Jana Berlin

Ph.D. candidate, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

                                                                                                                            

My resume
 

Summary

I am a planetary mineralogist with six years experience in operating electron microbeam instruments and three years experience in experimental work.  My academic objective is to contribute to the understanding of early solar system processes through the examination of meteorites and laboratory experiments.
 

Education

Ph.D., Earth and Planetary Sciences                         expected December 2007
University of New Mexico (UNM), Albuquerque, USA
GPA (as of Spring 2007): 3.98
Dissertation topic:  Relationship between matrix and chondrules in pristine
                            chondritic meteorites
Advisors:  Dr. Adrian J. Brearley & Dr. Rhian H. Jones

 
Diplom (M.S.), Mineralogy                                                               June 2003
Free University, Berlin, Germany
Thesis: Mineralogical and petrographic examination of the chondrite Rumuruti.
Advisors:  Dr. Dieter Stöffler, Dr. Cornelia M. Lingemann & Dr. Jörg Arndt

Employment Experience

Research Assistant                                                                  2/2004 – current
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, UNM 
Systematic study of pristine chondritic meteorites including SEM, electron microprobe and TEM work, heating experiments, development of an in-situ laser-based method for the determination of oxygen isotopic systematics in meteorites

Laboratory Assistant                                                                1/2004 – 8/2006
Electron Microbeam Facility, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, UNM
Operation of a JEOL 8200 electron microprobe and a JEOL 5800LV scanning electron microscope (SEM) including sample preparation, optimizing analytical conditions, establishing calibration procedures, conducting analyses, training new users, and assisting with the evaluation and interpretation of resulting data

Laboratory and Research Assistant                                         8/2003 – 2/2004
High-pressure laboratory, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, UNM
Preparation and performance of high-pressure experiments using a multi-anvil press

Research Assistant                                                                  2/1999 – 6/2003
Institute of Mineralogy, Museum of Natural History, Berlin, Germany
Work on projects funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG): “Systematic study of Martian meteorites” and “Oxidation processes in the solar nebula and on parent asteroidal bodies: Mineralogical and petrographic study of Rumuruti chondrites”

Teaching Assistant                                                                  9/2000 – 9/2002
Institute of Geological Sciences, Free University, Berlin, Germany
“Introduction to Mineralogy” and “Advanced Mineralogy”

Internship

Summer Intern                                                                        6/2002 – 8/2002
Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) and NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston
Project:  Phosphorus partitioning in planetary materials
Advisors:  Dr. Dimitris Xirouchakis, Dr. David S. Draper & Dr. Carl B. Agee

Mentoring

Mentor for REU/NNIN Summer Intern Alicia Cohn                   6/2006 – 8/2006
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, UNM
Project:  Formation of magnetite nanoparticles by thermal decomposition of iron-
             bearing carbonates: Implications for the evidence of fossil life on Mars
Advisor:  Dr. Adrian J. Brearley

Research and Travel Grants

Travel Grant, 64^th Meteoritical Society Meeting (Rome)                       9/2001
Barringer Crater Company                                                                       

Alexander and Geraldine Wanek Scholarship                    8/2004 and 8/2005
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, UNM                 

Travel Grant, 69^th Meteoritical Society Meeting (Zurich)                       8/2006
Planetary Studies Foundation                                                                       

Geology Alumni Scholarship                                                                8/2006
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, UNM                 

Activities

Vice-President of Communications                                         3/2005 – current
LPI Summer Intern Alumni Association (LSIAA)                          

Organizing Committee                                                            3/2004 – 3/2005
LPI Summer Intern Alumni Association (LSIAA)                          

Committee for the establishment of                                      10/2001 – 2/2003
B.S. and M.S. degrees in Geosciences
Free University, Berlin, Germany                                              

Student member in faculty meetings of                                  4/2001 – 4/2003
the Institute of Geological Sciences
Free University, Berlin, Germany                                               

Membership in Organizations

The Meteoritical Society
Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft (DMG)
Mineralogical Society of America (MSA)
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Sigma Xi

References

available upon request: jberlin@unm.edu

Publications and extended abstracts

Berlin J., Jones R. H. & Brearley A. J. (expected 2007): A closer look at chondrules and matrix in Kakangari: Evidence for wide-spread reduction and sulfurization. (in preparation, to be submitted to Meteoritics and Planetary Science)

Berlin J., Lingemann C. M., Schulze H. & Stöffler D. (expected 2007): The chondritic breccia Rumuruti: A continued petrographic study of the only fall of the R chondrite group. (in preparation, to be submitted to Meteoritics and Planetary Science)

Tagle R. & Berlin J. (expected 2007): A database of chondrite analyses including platinum group elements, Ni, Co, Au, and Cr: Implications for the identification of chondritic projectiles. (submitted to Meteoritics and Planetary Science)  

Berlin J., Jones R. H. & Brearley A. J. (2007): A closer look at chondrules and matrix in Kakangari: Evidence for wide-spread reduction and sulfurization. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXXVIII, abstract #2395, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston. (pdf)

Tagle R. & Berlin J. (2007): Complementary element patterns - Is there a genetic relationship between carbonaceous and enstatite chondrites? Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXXVIII, abstract #2131, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston. (pdf)

Berlin J., Jones R. H. & Brearley A. J. (2006): Disentangling the diversity of bulk chondrule compositions: Did CO chondrites sample two very distinct chondrule populations? Meteoritics and Planetary Science 41, 5347. (pdf)

Buikin A. I., Trieloff M., Korochantseva E. V., Hopp J., Berlin J. & Stöffler D. (2006): High-precision ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar dating of different Rumuruti lithologies. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 41, 5088. (pdf)

Berlin J., Jones R. H. & Brearley A. J.(2006)  Determining the bulk chemical composition of chondrules by electron microprobe: A comparison of different approaches.  Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXXVII, abstract #2370, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston. (pdf)

Berlin J., Spilde M., Brearley A. J., Draper D. S. & Dyar M. D. (2004): In situ determination of Fe³⁺/ΣFe of spinels by electron microprobe: An evaluation of the Flank method. Workshop Oxygen in the terrestrial planets, Santa Fe, abstract #3033. (pdf)

Agee C., Draper D., Berlin J. & Dwarzski R. (2004): Iron content of the Martian mantle. Goldschmidt Conference, Copenhagen, A 733.

Berlin J. & Stöffler D. (2004): Modification of the Van Schmus & Wood petrologic classification for lithic fragments in the chondritic breccia Rumuruti.  Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXXV, abstract #1344, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston. (pdf)

Berlin J., Lingemann C. M. & Stöffler D. (2003): Visible and near-infrared reflectance spectra of Rumuruti.  Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXXIV, abstract #1764, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston. (pdf)

Berlin J., Xirouchakis D., Draper D. D. & Agee C. B. (2002): Phosphorus partitioning in planetary materials, with an emphasis on the Martian mantle.  18^th Annual Summer Intern Conference, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, 4-6.

Berlin J. & Xirouchakis D. (2002): Phosphorus equilibria among mafic silicate phases.  Denver Annual Meeting, Paper-no.234-4, Geological Society of America.

Lingemann C. M., Berlin J., Schulze H. & Stöffler D. (2002): Aus dem Solarnebel ins Labor – Zur Entstehung des Meteoriten Rumuruti.  Theatrum naturae 1/2002, 18-20.

Berlin J., Lingemann C. M. & Stöffler D. (2001): Occurrence of noble metal phases in fragments of different petrologic type in the Rumuruti chondrite.  Meteoritics and Planetary Science 36, A19. (pdf)

Lingemann C. M., Berlin J. & Stöffler D. (2000): Rumuruti chondrite: Origin and evolution of primitive components.  Meteoritics and Planetary Science 35, A98. (pdf)

University of New Mexico

Department of  Earth & Planetary Sciences