Ralf Halama

Ralf Halama

Teamleader

Petrology of Raw Materials

Portrait Dr. Jan Winkler, Forschungsgruppenleiter Team A1

CV

Since 2024

Co-Teamleader at Just Transition Center at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg

2015 – 2024

Lecturer in Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Keele University (UK)

2012 – 2015

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Potsdam

2007 – 2012

Postdoctoral Researcher, Unversity of Kiel

2005 – 2007

Feodor-Lynen-Fellow, University of Maryland (USA)

2004 – 2005

Postdoctoral Researcher, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

2000 – 2003

Scientific Assistant, Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen

2011

Habilitation in Geochemistry, University of Kiel

2003

Dissertation (Dr. rer. nat.) in Mineralogy, University of Tübingen

2000

Diploma in Geology-Palaeontology, University of Mainz

Projects

Structural analysis of crystalline rocks in Saxony-Anhalt

Analysis of the deformation history and tectonic stresses in crystalline rocks potentially suitable for the final disposal of radioactive waste.

Material exchange at the granite-hornfels contact of the Ramberg pluton (Harz)

Evaluation of the critical raw material potential due to chemical exchange caused by magmatic-hydrothermal processes in the contact zone of the Ramberg pluton and the significance of these alterations for the disposal of radioactive waste in intrusive rocks of the Harz.

Value elements in the Kupferschiefer of Saxony-Anhalt

Geochemical-mineralogical analysis of Kupferschiefer in Saxony-Anhalt to quantify ore distribution in relation to deposit genesis.

Establishment of a teaching and research mine in Wettelrode

Project planning for the construction of a teaching and research mine at the Röhrig Shaft in Wettelrode as part of the steering committee

Analytical traceability of lithium raw materials

Evaluation of the analytical possibilities to ensure the traceability of mineral lithium raw materials and thereby secure a sustainable supply of raw materials

Publications

Here you will find a list of publications by Dr. Ralf Halama for the Just Transition Center.

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Kropp, Nico, Ralf Halama, and Ralf B. Wehrspohn. 2025. “Review of Analytical Lithium Detection and Quantification Methods Along the Lithium Value Chain.” Applied Research 4 (6): e70057. https://doi.org/10.1002/appl.70057.
Long, Zheng-Yu, Kun-Feng Qiu, Ralf Halama, et al. 2025. “Reappraisal of Potassium Isotopic Composition of the Continental Lithospheric Mantle: Insights from Calc-Alkaline Lamprophyres in the Eastern North China Craton.” Geological Society of America Bulletin, ahead of print, April 28. https://doi.org/10.1130/B37952.1.
Qiu, Kun-Feng, Zheng-Yu Long, Rolf L. Romer, et al. 2025. “The Mantle Source of REE-Rich Alkaline Silicate Magmas Can Be Enriched by Continent-Derived Sediment Subduction.” Nature Communications 16 (1): 11191. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-66213-w.
Halama, Ralf. 2025. “Book Review: Maresch and Schertl’s Rocks.” European Journal of Mineralogy 37 (1): 131–32. https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-131-2025.