Alumni

| Tobias Agterhuis MSc |
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| Constraining sea surface temperatures during past warm climates |
| prof. dr. Luc Lourens / dr. Martin Ziegler |

| dr. Shaun Akse |
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| Exploring the use of trace elements in diatom skeletons to reconstruct surface ocean pH |
| prof. dr. Jack Middelburg |

| dr. Michiel Baatsen |
| +31 30 253 2978 |
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| Role of atmospheric dynamics in shaping past, present and future climate using Earth System Modelling |

| dr. Sebastian Bathiany |
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| Indicators of critical slowing down and flickering in current climate variability I |

| dr. Allix Baxter |
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| Investigating late Pleistocene climate in equatorial Africa using organic geochemical proxy records |
| prof. dr. ir. Jaap Sinninghe Damsté |

| dr. Tijn Berends |
| +31 30 253 3275 |
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| Climate sensitivity during warm episodes in the geological past II |
| prof. dr. Roderik van de Wal |

| Luke Blauw MSc |
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| Fast carbon losses through fires in tundra and boreal forests |
| prof. dr. Rien Aerts |

| dr. Bregje van der Bolt |
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| Identifying tipping points and indicators of shifting resilience in past climate dynamics II |
| dr. ir. Egbert van Nes / prof. dr. Marten Scheffer |

| dr. ir. Amber Boot |
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| Carbon Cycle Feedbacks and Climate Tipping Behaviour |
| prof. dr. ir. Henk Dijkstra |

| dr. Max Brils |
| +31 30 253 3259 |
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| Firn saturation as a tipping point for ice sheet melt |
| dr. Peter Kuipers Munneke / dr. Willem-Jan van de Berg / prof. dr. Michiel van den Broeke |

| dr. Loes van Bree |
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| East African climate changes encompassing late Pleistocene glacial cycles using organic geochemical proxy records |
| prof. dr. ir. Jaap Sinninghe Damsté / dr. ir. Francien Peterse |

| dr. Marlow Cramwinckel |
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| Global change during the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum |
| prof. dr. Appy Sluijs |

| dr. Anna Cutmore |
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| The origin of unusual Pliocene sapropel and diatomite layers: A case study for future projections |

| dr. Linda Dämmer |
| +31 222 369 396 |
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| A new generation of foraminifera-based proxies for dissolved inorganic carbon based on multi-trace element analysis |
| prof. dr. Gert-Jan Reichart / dr. Lennart de Nooijer |

| dr. Emily Dearing Crampton-Flood |
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| Quantification of continental climates during the Pliocene |
| prof. dr. ir. Jaap Sinninghe Damsté / dr. Francien Peterse |

| dr. Jeremy Emmett |
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| Microbial-Focused Modelling of Methane Emission in Siberian Permafrost |
| Han Dolman |

| dr. Zeynep Erdem |
| +31 222 369 421 |
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| Testing the applicability of long chain diols as SST and upwelling proxies |
| prof. dr. ir. Jaap Sinninge Damsté |

| dr. Roxanne Frappier |
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| Organic carbon stocks and fate across permafrost coastal landscapes |
| dr. Jorien Vonk |

| dr. Louise Fuchs |
| +31 30 253 2635 |
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| Elucidating monsoon dynamics: deconvolving temperature and precipitation in East Asian climate reconstructions |
| dr. ir. Francien Peterse |

| dr. Esmee Geerken |
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| Development of a salinity proxy based on Na incorporation in foraminiferal test carbonate |
| prof. dr. Gert-Jan Reichart / dr. Lennart de Nooijer |

| dr. Heiko Goelzer |
| +31 30 253 2984 |
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| Towards a fully coupled ice and climate model on geological time scales |
| prof. dr. Roderik van de Wal |

| Katrin Hättig MSc |
| +31 222 369 408 |
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| Reconstructing ancient seawater isotopes using hydrogen isotopic composition of organic biomarker |
| prof. dr. Stefan Schouten / dr. Marcel van der Meer |

| Valentin Heinzelmann MSc |
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| Multiple extreme events in the sub-Arctic |
| prof. dr. Rien Aerts / dr. Stef Bokhorst |

| dr. Thomas D. Hessilt |
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| Fire in the land of ice: direct and longer-term implications on permafrost and carbon emissions |
| prof. dr. Guido van der Werf |

| dr. Anniek de Jong |
| +31 24 365 2569 |
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| Role of anaerobic oxidation of methane II |
| prof. dr. ir. Mike Jetten |

| dr. Dominique Jenny |
| +31 30 253 3676 |
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| Oligocene Climate Sensitivity and Polar Amplification: a high-resolution multi-proxy approach |
| prof. dr. Appy Sluijs / dr. Peter Bijl / Dr. Francien Peterse |

| Inga Hölscher MSc |
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| Constraining past methanotrophic activity using lipid biomarkers |
| prof. dr. Stefan Schouten / prof.dr. ir. Jaap Sinninghe Damsté |

| Yord IJedema Msc |
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| Fate of terrestrial organic carbon in the Gulf of Mexico |
| dr. ir. Francien Peterse / dr. Francesca Sangiorgi / prof. dr. ir. Jaap Sinninghe Damsté / prof. dr. Appy Sluijs |

| dr. Thomas Janssen |
| +31 20 598 7337 |
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| Variability in the coupled Amazon ocean-land hydrological and carbon cycle |
| prof. dr. Han Dolman |

| dr. André Jüling |
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| Nonlinear climate sensitivity due to the presence of tipping elements in the climate system |
| prof. dr. Henk Dijkstra / dr. Anna von der Heydt |

| dr. Leo van Kampenhout |
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| A 150-year reconstruction of Greenland and Antarctic mass balance |
| prof. dr. Michiel van den Broeke |

| dr. Szabina Karancz |
| +31 222 369 466 |
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| Organic and inorganic proxies for past sea water carbonate chemistry |
| prof. dr. Gert-Jan Reichart / prof. dr. Stefan Schouten / dr. Lennart de Nooijer |

| Anne Kruijt MSc |
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| Quantifying carbon transfer in the coastal zone |
| prof. dr. Jack Middelburg / prof. dr. Appy Sluijs |

| dr. Matthias Kuderer |
| +31 30 253 5188 |
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| Consequences of animal mixing and grazing on paleorecords |
| prof. dr. Jack Middelburg |

| dr. Julia Kurth |
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| Generation of lipid biomarkers for anaerobic methane oxidizers |
| prof. dr. ir. Mike Jetten |

| dr. Ingrid van de Leemput |
| +31 317 481 795 |
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| Identifying tipping points and indicators of shifting resilience in past climate dynamics I |
| prof. dr. Marten Scheffer |

| dr. Hans de Leeuw |
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| Testing the robustness of the isotope thermometer in polar ice |
| prof. dr. Michiel van den Broeke |

| dr. Pablo Martinez Sosa |
| +31 30 253 5168 |
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| Organic matter composition and distribution across the salinity gradient of estuaries |
| dr. ir. Francien Peterse |

| Melanie Martyn Rosco MSc |
| +31 20 598 6983 |
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| Characterising the role of hydrological regimes in Siberian terrestrial carbon fluxes |
| dr. Jorien Vonk / prof. dr. Han Dolman |

| dr. Nina Papadomanolaki |
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| Cooling the greenhouse through organic carbon burial |
| prof. dr. ir. Caroline Slomp |

| dr. Erik Mulder |
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| Effects of the background state dependency of fast feedbacks on climate sensitivity |
| prof. dr. Henk Dijkstra |

| dr. Dušan Materić |
| +31 30 253 7758 |
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| Aerosol and cloud feedback in the Polar regions |
| dr. Rupert Holzinger |

| Anne van der Meer MSc |
| +31 30 253 1179 |
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| Sea and land surface temperature constraints on climate extremes using clumped isotopes |
| dr. Martin Ziegler / prof. dr. Luc Lourens |

| dr. Ove Meisel |
| +31 20 598 7391 |
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| Characterization of methane emissions form lakes |
| prof. dr. Han Dolman |

| dr. Danica Mitrovic |
| +31 222 369 584 |
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| Geolipidome project |
| prof. dr. Stefan Schouten / dr. Ellen Hopmans / dr. Nicole Bale |

| dr. Gerrit Müller |
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| Elucidating the global Carbon Cycle over the Cenozoic |
| prof. dr. Jack Middelburg / prof. dr. Appy Sluijs |

| dr. Brice Noël |
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| Testing the robustness of the isotope thermometer in polar ice |
| prof. dr. Michiel van den Broeke |

| dr. Laura Pacho Sampedro |
| +31 222 369 395 |
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| Ocean carbonate system parameters from foraminiferal trace element incorporation |
| dr. Lennart de Nooijer / prof. dr. Gert-Jan Reichart |

| dr. Arthur Oldeman |
| +31 30 253 7758 |
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| Role of atmospheric dynamics in shaping climate |
| dr. Michiel Baatsen / dr. Anna von der Heydt |

| dr. Koen Pelsma |
| +31 24 365 2566 |
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| Methane cycling in urban waterways |
| prof. dr. ir. Mike Jetten |

| dr. Sara Pino Cobacho |
| +31 317 484 419 |
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| Tropical Blue Carbon Cascades |
| prof. dr. ir. Marten Scheffer / dr. ir. Miquel Lurling |

| dr. Robin van der Ploeg |
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| Reconstructing the effects of chemical weathering on atmospheric CO2 concentrations and the carbon cycle during the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum (MECO) |
| prof. dr. Appy Sluijs |

| dr. Lianna Poghosyan |
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| Response of methane production and oxidation to environmental factors II |
| prof. dr. ir. Mike Jetten |

| dr. Olivia Rasigraf |
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| Role of anaerobic oxidation of methane I |
| prof. dr. ir. Mike Jetten |

| Addison Rice MSc |
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| Probing paleoceanographic proxies in the Mediterranean Sea |
| prof. dr. Appy Sluijs / dr. ir. Francien Peterse / dr. Martin Ziegler |

| Jessica Riekenberg |
| +31 222 369 583 |
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| High-resolution organic geochemical proxy records of critical time intervals I |

| dr. Anne Roepert |
| +31 30 253 5037 |
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| Rare Earth Elements and oxyanions in foraminifera and coccolithophores to infer surface ocean carbonate ion concentrations |
| prof. dr. Jack Middelburg |

| dr. Ronny Rotbarth |
| +31 317 483 898 |
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| Adaptive Resilience of Boreal Forests and Impacts on Global Climate |
| dr. Milena Holmgren, / prof. dr. Marten Scheffer / dr. ir. Egbert van Nes |

| dr. Yanming Ruan |
| +31 (0)222 369 408 |
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| Developing new methods for reconstructing ancient PCO2 |
| dr. Marcel van der Meer / prof. dr. Stefan Schouten |

| dr. Darci Rush |
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| Towards reconstructing past atmospheric methane concentrations using organic biomarker |
| prof. dr. ir. Jaap Sinninge Damsté |

| dr. Itzel Ruvalcaba Baroni |
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| Ocean anoxia and consequences for the Earth System |
| prof. dr. ir. Caroline Slomp |

| Meike Scherrenberg MSc |
| +31 30 253 3259 |
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| Physics of the Mid-Pleistocene Transition in a coupled climate, ice sheet carbon cycle model |
| prof. dr. Roderik van de Wal |

| Cindy Schrader MSc |
| +31 30 253 5170 |
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| Marine-Continental interactions during the Paleocene greenhouse world |
| prof. dr. Luc Lourens |

| dr. Shruti Setty |
| 0317 484 419 |
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| Detecting Tipping Points in the Earth System from Climate Reconstructions |
| prof. dr. Marten Scheffer / prof. dr. Appy Sluijs |

| dr. Bryan Shirley |
| +31 30 253 5173 |
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| Ultrastructural identification of diagenetic alteration and oxygen isotope composition in foraminifera |
| prof. dr. Luc Lourens / dr. Emilia Jarochowska |

| dr. Malavika Sivan |
| +31 30 253 0000 |
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| Characterization Of Geological, Biological And Atmospheric Methane |
| dr. Elena Popa / prof. dr. Thomas Roeckmann |

| dr. Fee Smulders |
| +31 317 483 898 |
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| Indicators of critical slowing down and flickering in current climate variability I |
| prof. dr. Marten Scheffer |

| dr. Nadine Smit |
| +31 222 369 420 |
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| Developing biomarker proxies for tracing aerobic methane oxidizers in present and past environments |
| prof. dr. Stefan Schouten / prof. dr. ir. Mike Jetten |

| dr. Marisa Storm |
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| Constraining past atmospheric CO2 concentrations using biomarker lipids |

| dr. Devika Varma |
| +31 222 369 569 |
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| Reconstructing Sea Surface Temperature in Deep Time |
| prof. dr. Stefan Schouten / prof. dr. Gert-Jan Reichart |

| dr. Jessica Venetz |
| +31 24 3652704 |
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| Microbial methane and nitrogen cycle in the water column of coastal ecosystems |
| prof. dr. ir. Mike Jetten |

| Anna Wallenius MSc |
| +31 24 365 2566 |
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| Microbial methane and iron cycling in marine sediments |
| prof. dr. ir. Caroline Slomp / prof. dr. ir. Mike Jetten |

| dr. Junjie Wang |
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| Land-to-sea transport and emissions of carbon and nitrogen from inland waters. |
| prof. dr. Jack Middelburg |

| dr. Carolien van der Weijst |
| +31 30 253 2765 |
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| Climate sensitivity during warm episodes in the geological past I |
| dr. Francesca Sangiorgi / prof. dr. Appy Sluijs |

| dr. Els Weinans |
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| Finding causal links and resilience indicators in climate time series |
| prof. dr. Marten Scheffer |

| dr. Gabriella Weiss |
| +31 222 369 408 |
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| A salinity proxy based on specific algal biomarkers δD values |
| prof. dr. Stefan Schouten / dr. Marcel van der Meer |

| dr. Caitlyn Witkowski |
| +31 222 369 584 |
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| Improved reconstruction of pCO2 using the stable carbon isotopic composition of algal biomarkers |
| prof. dr. ir. Jaap Sinninge Damsté |
















































