Wim van Westrenen — Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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Telefoon	+31 20 59 87279
E-mail	w.van.westrenen@vu.nl
Kamer	E-259

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Wim van Westrenen is interested in the use of experimental high-pressure, high-temperature apparatus to solve mineralogical and petrological problems in Earth and Planetary Science. To do so, his team subjects rock samples to extreme pressure and temperature conditions, and measures their chemical and physical properties.

He teaches (parts of) courses in mineralogy, rock recognition, mantle properties, magmatic processes, mathematics and physics, and planetary science, and is Coordinator of the VU MSc Earth Sciences programme.

Wim van Westrenen is a former member and former board member of the Young Academy of KNAW. In 2013, he was appointed as full professor in Planetary Evolution on a University Research Chair.

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Ancillary activities

European Mineralogical Union | Parijs | Treasurer | 2013-01-01 - present
Stichting EARTH | Peize | Secretary | 2014-07-01 - present
ESA Topical Team Lunar Dust Toxicity | Noordwijk | Member | 2017-01-10 - present

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Research Output 2005 2019

82 Article
11 Poster
6 Abstract
6 PhD Thesis - Research VU, graduation VU
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Constraints on planetary formation, accretion and differentiation from experimental petrology

Steenstra, E. S., 2019, 454 p.

Research output: PhD Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research VU, graduation VU › Academic

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LA-ICP-MS analyses of Fe-rich alloys: Quantification of matrix effects for 193 nm excimer laser systems

Steenstra, E. S., Berndt, J., Klemme, S. & Van Westrenen, W., 1 Jan 2019, In : Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 34, 1, p. 222-231 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Excimer lasers

Laser ablation

Electron probe microanalysis

Metals

Significant depletion of volatile elements in the mantle of asteroid Vesta due to core formation

Steenstra, E. S., Dankers, D., Berndt, J., Klemme, S., Matveev, S. & van Westrenen, W., 1 Jan 2019, In : Icarus. 317, p. 669-681 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Vesta asteroid

volatile element

asteroid

Earth mantle

depletion

The participation of ilmenite-bearing cumulates in lunar mantle overturn

Zhao, Y., De Vries, J., van den Berg, A. P., Jacobs, M. H. G. & van Westrenen, W., 1 Apr 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 511, p. 1-11

Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Open Access

lunar mantle

Bearings (structural)

overturn

ilmenite

cumulate