Bio

I am a planetary scientist and my research focuses on geophysics, geodesy and scientific instrumentation for future space missions. I received my M.S. degree in physics from the Free University Berlin, Germany in 2013 and I completed my Ph.D. at the Institute for Geodesy and Geoinformation Science, TU Berlin, Germany in 2018. My thesis on tidal interactions across the Solar System was completed in collaboration with the Institute of Planetary Research at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). I am currently a Postdoc at the Department of Geophysics at Stanford University. I am a Co-Investigater of the REASON (Radar for Europa Assessment and Sounding: Ocean to Near-surface) instrument on the Europa Clipper mission. I am further affiliated with the BepiColombo Laser Altimeter (BELA) on the BepiColombo mission, and the Ganymede Laser Altimeter (GALA) on the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE). My current research is on tidal interactions of bodies in our Solar System, ice geophysics, as well as radar and laser geodesy.

Professional Education

  • M.S., Free University Berlin, Physics (2013)
  • Ph.D., Technical University Berlin, Geodesy (2018)

Stanford Advisors

Contact

  • Academic
    gbs@stanford.edu
    University - Scholar Department: Department of Geophysics Position: Postdoctoral Scholar

Additional Info

  • Mail Code: 2215

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All Publications

  • Determination of the lunar body tide from global laser altimetry data JOURNAL OF GEODESY Thor, R. N., Kallenbach, R., Christensen, U. R., Glaeser, P., Stark, A., Steinbrugge, G., Oberst, J. 2021; 95 (1)

    View details for DOI 10.1007/s00190-020-01455-8

    View details for Web of Science ID 000603033600003

  • Challenges on Mercury's Interior Structure Posed by the New Measurements of its Obliquity and Tides GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS Steinbrugge, G., Dumberry, M., Rivoldini, A., Schubert, G., Cao, H., Schroeder, D., Soderlund, K. 2021; 48 (3)

    View details for DOI 10.1029/2020GL089895

  • The Salty Secrets of Icy Ocean Worlds (comment) JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS Vance, S. D., Journaux, B., Hesse, M., Steinbrugge, G. 2021; 126 (1)

    View details for DOI 10.1029/2020JE006736

  • Processing of laser altimeter time-of-flight measurements to geodetic coordinates JOURNAL OF GEODESY Xiao, H., Stark, A., Steinbrugge, G., Hussmann, H., Oberst, J. 2021; 95 (2)

    View details for DOI 10.1007/s00190-020-01467-4

  • Brine Migration and Impact-Induced Cryovolcanism on Europa GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS Steinbrugge, G., Voigt, J. C., Wolfenbarger, N. S., Hamilton, C. W., Soderlund, K. M., Young, D. A., Blankenship, D. D., Vance, S. D., Schroeder, D. M. 2020; 47 (21)

    View details for DOI 10.1029/2020GL090797

    View details for Web of Science ID 000593976300044

  • The surface roughness of Europa derived from Galileo stereo images ICARUS Steinbruegge, G., Voigt, J. C., Schroeder, D. M., Stark, A., Haynes, M. S., Scanlan, K. M., Hamilton, C. W., Young, D. A., Hussmann, H., Grima, C., Blankenship, D. D. 2020; 343

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113669

    View details for Web of Science ID 000527007000006

  • Prospects for measuring Mercury's tidal Love number h(2) with the BepiColombo Laser Altimeter ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS Thor, R. N., Kallenbach, R., Christensen, U. R., Stark, A., Steinbrugge, G., Di Ruscio, A., Cappuccio, P., Iess, L., Hussmann, H., Oberst, J. 2020; 633

    View details for DOI 10.1051/0004-6361/201936517

    View details for Web of Science ID 000507463000001

  • Martian roughness analogues of Europan terrains for radar sounder investigations ICARUS Gerekos, C., Grima, C., Steinbrügge, G., Thakur, S., Scanlan, K. M., Young, D. A., Bruzzone, L., Blankenship, D. D. 2020

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114197

  • Geometric determination of ionospheric total electron content from dual frequency radar sounding measurements PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE Scanlan, K. M., Grima, C., Steinbrugge, G., Kempf, S. D., Young, D. A., Blankenship, D. D. 2019; 178

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.pss.2019.07.010

    View details for Web of Science ID 000493220200005

  • The Ganymede laser altimeter (GALA): key objectives, instrument design, and performance CEAS SPACE JOURNAL Hussmann, H., Lingenauber, K., Kallenbach, R., Enya, K., Thomas, N., Lara, L. M., Althaus, C., Araki, H., Behnke, T., Castro-Marin, J. M., Eisenmenger, H., Gerber, T., de la Revilla, M., Huettig, C., Ishibashi, K., Jimenez-Ortega, J., Kimura, J., Kobayashi, M., Loetzke, H., Lichopoj, A., Luedicke, F., Martinez-Navajas, I., Michaelis, H., Namiki, N., Noda, H., Oberst, J., Oshigami, S., Garcia, J., Rodrigo, J., Roesner, K., Stark, A., Steinbruegge, G., Thabaut, P., del Togno, S., Touhara, K., Villamil, S., Wendler, B., Wickhusen, K., Willner, K. 2019; 11 (4): 381–90

    View details for DOI 10.1007/s12567-019-00282-8

    View details for Web of Science ID 000491773200001

  • Measuring Ganymede's Librations with Laser Altimetry GEOSCIENCES Steinbrugge, G., Steinke, T., Thor, R., Stark, A., Hussmann, H. 2019; 9 (7)

    View details for DOI 10.3390/geosciences9070320

    View details for Web of Science ID 000479005300042

  • Performance Model Simulation of Ganymede Laser Altimeter (GALA) for the JUICE Mission Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan Araki, H., Ishibashi, K., Namiki, N., Noda, H., Kobayashi, K., Enya, K., Ozaki, M., Mizuno, T., Saito, Y., Touhara, K., Oshigami, S., Kashima, S., Kimura, J., Kobayashi, S., Steinbrügge, G., Kimura, J., Stark, A., Althaus, C., Del Togno, S., Lingenauber, K., Hussmann, H. 2019; 17: 150-154

    View details for DOI 10.2322/tastj.17.150

  • Viscoelastic Tides of Mercury and the Determination of its Inner Core Size JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS Steinbruegge, G., Padovan, S., Hussmann, H., Steinke, T., Stark, A., Oberst, J. 2018; 123 (10): 2760–72

    View details for DOI 10.1029/2018JE005569

    View details for Web of Science ID 000450621300015

  • The performance of the BepiColombo Laser Altimeter (BELA) prior launch and prospects for Mercury orbit operations PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE Steinbruegge, G., Stark, A., Hussmann, H., Wickhusen, K., Oberst, J. 2018; 159: 84–92

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.pss.2018.04.017

    View details for Web of Science ID 000436208500008

  • The reference frames of Mercury after the MESSENGER mission JOURNAL OF GEODESY Stark, A., Oberst, J., Preusker, F., Burmeister, S., Steinbruegge, G., Hussman, H. 2018; 92 (9): 949–61

    View details for DOI 10.1007/s00190-018-1157-8

    View details for Web of Science ID 000442573200002

  • Science Objectives of the Ganymede Laser Altimeter (GALA) for the JUICE Mission Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan Kimura, J., Hussmann, H., Kamata, S., Matsumoto, K., Oberst, J., Steinbrügge, G., Stark, A., Gwinner, K., Oshigami, S., Namiki, N., Lingenauber, K., Enya, K., Kuramoto, K., Sasaki, S. 2018; 17: 234-243

    View details for DOI 10.2322/tastj.17.234

  • Assessing the potential for measuring Europa's tidal Love number h2 using radar sounder and topographic imager data Earth and Planetary Science Letters Steinbruegge, G., Schroeder, D. M., Haynes, M. S., Hussmann, H., Grima, C., Blankenship, D. D. 2017

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.11.028

  • Constraints on dissipation in the deep interiors of Ganymede and, Europa from tidal phase-lags Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy Hussmann, H., Shoji, D., Steinbrügge, G., Stark, A., Sohl, F. 2017; 126: 131-144

    View details for DOI 10.1007/s10569- 016-9721-0

  • Measuring tidal deformations by laser altimetry. A performance model for the Ganymede Laser Altimeter PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE Steinbruegge, G., Stark, A., Hussmann, H., Sohl, F., Oberst, J. 2015; 117: 184–91

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.pss.2015.06.013

    View details for Web of Science ID 000364257400017