Dr.Felix Kaufmann (he/him)

Technical Staff

Felix.Kaufmann@mfn.berlin+49 0 30 889 140 - 8416

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Department:
Solar System, Impacts and Meteorites

As technical lab manager of the microprobe laboratory, I am responsible for routine measurements, the organisation of laboratory operations, and the further development of analytical methods. In my scientific work, I focus on the formation and cooling history, as well as the ore mineralisation, of layered intrusions. In addition, I study melt generation processes during impact crater formation.

Publications

Sergienko, E.S., Janson, S.J., Esau, A., Hamann, C., Kaufmann, F., Hecht, L., Karpinsky, V.V., Petrova, E.V., Kharitonskii, P.V. (2023). Mineral Inclusions in Irghizites and Microirghizites (Zhamanshin Astroblem, Kazakhstan). In Marin, Y. (Hrsg.), XIII General Meeting of the Russian Mineralogical Society and the Fedorov Session (165-177). Springer International Publishing. Cham. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23390-6_22

Zagyva, T., Kaufmann, F.E., Shubeita, S.D.M., Leay, L., Harrison, M., Taylor, T., Harrison, R.W., O'Driscoll, B. (2023). Microstructure and radiation tolerance of molybdenum-rich glass composite nuclear waste forms. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 585, 154635. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2023.154635Open Access

Weber, B., Nayeli Chacón-Olivas, C., Daniela Tazzo-Rangel, M., Franco-Rubio, M., González-Guzmán, R., Kaufmann, F.E.D., Frei, D. (2025). The southwesternmost piece of the Grenville Orogen in Laurentia – New U-Pb and Sm-Nd ages, and P-T estimates from the Sierra del Cuervo, Chihuahua, Mexico. Precambrian Research, 423, 107793. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2025.107793

Krämer Ruggiu, L., Villeneuve, J., Da Silva, A.C., Debaille, V., Decrée, S., Hecht, L., Kaufmann, F.E.D., Goderis, S. (2025). Diversity among fossil micrometeorites in the late Devonian. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 405, 114-131. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2025.07.016

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

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

DeCoster, M.E., Luther, R., Collins, G.S., Dai, K., Davison, T., Graninger, D.M., Kaufmann, F., Rainey, E.S.G., Stickle, A.M. (2024). The Relative Effects of Surface and Subsurface Morphology on the Deflection Efficiency of Kinetic Impactors: Implications for the DART Mission. The Planetary Science Journal, 5(1), 21. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad11ecOpen Access

Van Maldeghem, F., Van Ginneken, M., Soens, B., Kaufmann, F., Lampe, S., Krämer Ruggiu, L., Hecht, L., Claeys, P., Goderis, S. (2023). Geochemical characterization of scoriaceous and unmelted micrometeorites from the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica: Links to chondritic parent bodies and the effects of alteration. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 354, 88-108. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.06.002Open Access

Moreau, J., 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(12), 3229-3249. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.14274

Latypov, R., Chistyakova, S., Kaufmann, F.E., Roelofse, F., Kruger, W., Barnes, S.J., Magson, J., Nicholson, M. (2023). The use of An-content of interstitial plagioclase for testing slurry models for the origin of Bushveld massive chromitites. Lithos, 460-461, 107374. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2023.107374

Krämer Ruggiu, L., Villeneuve, J., Da Silva, A.C., Debaille, V., Decrée, S., Hecht, L., Kaufmann, F., Goderis, S. (2025). Tracing variations in the Flux of Extraterrestrial Material in the late Devonian.. Goldschmidt2025 abstracts. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7185/gold2025.28113

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

Arens, F.L., Feige, J., Airo, A., Sager, C., Hecht, L., Horstmann, L., Kaufmann, F.E., Lachner, J., Neumann, T., Nowaczyk, N., Schiperski, F., Steier, P., Stoll, A., Struck, U., Valenzuela, B., Von Blanckenburg, F., Wittmann, H., Wacker, L., Wagner, D., Zamorano, P., Schulze-Makuch, D. (2024). Climate variability in a 3.8 Ma old sedimentary record from the hyperarid Atacama Desert. Global and Planetary Change, 242, 104576. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2024.104576Open Access