Institutions of the University of Bayreuth
Chair Experimental Geosciences

Dominijanni, S. ; Frost, Daniel J. ; Dubrovinsky, Leonid ; Miyajima, Nobuyoshi ; Koemets, Egor ; Aprilis, Georgios ; Chariton, Stella ; Fedotenko, Timofey ; Khandarkhaeva, Saiana ; Melai, Caterina ; Koemets, Iuliia ; Liu, Zhaodong ; Cerantola, V. ; Chumakov, A. ; Hanfland, M. ; Svitlyk, V. ; Rosa, A. D. ; McCammon, Catherine:
Calibration of the Fe–Ir redox sensor at high pressure and the oxygen fugacity of laser heated diamond anvil cell experiments.
In: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. Vol. 181 (2026) . - 38.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-026-02314-z

Criniti, Giacomo ; Boffa Ballaran, Tiziana ; Kurnosov, Alexander ; Ishii, Takayuki ; Rogmann, Elena-Marie ; Glazyrin, Konstantin ; Fedotenko, Timofey ; Frost, Daniel J.:
Effect of chemistry on the compressibility and high-pressure structural evolution of the CaFe₂O₄-type aluminous silicate phase.
In: Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. Vol. 361 (2025) . - 107331.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2025.107331

Man, Lianjie:
Experimental constraints on the compositions and thermal regimes of terrestrial planetary interiors.
Bayreuth , 2025 . - VIII, 217 p.
( Doctoral thesis, 2025 , Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuther Graduiertenschule für Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften - BayNAT)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00008457

Man, Lianjie ; Li, Xiang ; Boffa Ballaran, Tiziana ; Zhou, Wenju ; Chantel, Julien ; Néri, Adrien ; Kupenko, Ilya ; Aprilis, Georgios ; Kurnosov, Alexander ; Namur, Olivier ; Hanfland, Michael ; Guignot, Nicolas ; Henry, Laura ; Dubrovinsky, Leonid ; Frost, Daniel J.:
The structure and stability of Fe₄₊ₓS₃ and its potential to form a Martian inner core.
In: Nature Communications. Vol. 16 (2025) . - 1710.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56220-2

Man, Lianjie ; Fei, Hongzhan ; Kim, Eun Jeong ; Néri, Adrien ; Xie, Longjian ; Frost, Daniel J.:
Alumina solubility in periclase determined to lower mantle conditions and implications for ferropericlase inclusions in diamonds.
In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. Vol. 375 (2024) . - pp. 36-49.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2024.05.002

Criniti, Giacomo:
Constraining the chemical and mineralogical composition of Earth’s lower mantle through high-pressure crystallography and mineral elasticity.
Bayreuth , 2023 . - XIV, 265 p.
( Doctoral thesis, 2023 , Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuther Graduiertenschule für Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften - BayNAT)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007213

Immoor, Julia:
Experimental deformation of mantle minerals at simultaneous high pressure and high temperature.
Bayreuth , 2023 . - X, 106 p.
( Doctoral thesis, 2022 , Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuther Graduiertenschule für Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften - BayNAT)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006168

Melai, Caterina:
The stability field of ferropericlase with respect to oxygen fugacity in the Earth’s mantle and the origin of superdeep diamonds.
Bayreuth , 2023 . - 354 p.
( Doctoral thesis, 2023 , Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuther Graduiertenschule für Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften - BayNAT)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007221

Eberhard, Lisa:
Serpentinite phase relations : An experimental study on redox conditions and fluid migration in subduction zones.
Bayreuth , 2021 . - VIII, 258 p.
( Doctoral thesis, 2020 , Universität Bayreuth, Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00005248

Huang, Rong:
Bridgmanite crystal chemistry and iron content in the Earthʹs lower mantle.
Bayreuth , 2020 . - III, 212 p.
( Doctoral thesis, 2020 , Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuther Graduiertenschule für Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften - BayNAT)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00004611

Chariton, Stella:
The elastic properties and the crystal chemistry of carbonates in the deep Earth.
Bayreuth , 2020 . - 200 p.
( Doctoral thesis, 2019 , Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuther Graduiertenschule für Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften - BayNAT)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00004592

Grüninger, Helen ; Liu, Zhaodong ; Brauckmann, J. Ole ; Fei, Hongzhan ; Boffa Ballaran, Tiziana ; Martin, Thomas ; Siegel, Renée ; Kentgens, Arno P. M. ; Frost, Daniel J. ; Senker, Jürgen:
Hydroxyl Defects and Oxide Vacancies within Ringwoodite-toward Understanding the Defect Chemistry of Spinel-Type Oxides.
In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Vol. 124 (2020) Issue 22 . - pp. 12001-12009.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c03016

Druzhbin, Dmitry:
Silicon and Oxygen volume diffusion in Wadsleyite and implications to mantle transition zone rheology.
Bayreuth , 2020 . - VI, 174 p.
( Doctoral thesis, 2019 , Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuther Graduiertenschule für Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften - BayNAT)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00004895

Siersch, Nicki C.:
The effect of Fe and Al on the elasticity of akimotoite.
Bayreuth , 2019 . - iv, 195 p.
( Doctoral thesis, 2019 , Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuther Graduiertenschule für Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften - BayNAT)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00004577

Chust, Thomas:
A Computational Framework for Mineralogical Thermodynamics of the Earth’s Mantle.
Bayreuth , 2018 . - 134 p.
( Doctoral thesis, 2017 , Universität Bayreuth, Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften)

Buchen, Johannes:
The Elastic Properties of Wadsleyite and Stishovite at High Pressures : Tracing Deep Earth Material Cycles.
Bayreuth , 2018 . - xii, 199 p.
( Doctoral thesis, 2018 , Universität Bayreuth, Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00004410

Posner, Esther S.:
Mass transport and structural properties of liquid iron alloys at high pressure.
Bayreuth , 2017 . - 186 p.
( Doctoral thesis, 2017 , Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuther Graduiertenschule für Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften - BayNAT)

Cernok, Ana:
Diversity of compressional mechanisms among SiO2 polymorphs : case of coesite and cristobalite.
Bayreuth , 2016 . - XVII, 121 p.
( Doctoral thesis, 2015 , Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuther Graduiertenschule für Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften - BayNAT)

Miyajima, Nobuyoshi ; Kawazoe, Takaaki:
Dislocation microstructures in simple-shear-deformed wadsleyite at transition-zone conditions : Weak-beam dark-field TEM characterization of dislocations on the (010) plane.
In: American Mineralogist. Vol. 100 (2015) Issue 11-12 . - pp. 2749-2752.

Beyer, Christopher:
Geobarometry, phase relations and elasticity of eclogite under conditions of Earth's upper mantle.
2015 . - 217 p.
( Doctoral thesis, 2015 , Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuther Graduiertenschule für Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften – BayNAT)

Chantel, Julien:
Measurement of elastic properties of silicates at realistic mantle pressures.
Bayreuth , 2014
( Doctoral thesis, 2013 , Universität Bayreuth, Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften)

Pamato, Martha Giovanna:
Single-crystal elasticity of Al-rich phases in the Earth’s transition zone and lower mantle.
Bayreuth , 2014 . - IV, 186 p.
( Doctoral thesis, 2014 , Universität Bayreuth, Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften)

Novella, Davide:
The interaction between silicate minerals and C-O-H bearing melts in the Earth's mantle.
Bayreuth , 2013 . - IV, 182 p.
( Doctoral thesis, 2013 , Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuther Graduiertenschule für Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften – BayNAT)