VUB 2023 BBQ
On Friday June 30 2023 the traditional annual VUB staff BBQ took place on campus. AMGC participated. See the pictures of this great team event below.
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Top prize for Flore Van Maldeghem at VUB 2023 Doctoral Derby
PhD student Flore Van Maldeghem was one of the 3 laureates of this year Doctoral Derby at the VUB. With her research on Antarctic meteorites as messenger from space titled "Clues from cosmic dust" , Flore is this year winner of the prize for "best written research summary".
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Ambassador of China in Belgium visits AMGC labs
On Thursday May 25th, His Excellency Ambassador Zhongming Cao discovered the AMGC labs during his visit at the VUB. Professor Yue Gao introduced him to the AMGC staff and mass spectrometers and explain our research focusing on Earth and Environmental Sciences.
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Success for CycloNet 1st Field School
The first CycloNet Summer Training School sponsored by Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) was held from April 29th to May 06th 2023 at Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco (OCG) in Italy. CycloNet is support by FWO Scientific Research Network. Prof.
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New paper in Nature Astronomy sheds light on Jupiter formation
Professors Steven Goderis and Philippe Claeys, co-authored a paper with colleagues from Open University in the UK and Dr Lidia Pittarello (former AMGC post-doc now at Museum of Natural History, Vienna) published this week in Nature Astronomy on the formation and m...
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Pim Kaskes PhD on high resolution K-Pg Chicxulub impact
Pim Kaskes obtained on April 26th 2023, the academic degree of DOCTOR in of SCIENCE with the thesis "Reconstructing the first moments after the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary impact event: High-resolution petrography and geochemistry of proximal and distal Chicxulub ejecta"  ...
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Flore among 8 finalists of VUB Doctoral Derby
PhD student Flore Van Maldeghem is among the 8 finalists selected for this year VUB Science Communication contest. Congratulation to Flore and we wish her the very best of luck.
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Mingyue Luo PhD on biogeochemical processes of inorganic pollutants in water, soil and sediments
Mingyue Luo obtained on April 4th 2023, the academic degree of DOCTOR in of SCIENCE with the thesis "Monitoring and investigation of biogeochemical processes of inorganic pollutants in water, sediment and soil" Supervisors: Prof. Yue Gao (VUB) and Prof.
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Bye bye Dr. Ryoga Maeda and good luck in Japan
Dr. Ryoga Maeda is now a research associate at Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology - JAMSTEC in Yokohama, Japan. After four fantastic years of PhD research on Antarctic meteorites with Professor Steven Goderis as thesis advisor, and as a pillar of AMGC, Dr.
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Prof. Martine Leermakers with students on the Belgica
Professor Martine Leermakers held a training course for VUB and UGent Master students in Environmental Chemistry on board of the new RV Belgica in March 2023. Students learned to use oceanographic equipments and understand aquatic geochemical processes.
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Ryoga Maeda PhD on Chemical and isotopic characterization of Antarctic meteorites
Ryoga Maeda obtained on March 6th 2023, the academic degree of DOCTOR in of SCIENCE with the thesis "Chemical and isotopic characterization of Antarctica meteorites: The chemical and isotopic effects of thermal processing and terrestrial weathering on the (re)distribution of trace ele...
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Tessi Loeffelmann PhD on Viking mobility and burial in Medieval England
Tessi Loeffelmann obtained on February 3rd 2023, the academic degree of DOCTOR in INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES. The thesis of her doctoral thesis is "There and back again - Mobility and burial rites in early medieval England c.
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