Main Focus

I am a geoscientist analyzing chemical and isotopic variations in extraterrestrial materials in order to reconstruct the formation and evolution of the Solar System and the terrestrial planets.


Curriculum Vitae


Education and Employment:

Since 2022: Labmanager/staff scientist, Planetary Science Department, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen, Germany
2019 – 2022: Labmanager/scientist, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
2018 – 2019: Postdoctoral Researcher, Institut für Planetologie, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
2015 – 2018: Research assistant (PhD candidate), Institut für Planetologie, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Selected Publications:

Spitzer, F., Kleine, T.,  Burkhardt, C., Hopp, T. (+88 co-authors) (2024) The Ni isotopic composition of Ryugu reveals a common accretion region for carbonaceous chondrites. Science Advances 10, eadp2426. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adp2426

Nie, N.X., Dauphas, N., Zhang, Z.J., Hopp, T., Sarantos, M. (2024) Lunar soil record of atmosphere loss over eons. Science Advances 10, eadm7074. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adm7074

Hopp, T. et al. (+92 co-authors) (2022) Ryugu's nucleosynthetic heritage from the outskirts of the Solar System. Science Advances 8, add8141. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.add8141

Hopp, T., Dauphas, N., Spitzer, F., Burkhardt, C., Kleine, T. (2022) Earth's accretion inferred from iron isotopic anomalies of supernova nuclear statistical equilibrium origin. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 577, 117245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117245

Nie, N.X., Chen, X.Y., Hopp, T., Hu, Y.U., Zhang, Z.J., Teng, F.Z., Shahar, A., Dauphas, N. (2021) Imprint of chondrule formation on the K and Rb isotopic compositions of carbonaceous meteorites. Science Advances 7, eabl3929. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abl3929

Hopp, T., Zok, D., Kleine, T., Steinhauser, G. (2020) Non-natural ruthenium isotope ratios of the undeclared 2017 atmospheric release consistent with civilian nuclear activities. Nature Communications 11, 2744. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16316-3


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