Willem van Westrenen

Prof. Willem van Westrenen
Full professor
Faculty of Science
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
De Boelelaan 1085
NL-1081 HV Amsterdam
Netherlands


Phone: +31 20 598 72 79
E-mail: w.van.westrenen(at)vu.nl
URL Institution: https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/wim-van-westrenen


Additional functions:
  • Scientific coordinator (Earth Sciences), Netherlands Planetary and Exoplanetary Science Network (Dutch Research Council) [2013-2017, 2019-2024]

  • Coordinator, Netherlands Planetary Science Network on Observables of Planetary Habitability (Netherlands Space Office) [2024-2029]


    Key Publications of Willem van Westrenen (up to ten) :
    [10] Gaffney AM, Gross J, Borg LE, Donaldson Hanna K, Draper DS, Dygert N, Elkins-Tanton LT, Prissel KB, Prissel TC, Steenstra ES, van Westrenen W (2023) Magmatic evolution I: Initial differentiation of the Moon. New Views of the Moon 2, Reviews in Mineralogy 89, 103-145.
    [9] Streicher LB, van Westrenen W, Hanchar JM, Brouwer FM (2023) A REE-based zircon geothermometer based on improved lattice strain modeling of zircon-melt REE partition coefficients. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 346, 54-64.
    [8] Jing JJ, Lin Y, Knibbe JS, van Westrenen W (2022) Garnet stability in the deep lunar mantle: constraints on the physics and chemistry of the interior of the Moon. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 584, 117491.
    [7] Steenstra ES, Berndt J, Klemme S, Fei Y, van Westrenen W (2020) A possible high-temperature origin of the Moon and its geochemical consequences. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 538, 116222.
    [6] Martinot M, Flahaut J, Besse S, Quantin-Nataf C, van Westrenen W (2020) Mineralogical survey of the Anorthositic Feldspathic Highlands Terrane crust using Moon Mineralogy Mapper data. Icarus, article 113747.
    [5] Hakim K, Spaargaren R, Grewal DS, Rohrbach A, Berndt J, Dominik C, van Westrenen W (2019) Mineralogy, structure and habitability of carbon-enriched rocky exoplanets: A laboratory approach. Astrobiology 19, doi:10.1089/ast.2018.1930.
    [4] Zhao Y, de Vries J, van den Berg AP, Jacobs MHG, van Westrenen W (2019) The participation of ilmenite-bearing cumulates in lunar mantle overturn. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 511, 1-11.
    [3] Knibbe JS, van Westrenen W (2018) The thermal evolution of Mercury's Fe–Si core. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 482, 147-159
    [2] Lin YH, Tronche EJ, Steenstra ES, van Westrenen W (2017) Evidence for an early wet Moon from experimental crystallisation of the lunar magma ocean. Nature Geoscience 10, 14-18.
    [1] van Kan Parker M, Sanloup C, Sator N, Guillot B, Tronche EJ, Perrillat J-P, Mezouar M, Rai N, van Westrenen W (2012) Neutral buoyancy of titanium-rich melts in the deep lunar interior. Nature Geoscience 5, 186-189.


    Expertise of Willem van Westrenen:
    Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
    Expert TypeScientific / Fundamental Research
    Topic LithosphereGeochemical Processes
    Magmatic Rocks: Formation, Metamorphism
    Time FramePast: Precambrian
    Time ScaleBillenial (Mio yrs)
    GeoForum Geo-TechnologyGeophysics

    Specialties of Willem van Westrenen:
    Experimental petrology applied to planetary science

    Last update: 12/10/23
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