Prof. Dr. Thorsten Kleine
Curriculum Vitae
Born 1972 in Kirchhellen. Diploma in Geology (2000) and Mineralogy (2001) University of Münster, Germany, PhD in Geochemistry University of Münster (2004), habilitation for Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry ETH Zürich (2008), Research Associate (2004-2009) and Assistant Professor for Isotope Geochemistry ETH Zürich (2009), Professor for Planetology University of Münster (2009), Director and Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (2021).
Research Interests
Origin and evolution of the early solar system, formation and chemical differentiation of the planets
Selected Awards
F. W. Clarke Award of the Geochemical Society (2010), Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Award of the German Mineralogical Society (2008), Nier Prize of the Meteoritical Society (2007)