Johannes Benkhoff

    Project Scientist

     

    Main Research Fields

    • Stability of convection in the Earth mantle
    • computational modeling of the physics and chemistry of sublimation processes of porous, dusty, multi-component ices in the Solar System
    • Comet nucleus modeling, Spectroscopy
    • Stability of ice investigations in polar crater on Mercury and in near surface layers of Mars

     


    Keywords

    planetary surfaces

    thermal evolution of planetary bodies

    outgasing processes from the surface of planetary bodies

    Mercury

    small bodies (comets)

    Ongoing collaborations

    none

     

    Project/mission at ESA

    BepiColombo (Project Scientist)

    Rosetta

    CoI on VIRTIS and MUPUS

    VEX

    CoI on VIRTIS