Dr. Erika Griesshaber
(PhD Cambridge, UK)
Department of Earth- and Environmental Sciences,
Applied Crystallography and Materials Science
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Theresienstraße 41
80333 München
(Germany)
www.kristallographie.geowissenschaften.uni-muenchen.de
Affiliation and current post:
Research Fellow and coordinator of the Electron Microscopy Laboratory at the Department of Earth- and Environmental Sciences,
LMU Munich, Germany
h-index: 20 (semantic scholar)
106 accepted publications (as of 10th October 2020)
101 published publications (as of 10th October 2020)
1.141 citations (semantic scholar)
Date of birth: 21.02.1959, born in Satu-Mare, Romania
Nationality: German since 1970
Married to Prof. Dr. W. W. Schmahl
Children: Juri Schmahl (age 30), Robin Schmahl (age 25)
University Education
| 1987–1990: | Ph.D. at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, U.K. (Summa cum laude) |
| 1981–1986: | Diploma (MSc) in Geology / Palaeontology at Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany |
Scientific Experience and Employment History
| 1987–1990 | Stipendium of the European Communities for enrolment into the Doctorate Programme at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK |
| 1991–1998 | Post-Doctoral Research Scientist at the Geochemistry Division of the Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Mainz Germany |
| 1999–2007 | Post-Doctoral Research Scientist at Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie, Geophysik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany |
| 2009– | Research Assistant at the Department of Earth- and Environmental Sciences, LMU Munich, Germany |
| 2016– | Coordinator of the Electron Microscopy Laboratory at the Department of Earth- and Environmental Sciences, LMU Munich, Germany |
Temporary Stays Abroad
| 1986–1990 | Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK |
| Jan–Apr 2013 | Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot, Israel |
General Interests
History, archeology, paleoanthropology, classical music
Spoken Languages
German, English, Hungarian, French
Scientific Activities
Co-organizor of the 20th Annual Meeting of the German Crystallographic Society 2012
Co-organizor of the 15th International Symposium on Biomineralization 2019
Organizor of the Workshop: From Nanoparticle Assembly to Functional Biopolymer Components 2012
Organizor of the Workshop: Marine carbonate archives: Controls on carbonate precipitation and pathways of diagenetic alteration, FOR 1644 CHARON, 2014
Organizor of the Workshop: BASE-LINE Earth, Brachiopods as sensitive tracers of global marine environment: Insights from alkaline, alkaline Earth, metal and metalloid trace element ratios and isotope systems, H2020-MSCA-ITN-ETN, 2015
Since 2019 Expert Reviewer for Earth Science Applications for the European Community
Since 2019 Expert Reviewer for Earth Science Applications for the Polish Academy of Sciences
Member and PI of the International Collaborative Research Initiative DFG FOR 1644 CHARON focusing on carbonate nucleation, precipitation, and diagenesis.
Member and PI of the European Innovative Training Network (ITN), call: H2020-MSCA-ITN-2014: BASE-LINE Earth.
Editorial Activities
Guest-Editor with W. W. Schmahl: Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Special Issue Volume 227, 2012, Topics in Biomineralization: From Nanoparticle Assembly to Functional Biopolymer Components
Guest-Editor with W. W. Schmahl: Acta Biomaterialia Special Issue: From Cells to Biomaterials, 2020
Guest-Editor with H. Cölfen and W. W. Schmahl: Crystals Special Issue: Biominerals: Formation, Function, Properties, 2020
Member of the editorial board of Minerals
Member of the editorial board of Crystals
Teaching experience
Analytical Methods: SEM-EBSD-EDS for Bachelor students (practical course)
High-Resolution Electron Microscopy for Master students (weekly lectures), taught together with Prof. C. Trepmann, Prof. W. W. Schmahl, Dr. C. Cimarelli
High-Resolution Electron Microscopy for Master students (one week practical/compact course), taught together with Prof. C. Trepmann, Prof. W. W. Schmahl, Dr. C. Cimarelli
High-Resolution Electron Microscopy (one week practical/compact course) for PhD and post-doctorate students taught together with Prof. C. Trepmann, Prof. W. W. Schmahl, Dr. C. Cimarelli
Major Research Areas: Biomineralization, Environment/Paleoenvironment Science, Biodiversity, Crystallography, Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Electron Microscopy
- Biomineralization and biomineralization processes
- Biodiversity and biomineralization processes
- Macro-, micro-, nanostructure characteization of biomaterials and biomimetic analogues
- Biopolymer-biomineral interaction in biological hard tissues and biomimetic aggregates
- Functionality principles of biological hard tissues
- Structure, texture and material function relationships
- Electron Microscopy, Diffraction Methods (XRD, EBSD)
National and International Collaborations; resulted in joint publications of the last 10 years
National collaborations
Dr. S. Zaefferer, Prof. D. Raabe, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, Düsseldorf, Germany
Dr. N. Peters, Dr. A. Schneider, Prof. E. Arzt, INM-Leibnitz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken, Germany
Dr. K. Kelm, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Köln, Germany
Dr. A. Ziegler, Prof. P. Walter, Central Facility for Electron Microscopy, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
Prof. J. Mutterlose, Dr. K. Stevens, Dept. of Earth and Environment Sciences, RUB, Germany
Prof. A. Immenhauser, Dr. D. Neuser, Dept. of Earth and Environment Sciences, RUB, Germany
Prof. A. Eisenhauer, Dr. F. Böhm, GEOMAR Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
Prof. J. Laudien, Alfred-Wegner-Institut Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany
International collaborations
Prof. L. Fernandez Diaz, Departamento de Cristalografía y Mineralogía, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Prof. A. Checa, Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Granada Avenida Fuentenueva s/n,Granada, Spain
Prof. C. Jiménez López, Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Avenida de la Fuente Nueva s/n Granada, Spain
Prof. A. Rodriguez Navarro, Departamento de Mineralogia y Petrologia, Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Granada Avenida Fuentenueva s/n,Granada, Spain
Prof. E. M. Harper, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Prof. D. Harper, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, Durham, UK
Prof. H.-T. Rapp, Centre for Geobiology and Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Prof. L. Angiolini, Dr. G. Crippa, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra “A. Desio, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
Prof. U. Brand, Department of Earth Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Prof. A. Bittner, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Prof. M. Dietzl, Institute of Applied Geosciences, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Dr. V. Häusermann, Huinay Foundation and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso Instituto de Ciencias del Mar, Valparaiso, Chile
Selected publications 1992–2020
Simonet Roda M., Griesshaber E., Angiolini L., et al. 2020. The evolution of Thecideide microstructures and textures: traced from Triassic to Holocene. Lethaia, accepted.
Crippa G., Griesshaber E., Checa A., et al. 2020. Orientation patterns of the aragonitic crossed-lamellar, myostracal and fibrous microstructures of modern Glycymeris shells. Journal of Structural Biology, accepted.
Yin X., Weitzel F., Griesshaber E., et al. 2020. Bacterial EPS in Agarose Hydrogels Directs Mineral Organization in Calcite Precipitates: Species-Specific Biosignatures of B. subtilis, M. phley, M. smagmatis, and P. putida EPS. Crystal Growth and Design, 20, 4402-4417.
Simonet Roda M., Ziegler A., Griesshaber E., et al. 2019. Terebratulid brachiopod shell biomineralization by epithelial cells. Journal of Structural Biology, 207, 136-157.
Simonet Roda M., Griesshaber E., Ziegler A., et al. 2019. Calcite fibre formation in modern brachiopod shells. Nature Scientific Reports, 9, 958-973.
Casella L. A., Griesshaber E., et al. 2019. Micro- and nanostructures reflect the degree of diagenetic alteration in modern and fossil brachiopod shell calcite: A multi-analytical screening approach. Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology, 502, 13-30.
Angiolini L., Crippa G., Azmy K., Capitani G., Confalonieri G., Della Porta G., Griesshaber E., Harper D. A. T., Leng M. J., Nolan L., Orlandi R., Posenato R., Schmahl W. W., Banks V. J., Stephenson M. H. 2019. The giants of the phylum Brachiopoda: a matter of diet? Paleontology, 62, 889-917.
Greiner M., Yin X., Fernandez-Diaz L., Griesshaber E., et al. 2018. Combined influene of reagent concentrations and agar hydrogel strength on the formation of biomimetic hydrogel composites. Crystal Growth Design, 18, 1401-1414.
Yin X., Ziegler A., Kelm K., Hoffmann R., Watermeyer P., Alexa P., Villinger C., Rupp U., Schlueter L., Reusch Th., Griesshaber E., Walther P., Schmahl W. W. 2018. Formation and mosaicity of coccolith segment calcite of the maine algae Emiliania hyxleyi, Journal of Phycology, 54, 85-104.
Casella A. L., He S., Griesshaber E., Fernandez-Diaz L., et al. 2018. Hydrothermal alteration of aragonitic biocarbonates. Biogeosciences, 15, 7451-7484.
Ye F., Crippa G., Angiolini L., Brand U., Capitani G. C., Cusack M., Griesshaber E., Schmahl W. W. 2018. Mapping of recent brachiopod microstructure. Journal of Structural Biology, 201, 221-236.
Seidl B., Griesshaber E., Fabritius H.-O., et al. 2018. Tailored disorder in calcite organization in tergite cuticle of the supralittoral isopod Tylos europaeus Arcangeli, 1938. Journal of Structural Biology, 204, 464-480.
Stevens K., Griesshaber E., Schmahl W. W., et al. 2017. Belemnite biomineralization development and geochemistry: The complex rostrum of Neohibolites minimus. Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology, 468, 388-402.
Griesshaber E., Yin X., Ziegler A., Kelm K., Checa A., Eisenhauer A., Schmahl W. W. 2017. Patterns of mineral organization in carbonate biological hard materials. Book chapter in: Highlights in Applied Mineralogy, Heuss-Aßbichler S., Amthauer G., John M. (eds), 245-272.
Brand U., Blarney N., Garbelli C., Griesshaber E., et al. 2016. Methane Hydrate: Killer cause of Earth’s greatest mass extinction. Paleoworld, 25, 496-507.
Huber J., Griesshaber E., et al. 2015. Functionalization of biomineral reinforcement in crustacean cuticle. Journal of Structural Biology, 190, 173-191.
Nindiyasari F., Ziegler A., Griesshaber E., et al. 2015. Effect of hydrogel matrices on calcite crystal growth morphology, aggregate formation and co-orientation in biomimetic experiments and biomineralization environments. Crystal Growth and Design, 15, 2667-2685.
Kim Y., Schenk A., Ihli J., Kulak A. N., Hetherington N. B. J., Tang C., Griesshaber E., Hyett G., Meldrum F. 2014. A critical analysis of calcium carbonate mesocrystals. Nature Communications, 5, no. 4341.
Goetz A. J., Griesshaber E., Abel R., Fehr Th., Ruthensteiner B., Schmahl W. W. 2014. Taylored order: The mesocrystalline nature of sea urchin teeth. Acta Biomaterialia, 10, 3885-3898.
Maier B. J., Griesshaber E., Alexa P., Ziegler A., Ubhi S., Schmahl W. W. 2014. Biological control of crystallographic architecture: Hierarchy and co-alignement parameters. Acta Biomaterialia, 10, 3866-3874.
Oehlerich M., Mayr Ch., Griesshaber E., et al. 2013. Ikaite precipitation in a lacustrine environment – implications for paleoclimatic studies using carbonates from Laguna Potrok Aike. Quarternary Science Reviews, 71, 46-53.
Griesshaber E., Schmahl W. W., et al. 2013. Homoepitaxial meso- and microscale crystal co-orientation and organic matrix network structure in Mytilus edulis nacre and calcite. Acta Biomaterialia, 9, 9492-9502.
Hahn S., Rodolfo-Metalpa R., Griesshaber E., et al. 2012. Marine bivalve shell geochemistry and ultrastructure from modern low pH environments: Environmental effect versus experimental bias. Biogeosciences, 9, 1897-1914.
Goetz A., Steinmetz D., Griesshaber E., Zaefferer S., Raabe D., et al.2011. Interdigitating biocalcite dendrites from a 3D jigsaw structure in brachiopod shells. Acta Biomaterialia, 7, 2237-2243.
Merkel C., Deuschle J., Griesshaber E., et al. 2009. Mechanical properties of modern calcite- and phosphate-shelled brachiopods determined by nanoindentation. Journal of Structural Biology, 168, 396-408.
Schmahl W. W., Griesshaber E., et al. 2008. Hierarchical fibre composite structure and micromechanical properties of phosphatic and calcitic brachiopod shell biomaterials. Minerological Magazine, 72, 541-562.
Griesshaber E., Schmahl W. W., et al. 2007.Crystallographic texture and microstructure of terebratulid brachiopod calcite: An optimized materials design with hierarchical architecture. American Mineralogist, 92, 722-734.
Schmahl W. W., Griesshaber E., Neuser, R. D., Lenze A., Job R., Brand U. 2004. The microstructure of the fibrous layer of terebratulid brachiopod shell calcite. European Journal of Mineralogy, 16, 693-697.
Darling G., Griesshaber E., Andrews N. Armannsson H. and O’Nions R. K. 1995. The origin of hydrothermal and other gases in the Kenya Rift valley. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 59, 2501-2512.
Griesshaber E., O’Nions R.K. and Oxburgh E.R. 1992. Helium and carbon isotope systematics in crustal fluids from the Eifel, the Rhine Graben and Black Forest, FRG. Chemical Geology, 99, 213-235, 1992.
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