Professor - Keppler, Hans

Keppler, Hans
Professor
(Dr. rer. nat. 1988, Karlsruhe)
Tel.:+49 (0)921 55 3744/3752/ 3754
Fax.:+49 (0)921 55 3769
Building:BGI, University Bayreuth
Room:3.1.02/4.1.05/ 4.1.07
Email.:hans.keppler(at)uni-bayreuth.de
www.:Personal www-page
Research Interests:

  • Structure and properties of fluids and silicate melts
  • Water in nominally anhydrous minerals and Earth's internal water cycle
  • Behavior of trace elements in magmatic-hydrothermal systems
  • Effect of volcanic eruptions on climate
  • Transport processes in subduction zones
  • Optical properties and radiative thermal conductivity of mantle minerals under high pressure

Education:
  • 1985 Diploma in Mineralogy (with distinction), University of Karlsruhe
  • 1987 Diploma in Chemistry (with distinction), University of Karlsruhe
  • 1988 Dr. rer. nat. (with distinction), University of Karlsruhe
Professional Experience:
  • 1988 - 1990 Research Fellow in Geology, California Institute of Technology
  • 1990 - 2000 Research Scientist / Heisenberg Fellow, Bayerisches Geoinstitut
  • 2000 - 2004 Professor of Mineralogy, University of Tübingen
  • 2004 - present Professor, Bayerisches Geoinstitut
  • 2006 - 2012 Director, Bayerisches Geoinstitut
Honours:
  • 1992 Heinz Maier Leibnitz Award, German Federal Ministry for Research and Education
  • 1995 Gerhard Hess Award, German Science Foundation (DFG)
  • 1996 Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Award, German Mineralogical Society (DMG)
  • 1999 American Mineralogist Citation for Excellence in Editing
  • 2001 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Award, German Science Foundation (DFG)
  • 2004 Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America
  • 2008 Member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
  • 2008 Member of the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina)
  • 2010 Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
  • 2010 Bowen Award, American Geophysical Union
  • 2012 Fellow of the Geochemical Society and of the European Association of Geochemistry
Editorships:
  • 1995 - 1999 Associate Editor, American Mineralogist
  • 2007 - Editorial Board, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • 2007 - Editorial Board, Elements
Recent publications:
updated: 08-04-2014 complete list
  • Shcheka SS, Keppler H (2012) The origin of the terrestrial noble-gas signature. Nature 490: 531-534
  • Bali E, Audetat A, Keppler H (2013) Water and hydrogen are immiscible in Earth's mantle. Nature 495: 220-222
  • Li Y, Wiedenbeck, M, Shcheka S, Keppler H (2013) Nitrogen solubility in upper mantle minerals. Earth Planet Sci Lett 377-378: 311-323
  • Schmauss D, Keppler H (2014) Adsorption of sulfur dioxide on volcanic ashes. Am Mineral 99: 1085-1094
  • Ni H, Keppler H, Walte N, Schiavi F, Chen Y, Masotta M, Li Z (2014) In situ observation of crystal growth in a basalt melt and the development of crystal size distribution in igneous rocks. Contrib Mineral Petrol 167: Art Nr 1003
  • Konschak, Alexander; Keppler, H (2014) The speciation of carbon dioxide in silicate melts. Contrib Mineral Petrol 167: Art Nr 998
Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
Tel: +49-(0) 921 55 3700 / 3766, Fax: +49-(0) 921 55 3769, E-mail: bayerisches.geoinstitut(at)uni-bayreuth.de