Cover of Nature Climate Change for our global warming hiding Antarctic meteorites paper
Our new paper made the cover of Nature Climate Change and received wide press coverage.
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Benjamin Avakian wins price at European Geothermal PhD days 2024 at TU Delf
Benjamin Avakian is a PhD student funded by Eutopia program between the Departement Geosciences et Environnement at CY Cergy-Paris Université and AMGC-VUB working withe Profs Béatrice Ledesert, Philippe Claeys and Steven Goderis .
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Tianhui Ma defended her PhD thesis on the biogeochemical cycle of mercury
Tianhui Ma successfully defended her PhD thesis on the biogeochemical cycle of mercury and other trace metals in aquatic systems. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Yue Gao and Prof. Dr. Martine Leermakers Examination board: Prof. Dr. Frank De Proft (Chair) Prof. Dr. Em. Willy Baeyens (Secretary) Prof.
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Flore Van Maldeghem defended her PhD on tracing the flux of cosmic dust to Earth
On February 26, 2024, Flore Van Maldeghem obtained the academic degree of DOCTOR of SCIENCE with the thesis "Unraveling the Solar System: Tracing the cosmic dust flux on Earth using Polar Sediments".
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Ancient terrace hunting in Cyprus
“[…] when they [ancient local Cypriots] cut down all the trees, created the terraces with rocksto retain some water and avoid losing the soil” (Andreas N., personal communication, 7 February 2024).
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Ines Llopart Babot PhD on analyses of difficult to measure radionuclides.
Ines Llopart Babot obtained on February 2nd 2024, the academic degree of DOCTOR in of SCIENCE with the thesis "Development of novel assay for "difficult to measure" radionuclides in materials produced during nuclear decommissioning activities.
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Flore talks about micrometeorites on the radio
On Radio 1, fInishing PhD student Flore Van Maldeghem describes her research on micrometeorites and how extra-terrestrial material can be found on many rooftops.
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Website ready for Annual meeting of the Meteoritical Society in Brussels
For the first time, all meteorite, micro-meteorite, planetary & impact crater specialists gather in Brussels for their annual meeting from July 28 to Aug.
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Jérôme Roland PhD on condensation in impact generated vapor plumes
Jérôme Roland obtained on January 17th 2024, the academic degree of DOCTOR in of SCIENCE with the thesis "Condensation processes in impact-related vapor plumes evidenced by isotope fractionation" Joint PhD with the group G-Time at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB).
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New paper in PNAS Nexus on hot carbonates formed within the Dino killer Chicxulub crater
Using the AMGC Oxygen clumped isotope facilty, high temperature (> 300ºC) calcium carbonate fragments are identified deep within the Chicxulub crater in Yucatan.
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Key paper in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment on deep-time Cyclostratigraphy
Professors David De Vleeschouwer and Lawrence Percival, both former members of AMGCer's, authored a major review paper on Cyclostratigraphy and Paleoclimate that constitutes an major advance towards a fully astronomically-calibrated timescale for the entire Phanerozoic.
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AMGC science communication
This was a busy weekend for AMGC'ers in terms of Science outreach and presentations to a public of non-specialists. Check it out.
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