Climate change and Carbon cycle

We explore biological, geochemical, and (bio)technological pathways to capture and reuse CO₂. Our group investigates novel microbial metabolisms for CO₂ conversion, isotopic tools to monitor carbon cycling, and system-level assessments of carbon capture strategies. From fundamental microbiology to applied modeling, our goal is to scale clean CO₂ technologies for a net-zero future.

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Elling, F. J., Inglis, G. N., Davtian, N., Hurley, S. J., Naafs, B. D. A., O’Connor, L. K., Pancost, R. D., Peterse, F., Rattanasriampaipong, R., Rice, A., Schubotz, F., Sinninghe Damsté, J. S., Wörmer, L., Auderset, A., Becker, K. W., Berke, M. A., Bijl, P. K., De Jonge, C., Dong, L., … Zhao, X. (2026). Archaeal Tetraether Lipids as Tracers for Past Marine Environmental Change. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 41(7), e2025PA005373. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025PA005373

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