Dr Tobias Salge

Dr Tobias Salge

Electron Probe Microanalyst

ORCID: 0000-0002-4414-4917
Department: Core Research Laboratories
Division: Imaging and Analysis Centre
Specialisms: Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM); Electron Probe X-ray Microanalysis (EPMA); Energy-dispersive Spectrometry (EDS); Cathodoluminescence (CL); Hyperspectral imaging; Automated particle analysis; Nanoparticle characterisation; Low voltage SEM/EDS; Mineralogy, Earth and Planetary Sciences; Hypervelocity Impact
Email: t.salge@nhm.ac.uk

Summary

Areas of Responsibility:

ZEISS Evo LS15 SEM with Oxford Instruments AZtec EDS (Ultim Max 100 mm² SDD) and Gatan Chroma CL

Oxford Instruments AZtec EDS (Ultim Max 170 mm² SDD) on the ZEISS Ultra Plus FE-SEM

Bruker QUANTAX EDS with FlatQUAD SDD (high-sensitivity, annular, four-channel SDD) on the FEI Quanta 650 FE-SEM

Training and supervision of users in the theory and practical application of SEM, EDS, and CL

Collaborative research and contract analysis

Applying analytical knowledge and experience to mineralogy, biology, palaeontology, metallurgy, advanced materials, and particle analysis

Development and implementation of new applications for EDS

Qualifications

Degrees

  • Dr. rer. nat., Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
  • Diplom Mineraloge, Technische Universität Clausthal, Germany

Employment history

Non-academic

  • Senior application scientist EDS, Bruker Nano GmbH, 2012 - 2014
  • Application scientist EDS, Bruker Nano GmbH, 2007 - 2012

Highlighted publications

  • Connolly HC, Lauretta DS, McCoy TJ, Russell SS, Haenecour P, Polit A, Barnes JJ, Zega TJ, Yurimoto H, Kawasaki N, Righter K, Libourel G, Portail M, Guigoz V, King AJ, Keller LP, Thomas‐Keprta K, Le L, Tu V, Eckley SA, Corrigan CM, Gooding T, Rose T, Wardell R, Ray S, Hamilton VE, Lunning NG, Snead CJ, McCubbin FM, Thompson MS, Jones RH, Domanik K, Hill D, Smith L, Ong IJ, Salge T, Almeida N, Harrison C, Bates H, Schofield P, Franchi IA, May BH, Manzoni C, Ryan AJ, Ballouz R, Macke RJ, Dworkin JP, Lorentson CC, Tait K, Jawin ER, Kaplan HH, DellaGuistina DN, Walsh KJ, Moreau MC, Enos HL, Wolner CWV, Roper HL, Tachibana S (2025) An overview of the petrography and petrology of particles from aggregate sample from asteroid Bennu. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 60, 979 - 996. doi: 10.1111/maps.14335
  • McCoy TJ, Russell SS, Zega TJ, Thomas-Keprta KL, Singerling SA, Brenker FE, Timms NE, Rickard WDA, Barnes JJ, Libourel G, Ray S, Corrigan CM, Haenecour P, Gainsforth Z, Dominguez G, King AJ, Keller LP, Thompson MS, Sandford SA, Jones RH, Yurimoto H, Righter K, Eckley SA, Bland PA, Marcus MA, DellaGiustina DN, Ireland TR, Almeida NV, Harrison CS, Bates HC, Schofield PF, Seifert LB, Sakamoto N, Kawasaki N, Jourdan F, Reddy SM, Saxey DW, Ong IJ, Prince BS, Ishimaru K, Smith LR, Benner MC, Kerrison NA, Portail M, Guigoz V, Zanetta P-M, Wardell LR, Gooding T, Rose TR, Salge T, Le L, Tu VM, Zeszut Z, Mayers C, Sun X, Hill DH, Lunning NG, Hamilton VE, Glavin DP, Dworkin JP, Kaplan HH, Franchi IA, Tait KT, Tachibana S, Connolly HC, Lauretta DS (2025) An evaporite sequence from ancient brine recorded in Bennu samples. Nature 637, 1072 - 1077. doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-08495-6
  • Putzolu F, Armstrong RN, Boyce AJ, Hepburn LE, Bompard N, Najorka J, Lefebvre-Desanois M, Milton AJ, Salge T, Erak D, Abad I, Herrington RJ (2025) Origin of the Jadar Volcano-Sedimentary Li-B Deposit, Serbia. Economic Geology 120, 599 - 625. doi: 10.5382/econgeo.5132
  • Salge T, Russell S (2025) An RGB X-ray map of OREX-801074 particle from asteroid Bennu. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 60, Wiley Cover - Cover.
  • Kearsley AT, Webb RP, Grime GW, Wozniakiewicz PJ, Price MC, Burchell MJ, Salge T, Spratt J (2024) Cosmic dust impacts on the Hubble Space Telescope. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 382, doi: 10.1098/rsta.2023.0194
  • Russell SS, King AJ, Bates HC, Almeida NV, Greenwood RC, Daly L, Joy KH, Rowe J, Salge T, Smith CL, Grindrod P, Boazman S, Bond L, Bond V, Casey C, Dickeson Z, Ensor G, Farrelly S, Godfrey P, Hallis LJ, Ihász MB, Kirk D, Jackson L, Lee MR, Mayne B, McMullan S, Mounsey A, Mounsey SE, Mounsey S, Motaghian S, Naqvi S, O'Brien Á, Pickersgill A, Skilton D, Spencer I, Stephen NR, Suttle F, Suttle MD, Tartese R, Weir C, Wilcock C, Wilcock H, Wilcock R (2024) Recovery and curation of the Winchcombe (CM2) meteorite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 59, 973 - 987. doi: 10.1111/maps.13956
  • Salge T, Mohr-Westheide T (2023) Detection and Quantification of Extraterrestrial Platinum Group Element Alloy Micronuggets from Archean Impactite Deposits by Low-Voltage Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry. Microscopy and Microanalysis 29, 1837 - 1846. doi: 10.1093/micmic/ozad088
  • Sendino C, Clark B, Morandini AC, Salge T, Lowe M, Rushlau W (2023) Internal conulariid structures unveiled using µCT. PalZ 97, 451 - 467. doi: 10.1007/s12542-023-00649-7
  • King AJ, Daly L, Rowe J, Joy KH, Greenwood RC, Devillepoix HAR, Suttle MD, Chan QHS, Russell SS, Bates HC, Bryson JFJ, Clay PL, Vida D, Lee MR, O’Brien Á, Hallis LJ, Stephen NR, Tartèse R, Sansom EK, Towner MC, Cupak M, Shober PM, Bland PA, Findlay R, Franchi IA, Verchovsky AB, Abernethy FAJ, Grady MM, Floyd CJ, Van Ginneken M, Bridges J, Hicks LJ, Jones RH, Mitchell JT, Genge MJ, Jenkins L, Martin P-E, Sephton MA, Watson JS, Salge T, Shirley KA, Curtis RJ, Warren TJ, Bowles NE, Stuart FM, Di Nicola L, Györe D, Boyce AJ, Shaw KMM, Elliott T, Steele RCJ, Povinec P, Laubenstein M, Sanderson D, Cresswell A, Jull AJT, Sýkora I, Sridhar S, Harrison RJ, Willcocks FM, Harrison CS, Hallatt D, Wozniakiewicz PJ, Burchell MJ, Alesbrook LS, Dignam A, Almeida NV, Smith CL, Clark B, Humphreys-Williams ER, Schofield PF, Cornwell LT, Spathis V, Morgan GH, Perkins MJ, Kacerek R, Campbell-Burns P, Colas F, Zanda B, Vernazza P, Bouley S, Jeanne S, Hankey M, Collins GS, Young JS, Shaw C, Horak J, Jones D, James N, Bosley S, Shuttleworth A, Dickinson P, McMullan I, Robson D, Smedley ARD, Stanley B, Bassom R, McIntyre M, Suttle AA, Fleet R, Bastiaens L, Ihász MB, McMullan S, Boazman SJ, Dickeson ZI, Grindrod PM, Pickersgill AE, Weir CJ, Suttle FM, Farrelly S, Spencer I, Naqvi S, Mayne B, Skilton D, Kirk D, Mounsey A, Mounsey SE, Mounsey S, Godfrey P, Bond L, Bond V, Wilcock C, Wilcock H, Wilcock R (2022) The Winchcombe meteorite, a unique and pristine witness from the outer solar system. Science Advances 8, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abq3925
  • Salge T, Tagle R, Schmitt R-T, Hecht L (2021) Petrographic and chemical studies of the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary sequence at El Guayal, Tabasco, Mexico: Implications for ejecta plume evolution from the Chicxulub impact crater. Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution VI. Geological Society of America 207 - 233. doi: 10.1130/2021.2550(08)
  • Szymansky C-M, Muscolo A, Yeo M, Colville L, Clatworthy I, Salge T, Seal CE (2021) Elemental localisation and a reduced glutathione redox state protect seeds of the halophyte Suaeda maritima from salinity during over-wintering and germination. Environmental and Experimental Botany 190, 104569 - 104569. doi: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2021.104569
  • Salge T, Stosnach H, Rosatelli G, Hecht L, Reimold WU (2019) Evidence for shock‐induced anhydrite recrystallization and decomposition at the UNAM‐7 drill core from the Chicxulub impact structure. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 54, 2334 - 2356. doi: 10.1111/maps.13283
  • Nash DJ, Ciborowski TJR, Darvill T, Parker Pearson M, Ullyott JS, Damaschke M, Evans JA, Goderis S, Greaney S, Huggett JM, Ixer RA, Pirrie D, Power MR, Salge T, Wilkinson N Petrological and geochemical characterisation of the sarsen stones at Stonehenge. Katzir Y (Eds). PLOS ONE 16, e0254760 - e0254760. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254760

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