WiSe 22/23

• Computational Methods (Lecture: 24150101, Practise Seminar: 24150104), MSc Planetary Sciences and Space Exploration
• Planetology Literature Seminar (Seminar: 24111711), MSc Geological Sciences
• TRR 170 Late Accretion onto Terrestrial Planets (Seminar: 24111911), MSc Geological Sciences
• Geophysical Modeling of Planets and Moons (Lecture: 24153101, Practise Seminar: 24153104), MSc Geological Sciences

SoSe 22

• TRR 170 Late Accretion onto Terrestrial Planets (Seminar), MSc Geological Sciences
• Planetology Literature Seminar (Seminar), MSc Geological Sciences 
• Geodynamic Modelling (Seminar), MSc Geological Sciences
• Planetary Habitability (Lecture, Practise Seminar), MSc Geological Sciences 

WiSe 21/22

• TRR 170 Late Accretion onto Terrestrial Planets (Seminar), MSc Geological Sciences
• Working Group Geodynamic Modelling (Seminar), MSc Geological Sciences 
• Bridge Course Mathematics (Practise Seminar), BSc Geological Sciences 

SoSe 21

• Planetary Habitability (Lecture, Practise Seminar), MSc Geological Sciences
• Geodynamic Modelling (Seminar), MSc Geological Sciences
• TRR 170 Late Accretion onto Terrestrial Planets (Seminar), MSc Geological Sciences
• Planetology Literature Seminar (Seminar), MSc Geological Sciences 

WiSe 20/21

• Geophysical Modeling of Planets and Moons (Lecture, Practise Seminar), MSc Geological Sciences
• TRR 170 Late Accretion onto Terrestrial Planets (Seminar), MSc Geological Sciences
• Geodynamics and mineral physics (Seminar), MSc eological Sciences
• Bridge Course Mathematics (Practise Seminar), BSc Geological Sciences

SoSe 20

• Planetary Habitability (Lecture, Practise Seminar), MSc Geological Sciences 

WiSe 19/20

• Introduction to quantitative Geology with Matlab (Practise Seminar), MSc Geological Sciences,
• Advances in Geochemistry (Seminar), MSc Geological Sciences
• Geophysical Modeling of Planets and Moons (Lecture, Practise Seminar), MSc Geological Sciences
• TRR 170 Late Accretion onto Terrestrial Planets (Seminar), MSc Geological Sciences
• Bridge Course Mathematics (Practise Seminar), BSc Geological Sciences

SoSe 19

• Astrobiology (Lecture, Practise Seminar), MSc Geological Sciences

WiSe 18/19

• Introduction to quantitative Geology with Matlab (Practise Seminar), MSc Geological Sciences
• Geophysical Modeling of Planets and Moons (Lecture, Practise Seminar), MSc Geological Sciences
• Bridge Course Mathematics (Practise Seminar), BSc Geological Sciences

SoSe 18

• Astrobiology (Lecture, Practise Seminar), MSc Geological Sciences

WiSe 17/18

• Introduction to quantitative Geology with Matlab (Practise Seminar), MSc Geological Sciences
• Geophysical Modeling of Planets and Moons (Lecture, Practise Seminar), MSc Geological Sciences
• Bridge Course Mathematics (Practise Seminar), BSc Geological Sciences

WiSe 16/17

• Geophysical Modeling of Planets and Moons (Lecture, Practise Seminar), MSc Geological Sciences

WiSe 15/16

• Geophysical Modeling of Planets and Moons (Lecture, Practise Seminar), MSc Geological Sciences

Main research interests

• Geodynamics and mineral physics of planetary processes
• Mantle convection and crust formation
• Atmosphere build-up and habitability

Current research grants & awards (full list)

DFG grant, 01/2021-12/2023: 'EXO-HEAT – Interior Heating of Exoplanets' (PI, SPP 1992 network “Exploring the Diversity of Extrasolar Planets”).

DFG grant, 01/2020-12/2023: 'Crust formation and outgassing on early Earth and Mars' (PI, TRR 170 II–C6, SFB TRR 170 'Late Accretion onto Terrestrial Planets'). 

DFG grant, 02/2019-02/2022: 'Global Volatile Cycles on Early Earth' (PI, N-1324/2-1, SPP 1833 'Building a Habitable Earth').

DFG grant, 01/2019-12/2021: 'The Archaean Earth - Coupling between geodynamics and 3D climate modelling' (Co-PI, SPP 1833 'Building a Habitable Earth').

Teaching Award 2019: Awarded by the students of the Institute of Geological Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin

» Selection (more publications and conference contributions here)

A.D. Del Genio, D. Brain, L. Noack, L. Schaefer (2020): The Inner Solar System’s Habitability Through Time Boock chapter in "Planetary Astrobiology", pp. 419-447, Eds. Victoria Meadows, Giada Arney, David J. Des Marais, Britney Schmidt", link, University of Arizona Press, Tuscan, DOI: 10.2458/azu_uapress_9780816540068-ch016.

John Lee Grenfell, Jeremy Leconte, François Forget, Mareike Godolt, Óscar Carrión-González, Lena Noack, Feng Tian, Heike Rauer, Fabrice Gaillard, Émeline Bolmont, Benjamin Charnay & Martin Turbet (2020). Possible Atmospheric Diversity of Low Mass Exoplanets–Some Central Aspects. Space Science Reviews, 216(5), 1-38. DOI: 10.1007/s11214-020-00716-4

B. Journaux, K. Kalousova, Ch. Sotin, G. Tobie, S. Vance, J. Saur, Olivier Bollengier, L. Noack, T. Rückriemen-Bez, T. Van Hoolst, K. M. Soderlund, J. M. Brown (2020): Large ocean worlds with high-pressure ices Space Science Reviews, 216:7, 35 pages DOI: 10.1007/s11214-019-0633-7

K. Kislyakova and L. Noack (2020): Electromagnetic induction heating as the driver of volcanic activity on massive rocky planets Astronomy and Astrophysics, 636, L10, DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202037924 

H., Lammer, M., Leitzinger, M.,Scherf, P., Odert, C.,  Burger, D., Kubyshkina, C., Johnstone, T., Maindl, C. M., Schäfer, M., Güdel, N., Tosi, A., Nikolaou, E., Marcq, N. V., Erkaev, L., Noack, K. G., Kislyakova, L., Fossati, E., Pilat-Lohinger, F., Ragossnig, E. A. Dorfi (2020): Constraining the early evolution of Venus and Earth through atmospheric Ar, Ne isotope and bulk K/U ratios. Icarus, 339, 113551, 1-25. DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2019.113551

L. Noack and M. Lasbleis (2020): Parameterisations of interior properties of rocky planets. An investigation of planets with Earth-like compositions but variable iron content. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 37723, 638, A129., DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202037723

R.-S. Taubner, K. Olsson-Francis, S. Vance, N. K. Ramkissoon, F. Postberg, J.-P. de Vera, A. Antunes, E. Camprubi Casas, Y. Sekine, L. Noack, L. Barge, J. Goodman, M. Jebbar, B. Journaux, Ö. Karatekin, F. Klenner, E. Rabbow, P. Rettberg, T. Rückriemen-Bez, J. Saur, T. Shibuya, K. Soderlund (2020): Experimental and Simulation Efforts in the Astrobiological Exploration of Exooceans Space Science Reviews, 216:9, 41 pages, DOI: 10.1007/s11214-020-0635-5

G. Ortenzi, L. Noack, F. Sohl, C. M. Guimond, L. Grenfell, C. Dorn, J. M. Schmidt, S.Vulpius, N. Katyal, D. Kitzmann, and H. Rauer (2020): Mantle redox state drives outgassing chemistry and atmospheric composition of rocky planetsScientific Reports, Nature publishing group, 10, 10907, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-67751-7