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Erika Griesshaber is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research focuses predominantly on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Materials Science. With a considerable number of publications, Griesshaber's expertise crosses multiple subfields including Biomaterials, Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Biomedical Engineering.

Griesshaber's main research topics include:

  • Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Cephalopods and Marine Biology
  • Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

The scientist has published papers in several frequent publication venues, which include:

  • Crystals
  • Journal of Structural Biology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Crystal Growth & Design
  • Marine Biology

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Griesshaber are:

  • "Orientation patterns of aragonitic crossed-lamellar, fibrous prismatic and myostracal microstructures of modern Glycymeris shells," 2020, Journal of Structural Biology
  • "Directing Effect of Bacterial Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) on Calcite Organization and EPS-Carbonate Composite Aggregate Formation," 2020, Crystal Growth & Design
  • "Calcite crystal orientation patterns in the bilayers of laminated shells of benthic rotaliid foraminifera," 2021, Journal of Structural Biology
  • "The architecture of Recent brachiopod shells: diversity of biocrystal and biopolymer assemblages in rhynchonellide, terebratulide, thecideide and craniide shells," 2021, Marine Biology
  • "The unique fibrilar to platy nano- and microstructure of twinned rotaliid foraminiferal shell calcite," 2023, Scientific Reports

Griesshaber collaborates frequently with several scholars in their field. Prominent co-authors include:

  • Wolfgang W. Schmahl
  • António Checa
  • Xiaofei Yin
  • Elizabeth M. Harper
  • Jeraldine Lastam

Best Publications

  • A critical analysis of calcium carbonate mesocrystals

    Yi-Yeoun Kim;Anna S. Schenk;Johannes Ihli;Alexander N. Kulak

  • Helium and carbon isotope systematics in crustal fluids from the Eifel, the Rhine Graben and Black Forest, F.R.G.

    Erika Griesshaber;R. K. O’Nions;E. R. Oxburgh

  • Nano-FTIR chemical mapping of minerals in biological materials

    Sergiu Amarie;Paul Zaslansky;Yusuke Kajihara;Erika Griesshaber

  • Crystallographic texture and microstructure of terebratulide brachiopod shell calcite: An optimized materials design with hierarchical architecture

    Erika Griesshaber;Wolfgang W. Schmahl;Rolf Neuser;Thomas Pettke

  • Marine bivalve shell geochemistry and ultrastructure from modern low pH environments: environmental effect versus experimental bias

    Sabine Hahn;Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa;Erika Griesshaber;Wolfgang W Schmahl

  • Mechanical properties of modern calcite- (Mergerlia truncata) and phosphate-shelled brachiopods (Discradisca stella and Lingula anatina) determined by nanoindentation

    Casjen Merkel;Julia Deuschle;Erika Griesshaber;Susan Enders

  • The origin of hydrothermal and other gases in the Kenya Rift Valley

    W. G. Darling;Erika Griesshaber;J. N. Andrews;H. Armannsson

  • Interdigitating biocalcite dendrites form a 3-D jigsaw structure in brachiopod shells

    Andreas J. Goetz;David R. Steinmetz;Erika Griesshaber;Stefan Zaefferer

  • The microstructure of the fibrous layer of terebratulide brachiopod shell calcite

    Wolfgang W. Schmahl;Erika Griesshaber;Rolf Neuser;Anette Lenze

  • Hierarchical fibre composite structure and micromechanical properties of phosphatic and calcitic brachiopod shell biomaterials - an overview

    Wolfgang W. Schmahl;Erika Griesshaber;Casjen Merkel;Klemens Kelm

  • Influence of Gelatin Hydrogel Porosity on the Crystallization of CaCO3

    Fitriana Nindiyasari;Lurdes Fernández-Díaz;Lurdes Fernández-Díaz;Erika Griesshaber;José Manuel Astilleros;José Manuel Astilleros

  • Homoepitaxial meso- and microscale crystal co-orientation and organic matrix network structure in Mytilus edulis nacre and calcite.

    Erika Griesshaber;Wolfgang W. Schmahl;Harbinder Singh Ubhi;Julia Huber

  • Amorphous calcium carbonate in the shell material of the brachiopod Megerlia truncata

    Erika Griesshaber;Klemens Kelm;Angelika Sehrbrock;Werner Mader

  • Experimental diagenesis: insights into aragonite to calcite transformation of Arctica islandica shells by hydrothermal treatment

    Laura A. Casella;Erika Griesshaber;Xiaofei Yin;Andreas Ziegler

  • Calcite morphology, texture and hardness in the distinct layers of rhynchonelliform brachiopod shells

    Andreas J. Goetz;Erika Griesshaber;Rolf D. Neuser;Carsten Lüter

  • Effect of Hydrogel Matrices on Calcite Crystal Growth Morphology, Aggregate Formation, and Co-Orientation in Biomimetic Experiments and Biomineralization Environments

    Fitriana Nindiyasari;Andreas Ziegler;Erika Griesshaber;Lurdes Fernández-Díaz;Lurdes Fernández-Díaz

  • Decoupled thermal and mantle helium anomalies: Implications for the transport regime in continental rift zones

    Christoph Clauser;Erika Griesshaber;Horst J. Neugebauer

  • The Magellania venosa biomineralizing proteome: a window into brachiopod shell evolution.

    Daniel J. Jackson;Karlheinz Mann;Vreni Häussermann;Markus B. Schilhabel

  • Orientation patterns of aragonitic crossed-lamellar, fibrous prismatic and myostracal microstructures of modern Glycymeris shells

    Gaia Crippa;Erika Griesshaber;Antonio G. Checa;Elizabeth M. Harper

  • Exploring the impact of diagenesis on (isotope) geochemical and microstructural alteration features in biogenic aragonite

    Ann Christine Ritter;Vasileios Mavromatis;Vasileios Mavromatis;Martin Dietzel;Ola Kwiecien

  • Micro- and nanostructures reflect the degree of diagenetic alteration in modern and fossil brachiopod shell calcite: A multi-analytical screening approach (CL, FE-SEM, AFM, EBSD)

    Laura A. Casella;Erika Griesshaber;M. Simonet Roda;A. Ziegler

  • Belemnite biomineralization, development, and geochemistry: The complex rostrum of Neohibolites minimus

    Kevin Stevens;Erika Griesshaber;Wolfgang W. Schmahl;Laura A. Casella

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang W. Schmahl
Wolfgang W. Schmahl Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Andreas Ziegler
Andreas Ziegler University of Ulm
Adrian Immenhauser
Adrian Immenhauser Ruhr University Bochum
Uwe Brand
Uwe Brand Brock University
Vasileios Mavromatis
Vasileios Mavromatis Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Dieter Buhl
Dieter Buhl Ruhr University Bochum
Anton Eisenhauer
Anton Eisenhauer GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Lucia Angiolini
Lucia Angiolini University of Milan
Elizabeth M. Harper
Elizabeth M. Harper University of Cambridge
Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Jason M. Hall-Spencer Plymouth University

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