2021 EOS Pipet Price for Niels de Winter
Niels de Winter, FWO post-doctoral researcher at AMGC and Marie Sklodowska-Curie post-doctoral research at Utrecht University is the 2020 EOS Pipet Award laureate (award for a young scientist given by EOS Magazine) Bravissiomo Niels de Winter .
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Bastien Soens PhD on micrometeorites collected in Antarctica
Bastien Soens obtained on September 17, 2021 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis: 'Petrographic and geochemical characterization of the micrometeorite collection from the Sør Rondane Mountains, Antarctica: Nature and origin of the extraterrestrial...
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EGU Cyclostratigraphy blog
Former AMGC'ers Dr. David De Vleeschouwer (PhD 2014), now Earth System Professor at Muenster University and Dr. Matthias Sinnesael (PhD.
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Flore teaches about Solar System.
In Oostende on Saturday 7th Aug. Flore Van Maldeghem from AMGC explained the formation of the solar system, planets and meteorites to the next generation of geologists and planetary scientists. Despite the rain, a good crowd attended the lecture, in the street, by Flor...
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GSA Bulletin paper on Chicxulub
In this paper, titled "Formation of the crater suevite sequence from the Chicxulub peak ring: A petrographic, geochemical and sedimentological characterization", recently published in Geological Society of America Bulletin, Pim Kaskes, FWO PhD fellow, describes the thick suevite sequences...
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IAS grant for Dr. Johan Vellekoop
International Association of Sedimentologists funds Johan Maastrichtian Geo-Heritage project Dr Johan Vellekoop (FWO senior postdoctoral researcher) received funding from IAS (International Association of Sedimentologists) to carry out a high-resolution sedi...
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Matthias publishes PhD paper in... Geology
Dr Matthias Sinnesael last (of many) paper from his PhD at AMGC is now available in Geology (read it here).
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Steven Goderis about meteorites in "Het Nieuwsblad"
Nice article in Dutch in Het Nieuwblad, a very popular journal in Belgium over meteorites, with an extensive interview of Prof. Steven Goderis. Title "Stukje meteoriet gevonden?
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Paper get worldwide press coverage
In this new paper published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment Dr. Niels de Winter and co-authors reconstruct absolute seasonal temperature by measuring clumped isotope in bivalve shells.
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Ehab Abdulbur Alfakhory PhD on DGT and PGE measurements using DGT in urban rivers
Ehab Abdulbur Alfakhory obtained on June 10, 2021 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis: 'Development of the Diffusive Gradient in Thin-Films (DGT) passive sampling technique for Platinum Group Elements (PGEs) and its application in urban rivers' Co...
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FWO large instrument funding for Steven Goderis
A new laser ablation triple-quad inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer, coupled with high performance liquid chromatography for AMGC are part of the large instruments funded for the VUB by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) this year, with Proferssor Steven Goderi...
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Paper published on Chicxulub crater
PhD student Sietze de Graaff wrote this very complete and detailed paper showing how the impact melt material formed within the 200 km size Chicxulub impact structure, based on the material recovered by the IODP-ICDP drilling in 2016 within the peak-ring part of the structure.
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