Biology - Palaeoecology - People - Micha Ruhl

<body> <a name="_Top"> </a> <table id="main" width="892" height="300" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" summary="Content" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111"> <tr> <td valign="top" height="250" width="16"></td> <td valign="top" id="content" width="876"><h2><font color="#808000">Micha Ruhl</font></h2> <table border="0" id="table1" width="682"> <tr> <td width="297" bgcolor="#808000"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span class="adres"><font face="Verdana"><font size="2" color="#FFFFFF">drs. M. Ruhl<br> </font><font size="2"> <a class="wit12px" target="_blank" href="http://www.geo.uu.nl/homegeosciences/aboutthefaculty/addressesandmaps/aardwetenschappe/32017main.html"> <font color="#FFFFFF">Aardwetenschappen building</font></a></font><font size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><br> Budapestlaan 4<br> 3584 CD Utrecht</font></font></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span class="adres"> <font color="#FFFFFF" size="2" face="Verdana">The Netherlands<br> Office: Z 312</font></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2" face="Verdana">Phone: +31 30 253 2638<br> Fax: +31 30 253 5096<br> E-mail: <a href="mailto:m.ruhl@uu.nl"><font color="#FFFFFF">m.ruhl@uu.nl</font></a><a href="mailto:e.p.kirilova@bio.uu.nl"><font color="#FFFFFF"> </font></a> </font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font size="2" color="#FFFFFF"> Institute of Environmental Biology</font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font size="2" color="#FFFFFF">Faculty of Science, Utrecht University</font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">  <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font size="2" color="#FFFFFF" face="Verdana">Position: PhD (started January 2006)</font><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"> <a href="http://www.ucgeo.nl/"><font color="#FFFFFF">Funding UU</font></a></font></span></td> <td width="374"> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"> <img border="0" src="micha3.JPG" width="246" height="288">                  <img border="0" src="limburgse%20vlag.jpg" width="56" height="29"></td> </tr> </table> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font color="#0000FF"><u><b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.uu.nl/EN/faculties/science/organisation/depts/biology/research/chairs/Palaeoecology/projects/Triassic-JurassicResearch/Pages/default.aspx"> <i><font color="#0000FF" size="2">Triassic-Jurassic Research at Utrecht University</font></i><font color="#0000FF" size="2"> - website</font></a></b></u></font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span lang="EN-US"> <font face="Verdana" size="4"><a target="content" href="cnt_publ.html">Publications</a></font></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.3pt;text-indent:1.8pt"><b> <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif">       </span></b></p> <table border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td height="27" width="169"><b>           Project:</b></td> <td height="27" align="center"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana; font-weight:700"> <font style="font-size: 11pt"><i>Earth’s and life’s history: from core to biosphere (CoBi)</i></font><font size="3"> </font> </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="18" width="169"></td> <td height="18" align="center"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="19" width="169"> </td> <td height="19" align="center"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana; font-weight:700"> <font style="font-size: 9pt">Funding: High-Potential stimulation program–Utrecht University</font></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="19" width="169"> </td> <td height="19" align="center"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="19" width="169"> </td> <td height="19" align="center"><b>By </b> <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif"><b> Wolfram M. Kürschner<span lang="en-gb"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif">and Wout Krijgsman</span></span></b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="19" width="169"> </td> <td height="19"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="19" width="169"> </td> <td height="19"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="27" width="169"> <p align="center"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-weight: 700"> PhD-thesis:</span></td> <td height="27"> <p align="center"><b> <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif">Carbon Cycle Changes during the</span></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="169"> </td> <td> <p align="center"><b> <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif"> Triassic-Jurassic Transition</span></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="169"> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="169"> </td> <td align="left"><i> <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif">                                                The research of this thesis was carried out at the: </span></i></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="169"> </td> <td align="left"><b> <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif">                                                Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology</span></b><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif"> (UU)</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="169"> </td> <td align="left"><b> <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif">                                                </span></b><i> <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif">In collaboration with:</span></i></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="169"> </td> <td align="left"><b> <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif">                                               Molecular Biogeochemistry</span></b><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif"> (UU) </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="169"> </td> <td align="left"><i> <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif">           </span></i><b> <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif">                                    Paleomagnetic Laboratory Fort Hoofddijk</span></b><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif"> (UU)</span><i><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif">              </span></i></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="169"> </td> <td align="left"><b> <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif">                                               Department of Paleontology (University of Vienna)</span></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="169"> </td> <td align="left"><b> <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif">                                               </span> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif"> Geolab of TNO Built Environment and Geosciences </span></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="169"> </td> <td align="left"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif">                                               (Geological Survey of the Netherlands)</span><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif">  </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="169"> </td> <td align="left"><b> <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif">  </span></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="169"> <p align="center"> <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif"> Promotor: </span></td> <td align="left"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b> <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif">Prof dr André F. Lotter</span></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="169"> </td> <td align="left"><b> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif">          </span></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="169"> <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif">             Co-promotor:  </span></td> <td align="left"> <span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif"><b> Dr Wolfram M. Kürschner</b></span></td> </tr> </table> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p> <table id="table14" width="116%" border="0"> <tr> <td width="1155">  </td> </tr> </table> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt; margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><b> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #808000"> Timing, causes and effects of carbon cycle changes at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana">Project description</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana">Marine habitats show significantly increased extinction rates at the end of the Triassic <sup>1</sup>. By contrast, the continental picture is equivocal. Catastrophic changes among vertebrates and plants have been suggested in the eastern US <sup>2</sup>, but contradictory data are reported from Europe where macrofossils indicate a more gradual transition in vegetation.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana">Current concepts on mass extinctions differ with respect to source (celestial versus terrestrial) and rate (catastrophic versus gradual). For the Triassic-Jurassic mass extinction, the finding of an Iridium anomaly in the eastern US <sup>2</sup> suggests a bolide impact scenario, but other supportive evidence such as shocked quartz grains and impact structures is controversial. In terrestrial scenarios, massive volcanism and accompanying acidification of the atmosphere and CO<sub>2</sub> outgassing, mark the breakup of the Pangean super continent and may result in global warming and anoxia.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana">A marked increase in atmospheric CO<sub>2 </sub>causing a temperature rise has been suggested based on stomatal frequency analysis <sup>3</sup>. Such a global warming is in disagreement with palynological and geochemical data, which have been interpreted as a short term cooling event and a wetter climate at the T-J boundary <sup>4</sup>.</span></p> <table border="0" width="100%" id="table3"> <tr> <td width="193"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <img border="0" src="kl_zlambach.jpg" width="157" height="208"></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><i> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; font-family: Verdana">Upper Triassic sediments</span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><i> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; font-family: Verdana"> from the Austrian Zlambach </span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><i> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; font-family: Verdana"> section</span></i></td> <td valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin-top: 6.0pt"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black"> C isotope composition of plant tissue depends on the <sup>13</sup>C/ <sup>12</sup>C composition of atmospheric CO<sub>2 </sub>and the photosynthetic pathway, but also on the isotopic fractionation of C during photosynthesis in land plants, which in turn is affected by the environment. We propose to use the same leaf cuticle for both stomatal frequency analysis and C isotope composition of lipids (n-alkanes). Because the C isotope composition of n-alkanes is highly stable to post sedimentary decomposition, it will provide critical insight in causes and effects of environmental change on terrestrial primary producers as well as adaptation strategies among successful survivors of the biotic crises. We will apply lipid biomarker analysis <sup>5</sup> on fossil leaves and coeval sedimentary organic matter in order to obtain crucial information on the ecology of successful survivors.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana"> </span></td> </tr> </table> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:justify"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana">By making use of the full potential of astrochronology and integrated microscopic, molecular and carbon isotope analysis of sedimentary organic matter, the present project aims:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; margin-left: 39.75pt"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">         </span></span> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana">To reconstruct Late Triassic palaeoenvironmental changes.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; margin-left: 39.75pt"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Symbol; color: black"> ·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">         </span></span> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana">To determine whether concurrent Late Triassic mass extinction events are best explained by gradual processes of environmental change or by (a series of) abrupt or short-term or even catastrophic events.<span style="color:black"> </span></span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; margin-left: 39.75pt"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">         </span></span> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black"> To obtain critical insight in causes and effects of environmental change on terrestrial primary producers as well as adaptation strategies among successful survivors of the biotic crises.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; margin-left: 39.75pt"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Symbol; color: black"> ·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">         </span></span> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana">To obtain better understanding of the timing and the causal connection between Late Triassic events in the terrestrial and marine realm.<span style="color:black"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:justify"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana">Focus will be on continental sequences from the German Triassic basin and North-American Newark Basin and on marine sections from the Tethys realm in the Northern Calcareous Alps (Austria).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="justify"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana">This Ph. D project is part of the CoBi research program:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="justify"><b> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="3">Earth’s life and history: from core to biosphere (CoBi)</font></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="justify"><i> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black"> Involved researchers: N.R. Bonis, M. Deenen, W.M. Kürschner, W. Krijgsman, M. Ruhl. </span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="justify"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black"> Biodiversity includes all living things that we depend on for our economies and our lives. There is virtual agreement among scientists that we have entered a period of mass extinction, which will result into a loss of 50% of the global biodiversity within the next 100 years. Such high rates of diversity loss have occurred only five times since complex life emerged, and each time it was caused by a catastrophic natural disaster. Looking at the fossil record provides a vital deep-time perspective on factors controlling extinction patterns and helps to predict the fate of life in the future. Although a celestial mechanism (meteorite impact) is favored for some of these extinctions, internal dynamics of Earth’s physical environment (volcanism, continental brake up, atmospheric acidification and ozone breakdown) and its contribution to these biotic turnovers are hardly understood. We focus on the geodynamic and evolutionary history of the Triassic, a period when major biotic turnovers occurred repeatedly, being the rule rather than an exception. Questions we will address are: How does the present day mass extinction relate to the natural extinction? How do extinctions relate to innovations among terrestrial primary producers? The innovative character is that we study for the first time large scale dynamics and interaction of the system bio-, geo- and atmosphere not only at a single spot of major evolutionary radiation but throughout a prolonged period of global change. Apart from studying the biodiversity of fossil floras, fossil leaf remains are used as bio-indicators of the atmospheric environment (CO<sub>2</sub> and UV-B) that may represent stress factors that have contributed to the extinctions. Are changes in the biosphere, geosphere and atmosphere coupled or decoupled?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="justify"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black"> This project forms part of the High Potential Stimulation Program of the University of Utrecht awarded to W. Krijgsman (Faculty of Geosciences) and W. M. Kürschner. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="justify"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black">  </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="justify"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black"> This research program is related to IGCP projects 458 (Triassic/Jurassic boundary events: Mass extinction, global environmental change, and driving forces), 467 (Triassic Time and trans - Panthalassan correlations) and 506 (Marine and Non-marine Jurassic: global events and major geological events) in which the CoBi group participates.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black">  </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">  </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">  </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">  </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">  </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">  </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:45.1pt;text-align:center; text-indent:-45.1pt"><b> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> Curriculum Vitae</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:45.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; text-indent:-45.1pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> Micha Ruhl</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:45.1pt;text-align:center; text-indent:-45.1pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif">  </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:45.1pt;text-align:center; text-indent:-45.1pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif">                                                                                                                  20<sup>th</sup> of April 2010</span></p> <div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:1.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -45.1pt; border: medium none; margin-left: 45.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; padding: 0cm"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif">  </span></div> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:45.1pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-45.1pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> 16<sup>th</sup> of April 1980 | Male | Dutch nationality | Tannhauserdreef NL-346 3561 HT Utrecht</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:45.0pt;text-align:center; text-indent:-45.0pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> +31-(0)6-16503629 | m.ruhl@uu.nl |</span></p> <div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -45.1pt; border: medium none; margin-left: 45.1pt; padding: 0cm"> <b> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif">  </span></b></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:53.85pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -53.85pt"><b> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif">  </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:53.85pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -53.85pt"><b> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif">  </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:4.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:53.85pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-53.85pt"> <b> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> Employment</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt; margin-left:72.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-72.0pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> 2010-               Dutch Geological Survey, TNO B&O (Geobiology team/ Business Unit Oil & Gas): research and consulting for the oil industry: projects a.o. concerning C-isotope stratigraphy in the upper Carboniferous and Permian.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -72.0pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> 2006-2010       </span> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif">PhD study at the Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Utrecht University (successfully defended at 26<sup>th</sup> of January 2010):</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:81.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -9.0pt"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif">- Title PhD-thesis: <i>Carbon cycle changes at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary</i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:81.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -9.0pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> - Several publications in highly ranked international research journals, see publication list.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:81.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -9.0pt"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif">-<b>  </b>Results presented at (inter-)national conferences (</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif">USA/ Switzerland/ Austria/ Italy/ Netherlands), see publication list.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:81.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -9.0pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> - Organisation of and participation in several field expeditions (UK/ Morocco/ Germany/ Austria).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:81.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -9.0pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> -  Supervising MSc and BSc-theses of students (Utrecht University)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:81.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -9.0pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> -  Teaching (assistant) to MSc and BSc-courses (Utrecht University)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-72.0pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> 2004-2005       Dutch Geological Survey, TNO B&O, well storage facility: organizing well-storage and facilitate sampling.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-72.0pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> 2003-2005       Teaching assistant for the Earth-Sciences and Biology BSc. curriculum <span style="color:black">of Utrecht University.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:53.85pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -53.85pt"><b> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif">                         </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -72.0pt"><b> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> Education</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt; margin-left:72.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-72.0pt"> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> 2000-2006       BSc. & MSc. study at Utrecht University: Earth Sciences – Biogeology</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -45.0pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> 2006       MSc-thesis (8 months) at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (Royal NIOZ): <i>Response of benthic foraminiferal communities from the lower Nazaré Canyon to variable supply of terrigenous sediment.</i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.05pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-45.05pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> 2005       MSc-thesis (5 months) at the Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology (Utrecht University): </span><i> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif">Carbon isotope and microscopic analysis of sedimentary organic matter from the Upper Triassic Kössen and Zlambach Formations (Austria).</span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.05pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-45.05pt"> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif">2004       Participation in scientific research cruise with the Royal NIOZ to </span> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> the Portuguese, Moroccan and Scottish continental margins.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.05pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-45.05pt"> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif">2004       European exchange program (Erasmus, 6 months) to the </span> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> Georg-August-University (Göttingen/ Germany). R</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif">esearch thesis</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif">: </span><i><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> Environmental reconstruction from Upper Jurassic oolitic limestones of the Münder Mergel, Central Germany.</span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.05pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-45.05pt"> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif">2003       BSc-thesis (1.5 months) at Utrecht University</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif">: </span><i><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> Reconstruction of events leading to the Messinian Salinity Crisis in the Mediterranean Sea.</span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-72.0pt"><b> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif">  </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt; margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-72.0pt"><b> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> Post-doctorate courses and International workshops</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -72.0pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> 2008                Sequence Stratigraphy: From Source to Sink by Bilal Haq (Exxon Mobile) (Free University Amsterdam, Netherlands).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-72.0pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif">                         Carbon burbs and hick-ups: Carbon cycle and climate change (University of Bremen, Germany).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-72.0pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> 2007                Urbino Summer School in Paleoclimatology: Past Climate Reconstruction and Modelling Techniques (University of Urbino, Italy).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-72.0pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif">                         International Field Workshop: The Triassic of the American West (Nevada) (New Mexico Museum of Natural History, USA).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-1.2pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> International Field Workshop: The Triassic of France (University of Rennes, France).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-72.0pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> 2006                Advanced Palaeoecology: Observing and interpreting past environmental change (Utrecht University, Netherlands).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:-5.75pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-72.0pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> 2005                International Field Workshop: The Triassic of Germany and Surrounding Countries (Martin-Luther-University, Germany).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-5.4pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -72.0pt"><b> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif">  </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-5.65pt;margin-bottom: 6.0pt;margin-left:72.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-72.0pt"><b> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> Professional experiences</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -72.0pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> 2008                Reviewer for international research journal (EPSL).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:4.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-72.0pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> 2007-2009       Board Member of the Palaeobotanical and Palynological Society Utrecht.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:4.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-72.0pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> 2007-2009       In-house emergency officer, Utrecht University.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:4.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-72.0pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> 2006-2010       Member of the European Geological Society.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:4.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-72.0pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> 2006-2008       Treasurer of the Palaeobotanical and Palynological Society Utrecht.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -72.0pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif">  </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> Extracurricular activities</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:4.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-72.0pt"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: black"> 2003                Member of the biogeology-education-board, Utrecht University; analyzing and solving problems concerning implementation of the bachelor program</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif">  </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> Languages</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:4.0pt;text-align:justify"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> Dutch, English, German fluently spoken, read and written</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif">  </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><b> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> Computer skills</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> Advanced knowledge of the Microsoft Office package, Illustrator, Indesign, Coreldraw, Analyseries, C2</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif">  </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:54.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -54.0pt"><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif"> Personal experience</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:4.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:53.85pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-53.85pt"> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif">1999          One year work and travel, Australia/ Asia</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif">  </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; 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