Sonja Geilert
xsteinlausx.bsky.social
Sonja Geilert
@xsteinlausx.bsky.social
Geologist goes swimming: working on natural and enhanced silicate weathering @UUEarthSciences | interested in silicon-carbon coupling, climate change impacts and stable isotopes
8days to go:

Open PhD position at #Utrecht University:
Interested in #silicate weathering, geochemical laboratory #experiments and #EarlyEarth?

And be part of a consortium www.originscenter.nl/prelife/) with @ingeloes.bsky.social and many more.

Then consider to apply:

www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
PhD position on Constraining Hadean ocean geochemistry
Ever wondered what the Hadean ocean looked like? Come work with us on silicate weathering experiments simulating the geochemistry of the first ocean.
www.uu.nl
June 2, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Ever wondered what the Hadean ocean looked like? 🌊🌊🌊

Come work with us on 🧪silicate weathering experiments🧪 simulating the geochemistry of the first ocean and be part of a large consortium investigating the origin of life #prelife.
@ingeloes.bsky.social

Apply here: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
May 17, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Intrigued by these kind of experiments? 🧪 🌊 🧪

Then have a look at this PhD vacancy: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

🌏 !!!5 days to apply!!! 🌍

#CDR #climatechange @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @cdrmare.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
JOB OPPORTUNITY (PhD position):

Want to bring climate change mitigation actions forward? Then join us and work on enhanced silicate weathering and ocean alkalinization as marine CO2-removal technique.

🧪🌏 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌏 🧪

www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
PhD Position on Coastal Environments as mCDR Sites to Mitigate Climate Change
Want to bring climate change mitigation actions forward? Come work on enhanced silicate weathering and ocean alkalinisation as marine CO2 removal techniques.
www.uu.nl
March 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Happy to announce that 🥳 Sasha Turchyn 🥳 will give a keynote talk in our Goldschmidt session 12f!

Come and join us!

Can't wait to chat with you about clays, authigenesis, silicates and marine element cycles ☺️

⛰️🌏🌊

@aprilabbott.bsky.social

conf.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/...
Assessing the importance of marine silicate alteration: all elements count!
Post-depositional alteration of marine sedimentary aluminosilicates likely plays a significant role in the global biogeochemical cycling of elements with implications for Earth’s climate through time,...
conf.goldschmidt.info
February 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Thinking of coming to the #Goldschmidt2025 conference? And working on marine #silicate weathering and reverse weathering?

Then consider submitting an abstract to our session 12f!

🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊⛰️⛰️⛰️⛰️🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

@aprilabbott.bsky.social @krhendry.bsky.social

conf.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/...
Assessing the importance of marine silicate alteration: all elements count!
Post-depositional alteration of marine sedimentary aluminosilicates likely plays a significant role in the global biogeochemical cycling of elements with implications for Earth’s climate through time,...
conf.goldschmidt.info
February 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
👇🧪👇

Just out:

Our Goldschmidt 2025 session on marine silicate alteration and impact on marine element cycles was just accepted!

If you have exciting new data on all (!!!) involved elements, consider submitting an abstract.

@aprilabbott.bsky.social

👇👇👇
conf.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/...
Assessing the importance of marine silicate alteration: all elements count!
Post-depositional alteration of marine sedimentary aluminosilicates likely plays a significant role in the global biogeochemical cycling of elements with implications for Earth’s climate through time,...
conf.goldschmidt.info
December 19, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Will remember this for next year😂🧪
Scariest thing I could think of that was chemistry themed and not too difficult 😆 🧪 @compoundchem #ChemTwitter #Chemistry #Halloween
November 19, 2024 at 9:09 AM
New paper out with Paul Vosteen and Florian Scholz (amongst others) on Fe redox shuttling and uptake by #silicate minerals on the Namibian coast:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @geomarkiel.bsky.social

Wonder why this pic shows up when inserting the link🤷
Iron redox shuttling and uptake by silicate minerals on the Namibian mud belt
Anoxic marine sediments represent an important source of bioavailable iron (Fe) to the ocean. The highest sedimentary Fe fluxes are observed in open-m…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 14, 2024 at 12:48 PM
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November 13, 2024 at 9:45 AM
So happy to announce that our #PRELIFE consortium was awarded🥳

In one of 16 projects on the emergence of life, I will investigate the onset of silicate weathering and its coupling to ocean chemistry.

For the silica lovers: special emphasis on reverse weathering,😉

@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
November 8, 2024 at 12:28 PM