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:
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