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Prof.dr.ir. J.S. Sinninghe Damsté

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Expertise	Fossil molecules in sediments; chemical fossils
Expertise (NL)	Fossiele moleculen in sedimenten; chemische fossielen
Digital Author ID	info:eu-repo/dai/nl/07401370X
KNAW member	Science Division
Grants/prizes	NWO - Spinozapremie 2004

Active as

Programm leader / Group leader
Organisation	Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research - NIOZ (NWO)
Phone	+31-222-369550
Email	Jaap. Damste -at- nioz. nl
URL	http://www.nioz.nl/nioz_nl/2384a08d599a5b4c78929309e5b38f7a....

Part-time professor
Organisation	Research group of Geochemistry (UU)
Chair (EN)	Molecular paleontology
Chair (NL)	Geochemie, op het gebied van moleculaire paleontologie
Phone	+31-30-2535061
Email	J. S. SinningheDamste -at- uu. nl
URL	http://www.geo.uu.nl/Research/Geochemistry/JS_Damste.html

Publications

Exploring preserved fossil dinoflagellate and haptophyte DNA signatures to infer ecological and environmental changes during deposition of sapropel S1 in the eastern Mediterranean
A 25,000-year record of climate-induced changes in lowland vegetation of eastern equatorial Africa revealed by the stable carbon-isotopic composition of fossil plant leaf waxes
Atmospheric carbon injection linked to end-Triassic mass extinction
13,16-Dimethyl octacosanedioic acid (iso-diabolic acid), a common membrane-spanning lipid of Acidobacteria subdivisions 1 and 3
Absence of seasonal patterns in MBT-CBT indices in mid-latitude soils

All publications..

Enhanced publications

Doctoral Thesis: Reconstruction of the Arctic Ocean environment during the Eocene Azolla interval using geochemical proxies and climate modeling
Doctoral Thesis: Molecular fossils of diatoms: Applications in petroleum geochemistry and palaeoenvironmental studies
Doctoral Thesis: Methanotrophy in peat bogs
Doctoral Thesis: Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether membrane lipids in lacustrine environments and their application as proxies for palaeoclimate reconstructions

Current research

(the most recent research is at the top)
Supervisor	Global change and hurricanes: Linking Holocene sea surface temperatures and hurricane frequency
Supervisor	Organic geochemistry and compound specific stable isotopes of the Libyan Silurian: depositional environment, carbon cycling and global impact
Project leader	ERC PACEMAKER: Past Continental Climate Change: Application of the MBT and TEX86 temperature proxies in lakes
Project leader	Sedimentary long-chain, mid-chain diols derived from marine phytoplankton: novel proxies for climate reconstruction
Project leader	Testing a new terrestrial palaeothermometer: Tracing the transport of terrestrial soil membrane lipids through a major river system (Yenisei, Russia) to the Arctic Ocean

All current research..

Completed research projects

(the most recent research is at the top)
Project leader	Molecular palaeontology of marine sediments
Supervisor	Methanotrophy in Peatlands
Supervisor	Reconstruction of the Arctic Ocean environment during the Eocene Azolla interval using geochemical proxies and climate modeling
Supervisor	Biological validation of carbonate-based proxies and application to the Middle Miocene onset of icehouse conditions and the closure of the Tethys: seasonality as key factor. The biological validation of proxies
Supervisor	Freshwater crenarchaeotal membrane lipids as proxy for lake surface temperatures

All completed research..

Classification

D15100	Geochemistry, geophysics
D15200	Paleontology, stratigraphy

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