Bastian Joachim-Mrosko
Associate Professor
Head of the Institute
Tel.: +43 512 507-54619
E-mail: Bastian.Joachim@uibk.ac.at
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2134-004X

Publications
(Co-)Edited Journals and Book Series
(Co-)Editorship of Book Series and Journals
- Joachim-Mrosko, B: Associate Editor - Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences / Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Geologischen Gesellschaft, 2020-01-01 - 2024-12-31.
Contributions to Books / Journals
Journal Article (Original Paper)
- Konzett, J; Pausch, T; Joachim-Mrosko, B (2025): The high P-T stability of fluor-rich apatite in peridotitic and harzburgitic rocks - implications for transort storage and recycling of phosphorus, volatiles and incompatible trace elements in the slab-mantle wedge system.
In: Journal of Petrology. (DOI) - Hauzenberger, CA; Konzett, J; Joachim-Mrosko, B; Nguyen, H (2024): Pliocene to Pleistocene REE-P metasomatism in the subcontinental lithosphere beneath southast Asia - evidence from a monazite- and REE-rich apatite-bearing peridote xenolith from central Vietnam.
In: Journal of Petrology 65/3, No. egae015. (DOI) (Web link) - Joachim-Mrosko, B; Konzett, J; Ludwig, T; Griffiths, T; Habler, G; Libowitzky, E; Stalder, R (2024): Al and H incorporation and Al-diffusion in natural rutile and its high-pressure polymorph TiO2(II).
In: Geological Society Special Publication 537, pp. 123 - 147. (DOI) (Web link) - Panzer, M; Meindl, E; Schaefer, B; Wagner, S; Glodny, B; Mayer, G; Pircher, A; Schwarz, C; Beckmann, F; Hejny, C; Joachim-Mrosko, B; Konzett, J; Tilg, H; Heidegger, I; Wolf, M; Weiskirchen, R; Zoller, H (2024): Intravenous iron-induced hypophosphatemia and kidney stone disease.
In: Bone Reports 21, p. No 101759. (DOI) (Web link) - Pausch, T; Joachim-Mrosko, B; Withers, AC; Ludwig, T; Vazhakuttiyakam, J; Konzett, J (2024): The role of calcium phosphates and silicates in the storage and transport of phosphorus at the upper-to-lower mantle transition: an experimental study to 25 GPa ina model perioditic bulk composition.
In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 374, p. 2002016. (DOI) (Web link) - Benisek, A; Dachs, E; Carpenter, MA; Joachim-Mrosko, B; Vielreicher, NM; Wildner, M (2023): Vibrational entropy of disordering in omphacite.
In: Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 50/4, No. 36. (DOI) (Web link) - Franke, MG; Schmidt, BC; Stalder, R; Joachim-Mrosko, B (2023): Metamorphic reaction kinetics at anhydrous to water-saturated conditions in the binary MgO-SiO2 system.
In: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 178/12, No. 87. (DOI) (Web link) - Franke, MG; Joachim-Mrosko, B (2022): The effect of fluorine on reaction rim growth dynamics in the ternary CaO-MgO-SiO2 system.
In: American Mineralogist 107/8, pp. 1477 - 1486. (DOI) (Web link) - Joachim-Mrosko, B; Kawamoto, T; Bureau, H (2022): Experimental and Observational Constraints on Halogen Behavior at Depth.
In: Elements 18, pp. 35 - 40. (DOI) (Web link) - Vitzthum, Daniela; Widmann, Ingo; Wimmer, Daniel S.; Wurst, Klaus; Joachim-Mrosko, Bastian; Huppertz, Hubert (2021): Crystal Structure of c-M5B12O25(OH) (M=Al, Al/Ga, Ga/In) – Three Disordered Cubic Trielborates Synthesized under High-Pressure Conditions.
In: European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 12, pp. 1165 - 1174. (Full-text) (DOI) (Web link) - Clay, PL; Joy, KH; O'Driscoll, B; Busemann, H; Ruzie-Hamilton, L; Burgess, R; Fellowes, J; Joachim-Mrosko, B; Pernet-Fisher, J; Strekopytov, S; Ballentine CJ (2020): Heavy halogen geochemistry of martian shergottite meteorites and implications for the halogen composition of the depleted shergottite mantle source.
In: American Mineralogist 105/3, pp. 289 - 306. (DOI) (Web link) - Fuchs, Birgit; Heymann, Gunter; Wang, Xuefei; Tudi, Abudukadi; Bayarjargal, Lkhamsuren; Siegel, Renée; Schmutzler, Adrian; Senker, Jürgen; Joachim-Mrosko, Bastian; Saxer, Andreas; Yang, Zhihua; Pan, Shilie; Huppertz, Hubert (2020): La3B6O13(OH): The First Acentric High-Pressure Borate Displaying Edge-Sharing BO4 Tetrahedra.
In: Chemistry - A European Journal 26/30, pp. 6851 - 6861. (Full-text) (DOI) (Web link) - Vitzthum, Daniela; Widmann, Ingo; Plank, Markus; Joachim-Mrosko, Bastian; Huppertz, Hubert (2020): High-pressure synthesis and crystal structure of HP-Al2B3O7(OH).
In: Zeitschrift für Naturforschung. Section B: A Journal of Chemical Sciences 75/11, pp. 975 - 981. (DOI) (Web link) - Joachim, B; Heinrich, W; Höschen, C; Abart, R (2019): The effect of H2O fluid on relative component mobilities in a bimineralic reaction rim in the system CaO–MgO–SiO2.
In: European Journal of Mineralogy 31/1, pp. 61 - 72. (DOI) (Web link) - Konzett, J; Hauzenberger, C; Krenn, K; Joachim-Mrosko, B; Stalder, R; Gröbner, K; Sieberer, AK; Hoang, N; Khoi, NN (2019): Neogene Metasomatism in the Subcontinental Lithosphere beneath SE Asia — Evidence from Modal and Cryptic Phosphorus Enrichment in Peridotites and Pyroxenites from Southern Laos.
In: Journal of Petrology 60/12, pp. 2413 - 2448. (DOI) (Web link) - Bruns, Jörn; Podewitz, Maren; Schauperl, Michael; Joachim, Bastian; Liedl, Klaus R.; Huppertz, Hubert (2017): CaB2S4O16: A Borosulfate Exhibiting a New Structure Type with Phyllosilicate Analogue Topology.
In: Chemistry - A European Journal 23/66, pp. 16773 - 16781. (DOI) - Clay, PL; Burgess, R; Busemann, H; Ruzie-Hamilton, L; Joachim, B; Day, JMD; Ballentine, CJ (2017): Halogens in chondritic meteorites and terrestrial accretion.
In: Nature 551, pp. 614 - 618. (DOI) - Joachim, B; Stechern, A; Ludwig, T; Konzett, J; Pawley, A; Ruzie-Hamilton, L; Clay, PL; Burgess, R; Ballentine CJ (2017): Effect of water on the fluorine and chlorine partitioning behavior between olivine and silicate melt.
In: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 172, Nr. 15. (Full-text) (DOI) - Ortner, Teresa S.; Schildhammer, Daniel; Tribus, Martina; Joachim, Bastian; Huppertz, Hubert (2017): Synthesis and characterization of the alkali borate-nitrates Na3-xKx[B6O10]NO3 (x = 0.5, 0.6, 0.7).
In: Zeitschrift für Naturforschung. Section B: A Journal of Chemical Sciences 72/3, pp. 215 - 223. (DOI) - Schmitt, Martin K.; Janka, Oliver; Pöttgen, Rainer; Benndorf, Christopher; de Oliviera Jr., Marcos; Eckert, Hellmut; Pielnhofer, Florian; Tragl, Amadeus-Samuel; Weihrich, Richard; Joachim, Bastian; Johrendt, Dirk; Huppertz, Hubert (2017): Mo2B4O9–Connecting Borate and Metal-Cluster Chemistry.
In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition 56/23, pp. 6449 - 6453. (DOI) - Ortner, Teresa S.; Wurst, Klaus; Joachim, Bastian; Huppertz, Hubert (2016): Syntheses, Structure Elucidation, and Characterization of the Borate-Nitrates RE[B5O8(OH)(H2O)x]NO3·2H2O [RE = Nd (x = 0.85), Sm (x = 0)].
In: European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2016/22, pp. 3659 - 3665. (DOI) - Ortner, Teresa S.; Wurst, Klaus; Seibald, Markus; Joachim, Bastian; Huppertz, Hubert (2016): Synthesis, Single-Crystal Structure Determination, and Vibrational Spectroscopy of the Europium Borate Eu[B6O8(OH)5]·H3BO3.
In: European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2016/20, pp. 3292 - 3298. (DOI) (Web link) - Ruzie-Hamilton, L; Clay, PL; Burgess, R; Joachim, B; Ballentine, CJ; Turner, G (2016): Determination of halogen abundances in terrestrial and extraterrestrial samples by the analysis of noble gases produced by neutron irradiation.
In: Chemical Geology 437, pp. 77 - 87. (DOI) - Joachim, B; Pawley, A; Lyon, IC; Marquardt, K (neé Hartmann); Henkel, T; Clay, PL; Ruzie, L; Burgess, R; Ballentine, CJ (2015): Experimental partitioning of F and Cl between olivine, orthopyroxene and silicate melt at Earth's mantle conditions.
In: Chemical Geology 416, pp. 65 - 78. (DOI)
Journal Article (Meeting-Abstract)
- Burgess, R; Clay, PL; Joy, KH; McDonald, FE; Busemann, H; Ruzié-Hamilton, L; Joachim, B; Tartèse, R; Lyon, IC; Ballentine, CJ (2018): Lunar halogen determinations using a noble gas approach.
In: Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts 2018, No. 309. (Web link) - Clay, PL; Burgess, R; Busemann, H; Ruziè-Hamilton, L; Joachim, B; Day, JMD; Lyon, IC; King, AJ; Russell, SS; Schofield, PF; Ballentine, CJ (2018): Halogens as key tracers of volatile evolution in the terrestrial planets.
In: Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts 2018, No. 442. (Web link) - Clay, PL; Burgess, R; Busemann, H; Ruzié-Hamilton, L; Joachim, B; Day, JMD; Ballentine, CJ (2017): Process of volatile addition to Earth revealed by halogens in chondrites.
In: Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts 2017, online. (Web link) - Joachim, B; Ludwig, A; Konzett, J; Ruzie-Hamilton, L; Clay, P; Burgess, R; Pawley, A; Ballentine, CJ (2017): The effect of water on the fluorine partitioning behavior btween olivine and silicate melt, fluorine concentrations and F/H2O ratios during partial melting in the upper mantle.
In: Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft 163. - Joachim, B; Stechern, A; Ludwig, J; Konzett, J; Ruzié-Hamilton, L; Clay, P.L; Burgess, R; Pawley, A; Ballentine, CJ (2017): Effect of water on the F and Cl partitioning behavior between olivine and silicate melt.
In: Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts 2017, online. (Web link) - Tropper, Peter; Lanthaler, Julian; Griesser, Stefan; Hejny, Clivia; Joachim, Bastian; Sanders, Diethard; Ostermann, Marc (2017): Geothermobarometry of extreme events: the landslide of Köfels.
In: Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft 163, p. 89. (Web link) - Joachim, B; Ruzié, L; Burgess, R; Pawley, A; Clay, P.L; Ballentine, C.J. (2016): Bromine partitioning between olivine and melt at OIB source conditions: Indication for volatile recycling.
In: Geophysical Research Abstracts. EGU General Assembly 18, p. 6913. (Web link) - Joachim, B; Pawley, A; Lyon, I; Henkel, T; Marquardt, K; Clay, PL; Burgess, R; Ballentine, CJ (2015): Halogen abundances in OIB source regions.
In: Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts 2015, p. 1453. (Web link)
Proceedings Article
- Joachim-Mrosko, B (2024): Sehen-Staunen-Anfassen-Expermentieren-Verstehen. Möglichkeiten der Schaffung von öffentlichem Bewusstsein in der jungen Generation.
In: Pfaff, G; Greiling, RO; Müller, A (Hrsg.): Kritische Rohstoffe - große Bedeutung und geringes öffentliches Bewusstsein - was ist zu tun? Kolloquium der Leibniz-Sozietät der Wissenschaften am 20.03.2024. Berlin: trafo Wissenschaftsverlag (= Sitzungsberichte Leibniz-Sozietät der Wissenschaften, 163)., ISBN 987-3-86464-269-2, pp. 95 - 107.
Proceedings Article (Abstract)
- Sanders, Diethard; Joachim-Mrosko, Bastian; Konzett, Jürgen; Lanthaler, Julian; Ostermann, Mark; Tropper, Peter (2020): Petrological constraints on ultra-high pressure metamorphism and frictionite formation in a catastrophic rockslide: The Koefels event (Eastern Alps).
In: EGUsphere: EGU - General Assembly 2020 - Book of Abstracts. 04. - 08.05.2020, online. Göttingen: Copernicus., EGU2020-4831. (DOI) (Web link) - Joachim, B; Stechern, A.; Ludwig, A; Konzett, J; Ruzie-Hamilton, L; Clay, P; Burgess, R; Pawley, A; Ballentine, CJ (2017): The effect of water on the fluorine and chlorine partitioning behavior between olivine and silicate melt.
In: Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft; Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft: Abstracts GeoBremen 2017: The Systeem Earth and its Materials - from Seaflor to Summit. Bremen, Germany, 24 - 29 September 2017. Bremen: Universität Bremen., pp. 429 - 430. (Web link) - Clay, PL; McDonald, FE; Joy, KH; Burgess, R; Ruzie, L; Joachim, B; Ballentine, CJ (2016): Halogen in lunar samples by the noble-gas method.
In: CRPG Workshop on Developments In Noble Gas Understanding and Expertise. 13th to 15th April 2016, Nancy. Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy: Le Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (CRPG)., online. (Web link) - Joachim, B; Stechern, A; Ludwig, T; Konzett, J; Ruzie, L; Clay, PL; Burgess, R; Pawley, A; Ballentine, CJ (2016): Effect of water on halogen partitioning behavior between olivine and melt.
In: EMPG XV - Fifteenth International Symposium on Experimental Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry. Zurich, 5-8 June 2016. Zürich: ETH Zürich., online. - Krüger, B; Krüger, H; Tropper, P; Tribus, M; Joachim, B (2016): FIRST NATURAL OCCURENCE OF “KAlSiO4-O1”.
In: 2nd European Mineralogical Conference, Rimini, Italy, 11-15 September 2016. Italian Society of Mineralogy and Petrology., p. 413.
- Joachim, B; Wohlers, A; Norberg, N; Gardés, E; Petrishcheva, E; Abart, R (2013): Diffusion and Solubility of Hydrogen and Water in Periclase. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 40, 19-27. doi:10.1007/s00269-012-0542-8
- Joachim, B; Gardés, E; Velickov, B; Abart, R; Heinrich, W (2012): Experimental growth of diopside + merwinite reaction rims: the effect of water on microstructure development. American Mineralogist 97, 220-230. doi:10.2138/am.2011.3819
- Abart, R; Petrishcheva, E; Joachim, B (2012): Thermodynamic model for growth of cellular reaction rims, American Mineralogist 97, 231-240. doi:10.2138/am.2011.3820
- Joachim, B; Gardés, E; Abart, R; Heinrich, W (2011): Experimental growth of åkermanite reaction rims between wollastonite and monticellite: evidence for volume diffusion control, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 161, 389-399. doi:10.1007/s00410-010-0538-7
- Whittington, AG; Hellwig, BM; Behrens, H; Joachim, B; Stechern, A; Vetere, F (2009): The viscosity of hydrous dacitic liquids: implications for the rheology of evolving silicic magmas. Bulletin of Volcanology. 71, 185-199. doi:10.1007/s00445-008-0217-y
Education and Scientific Career
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10/2002-01/2008: Study of Earth Sciences at the University of Hanover, Germany. Title of Diploma thesis: Convective crystal dissolution.
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08/2005-09/2005: Research stay at the University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
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02/2007-04/2007: Internship at Corus Research, Development & Technology, Ijmuiden, Netherlands
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07/2007-08/2007: Research stay at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
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02/2008-02/2011: PhD in Mineralogy at the German Research Centre of Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany (GFZ). Title of thesis: Reaction rim growth in the systems MgO-SiO2 and CaO-MgO-SiO2: Diffusion pathways and the effect of water.
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04/2011-09/2011: Postdoctoral scientist at the Department of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna; Austria.
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10/2011-11/2013: Postdoctoral Research Associate at the School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences (SEAES), University of Manchester, UK
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11/2013-07/2015: Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Oxford, UK
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08/2015-12/2019: University Assistant at the Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography, University of Innsbruck
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since 01/2020: Assistant Professor at the Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography, University of Innsbruck
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05/2023: Venia Docendi (Habilitation) in Mineralogy and Petrography. Title of the thesis: Water and Halogens in the Solid Earth
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since 10/2024: Head of the Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography, University of Innsbruck
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since 02/2025: Associate Professor at the Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography, University of Innsbruck
Awards
- Lehreplus! Anerkennungspreis 2020 (University of Innsbruck)
- Paul-Ramdohr Award 2010 (German Mineralogical Society)
- MRP Outstanding Student Paper Award 2010 (AGU)
Scientific Interests
I like the "experimental" approach, which means that I experimentally simulate conditions as they occur e.g. within the Earth´s mantle. This enables us to control parameters like pressure, temperature or the chemical composition of a system and to investigate how variations of these parameters are affecting tits behavior. By combining our results with findings from natural samples, we are able to improve our understanding of the processes that occur in the Earth´s interior.
My particular interest is to gain a better understanding of the behavior and abundances of halogens in the Earth´s mantle by performing high P-T experiments that simulate partial melting processes in mantle source regions. In doing so, we are able to investigate the halogen partitioning behavior at Earth´s mantle conditions, which allows us to gain a better understanding of the Earth`s halogen cycle.
I am also interested in the kinetics of metamorphic reactions and in the role of fluids in subduction zone, upper mantle and crustal processes.
Projects
- Principal Investigator: “An experimental study of bromine partitioning between olivine, orthopyroxene and silicate melt” (2021-2022, funded by Europlanet 2024 Resarch Infrastructure, project Nr. 20-EPN2-033)
- Principal Investigator : “The effect of volatiles on reaction rim growth dynamics” (2019-2023, funded by FWF,project Nr. P31787-N37)
- Project Partner: "A pinch of salt: Earth’s halogen distribution and the habitability of planets” (2020-2024, funded by UK Research and Innovation, Project PI: Patricia Clay)
- Project Partner: "Ca-phosphates in the deep Earth" (2020-2024, funded by FWF, project Nr. P33124; Project PI: Jürgen Konzett)