Tina Rückriemen-Bez

About

I’m a planetary scientist at the University of Münster, curious about how planets and moons work from the inside out. My research looks at the interiors of icy moons — from the thermo-chemical evolution of their metallic cores to convection in their ice shells — and, more recently, at the surfaces of small bodies like asteroids and comets. I love exploring how different processes connect, how similar patterns appear across worlds, and how theory and observation can come together to tell a more complete story.

My fascination with space started early. In 9th grade, I did a school internship at the Institute for Planetary Research at the German Aerospace Center in Berlin. After studying physics at Humboldt University of Berlin, I found myself back at the same institute for my PhD work and earned my doctorate from the University of Münster in 2018. I’m now a postdoctoral researcher in Bastian Gundlach’s experimental planetology group at Münster.

Outside of research, I’m usually orbiting a different kind of chaos — life with three kids, a curious mind, and my partner in crime. We love spending time outdoors, building things, or diving into creative projects together. It’s a full, sometimes hectic, but always inspiring universe.