Prof.dr.ir. J.S. Sinninghe Damsté

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• chemical
• fossil
• molecular
• molecules
• paleontology
• sediments

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Publications

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Bacteriohopanepolyol signatures as markers for methanotrophic bacteria in peat moss

Temperature-induced increase in methane release from peat bogs: A mesocosm experiment

Mid- to late-Holocene coastal environmental changes in southwest Florida, USA

Organic matter provenance, palaeoproductivity and bottom water anoxia during the Cenomanian/Turonian oceanic anoxic event in the Newfoundland Basin (northern proto North Atlantic Ocean)

Intact polar and core glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraether lipids in the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone. Part II: Selective preservation and degradation in sediments and consequences for the TEX86

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Enhanced publications

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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

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Project leader	Organic geochemistry & molecular biogeology
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

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Completed research projects

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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

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Classification

D15100	Geochemistry, geophysics
D15200	Paleontology, stratigraphy