Ir. Jaap Sinninghe Damste
Earth Sciences - Organic geochemistry
Utrecht University
Netherlands
Biography
The marine fossil record contains a myriad of organic molecules, which derive from marine (algae, (cyano)bacteria, archae) and terrestrial organisms living at the time of deposition. These so-called biomarkers contain information which, if properly decoded, can give insight in past climatic and palaeo-environmental changes. This can help in (i) understanding natural and anthropogenic influences on present-day climates and depositional systems, and (ii) deciphering the conditions which have led to sequestration of organic carbon in the geological record, and thus to the formation of marine petroleum source rocks. Sedimentary organic components are derived from biochemicals of primary producers and organisms processing primary produced carbon.
Research Interest
organic chemistry
Publications
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Le Guitton, M., Soetaert, K., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. & Middelburg, J.J. (15.03.2017). A seasonal study of particulate organic matter composition and quality along an offshore transect in the Southern North Sea. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 188, (pp. 1-11) (11 p.).
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Kim, Joong-Jae, Marjerrison, Colbran E., Cornish Shartau, Sabrina L., Brady, Allyson L., Sharp, Christine E., Rijpstra, W. Irene C., Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S, Schumann, Peter, Grasby, Stephen E. & Dunfield, Peter F (01.03.2017). Actinocrinis puniceicyclus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from an acidic spring. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 67 (3), (pp. 602-609).
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Christianen, M.J.A., Middelburg, Jack J., Holthuijsen, S.J., Jouta, J., Compton, T.J., van der Heide, T., Piersma, T., Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S., van der Veer, H.W., Schouten, Stefan & Olff, H. (2017). Benthic primary producers are key to sustain the Wadden Sea food web - stable carbon isotope analysis at landscape scale. Ecology, 98 (6), (pp. 1498-1512) (15 p.).
