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dr. Kirsten van Zuilen

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Research

08/2017 - present        Research Associate / Lab Manager

Department of Earth Sciences, Cluster Geology & Geochemistry, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

- Management of the clean room laboratory for trace element and isotope analyses

- Management of the Thermo Neptune MC-ICP-MS, Thermo X-Series II ICP-MS and Varian 720-ES ICP-OES

- Analyses of and method development for radiogenic and stable isotopes

 

05/2017                      Visiting Professor

Institute of Applied Geosciences, Graz University of Technology, Austria

- Stable Mg and Si isotopes

 

11/2016 - 07/2017      Postdoctoral Reseacher

Geomicrobiology, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France

- Determination of stable Ti isotopes in Archaean TiO2 microcrystals and investigation of their relation to organic matter

 

11/2015 - 10/2016      Postdoctoral Researcher

Cosmochemistry, Astrophysics and Geophysical Experimentation, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France

- Determination of stable Ti and Cr isotopes in meteorites

- Method development for Ti and Cr isotope analyses

  

09/2012 - 10/2015      Postdoctoral Researcher

Insitute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland

- Investigation of (bio)geochemical processes in the ocean water column and in marine sediments by stable Ba isotope fractionation

- Experimental studies on Ba isotope fractionation during ion transport and carbonate precipitation

- Method development for Ba isotope analyses

  

02/2009 - 05/2012      Research Fellow (PhD)

Centre for Geobiology and Deparment of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Norway

- Determination of stable Cu, Zn and Fe isotopes in modern and Ordovician marine hydrothermal silicates and sulphides, with focus on the comparison of biogenic and inorganic metal precipitation

- Method development for Cu and Zn isotope analyses

  

10/2008 - 01/2009      Research Assistant

Institute of Mineralogy, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany

- Clinical trial for drug development, in collaboration with Novartis Pharma AG

- Determination of stable Fe isotopes in human blood

 

Teaching

2017   Workshop 'Isotope geochemistry' (MSc level) within a visiting professorship, Graz University of Technology, Austria

 

2014   Co-lecturer 'Geochemistry and isotope geology' (BSc level), University of Bern, Switzerland

 

2012 - 2014   Assistant in 'Practical course in mineralogy and petrology' (BSc level), University of Bern, Switzerland

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Academic qualification

Geochemistry, PhD, University of Bergen

Award Date: 17 Sep 2012

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