
- E-Mail: christopher.hamann@mfn.berlin
- Tel: +49 30 889140 - 8416
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6509-7849
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Museum für Naturkunde
Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung
Invalidenstraße 43
10115 Berlin
Deutschland
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Peer-reviewed publications in journals
Moreau, J.-G., Jõeleht, A., Stojic, A. N., Hamann, C., Kaufmann, F. E. D., Somelar, P., Plado, J., Hietala, S., Kohout, T. (2024) Experimentally induced troilite melt pervasion in chondritic analog materials: A study for FeNi‐FeS darkening in chondrites. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 59, 3229–3249. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.14274
Tada, T., Kurosawa, K., Tomioka, N., Nagaya, T., Isa, J., Hamann, C., Ono, H., Niihara, T., Okamoto, T., Matsui T., (2024) Detailed occurrence of feather features in quartz in experimentally shocked granite. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 129, e2024JE008409. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008409
Genge, M. J., Alesbrook, L., Almeida, N. V., Bates, H. C., Bland, P. A., Boyd, M. R., Burchell, M. J., Collins, G. S., Cornwell, L. T., Daly, L., Devillepoix, H. A. R., Van Ginneken, M., Greshake, A., Hallatt, D., Hamann, C., Hecht, L., Jenkins, L. E., Johnson, E., Jones, R., King, A. J., Mansour, H., McMullan, S., Mitchell, J. T., Rollinson, G., Russell, S. S., Schröder, C., Stephen, N. R., Suttle, M. D., Tandy, J. D., Trimby, P., Sansom, E. K., Spathis, V., Willcocks, F. M., Wozniakiewicz, P. J. (2024) The fusion crust of the Winchcombe meteorite: A preserved record of atmospheric entry processes. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 59, 948–972. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13937
Hamann, C., Piehl, P., Weingart, W., Stolle, D., Al-Sabbagh, D., Ostermann, M., Auer, G., Adam C. (2024) Selective removal of zinc and lead from electric arc furnace dust by chlorination–evaporation reactions. Journal of Hazardous Materials 465, 133421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.133421
Hamann, C., Kurosawa, K., Ono, H., Tada, T., Langenhorst, F., Pollok, K., Genda, H., Niihara, T., Okamoto, T., Matsui, T. (2023) Experimental evidence for shear‐induced melting and generation of stishovite in granite at low (<18 GPa) shock pressure. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 128, e2023JE007742. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE007742
Ormö, J., Raducan, S.-D., Jutzi, M., Herreros, M. I., Luther, R., Collins, G. S., Wünnemann, K., Mora-Rueda, M., Hamann, C. (2022) Boulder exhumation and segregation by impacts on rubble-pile asteroids. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 594, 117713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117713
Sadowski, E.-M., Schmidt, A. R., Seyfullah, L. J., Solórzano-Kraemer, M. M., Neumann, C., Perrichot, V., Hamann, C., Milke, R., Nascimbene, P. (2021) Conservation, preparation and imaging of diverse ambers and their inclusions. Earth-Science Reviews 220, 103653. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103653
Hamann, C., Spanka, M., Stolle, D., Auer, G., Weingart, E., Al-Sabbagh, D., Ostermann, M., Adam, C. (2021) Recycling of blast-furnace sludge by thermochemical treatment with spent iron (II) chloride solution from steel pickling. Journal of Hazardous Materials 402, 123511. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123511
Morlok, A., Hamann, C., Martin, D., Weber, I., Joy, K. H., Hiesinger, H., Wogelius, R., Stojic, A., Helbert, J. (2020) Mid-infrared spectroscopy of laser-produced basalt melts for remote sensing application. Icarus 355, 113410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2019.113410
McKibbin, S., Pittarello, L., Makarona, C., Hamann, C., Hecht, L., Chernonozhkin, S. M., Goderis, S., Claeys, P. (2019) Petrogenesis of main group pallasite meteorites based on relationships among texture, mineralogy, and geochemistry. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13392
Hamann, C., Bläsing, S., Hecht, L., Schäffer, S., Deutsch, A., Osterholz, J., Lexow, B. (2018) The reaction of carbonates in contact with laser-generated, superheated silicate melts: Constraining impact metamorphism of carbonate-bearing target rocks. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 53, 1644–1686. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13133
Hamann, C., Fazio, A., Ebert, M., Hecht, L., Wirth, R., Folco, L., Deutsch, A., Reimold, W. U. (2018) Silicate liquid immiscibility in impact melts. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 53, 1594–1632. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maps.12907
Stöffler, D., Hamann, C., Metzler, K. (2017) Schock metamorphism of planetary silicate rocks and sediments: Proposal for an updated classification system. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 53, 5–49. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12912
Ebert, M., Hecht, L., Hamann, C., Luther, R. (2017) Laser-induced melting experiments: Simulation of short-term high-temperature impact processes. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 52, 1475–1494. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maps.12809
Van Roosbroek, N., Hamann, C., McKibbin, S., Greshake, A., Wirth, R., Pittarello, L., Hecht, L., Claeyes, P., Debaille, V. (2017) Immiscible silicate liquids and phosphoran olivine in Netschaëvo IIE silicate: Analogue for planetesimal core–mantle boundaries. Geochmimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 192, 295–317. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2016.10.042
Hamann, C., Luther, R., Ebert, M., Hecht, L., Deutsch, A., Wünnemann, K., Schäffer, S., Osterholz, J., Lexow, B. (2016) Correlating laser-generated melts with impact-generated melts: An integrated thermodynamic–petrologic approach. Geophysical Reserach Letters, 43, 10602–10610. Open Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL071050
Hamann, C., Stöffler, D., Reimold, W. U. (2016) Interaction of aluminum projectiles with quartz sand in impact experiments: Formation of khatyrkite (CuAl2) and reduction of SiO2 to Si. Geochmimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 192, 295–317. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2016.07.018
Hamann, C., Hecht, L., Ebert, M., Wirth, R. (2013) Chemical projectile–target interaction and liquid immiscibility in impact glass from the Wabar craters, Saudi Arabia. Geochmimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 121, 291–310. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2013.07.030
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Current research
- Insights into space weathering of C-type asteroid regolith from microanalysis of samples of asteroid Ryugu (in collaboration with the Institute of Planetary Research, DLR)
- Petrology of the Ribbeck aubrites
- Insights into impact processes and products from meteorites
- Formation of impact melts in terrestrial impact structures
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Brief CV
Since 06/2024: Senior Scientist and Head of µXRF and Raman laboratories, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Department of Solar Sytem, Impacts & Meteorites
09/2019 – 05/2024: Post-doc, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Department of Solar Sytem, Impacts & Meteorites
06/2018 – 08/2019: Post-doc, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Berlin
02/2018: PhD thesis, Titel: "Projectile-target interaction and rapid, high-temperature geochemical processes in impact melts", summa cum laude (with honors), Freie Universität Berlin
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Tasks
- Senior Scientist, Department of Solar System, Impacts & Meteorites
- Head of Micro X-ray Fluorescence Lab
- Head of Raman Spectroscopy Lab
Research interests
- Formation, petrology, and geochemistry of impact melts
- Impact processes on asteroids
- Non-destructive analysis of meteorites
Publications (selection)
Hamann, C., Kurosawa, K., Ono, H., Tada, T., Langenhorst, F., Pollok, K., Genda, H., Niihara, T., Okamoto, T., Matsui, T. (2023) Experimental evidence for shear‐induced melting and generation of stishovite in granite at low (<18 GPa) shock pressure. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 128, e2023JE007742. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE007742
Morlok, A., Hamann, C., Martin, D., Weber, I., Joy, K. H., Hiesinger, H., Wogelius, R., Stojic, A., Helbert, J. (2020) Mid-infrared spectroscopy of laser-produced basalt melts for remote sensing application. Icarus 355, 113410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2019.113410
Hamann, C., Fazio, A., Ebert, M., Hecht, L., Wirth, R., Folco, L., Deutsch, A., Reimold, W. U. (2018) Silicate liquid immiscibility in impact melts. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 53, 1594–1632. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maps.12907
Stöffler, D., Hamann, C., Metzler, K. (2017) Schock metamorphism of planetary silicate rocks and sediments: Proposal for an updated classification system. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 53, 5–49. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12912
Hamann, C., Luther, R., Ebert, M., Hecht, L., Deutsch, A., Wünnemann, K., Schäffer, S., Osterholz, J., Lexow, B. (2016) Correlating laser-generated melts with impact-generated melts: An integrated thermodynamic–petrologic approach. Geophysical Reserach Letters, 43, 10602–10610. Open Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL071050
Hamann, C., Hecht, L., Ebert, M., Wirth, R. (2013) Chemical projectile–target interaction and liquid immiscibility in impact glass from the Wabar craters, Saudi Arabia. Geochmimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 121, 291–310. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2013.07.030