With the help of mantle evolution models, I investigate how interior processes affect the surface of a planet by linking mineralogical, chemical, and thermodynamic properties. For this, my PhD project specifically focuses on the redistribution of trace elements and how this redistribution influences the thermo-chemical evolution of terrestrial planets.

For my current research, following topics are of particular interest:

• Partition coefficient modelling depending on pressure, temperature, and melt composition
• Thermal evolution, crust formation, and volatile outgassing of planets
• Planetary mantle/crust compositions and their evolution over time

Schmidt, J.M. and Noack, L. (2021): Clinopyroxene/Melt Partitioning: Models for Higher Upper Mantle Pressures Applied to Sodium and Potassium, International Journal On Advances in Systems and Measurements, 14 (1&2), 125-136, LINK

Ortenzi G., Noack L., Sohl F., Guimond C. M., Grenfell L., Dorn C., Schmidt J. M., Vulpius S., Katyal N., Kitzmann D., and  Rauer H. (2020): Redox state of mantle drives chemical speciation of volatiles during outgassing for rocky planets, Nature Scientific Reports.

Schmidt, J.M. and Noack, L. (2023): Redistribution of radiogenic heat sources and volatiles from mantle to crust is controlled by planet size. Oral presentation at PLANET-ESLAB-2023 Symposium at ESA-ESTEC, Netherlands.

Schmidt, J.M. and Noack, L. (2022): Application of a P-T dependent partition coefficient model to a 1D thermal evolution code of Mars. Poster presentation at EPSC, Granada, Spain.

Schmidt, J.M. and Noack, L. (2022): The effect of depth- and temperature dependent redistribution processes on 1D interior evolution models of terrestrial planets. Poster presentation at PFE-SPP1992 joint meeting, Berlin, Germany.

Schmidt, J.M. and Noack, L. (2022): Factors influencing radiogenic heat source and volatile redistribution in rocky planets. Poster presentation at Ada Lovelace Workshop, Hévíz, Hungary.

Schmidt, J.M. and Noack, L. (2022): Applying locally calculated partition coefficients for radiogenic heat sources and volatiles to interior evolution models of terrestrial planets. Oral presentation at EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

Schmidt, J. and Noack, L. (2021): Thermal evolution and redistribution of trace elements inside the mantles of Earth and Mars. Oral presentation at the EPSC virtual meeting.

Schmidt, J.M. and Noack, L. (2021): Modelling the redistribution of trace elements for higher upper mantle pressures. Oral presentation at German-Swiss Geodynamics Workshop, Bad Belzig, Germany.

Schmidt, J.M. and Noack, L. (2021): Parameterizing a model of clinopyroxene/melt partition coefficients for clinopyroxene to higher upper mantle pressures. Oral presentation at (hybrid meeting) GEOProcessing2021, Nice, France.

Schmidt, J.M. and Noack, L. (2021): Modelling the redistribution of trace elements for upper mantle pressures. Oral presentation at virtual Goldschmidt conference.

Schmidt, J.M. and Noack, L. (2021): Modelling clinopyroxene/melt partition coefficients for higher upper mantle pressures. PICO presentation at virtual EGU General Assembly.

Schmidt, J. M. and Noack, L. (2020): Mantle evolution in terrestrial planets – Partitioning behavior of heat producing elements. Oral presentation at the EPSC virtual meeting.

Schmidt, J., Noack, L., Plesa, A.-C. (2020): Thermal evolution of terrestrial planets - implications and relevance of partition coefficient modeling. Presentation at the (virtual) Goldschmidt conference, Honolulu.

Schmidt, J. and Noack, L. (2019): The influence of K, Th, and U partition coefficients on the thermal evolution of a planet. Oral presentation at the Paneth Kolloquium, Nördlingen.

Schmidt, J. and Noack, L. (2019): Modelling the redistribution of radioactive elements from the mantle to crust. Poster presentation at the Goldschmidt conference, Barcelona.

Schmidt, J. and Noack, L. (2019): Understanding and comparing calculations of partition coefficients: how P-T conditions affect the enrichment of trace elements in the crust. Poster presentation at the EGU conference, Vienna.