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Dr. Anselm Loges is a mineralogist with an MSc in materials science (2008) and a PhD in geochemistry/petrology from University Tübingen (2012). He spent his academic postdoc years (2012-2024) in Berlin and Helsinki, applying optical and synchrotron X-ray spectroscopic methods to experimental geochemical research as well as natural samples. Interdisciplinary research together with chemists, physicists, and material scientists allowed him to learn a broad array of analytical techniques applied to a wide range of materials.

Since 2024, Dr. Loges has worked as a materials scientist at RMS Foundation. He is currently (since 2025) team leader of the materials analysis team, which is focused on chemical and physical testing of metallic and ceramic raw materials, as well as semi-finished or finished products. He is also responsible for fracture and failure analysis, using various microscopic and analytical techniques, and is glad to consult customers with any materials related issues or problems, especially the tricky ones.

Chemical Purity of Materials

Purity testing of metals and alloys.

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PMI Analysis of Metallic and Non-Metallic Materials

Positive material identification based on the chemical composition of a material or component.

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Failure & Damage Analysis

Identifying the causes of damage and preventing future damage.

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Analysis & Quality Assurance in Additive Manufacturing

From powder characterization to testing the finished component.

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Anselm Loges, Shilei Qiao, Xin Zhong, Jeremy Fuller, Timm John.
Determination of fluorine concentration in topaz using Raman spectroscopy.
American Mineralogist, 111(7), 2026, 1046–1056, DOI: 10.2138/am-2025-9785

Anselm Loges, Marco Manni, Marion Louvel, Max Wilke, Sandro Jahn, Edmund Welter, Manuela Borchert, Shilei Qiao, Stephan Klemme, Bettina G. Keller, Timm John.
Complexation of Zr and Hf in fluoride-rich hydrothermal aqueous fluids and its significance for high-field-strength element fractionation.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 366, 2024, 167–181, DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2023.12.013

Anselm Loges, Dina Schultze, Andreas Klügel, Friedrich Lucassen.“
” Phonolitic melt production by carbonatite mantle metasomatism: evidence from Eger Graben xenoliths.
*Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology*, 174, 2019, article number 93, DOI: 10.1007/s00410-019-1630-2

Anselm Loges, Artas A. Migdisov, Thomas Wagner, Anthony E. Williams-Jones, Gregor Markl.
An experimental study of the aqueous solubility and speciation of Y(III) fluoride at temperatures up to 250 °C.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 123, 2013, 403–415, DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.07.031

Anselm Loges, Thomas Wagner, Matthias Barth, Michael Bau, Susanne Göb, Gregor Markl.
Negative Ce anomalies in Mn oxides: The role of Ce⁴⁺ mobility during water–mineral interaction.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 86, 2012, 296–317, DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.03.017