Dr.Ansgar Greshake

Scientific Head of Collection

Ansgar.Greshake@mfn.berlin+49 0 30 889 140 - 8858

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Department:
Solar System, Impacts and Meteorites

I am the scientific head (curator) of the meteorite collection and lab manager of the mineralogical preparation facilities.

I work in the laboratories:
Geochemical and Microanalytical Laboratories
I work in the collections:
Meteorites

Project(s)

  • In-House Project

    The Martin Heinrich Klaproth Collection

    Martin Heinrich Klaproth discovered uranium – his historic mineral collection at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin is now being systematically catalogued and researched for the first time.

Publications

Schmitt-Kopplin, P., Matzka, M., Ruf, A., Menez, B., Chennaoui Aoudjehane, H., Harir, M., Lucio, M., Hertzog, J., Hertkorn, N., Gougeon, R.D., Hoffmann, V., Hinman, N.W., Ferrière, L., Greshake, A., Gabelica, Z., Trif, L., Steele, A. (2023). Complex carbonaceous matter in Tissint martian meteorites give insights into the diversity of organic geochemistry on Mars. Science Advances, 9(2), eadd6439. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.add6439Open Access

Suttle, M., King, A., Harrison, C., Chan, Q., Greshake, A., Bartoschewitz, R., Tomkins, A., Salge, T., Schofield, P., Russell, S. (2023). The mineralogy and alteration history of the Yamato-type (CY) carbonaceous chondrites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 361, 245-264. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.09.024Open Access

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, D., 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. (2023). The fusion crust of the Winchcombe meteorite: A preserved record of atmospheric entry processes. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 59(5), 948-972. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13937Open Access

Luther, R., Hamann, C., Greshake, A., Hecht, L., Jennisken, P., Kaufmann, F., Van den Neucker, A., Helbert, J., Spurny, P., Borovicka, J., Gattacceca, J., Anand, A., Kleine, T., Braukmüller, N., Becker, H., Schmitt-Kopplin, P., Krietsch, D., Schuppisser, A., Busemann, H., Goderis, S. (2024). Initial Analysis of the Ribbeck Aubrite Recovered from Asteroid 2024 BX1. Lunar and Planetary Institute Contributions, 3036. URL: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2024/pdf/6418.pdfOpen Access

Gattacceca, J., McCubbin, F., Grossman, J., Schrader, D., Cartier, C., Consolmagno, G., Goodrich, C., Greshake, A., Groß, J., Joy, K., Miao, B., Zhang, B. (2025). The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 113. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 2025, 1-5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.14374Open Access

Goldmann, M., Agrawal, B., Gundlach, B., Güttler, C., Patzek, M., Grott, M., Greshake, A. (2024). Thermal and mechanical properties of carbonaceous chondrite analogues. EPSC Abstracts. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2024-348Open Access

Hamann, C., Rice, P., Greshake, A. (2024). Hypervelocity collisions as drivers of planetary differentiation: Evidence from the Boutel Fil (b) H chondrite impact melt breccia. EPSC Abstracts. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2024-826Open Access

Agrawal, B., Grott, M., Kollenberg, J., Biele, J., Gundlach, B., Blum, J., Greshake, A., Miyamoto, H. (2024). A numerical method to determine bulk thermal conductivity of randomly packed particle beds. EPSC Abstracts. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2024-557Open Access

Aucamp, T., Howarth, G.H., Peel, C.J., Costin, G., Day, J.M.D., Le Roux, P., Scott, J.M., Greshake, A., Bartoschewitz, R. (2023). Petrogenesis of the Dar al Gani ( DaG ) 1.1 Ma ejection‐paired olivine‐phyric shergottites and implications for ~470 Ma Martian volcanism. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 58(11), 1654-1676. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.14090Open Access

Van Den Neucker, A., Helbert, J., Barraud, O., d'Amore, M., Verma, N., Adeli, S., Alemanno, G., Maturilli, A., Hamann, C., Hecht, L., Greshake, A., Kaufman, F., Luther, R., Jenniskens, P., Hiesinger, H. (2024). The Spectral Characterization of the Ribbeck Aubrite as Mercury Analog: The Effect of Heating in Preparation for MERTIS FlyBy 5.. EPSC Abstracts. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2024-733Open Access

Hamann, C., Greshake, A., Hecht, L., Jenniskens, P., Kaufmann, F., Luther, R., Van Den Neucker, A., Helbert, J., Spurný, P., Borovička, J., Gattacceca, J., Anand, A., Kleine, T., Braukmüller, N., Becker, H., Schmitt-Kopplin, P., Krietsch, D., Schuppisser, A., Busemann, H., Goderis, S. (2024). Petrography and geochemistry of the Ribbeck aubrite recovered from asteroid 2024 BX1, the closest analog to Mercury?. EPSC Abstracts. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2024-979Open Access

Damaschun, F., Schmitt, R.T. (Hrsg.). (2025). Uranentdeckung und Mineralanalysen: die Sammlung Martin Heinrich Klaproth im Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag.