Andreas Luttge
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Andreas Lüttge is Professor of Earth Science and Professor of Chemistry at Rice University
in Houston, Texas (USA). He is also director of the National Corrosion Center (NCC). The primary concerns of his research are surface chemical processes at minerals and rocks from low-temperature conditions up to the pressure and temperature conditions throughout the Earth's crust.
Andreas Luttge’s degrees are a Habilitation [venia legendi] (1995) and a PhD [Dr. rer. nat.] (1990) from the Eberhard-Karls-Universitaet Tuebingen (Germany). In 1995 the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
awarded a Feodor Lynen fellowship to Andreas Luttge to visit Yale University
and to work with Prof. A.C. Lasaga.
Luttge published numerous studies about the surface dynamics of minerals, glasses and metals, including investigations of microbial activity at interfaces. He applies various experimental techniques using Vertical Scanning Interferometry, Electron and Atomic Force Microscopy and modeling techniques like Monte Carlo and ab initio methods. Resulting quantitative kinetic rate data are key prerequisites to provide a better understanding of the dynamics governing many geologic and technologic processes.
Rice University
William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice, is a private research university located on a heavily wooded campus in Houston, Texas, United States...
in Houston, Texas (USA). He is also director of the National Corrosion Center (NCC). The primary concerns of his research are surface chemical processes at minerals and rocks from low-temperature conditions up to the pressure and temperature conditions throughout the Earth's crust.
Andreas Luttge’s degrees are a Habilitation [venia legendi] (1995) and a PhD [Dr. rer. nat.] (1990) from the Eberhard-Karls-Universitaet Tuebingen (Germany). In 1995 the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is a foundation set-up by the government of the Federal Republic and funded by the German Foreign Office, the Ministry of Education and Research, the Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development and others for the promotion of international co-operation...
awarded a Feodor Lynen fellowship to Andreas Luttge to visit Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
and to work with Prof. A.C. Lasaga.
Luttge published numerous studies about the surface dynamics of minerals, glasses and metals, including investigations of microbial activity at interfaces. He applies various experimental techniques using Vertical Scanning Interferometry, Electron and Atomic Force Microscopy and modeling techniques like Monte Carlo and ab initio methods. Resulting quantitative kinetic rate data are key prerequisites to provide a better understanding of the dynamics governing many geologic and technologic processes.