Science Advances paper makes an impact
Former AMGC'er Dr. Matthias Van Ginneken is first author a new manuscript in Science Advances describing the explosion of a meteorite above Antarctica some 430000 years ago, and the production of a touchdown event when a vapor jets interact with the ice sheet Right: Touchdo...
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Annelies Van Heyst PhD on mineral oil hydrocarbons in food
Annelies Van Heyst obtained on April 1, 2021 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis: 'Challenges in the evaluation of mineral oil hydrocarbons in food' Promotor: Prof. dr. ir. Marc Elskens Co-promotor: Dr. Els Van Hoeck, Dr.
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Marta new paper
PhD student Marta Hlad (FWO Fellow) is first author of a new paper recently published in American Journal of Physical Anthropology together with other members of the CRUMBEL team, led by Professor Christophe Snoeck. Click here to read the paper or visit the&
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Paper in AGU top 2020 downloads
Days were shorter in time of the dinosaurs, according to 2020 AMGC paper in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology published by the American Geophysical Union (AGU). This paper is among the AGU top-download of 2020 Study directed by AMGC Dr.
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Chunyang Zhou PhD on biogeochemistry of marine sediments
Chunyang Zhou obtained on February 16, 2021 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis: 'Understanding biogeochemical processes of trace elements in marine sediments at various spatial scales' Promotor: Prof. dr. Yue Gao
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Flying mass spectrometers
Check out our two flying Mass Spectrometers entering the VUB building F through the window on the 8th floor. Two new instruments are being installed at the VUB this month.
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Matthias Sinnesael PhD on cyclostratigraphy & astrochronology
Matthias Sinnesael obtained on June 12, 2020 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the doctoral thesis: "Astronomical cycle identification methods and their application to high-resolution Ordovician stratigraphy". Joint PhD between VUB and Ghent University with Philipp...
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Iridium found in dino killer crater
Prof. Steven Goderis published a paper in Science Advances showing the presence of the KT boundary Ir positive anomaly within the Chicxulub crater in Yucatan (read it here open access) Check out VUB Today coverage, worldwide it attracted major media attention...
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VLIZ North Sea Award 2020 for Camille Gaulier
Camille Gaulier is the laureate of the VLIZ (Flanders Marine Institute) North Sea Award 2020 for her research on trace metals and their speciation in the Southern Bight of the North Sea and along the Scheldt estuary. Read below her comments on learning about this awar...
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Paleoclimate research on TV
AMGC paleoclimate research using speleothems (stalagmite and cave deposits) is featured on Belgian TV (RTBF), with interview of Sophie Verheyden and Philippe Claeys. Click here to watch video (in French) This follows a large press coverage in Belgian me...
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New Antarctic Meteorites
Professor Steven Goderis from AMGC was in charge of the 2019-2020 Belgian mission to Antarctica that collected meteorite from the Nansen Ice field, near Princess Elisabeth station. The international mission was composed also of Dr. Hamed Pourkhorsandi (ULB), Professor N...
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PhD and PostDoc Position @AMGC
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