Dr. Jon Hillier
Ph.D. in Physics
Postdoc Researcher | Project Habitat-OASIS • Ocean Worlds/Destiny+
Room D-234
12249 Berlin
Matteoni, P., Hayes, T., Hillier, J., Postberg, F. (2021). The effects of Europan geological features on ejecta particle dynamics. DPS2021-1090
Bönigk, J., Pavlista, M., Klenner, F., Napoleoni, M., Hillier, J., Khawaja, N., Dannenmann, M., Klauck, E., Abel, B., Olsson-Francis, K., and Postberg, F. (2021) Analogue experiments for the detection of bacterial biosignatures in ice grains relevant to ocean worlds. EPSC Abstracts Vol.15, EPSC2021-277 (held online).
Napoleoni, M., Klenner, F., Pavlista, M., Bönigk, J., Hillier, J., Khawaja, N., Dannenmann, M., Klauck, E., Abel, B., Olsson-Francis, K., and Postberg, F. (2021) Analogue experiments for the detection of bacterial biosignatures in ice grains from ocean worlds. Astrobiology Graduate Conference, Tokyo, Japan (held online).
Napoleoni, M., Klenner, F., Hillier, J., Khawaja, N., Hand, K., and Postberg, F. (2021) Analogue experiments for the identification of organics in ice grains from Europa using mass spectrometry. EPSC Abstracts Vol.15, EPSC2021-494 (held online).
Nölle, L., Postberg, F., Kempf, S., Hillier, J., Khawaja, N., Klenner, F., Hsu, S., and Srama, R. (2021) Compositional Indicators for a Dynamical Barrier within Saturn's E-ring. EPSC Abstracts Vol.15, EPSC2021-146 (held online).
Khawaja, N., Klenner, F., and Hillier, J. (2021) Mass Spectral Analysis of Benzoic Acid and its Derivative Compounds using an Analogue Experiment for Space-based Impact Ionization Mass Spectrometers. EPSC Abstracts Vol.15, EPSC2021-584 (held online).
Klenner, F., Napoleoni, M., Bönigk, J., Pavlista, M., Hillier, J., Khawaja, N., Dannenmann, M., Klauck, E., Abel, B., Olsson-Francis, K., and Postberg, F. (2021) Detecting microbial biosignatures in ice grains from Europa and Enceladus using mass spectrometry. Goldschmidt, Abstract ID 6922, Lyon, France (held online).
Hillier, J., Armes, S. P., Eckart, L. M., Khawaja, N., Klenner, F., Postberg, F., Srama, R., Sternovsky, S., Trieloff, M. (2021) Simulating hypervelocity cosmic dust in the laboratory. PERC Int’l symposium on Dust & Parent bodies (IDP2021; held online).
Pavlista, M., Bönigk, J., Klenner, F., Napoleoni, M., Hillier, J., Khawaja, N., Dannenmann, M., Klauck, E., Abel, B., Olsson-Fancis, K., and Postberg, F. (2021) Experiments for the detection of microbial biosignatures in ice grains from Europa and Enceladus. EGU General Assembly (held online).
2020
Klenner, F., Khawaja, N., Hillier, J., Zou, Z., Dannenmann, M., and Postberg, F. (2020) Exploring Enceladus and other ocean worlds using mass spectrometry. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA (held online).
Klenner, F., Postberg, F., Hillier, J., Khawaja, N., Dannenmann, M., Cable, M. L., and Abel, B. (2020) Discriminating Abiotic and Biotic Chemistry on Active Ocean Worlds. Goldschmidt, Honolulu, USA (held online).
Dannenmann, M., Klenner, F., Hillier, J., Khawaja, N., Zou, Z. and Postberg, F. (2020) Analogue experiments for the detection of microorganisms on Enceladus and Europa, EPSC Abstracts Vol.14, EPSC2020-793.
Eckart, L. M., Hillier, J. K. and Postberg, F. (2020) Relating Meteorites to Asteroid Parent Bodies by Analysis of Ejected Dust during Low Velocity Spacecraft Flybys, EPSC Abstracts Vol.14, EPSC2020-577.
Khawaja, N., Hillier, J., Klenner, F., Nölle, L. and Postberg, F. (2020) Comparative Study of Mass Spectrometry Techniques Relevant to Current and Future Space Missions, EPSC Abstracts Vol.14, EPSC2020-827.
Linti, S., Hillier, J. and Postberg, F. (2020) Compositional analysis of rocky material in Saturn’s C and D Rings as seen by CDA during Cassini’s Grand Finale Orbits, EPSC Abstracts Vol.14, EPSC2020-359.
Srama, R., Albin, T., Altobelli, N., Grün, E., Hillier, K. J., Horanyi, M., Hsu, S., Kempf, S., Krüger, H., Mocker, A., Moragas-Klostermeyer, G., Postberg, F., Schmidt, J., Simolka, J., and Sommer, M. (2020) Constraints for a Saturn dust environment model based on in-situ data of the CDA instrument, EPSC Abstracts Vol.14, EPSC2020-1012.
Klenner, F., F. Postberg, J. Hillier, N. Khawaja, M. L. Cable, B. Abel, S. Kempf, C.R. Glein, J.I. Lunine, R. Hodyss, R. Reviol and F. Stolz (2020), Discriminating Abiotic and Biotic Fingerprints of Amino Acids and Fatty Acids in Ice Grains Relevant to Ocean Worlds, Astrobiology 20 (10). 1168-1184. doi:10.1089/ast.2019.2188.
Klenner, F., F. Postberg, J. Hillier, N. Khawaja, R. Reviol, F. Stolz, M. L. Cable, B. Abel, and L. Nölle (2020), Analog Experiments for the Identification of Trace Biosignatures in Ice Grains from Extraterrestrial Ocean Worlds, Astrobiology 20 (2). doi:10.1089/ast.2019.2065.
Klenner, F., Postberg, F., Hillier, J., Khawaja, N., Cable, M. L., Abel, B., Kempf, S., Lunine, Jonathan, Glein, C.R. (2020) A Method to Discriminate between Abiotic and Biotic Processes on Cryovolcanically Active Ocean Worlds. 22nd EGU General Assembly, held online 4-8 May, 2020, id. 9105.
Zou, Z., Postberg, F., Hillier, J., Khawaja, N., Klenner, F., Nölle, L. (2020) Compositional heterogeneity amongst salt-rich grains emitted from Enceladus' subsurface ocean. 22nd EGU General Assembly, held online 4-8 May, 2020, id. 18970.
2019
Khawaja, N., F. Postberg, J. Hillier, F. Klenner, S. Kempf, L. Nölle, R. Reviol, Z. Zou, and R. Srama (2019), Low-mass nitrogen-, oxygen-bearing, and aromatic compounds in Enceladean ice grains, MNRAS, 489(4), 5231–5243, doi:10.1093/mnras/stz2280.
Khawaja, N., F. Postberg, J. Hillier, F. Klenner, and L. Nölle (2019), Volatile and Refractory Organic Material from the Hydrothermal Depths of Enceladus’ Subsurface Ocean, in Goldschmidt Abstracts, p. 1663.
Khawaja, N., F. Postberg, J. Hillier, F. Klenner, L. Nölle, and R. Reviol (2019), Astrobiologically relevant precursor organic compounds from the subsurface ocean of Enceladus, in EPSC Abstracts Vol. 13, EPSC-DPS2019-474.
Khawaja, N., F. Postberg, J. Hillier, F. Klenner, S. Kempf, L. Nölle, R. Reviol, Z. Zou, and R. Srama (2019), Detection of low mass amines, carbonyls and aromatics from within Enceladus – suitable precursors for biologically-relevant hydrothermal synthesis, in AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, P24A-06.
Klenner, F., F. Postberg, J. Hillier, N. Khawaja, R. Reviol, R. Srama, B. Abel, F. Stolz, and S. Kempf (2019), Analogue spectra for impact ionization mass spectra of water ice grains obtained at different impact speeds in space, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 33(22), 1751–1760, doi:10.1002/rcm.8518
Klenner, F., F. Postberg, J. Hillier, N. Khawaja, R. Reviol, and R. Srama (2019), Calibrating Impact Ionization Detectors for Hypervelocity Water Ice Grains from Ocean Worlds, in EPSC Abstracts Vol. 13, EPSC-DPS2019-250.
Klenner, F., F. Postberg, J. Hillier, N. Khawaja, and F. Stolz (2019), Experiments for the Identification of Biosignatures in Ice Grains from Extraterrestrial Ocean Worlds, in EPSC Abstracts Vol. 13, EPSC-DPS2019-1754.
Klenner, F., F. Postberg, J. Hillier, N. Khawaja, and F. Stolz (2019), Experiments for the Identification of Biosignatures in Ice Grains from Extraterrestrial Ocean Worlds, in Goldschmidt Abstracts, p. 1711.
Nölle, L., F. Postberg, N. Khawaja, J. Hillier, Z. Zou, S. Hsu, T. Albin, and R. Srama (2019), Chemical ‘aging’ of icy dust grains in Saturn’s E-ring, in EPSC Abstracts Vol. 13, EPSC-DPS2019-468.
Postberg, F., N. Khawaja, L. Nölle, F. Klenner, J. Hillier, H.-W. Hsu, R. Srama, G. Tobie, A. Bouquet, J. H. Waite, and C. R. Glein (2019), Origins of Organic Matter in Enceladus' Plume, in Astrobiology Science Conference, 203–4.
Postberg, F., N. Khawaja, L. Nölle, F. Klenner, J. Hillier, G. Tobie, G. Choblet, C. Glein, A. Bouquet, and J. Schmidt (2019), The long Journey of Organic Material from Enceladus Hydrothermal Core into the Plume, in EPSC Abstracts Vol. 13, EPSC-DPS2019-1960.
2018
Hillier, J. K., J. Schmidt, H.-W. Hsu, and F. Postberg (2018), Dust Emission by Active Moons, Space Sci Rev, 214(8), 189, doi:10.1007/s11214-018-0539-9.
Hillier, J. K., Sternovsky, Z., Kempf, S., Trieloff, M., Guglielmino, M., et al., Impact ionisation mass spectrometry of platinum-coated olivine and magnesite-dominated cosmic dust analogues, Planetary and Space Science, Volume 156, p. 96-110.
Mitri, G., Postberg, F., Soderblom, J. M., Wurz, P., Tortora, P., et al., Explorer of Enceladus and Titan (E2T): Investigating ocean worlds' evolution and habitability in the solar system, Planetary and Space Science, Volume 155, p. 73-90.
2016
Altobelli, N., Postberg, F., Fiege, K., Trieloff, M., Kimura, H., et al., Flux and composition of interstellar dust at Saturn from Cassini’s Cosmic Dust Analyzer, Science, Volume 352, Issue 6283, pp. 312-318.
2015
Fielding, L. A., Hillier, J. K., Burchell, M. J. & Armes, S. P., Space science applications for conducting polymer particles: synthetic mimics for cosmic dust and micrometeorites, Chemical Communications, Volume 51, pp. 16886-16899.
2014
Arridge, C. S., Achilleos, N., Agarwal, J., Agnor, C. B., Ambrosi, R., et al., The science case for an orbital mission to Uranus: Exploring the origins and evolution of ice giant planets, Planetary and Space Science, Volume 104, p. 122-140.
Wozniakiewicz, P. J., Price, M. C., Armes, S. P., Burchell, M. J., Cole, M. J., et al., Micron-scale hypervelocity impact craters: Dependence of crater ellipticity and rim morphology on impact trajectory, projectile size, velocity, and shape, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Volume 49, Issue 10, pp. 1929-1947.
Fiege, K., Trieloff, M., Hillier, J. K., Guglielmino, M., Postberg, F., et al., Calibration of relative sensitivity factors for impact ionization detectors with high-velocity silicate microparticles, Icarus, Volume 241, p. 336-345.
Westphal, A. J., Bechtel, H. A., Brenker, F. E., Butterworth, A. L., Flynn, G., et al., Final reports of the Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Volume 49, Issue 9, pp. 1720-1733.
Stroud, R. M., Allen, C., Ansari, A., Anderson, D., Bajt, S., et al., Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination XI: Identification and elemental analysis of impact craters on Al foils from the Stardust Interstellar Dust Collector, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Volume 49, Issue 9, pp. 1698-1719.
Sterken, V. J., Westphal, A. J., Altobelli, N., Grün, E., Hillier, J. K., et al., Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination X: Impact speeds and directions of interstellar grains on the Stardust dust collector, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Volume 49, Issue 9, pp. 1680-1697.
Postberg, F., Hillier, J. K., Armes, S. P., Bugiel, S., Butterworth, A., et al., Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination IX: High-speed interstellar dust analog capture in Stardust flight-spare aerogel, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Volume 49, Issue 9, pp. 1666-1679.
Gainsforth, Z., Brenker, F. E., Simionovici, A. S., Schmitz, S., Burghammer, M., et al., Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination VIII: Identification of crystalline material in two interstellar candidates, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Volume 49, Issue 9, pp. 1645-1665.
Flynn, G. J., Sutton, S. R., Lai, B., Wirick, S., Allen, C., et al., Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination VII: Synchrotron X-ray fluorescence analysis of six Stardust interstellar candidates measured with the Advanced Photon Source 2-ID-D microprobe, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Volume 49, Issue 9, pp. 1626-1644.
Simionovici, A. S., Lemelle, L., Cloetens, P., Solé, V. A., Tresseras, J.-A. S., et al., Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination VI: Quantitative elemental analysis by synchrotron X-ray fluorescence nanoimaging of eight impact features in aerogel, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Volume 49, Issue 9, pp. 1612-1625.
Brenker, F. E., Westphal, A. J., Vincze, L., Burghammer, M., Schmitz, S., et al., Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination V: XRF analyses of interstellar dust candidates at ESRF ID13, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Volume 49, Issue 9, pp. 1594-1611.
Butterworth, A. L., Westphal, A. J., Tyliszczak, T., Gainsforth, Z., Stodolna, J., et al., Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination IV: Scanning transmission X-ray microscopy analyses of impact features in the Stardust Interstellar Dust Collector, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Volume 49, Issue 9, pp. 1562-1593.
Bechtel, H. A., Flynn, G. J., Allen, C., Anderson, D., Ansari, A., et al., Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination III: Infrared spectroscopic analysis of interstellar dust candidates, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Volume 49, Issue 9, pp. 1548-1561.
Frank, D. R., Westphal, A. J., Zolensky, M. E., Gainsforth, Z., Butterworth, A. L., et al., Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination II: Curating the interstellar dust collector, picokeystones, and sources of impact tracks, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Volume 49, Issue 9, pp. 1522-1547.
Westphal, A. J., Anderson, D., Butterworth, A. L., Frank, D. R., Lettieri, R., et al., Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination I: Identification of tracks in aerogel, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Volume 49, Issue 9, pp. 1509-1521.
Westphal, A. J., Stroud, R. M., Bechtel, H. A., Brenker, F. E., Butterworth, A. L., et al., Evidence for interstellar origin of seven dust particles collected by the Stardust spacecraft, Science, Volume 345, Issue 6198, pp. 786-791.
Westphal, A. J., Stroud, R. M., Bechtel, H. A., Brenker, F. E., Butterworth, A. L., et al., Coordinated Microanalyses of Seven Particles of Probable Interstellar Origin from the Stardust Mission., Microscopy and Microanalysis, vol. 20, issue S3, pp. 1692-1693.
Li, Y. W., Bugiel, S., Trieloff, M., Hillier, J. K., Postberg, F., et al., Morphology of craters generated by hypervelocity impacts of micron-sized polypyrrole-coated olivine particles, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Volume 49, Issue 8, pp. 1375-1387.
Hillier, J. K., Sternovsky, Z., Armes, S. P., Fielding, L. A., Postberg, F., et al., Impact ionisation mass spectrometry of polypyrrole-coated pyrrhotite microparticles, Planetary and Space Science, Volume 97, p. 9-22.
2013
Hillier, J. K., Fiege, K., Trieloff, M. & Srama, R., Numerical modelling of mineral impact ionisation spectra, Planetary and Space Science, Volume 89, p. 159-166.
Shu, A., Bugiel, S., Grün, E., Hillier, J., Horányi, M., et al., Cratering studies in Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) thin films, Planetary and Space Science, Volume 89, p. 29-35.
2012
Miljković, K., Hillier, J. K., Mason, N. J. & Zarnecki, J. C., Models of dust around Europa and Ganymede, Planetary and Space Science, Volume 70, Issue 1, p. 20-27.
Hillier, J. K., Postberg, F., Sestak, S., Srama, R., Kempf, S., et al., Impact ionization mass spectra of anorthite cosmic dust analogue particles, Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 117, Issue E9, CiteID E09002.
Kempf, S., Srama, R., Grün, E., Mocker, A., Postberg, F., et al., Linear high resolution dust mass spectrometer for a mission to the Galilean satellites, Planetary and Space Science, Volume 65, Issue 1, p. 10-20.
Price, M. C., Kearsley, A. T., Burchell, M. J., Howard, L. E., Hillier, J. K., et al., Stardust interstellar dust calibration: Hydrocode modeling of impacts on Al-1100 foil at velocities up to 300 km s-1 and validation with experimental data, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Volume 47, Issue 4, pp. 684-695.
Srama, R., Krüger, H., Yamaguchi, T., Stephan, T., Burchell, M., et al., SARIM PLUS—sample return of comet 67P/CG and of interstellar matter, Experimental Astronomy, Volume 33, Issue 2-3, pp. 723-751.
Grün, E., Sternovsky, Z., Horanyi, M., Hoxie, V., Robertson, S., et al., Active Cosmic Dust Collector, Planetary and Space Science, Volume 60, Issue 1, p. 261-273.
2011
Srama, R., Kempf, S., Moragas-Klostermeyer, G., Altobelli, N., Auer, S., et al., The cosmic dust analyser onboard cassini: ten years of discoveries, CEAS Space Journal, Volume 2, Issue 1-4, pp. 3-16.
Mocker, A., Bugiel, S., Auer, S., Baust, G., Colette, A., et al., A 2 MV Van de Graaff accelerator as a tool for planetary and impact physics research, Review of Scientific Instruments, Volume 82, Issue 9, pp. 095111-095111-8.
Postberg, F., Schmidt, J., Hillier, J., Kempf, S. & Srama, R., A salt-water reservoir as the source of a compositionally stratified plume on Enceladus, Nature, Volume 474, Issue 7353, pp. 620-622.
2009
Hillier, J. K., Sestak, S., Green, S. F., Postberg, F., Srama, R. & Trieloff, et al., The production of platinum-coated silicate nanoparticle aggregates for use in hypervelocity impact experiments, Planetary and Space Science, Volume 57, Issue 14-15, p. 2081-2086.
2008
Postberg, F., Kempf, S., Hillier, J. K., Srama, R., Green, S. F., et al., The E-ring in the vicinity of Enceladus. II. Probing the moon's interior—The composition of E-ring particles, Icarus, Volume 193, Issue 2, p. 438-454.
2007
Hillier, J. K., Green, S. F., McBride, N., Altobelli, N., Postberg, F., et al., Interplanetary dust detected by the Cassini CDA Chemical Analyser, Icarus, Volume 190, Issue 2, p. 643-654.
Hillier, J. K., Green, S. F., McBride, N., Schwanethal, J. P., Postberg, F., et al., The composition of Saturn's E ring, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 377, Issue 4, pp. 1588-1596.
McBride, N., Hillier, J. K., Green, S. F., Srama, R., Kempf, S., et al., Cassini Cosmic Dust Analyser: Composition of Dust at Saturn, Workshop on Dust in Planetary Systems (ESA SP-643). September 26-30 2005, Kauai, Hawaii. Editors: Krueger, H. and Graps, A., p.107-110.
2006
Hillier, J. K., McBride, N., Green, S. F., Kempf, S. & Srama, R., Modelling CDA mass spectra, Planetary and Space Science, Volume 54, Issue 9-10, p. 1007-1013.
Srama, R., Kempf, S., Moragas-Klostermeyer, G., Helfert, S., Ahrens, T. J., et al., In situ dust measurements in the inner Saturnian system, Planetary and Space Science, Volume 54, Issue 9-10, p. 967-987.
Postberg, F., Kempf, S., Srama, R., Green, S. F., Hillier, J. K., et al., Composition of jovian dust stream particles, Icarus, Volume 183, Issue 1, p. 122-134.
2005
Kempf, S., Srama, R., Postberg, F., Burton, M., Green, S. F., et al., Composition of Saturnian Stream Particles, Science, Volume 307, Issue 5713, pp. 1274-1276.
2003
McBride, N., Green, S. F., Davies, J. K., Tholen, D. J., Sheppard, S. S., et al., Visible and infrared photometry of Kuiper Belt objects: searching for evidence of trends, Icarus, Volume 161, Issue 2, p. 501-510.
2001
Davies, J. K., Tholen, D. J., Whiteley, R. J., Green, S. F., Hillier, J. K., et al., The Lightcurve and Colors of Unusual Minor Planet 1998 WU24, Icarus, Volume 150, Issue 1, pp. 69-77.
2000
Davies, J. K., Green, S., McBride, N., Muzzerall, E., Tholen, D. J., et al., Visible and Infrared Photometry of Fourteen Kuiper Belt Objects, Icarus, Volume 146, Issue 1, pp. 253-262.