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Curriculum Vitae

Born USA

Education:
B.S
. in chemistry1979, Miami University, Oxford Ohio. USA M.Phil. in geochemistry 1984, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. USA. Ph.D. in geochemistry 1988, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. USA. Supervisor Bob Berner

Professional experience:
NRC Research Associate
, 1988-1991, NASA-Ames, USA. Visiting Scientist, 1990, University of Århus, Denmark. Visiting Lecturer, 1991, University of Århus, Denmark. Assistant Professor 1992-95, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. BAT 1b Scientist (permanent position), 1993-1996, Max Planck for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany. Professor of Ecology, 1996-present, Institute of Biology, Odense University; Co-Director, Danish Center for Earth System Science (DCESS) December 1997-2005; Director, Nordic Center for Earth Evolution (NordCEE) August 2006 - .

Funded Research:

  • Ancient Sulfur Biogeochemistry 1992-95, NASA 246,000 USD.
  • Biological and Chemical Dynamics of the Oxic/Anoxic Interface 1997-99, Danish National Science Foundation. 1,900,000 Dkr.
  • Danish Center for Earth System Science 12/97-12/02, Danish National Research Foundation (w/Gary Shaffer and J. Ray Bates). 50,000,000 Dkr.
  • On-line nitrate analysis machine (Nov. 2002) Danish National Research Council.
  • Danish Center for Earth System Science (12/02-12/05), Danish National Research Foundation. 9,000,000 Dkr.
  • Nordic Center for Earth Evolution (1/8/05-31/7/10), Danish National Research Foundation, 40,000,000 Dkr.

Honors and Awards:

  • W.E. Ford Prize, Excellence in Mineralogy, 1986, Yale University.
  • Orville Prize, Outstanding research in earth science, 1987, Yale University.
  • NRC Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1988-91, NASA-Ames Research Center.
  • Honorary Research Fellow, 1996, University of Leeds
  • The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (foreign member, elected 2002)
  • ISI Highly-cited researcher, Geosciences.
  • Paper (Poulton et al., Nature, 2004) chosen as one of 5 most important Danish Science breakthroughs in 2004.

Professional afilliation:

  • Member - Geochemical Society
  • Member - ASLO
  • Member - American Geophysical Union
  • Associate Editor - American Journal of Science  (1989 - present)
  • Associate Editor - Limnology and Oceanography (1987-2002)
  • Editor - Geobiology (2003 - present)
  • Associated Editor - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (2001- present)
  • Editorial Advisor - Aquatic Microbial Ecology (1996 - present)
  • Editorial Board of Chemical Geology (2004 - present)

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