Dr. rer. nat. Anika Neumann

Chemist

General Information:

University of Rostock
Department of Piston Machinery and Combustion Engines 
Life, Light & Matter, Raum 231

Tel: +49 (0) 381 498 -8990 / -8954
E-Mail: anika.neumannuni-rostockde

 

Skills and Responsibilities:

  • Characterisation of fuels and lubricating oils of biogenic and mineral origin with high-resolution mass spectrometry
  • Thermal analysis of mineral/biogenic residues and deposits
  • Analytical method development for the characterisation of fuels and lubricating oils
Academic CV

Academic CV

Since 2024 wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiterin / research assistant in the Department of Pistonmachinery and Internal Combustion Engines
2021 - 2023 wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiterin / research assistant in the Department of Analytical CHemistry, University of Rostock
2016 - 2021 Ph.D. Student in the department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Rostock
2011 - 2016 Studied Chemistry at the University of Rostock
2011 A-levels /Abitur
Publications:

Publications:

  1. Rüger, C. P.; Neumann, A.; Sklorz, M.; Schwemer, T.; Zimmermann, R. Thermal Analysis Coupled to Ultrahigh Resolution Mass Spectrometry with Collision Induced Dissociation for Complex Petroleum Samples: Heavy Oil Composition and Asphaltene Precipitation Effects. Energy Fuels 2017, 31, 13144–13158.

  2.  Rüger, C. P.; Grimmer, C.; Sklorz, M.; Neumann, A.; Streibel, T.; Zimmermann, R. Combination of Different Thermal Analysis Methods Coupled to Mass Spectrometry for the Analysis of Asphaltenes and Their Parent Crude Oils: Comprehensive Characterization of the Molecular Pyrolysis Pattern. Energy Fuels 2018, 32, 2699–2711.

  3. Neumann, A.; Käfer, U.; Gröger, T.; Wilharm, T.; Zimmermann, R.; Rüger, C. P. Investigation of Aging Processes in Bitumen at the Molecular Level with High-Resolution Fourier-Transform Ion Cyclotron Mass Spectrometry and Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry. Energy Fuels 2020, 34, 10641–10654.

  4. Rüger, C. P.; Neumann, A.; Sklorz, M.; Zimmermann, R. Atmospheric Pressure Single Photon Laser Ionization (APSPLI) Mass Spectrometry Using a 157 nm Fluorine Excimer Laser for Sensitive and Selective Detection of Non- to Semipolar Hydrocarbons. Analytical chemistry 2021, 93, 3691–3697.

  5.  Neumann, A.; Chacón-Patiño, M. L.; Rodgers, R. P.; Rüger, C. P.; Zimmermann, R. Investigation of Island/Single-Core- and Archipelago/Multicore-Enriched Asphaltenes and Their Solubility Fractions by Thermal Analysis Coupled with High-Resolution Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry. Energy Fuels 2021, 35, 3808–3824.

  6.  Chacón-Patiño, M. L.; Gray, M. R.; Rüger, C.; Smith, D. F.; Glattke, T. J.; Niles, S. F.; Neumann, A.; Weisbrod, C. R.; Yen, A.; McKenna, A. M.; Giusti, P.; Bouyssiere, B.; Barrère-Mangote, C.; Yarranton, H.; Hendrickson, C. L.; Marshall, A. G.; Rodgers, R. P. Lessons Learned from a Decade-Long Assessment of Asphaltenes by Ultrahigh-Resolution Mass Spectrometry and Implications for Complex Mixture Analysis. Energy Fuels 2021, 35, 16335–16376.

  7.  Rüger, C. P.; Tiemann, O.; Neumann, A.; Streibel, T.; Zimmermann, R. Review on Evolved Gas Analysis Mass Spectrometry with Soft Photoionization for the Chemical Description of Petroleum, Petroleum-Derived Materials, and Alternative Feedstocks. Energy Fuels 2021, 35, 18308–18332.

  8.  Friederici, L.; Meščeriakovė, S.-M.; Neumann, A.; Sermyagina, E.; Meščeriakovas, A.; Lähde, A.; Grimmer, C.; Streibel, T.; Rüger, C. P.; Zimmermann, R. Effect of hydrothermal carbonization and eutectic salt mixture (KCl/LiCl) on the pyrolysis of Kraft lignin as revealed by thermal analysis coupled to advanced high-resolution mass spectrometry. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 2022, 166, 105604.

  9.  Rüger, C. P.; Neumann, A.; Kösling, P.; Vesga Martínez, S. J.; Chacón-Patiño, M. L.; Rodgers, R. P.; Zimmermann, R. Addressing Thermal Behavior and Molecular Architecture of Asphaltenes by a Thermal-Optical Carbon Analyzer Coupled to High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry. Energy Fuels 2022, 36, 10177–10190.

  10.  Chacón-Patiño, M. L.; Neumann, A.; Rüger, C. P.; Bomben, P. G.; Friederici, L.; Zimmermann, R.; Frank, E.; Kreis, P.; Buchmeiser, M. R.; Gray, M. R. Chemistry and Properties of Carbon Fiber Feedstocks from Bitumen Asphaltenes. Energy Fuels 2023, 37, 5341–5360.

  11.  Neumann, A.; Tiemann, O.; Hansen, H. J.; Rüger, C. P.; Zimmermann, R. Detailed Comparison of Xenon APPI (9.6/8.4 eV), Krypton APPI (10.6/10.0 eV), APCI, and APLI (266 nm) for Gas Chromatography High Resolution Mass Spectrometry of Standards and Complex Mixtures. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 2023, 34, 1632–1646.

  12.  Schneider, E.; Neumann, A.; Chacón-Patiño, M. L.; Somero, M.; Ruppel, M. M.; Ihalainen, M.; Köster, K.; Sippula, O.; Czech, H.; Rüger, C. P.; Zimmermann, R. Accessing the Low-Polar Molecular Composition of Boreal and Arctic Peat-Burning Organic Aerosol via Thermal Analysis and Ultrahigh-Resolution Mass Spectrometry: Structural Motifs and Their Formation. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 2024, 35, 1713–1725.