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Goldschmidt2019

Submit your abstract by 29 March

The abstract deadline for Goldschmidt2019 is just around the corner!
Visit the abstracts webpage for instructions for how to prepare and submit your abstracts and to view our handy video tutorials, and browse the full list of sessions you can submit an abstract for here.


Abstract submission deadline: 29 March, 23:59 CET.

 

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A family-friendly conference

The conference welcomes the families of its delegates. For those coming to Barcelona with their children, subsidised childcare will be provided onsite, with a full program of activities for 6-month to 12-year-olds. Places must be reserved in advance and space is limited to 20 places per session, so be sure to book early.

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Goldschmidt2019 Plenary lecturers


The five plenary speakers for Goldschmidt2019 have been announced, and we are looking forward to listening to their fascinating and inspiring headline talks each day of the conference next August. 

Monday: Bethany Ehlmann - California Institute of Technology / Jet Propulsion Laboratory (USA)
Tuesday: Roberta Rudnick - University of California, Santa Barbara (USA)
Wednesday: Carrie Masiello, Paul Gast Lecturer - Rice University (USA)
Thursday: Alissa Park  - Columbia University (USA)
Friday: Chris Hawkesworth - University of Bristol / University of St. Andrews (UK)

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Filip Meysman named Berner lecturer

The European Association of Geochemistry and the Geochemical Society are pleased to announce that Prof. Filip Meysman (University of Antwerp, Belgium) will present the 2019 Robert Berner Lecture at the Goldschmidt2019 conference in Barcelona. Filip is coordinator of the Microbial Electricity Research Group and his research focuses on topics in marine biogeochemistry, including the fascinating electrogenic marine micro-organisms. Details of the lecture will be available in April.

 

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Society News

2019 Geochemistry Fellows

The European Association of Geochemistry and the Geochemical Society are delighted to announce the names of the 2019 Geochemistry Fellows: Nicolas Dauphas, Sylvie Derenne, Melinda Darby Dyar, Jean Jouzel, Cin-Ty A. Lee, Shuguang Li, Jack Middelburg, Eric Oelkers, Daniela Rubatto, Yuji Sano, Barbara Sherwood Lollar, William Shotyk and Mordechai Stein.

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The EAG joins the EGU in support of the European Research Council

Following the recent announcement of changes to the European Commission’s Research and Innovation Directorate General, the European Association of Geochemistry (EAG) has joined the European Geosciences Union in expressing its strong support of the European Research Council and the unique ability that it currently has to respond directly and independently to the needs of the scientific community. Click on the button below to read the full statement from the EAG.

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EAG co-organised sessions at EGU2019

If you are attending the EGU2019 General Assembly in Vienna next month, be sure to check out the EAG co-organised sessions taking place across a range of themes, including Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology and Volcanology, Biogeosciences, and Educational and Outreach Symposia. All delegates are welcome to visit the EAG at Booth 17 in the Entrance Hall.

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New EAG membership rates for scientists from lower- and lower-middle-income-economy countries

In support of geochemists from less economically advantaged regions of the world, reduced 1-year membership rates are now available for students and professionals residing in countries classified as lower- or lower-middle-income economies by the World Bank (see here for the current list of countries in these categories). To benefit, select the low-income economy membership type when you join the EAG or renew your membership. Students: 10 euros. Professionals: 20 euros.

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2019 EAG-GS Outreach lecturer visits Egypt

2019 EAG-GS Outreach Lecturer, Prof. Hasnaa Chennaoui Aoudjehane (Hassan II University of Casablanca) has been touring universities and institutes across Africa this spring. Following her trip to Mauritania in January, Hasnaa was in Cairo, Egypt, earlier this month to run a workshop on "Meteorites of Morocco and the Arab world" at the National Research Centre. Keep an eye out in future newsletters for news of Hasnaa's upcoming seminars and workshops.

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Important Dates and Deadlines

Goldschmidt2019 and EAG deadlines


29 March: Goldschmidt2019 abstract submission deadline and student helper application deadline
1 May: EAG Student Sponsorship application deadline
15 May: Goldschmidt2019 field trips booking deadline
1 June: EAG Early Career Science Ambassadors application deadline
18 June: Goldschmidt2019 early registration deadline
18 July: Goldschmidt2019 workshop booking and standard registration deadline
18-23 August: Goldschmidt2019 Conference

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Other geochemistry related event deadlines


20 March: ICOBTE: 15th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements registration deadline
1 April: ECROFI2019: European Current Research on Fluid and Melt Inclusions abstract & early registration deadline
15 April: Wageningen Soil Conference 2019: Understanding Soil functions (co-sponsored by the EAG) abstract deadline
15 May: 15th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (Organised by EAG partner society, EAG members benefit from member rates) early registration deadline

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New in Geochemical Perspectives Letters

Widespread and intense wildfires at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary

Discovery of impact spherules associated with the onset of the Carbon Isotope Excursion (CIE) that marks the Paleocene-Eocene (P-E) boundary (~56 Ma) indicates that the P-E transition was coincident with an extraterrestrial…

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Zircon halogen geochemistry: Insights into Hadean-Archean fluids

Understanding the distribution of halogens in rocks can potentially trace ancient lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interactions. Although no sedimentary rocks older than 3.8 Ga are known, insights into...

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Resources for Early Career Scientists

The PhDiaries: 5 Essential Apps for Every PhD Student

In 2017, Lucy Kissick, a PhD student studying martian geology at the University of Oxford, created a YouTube vlog "The PhDiaries", where she publishes short videos for PhD students, giving advice and tips and sharing anecdotes on all the ups and downs of PhD life (watch her introduction here). We'll be sharing some of Lucy's videos in upcoming newsletters, starting this month with "5 Essential Apps for Every PhD Student".

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Geochemistry Making the News

Scientists Observe Water Molecules Moving Around the Moon   

[SciTechDaily] Using an instrument aboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), scientists have observed water molecules moving around the dayside of...

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Bus-size robot set to vacuum up valuable metals from the deep sea

[Science]  Sometimes the sailors' myths aren't far off: The deep ocean really is filled with treasure and creatures most strange. For decades, one treasure...

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Capturing bacteria that eat and breathe electricity

[ScienceDaily] Last August, Abdelrhman Mohamed found himself hiking deep into the wilderness of Yellowstone National Park. Unlike thousands of tourists...

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Ocean sink for human-made carbon dioxide measured

[ScienceDaily] Not all of the CO2 generated during the combustion of fossil fuels remains in the atmosphere and contributes to global warming. The ocean....

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The Mystery of Antarctica’s Missing Meteorites

[The Atlantic] For about a month, Katherine Joy spent hours snaking up and down the Antarctic ice on a snowmobile, trying to spot gatherings of meteorites. The bottom…

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Isotope Geochemists Glimpse Earth’s Impenetrable Interior

[EOS] When the solar system began to form nearly 4.6 billion years ago, a nebulous cloud of gas and dust surrounded the Sun. One of the gases in that cloud, the…

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Job Opportunities

Internships, MSc and PhD positions

PositionEmployerApplication deadline
Type: PhD Position
PhD Fellowships in geochemistry / petrology
Guanghzou Institute of Geochemistry, China
19 Mar or until position is filled
Type: PhD Position
PhD Position in Isotope Geochemistry
Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland
28 Feb or until position is filled
Type: PhD Position
Design of synthetic rare-earth carbonate minerals for chemical filters
Department of Geology, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
31 Mar or until position is filled
Type: PhD Position
Two PhD Positions at University of Waterloo
Ecohydrology Research Group, University of Waterloo, Canada
until the position is filled
Type: PhD Position
PhD position in biogeochemistry of Fe-C associations in fjords
Biogeochemistry and Earth System Modelling / Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
19 Apr
Type: PhD Position
Investigation of silicate dissolution processes through the combination of microstructural, chemical and isotopic methods
Laboratoire d'Hydrologie et de Geochimie de Strasbourg - UMR7517 - Universite de Strasbourg & CNRS, France
15 May
Type: PhD Position
PhD Fellowship in Mercury Marine Biogeochemistry at AMGC - VUB in Brussels
The Analytical, Environmental and Geochemistry (AMGC) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
15 Apr or until position is filled
Type: PhD Position
PhD position in Redox Biogeochemistry at Aquatic Interfaces funded through the Czech Science Foundation
University of South Bohemia and the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Science (BC-CAS), SoWa-RI, Czech Republic
until the position is filled

PostDoctoral positions and Fellowships

PositionEmployerApplication deadline
Type: Research Associate
Postdoctoral Fellow: Watershed Biogeochemical Data Synthesis and Modeling
Basu Lab at the University of Waterloo, Canada
until the position is filled
Type: Research Associate
Application of a Portable Laser Ablation Sampling Device and ICP-MS to the Analysis of Cultural Heritage Objects
Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Yale University, United States
03 Mar
Type: Research Associate
Postdoctoral Researchers in Geochemistry / Petrology
Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, China
01 Mar or until position is filled
Type: Research Associate
Postdoctoral Researchers in Geophysics
Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, China
01 Mar or until position is filled
Type: Research Associate
Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Isotope Geochemistry
Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland
28 Feb or until position is filled
Type: Research Associate
Staff Associate
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University , United States
until the position is filled
Type: Research Associate
Postdoctoral Researcher Position - Isotope Geochemistry / Mineralogy
Mineralogy and Hydrogeochemistry, Institute of Applied Geosciences, Graz University of Technology, Austria
20 Mar or until position is filled
Type: Research Associate
Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Noble Gas Geochronology and Isotope Geochemistry of Planetary Materials
School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, United States
20 Mar or until position is filled
Type: Research Associate
Senior Scientist (fixed term) (Akademischer Rat/ Akademische Ratin auf Zeit) in Experimental Geosciences
Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
01 May
Type: Research Associate
Senior Scientist (tenure track) (Akademischer Rat/ Akademische Ratin) in Experimental Geosciences
Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
01 May
Type: Research Associate
Post doctoral position in isotope geochemistry
University of Lausanne, Institut des Sciences de la Terre, Switzerland
09 Apr
Type: Research Associate
Post-doctoral Fellowship in Mercury Marine Biogeochemistry at AMGC - VUB in Brussels
The Analytical, Environmental and Geochemistry (AMGC) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel , Belgium
15 Apr or until position is filled

Faculty, Technical and other positions

PositionEmployerApplication deadline
Type: Other
Assistant or Associate Professor - Mine Systems Biogeochemistry - tenure track position
The University of Arizona, United States
until the position is filled
Type: Other
Assistant/Associate Professor Mining Biogeochemistry - tenure track position
University of Arizona, United States
until the position is filled
Type: Other
Senior Research Fellow: To reinforce its research in ancient and modern global changes, AMGC is seeking a young geochemist with solid skills in mass spectrometry and an interest for innovative methodological developments...
Analytical, Environmental and Geo-Chemistry (AMGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
25 Mar
Type: Other
Associate Professor of Mineralogy/Petrology
University of Oxford Earth Sciences, United Kingdom
22 Mar
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EAG Partners

15th SGA Biennial Meeting: "Life with Ore Deposits on Earth"

The 15th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits will take place on 27-30 August in Glasgow. Early-bird registration deadline: 15 May. EAG Members benefit from reduced member rates.

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ISEB: 24th International Symposium on Environmental Biogeochemistry - Abstract submission open

The 24th ISEB Symposium of the International Society for Environmental Biogeochemistry will be held on 22-27 September in Potsdam. Abstract deadline: 31 May. Early registration deadline: 30 July. EAG Members benefit from reduced member rates.

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81st EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition

The 81st EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition (London, UK;  3-6 June 2019) is the world's most significant multi-disciplinary geoscience and engineering event, gathering geoscientists and engineers from across the field.  Registration deadline: 15 May. EAG Members benefit from reduced member rates.

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