Formation and evolution of the solar system
Volatile element depletion in planetary materials
Earth’s building blocks
Awards:
2019 Beate-Mocek-Preis (German Mineralogical Society)
2020 Klaus-Liebrecht Preis (Math.-Nat. Fakultät Universität zu Köln) - Video
Education and work experience: |
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Since 2020 |
Research scientist at the FUB Geochemistry group |
2019 – 2020 |
Lecturer with the Institute of Geology and Mineralogy at the Universität zu Köln teaching radiogenic isotope geochemistry |
2015 – 2019 |
Dr. rer. nat. (Mineralogy and Petrology), Universität zu Köln. Dissertation: “Volatile element depletion in Earth and carbonaceous chondrites”, Advisor: PD Dr. Frank Wombacher |
2012 – 2015 |
Master of Science (Geosciences), Georg-August Universität Göttingen. Thesis: “Rates and processes of magma differentiation at Piton de la Fournaise Volcano, La Réunion”, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Wörner |
2009 - 2012 |
Bachelor of Science (Geosciences), Georg-August Universität Göttingen Thesis: “Altersbestimmung an Glaukoniten aus ordovizischen Sedimenten der Insel Öland (SE Schweden)“ Advisor: Dr. Klaus Wemmer |
Teaching:
- Since WiSe 2021: Introduction to Plasma Source Mass Spectrometry
- Since WiSe 20/21: Earth 1 - Rock classification course (2 SWS)
- Since WiSe 20/21: Meteorites and evolution of the terrestrial planets (3 SWS)
- Since SoSe 20: Data interpretation and modelling in geochemistry - lecture & exercise (M.Sc., 12 students), 4h/week
- Since SoSe 20: Advances in Geochemistry - seminar (2 SWS)
Publications
Bragagni, A., Wombacher, F., Kirchenbaur M., Braukmüller, N., Münker, C. (2023), Mass-independent Sn isotope fractionation and radiogenic 115Sn in chondrites and terrestrial rocks. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 344, 40-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.01.014
Pakulla, J.J., Jansen M.W., Duraiswami, R.A., Gadpulla, P., Tusch, J., Jentzsch, C., Braukmüller, N., Wombacher, F., Münker, C. (2023), Trace element and Sr-Nd-Hf-Pb isotope evidence for a multi-magma chamber system beneath the Deccan Volcanic Province, India. Chemical Geology, 640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2023.121749
Braukmüller N., Wombacher F., Bragagni A., Münker C. (2020), Determination of Cu, Zn, Ga, Ag, Cd, In, Sn and Tl in Geological Reference Materials and Chondrites by Isotope Dilution ICP-MS. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/ggr.12352
Braukmüller N., Wombacher F., Funk C., Münker C. (2019), Earth’s volatile element depletion pattern inherited from a carbonaceous chondrite-like source. Nature Geoscience, 12, 564-568.
Kurzweil F., Münker C., Grupp M., Braukmüller N., Fichtner L., Christian M., Hohl, S.V., Schoenberg R. (2019), The stable tungsten isotope composition of modern igneous reservoirs. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 251, 176-191.
Boudoire G., Brugier Y.-A., Di Muro A., Wörner G., Arienzo I., Metrich N., Zanon V., Braukmüller N., Kronz A., Le Moigne Y., Michon L. (2019), Eruptive activity on the western flank of Piton de la Fournaise (La Réunion Island, Indian Ocean): insights on magma transfer, storage and evolution at an oceanic volcanic island. Journal of Petrology, 60, 1717-1752.
Braukmüller N., Wombacher F., Hezel D.C., Escoube R., Münker C. (2018), The chemical composition of carbonaceous chondrites: Implications for volatile element depletion, complementarity and alteration. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 239, 17-48.
Conference abstracts
Braukmüller, N., Wombacher, F., Münker, C. (2019) Volatile element depletion in planetary materials, Paneth Kolloquium, Nörlingen, Germany.
Braukmüller, N., Wombacher, F., Funk, C., Münker, C. (2019) A cosmochemical perspective on Earth’s volatile element budget, Goldschmidt Conference, Barcelona, Spain.
Abouchami, W., Wombacher, F., Braukmüller, N., Galer, S. (2019) Stable Cadmium Isotopes in Carbonaceous Chondrites Revisited, Goldschmidt Conference, Barcelona, Spain.
Braukmüller, N., Wombacher, F., Münker, C. (2018) A hockey stick volatile element depletion for the Earth, GeoBonn, Bonn, Germany.
Bragagni, A., Wombacher, F., Kirchenbaur, M., Braukmüller, N., Elfers, B.-M., Münker, C. (2018) In search of nucleosynthetic Sn anomalies in chondrites, GeoBonn, Bonn, Germany.
Braukmüller, N., Wombacher, F., Münker, C. (2017) The bulk chemical composition of carbonaceous chondrites determined by SF-ICP-MS, Goldschmidt Conference, Paris, France.
Braukmüller, N., Wombacher, F., Hezel, D.C., Münker, C. (2017) A CI component in carbonaceous chondrites, Paneth Kolloquium, Nördlingen, Germany.
Braukmüller, N., Escoube, R., Münker, C., Heuser, A., Wombacher, F. (2016) Elemental analysis of carbonaceous chondrites by sector field ICP-MS. 6362, MetSoc, Berlin, Germany.
Braukmüller, N., Hannich, F., Hansen, B., Vollbrecht, A., Wemmer, K. (2014): Exceptional younging of glauconite K/Ar and Rb/Sr ages from Ordovician platform carbonates of Öland (SE-Sweden) – evidence for far-field effects of the Caledonian Orogeny. TSK 15 Potsdam, Germany.