Dr. Tanja Michalik (she/her)

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Department:
Solar System, Impacts and Meteorites

I work as a Postdoc and try to understand extraterrestrial surfaces and their evolution by means of geological remote sensing and reflectance spectroscopy. In doing so, I furthermore compare remote sensed data with laboratory analogs and use analytical mineralogical methods to understand the materials properties.

I work in the laboratories:
Geochemical and Microanalytical LaboratoriesHigh-Performance Computing Cluster
I work in the collections:
MeteoritesMinerals and ores

Project(s)

Vita

Since 2023: Scientist at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Department of Solar System, Impacts & Meteorites 2017–2022: Doctorate at the German Aerospace Centre and the Free University of Berlin, dissertation: ‘The Pitted Impact Deposits on Asteroid 4 Vesta: An In-Depth Analysis’ 2014-2017: Master of Science at the Free University of Berlin, Geodynamics and Geomaterials programme, master's thesis on remote sensing of the asteroid Vesta 2014/2015: Academic year abroad at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, School of Ocean and Technology (SOEST) and the Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP) 2010-2014: Bachelor of Science at the Free University of Berlin, Geological Sciences programme, bachelor's thesis on the geochemistry of meteorites

Further information

Memberships: Meteoriticial Society Europlanet Deutsche Gesellschaft für Planetenforschung (DGP) Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft (DMG)

Publications

Michalik, T., Rangarajan, V.G., Tirsch, D., Cloutis, E.A., Tornabene, L.L., AbuShunnar, Otto, K.A. (2025). The spectral properties of pitted impact deposits on mars. URL: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2025/pdf/1971.pdfOpen Access

Michalik, T., Otto, K.A., Maturilli, A., Cloutis, E.A., Hecht, L. (2024). How and why can oxidation influence the reflectance spectrum of pyroxenes on planetary bodies?. EPSC Abstracts. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2024-1069Open Access

Michalik, T., Maturilli, A., Cloutis, E.A., Stephan, K., Milke, R., Matz, K., Jaumann, R., Hecht, L., Hiesinger, H., Otto, K.A. (2024). Laboratory VIS–NIR reflectance measurements of heated Vesta regolith analogs: Unraveling the spectral properties of the pitted impact deposits on Vesta. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 59(6), 1421-1454. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.14156Open Access

Michalik, T., Hamann, C., Maturilli, A., Cloutis, E.A., Höfer, H., Otto, K.A. (2025). The Fate of Pyroxene After Volatile Contact — New Investigations. URL: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2025/pdf/1890.pdfOpen Access