Kirsten Van Zuilen

Research Engineer
Geomicrobiology
Institute of Physics of the Globe of Paris
France

Scientist Microbiology
Biography

Education: 2012: PhD Geochemistry, University of Bergen, Norway 2008: Diplom Earth Sciences (MSc equivalent), Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany Professional Experience: May 2017: Visiting professor, Institute of Applied Geosciences, Graz University of Technology, Austria 2016 – present: Postdoctoral Researcher, Geomicrobiology, IPGP, France 2015 – 2016: Postdoctoral Researcher, CAGE, IPGP, France 2012 – 2015: Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland 2009 – 2012: Research Fellow (PhD), Centre for Geobiology and Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bergen, Norway 2008 – 2009: Research Assistent, Institute of Mineralogy, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany

Research Intrest

Development of non-traditional isotope proxies for geochemical processes Biogeochemistry of metals in marine environments

List of Publications
Gschwind, H.P., Schmid, D.G., von Blanckenburg, F., Oelze, M., van Zuilen, K., Slade, A.J., Stitah, S., Kaufmann, D., Swart, P. (2014) Iron uptake and ferrokinetics in healthy male subjects of an iron-based oral phosphate binder (SBR759) labeled with the stable isotope 58Fe. Metallomics, 6, 2062-2071.
Pretet, C., van Zuilen, K., Nägler, T.F., Reynaud, S., Böttcher, M.E., Samankassou, E. (2016) Constraints on barium isotope fractionation during aragonite precipitation by corals. The Depositional Record, 1, 118-129.
van Zuilen, K., Nägler, T.F., Bullen, T.D. (2016) Barium isotopic compositions of geological reference materials. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, DOI 10.1111/ggr.12122
van Zuilen, K., Müller, T., Nägler, T.F., Dietzel, M., Küsters, T. (2016) Experimental determination of barium isotope fractionation during diffusion and adsorption processes at low temperatures. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 186, 226-241
Mavromatis, V., van Zuilen, K., Purgstaller, B., Baldermann, A., Nägler, T.F., Dietzel, M. (2016) Barium isotope fractionation during witherite (BaCO3) dissolution, precipitation and at equilibrium. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 190, 72-84.