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Expertise
Dr. Philippe Claeys is a geologist, planetary scientist, geochemist interested in documenting global changes and in particular the consequences of asteroid and comet impacts on the evolution of the bio-geosphere. He obtained his PhD in 1993 from the University of California at Davis working on the discovery of the Chicxulub crater in Yucatan, the most likely cause of the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs, 66 million years ago. He then carried out postdoctoral research at UCLA, before becoming a researcher at UC Berkeley for several years. In the late nineties, he joined the Museum of Natural History in Berlin as chief scientist in charge of establishing and managing the new analytical laboratories. Since 2001, he is a professor at the “Vrije Universiteit Brussel” in Brussels, Belgium, where he currently heads the research unit Analytical-Environmental and Geochemistry. He is also a visiting professor at Ghent University, the Catholic University Leuven and the University of Liège. In 2016-2017 he was a visiting professor and International Scholar at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of British Columbia. When he is not travelling looking for clues to better understand the 4.5 billion years of evolution of planet Earth, he enjoys working in the lab with PhD students and postdocs on a wide variety of projects ranging from Antarctic meteorites, to paleoclimate, or archaeometry and urban water management.
Website: http://we.vub.ac.be/en/philippe-claeys
- Planetary science, impact processes, meteorites
- Paleo-environmental reconstruction, paleoclimate, mass extinctions
- Geochemistry isotopes and trace elements - Biogeochemistry
- Sedimentology, stratigraphy
- Cyclostratrigraphy - Astrochronoloy
- Astrobiology, exobiology
- Urban Water management
- Geoarcheology - Bioarchaeology
- Analytical methodology
Education/Academic qualification
Geology, PhD , University of California at Davis
1 Jan 1989 → 15 Mar 1993
Geology, Master of Science in Geology, University of California at Davis
1 Aug 1987 → 31 Dec 1988
Geology, Bachelor degree in Geology, Free Universities of Brussels
… → 1984
External positions
Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies International Scholar & Visiting Professor, University of British Columbia
1 Sep 2016 → 31 Dec 2017Professor, Ghent University
1 Jan 2009 → 31 Dec 2026Professor, KU Leuven
1 Jan 2009 → 31 Dec 2024Professor, University of Liege
1 Jan 2008 → 31 Dec 2022Lecturer, University of Potsdam, Germany
1 Sep 1997 → 31 Jan 2001Senior Scientist, Museum Natural History - Museum fuer Naturkunde - Berlin
1 Jan 1996 → 31 Jan 2001Research Scientist, University of California at Berkeley
1 Jan 1994 → 31 Dec 1995Post-doctoral researcher, University of California, Los Angeles
1 Jan 1993 → 31 Dec 1993Fingerprint
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Projects
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FOD103: PARAsitic DIversity, vectors, host and transfers in Early Cretaceous DInosaur-aSsociated vertebrates
Claeys, P., Baele, J., Claerebout, E. & Godefroit, P.
1/01/21 → 31/12/24
Project: Fundamental
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FOD102: Shepherding the “Belle Epoque” Bernissart Iguanodon collection into the 21st century
Claeys, P., Godefroit, P., Baele, J. & Fisher, V.
1/01/21 → 31/12/24
Project: Fundamental
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FWOTM1005: The calm before the storm? Biotic responses to climate and environmental change in the final chapter of the Cretaceous Period
Vellekoop, J. & Claeys, P.
1/10/20 → 30/09/23
Project: Fundamental
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OZR3599: International Joint Reserach Group: From Survey and Excavation to Isotope analyses of skeletal remains from archaeological contexts
Snoeck, C., Cresnar, M., Claeys, P., Goderis, S., Tys, D., Veselka, B., Leskovar, T. & Gaspari, A.
27/05/20 → 26/05/23
Project: Fundamental
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HERC50: Towards a versatile photoelectron spectroscope for in situ interfacial molecular studies in materials science
Hauffman, T., Ustarroz Troyano, J., Tielens, F., Abrahami, S., Terryn, H., Hubin, A., Denayer, J., Van Assche, G., Claeys, P., Ameloot, R. & Goderis, S.
1/05/20 → 30/04/24
Project: Fundamental
Research output
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Cyclostratigraphy of a type-Maastrichtian chalk record, based on high-resolution geochemical analysis of the Gulpen Formation, NE Belgium
Huygh, J. J., Vellekoop, J., Sinnesael, M., Kaskes, P., Jagt, J. W. M. & Claeys, P., 3 Feb 2021, EGU General Assembly 2021 Conference Abstracts. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, p. 4806-4806 1 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper
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Globally distributed iridium layer preserved within the Chicxulub impact structure
Goderis, S., Sato, H., Ferrière, L., Schmitz, B., Burney, D., Kaskes, P., Vellekoop, J., Wittmann, A., Schulz, T., Chernonozhkin, S. M., Claeys, P., Graaff, S. J. D., Déhais, T., Winter, N. J. D., Elfman, M., Feignon, J-G., Ishikawa, A., Koeberl, C., Kristiansson, P., Neal, C. R. & 12 others, , 24 Feb 2021, In : Science Advances. 7, 9, p. 1-13 13 p., eabe3647.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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New constraints on the formation of main group pallasites derived from in situ trace element analysis and 2D mapping of olivine and phosphate
Chernonozhkin, S. M., McKibbin, S. J., Goderis, S., Van Malderen, S. J. M., Claeys, P. & Vanhaecke, F., 2021, In : Chemical Geology. 562, 19 p., 119996.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Petrographic and geochemical fingerprinting of flints from the type-Maastrichtian (SE Netherlands and NE Belgium): implications for flint formation and provenance
Van der Geest, H., Vellekoop, J., Kaskes, P., Sinnesael, M., Jagt, J. W. M., Degryse, P. & Claeys, P., 3 Feb 2021, EGU General Assembly 2021 Conference Abstracts. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, p. 2335-2335 1 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper
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Petrological and geochemical investigations of the granite basement in the Chicxulub peak ring: implications for the Yucatán target rock
Feignon, J-G., De Graaff, S. J., Ferrière, L., Kaskes, P., Dehais, T., Goderis, S., Claeys, P. & Koeberl, C., 29 Jan 2021, 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2021: LPI Contrib. No. 2548. Lunar and Planetary Institute, p. 1557-1557 2 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper
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Prizes
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Elected Fellow of the Geological Society of America 2012
Philippe Claeys (Recipient), 5 Nov 2012
Prize: Election to learned society
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Elected Fellow of the Geological Society of America in 2012
Philippe Claeys (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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International Scholar Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of British Columbia, BC Canada
Philippe Claeys (Recipient), 1 Sep 2016
Prize: National/international honour
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John Joly 2018 Lecture at Trinity College Dublin
Philippe Claeys (Recipient), 2018
Prize: National/international honour
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Martin Van Couvering Award of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Philippe Claeys (Recipient), 1992
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Bradley Cramer
Philippe Claeys (Host)24 Feb 2020 → 1 Mar 2020Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
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Sara Garcia-Arranz
Koen Stein (Host), Philippe Claeys (Host)1 Feb 2020 → 15 Jun 2020Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
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Lourdes Fernández-Díaz
Philippe Claeys (Host), Alexandra Rodler (Host)28 Jan 2020 → 31 Jan 2020Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
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Attarik foundation for Meteoritics and Planetary Science (External organisation)
Philippe Claeys (Chair)2019 → 2039Activity: Membership › Membership of external research organisation
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Christian Koeberl
Philippe Claeys (Host)29 Jan 2019 → 1 Feb 2019Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
Press / Media
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Press coverage of our recent article published in Climate of the Past
Philippe Claeys & Niels De Winter
16/01/20
4 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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SCIENCE list our research on the Chicxulub crater and dinosaur mass extinction as among the top runners up for Science Breakthrough of the year 2019
1/01/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Opinie in Knack: 'Dinosauriërs waren de bekendste slachtoffers van de meest recente massa-extinctie'
Sietze Jan De Graaff & Philippe Claeys
1/11/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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La Dernière Heure, VRT-NEWS, RTBF, Les Échos, Bruzz, Daily Science etc. highlighted our SUBLIMUS project
Philippe Claeys, Natacha Brion & Marc Elskens
24/10/19
7 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Worldwide press coverage of out article in PNAS
Steven Goderis, Pim Kaskes, Sietze Jan De Graaff & Philippe Claeys
10/09/19 → 21/10/19
6 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Thesis
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Ageing and Growth eatimation of Plaice from the Celtic and North seas: Stable isotopes in Otoliths as a validation tool for classical methods.
Author: Sheku, S. & Claeys, P., 2005Supervisor: Claeys, P. (Promotor)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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A high-resolution stable isotope record from the Proserpine stalagmite (Han-sur- Lesse cave, Belgium) to document seasonality during the European Little Ice Age (period between 1620 and 1630 CE)
Author: Van Opdenbosch, J. & Claeys, P., 1 Sep 2015Supervisor: Claeys, P. (Promotor) & Vansteenberge, S. (Advisor)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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An environmental evaluation of the impact of Mount Cameroon volcanic eruption in Buea
Author: Ekongolo, E. N., Claeys, P. & Jacobs, P., 2007Supervisor: Claeys, P. (Promotor) & Jacobs, P. (External person) (Co-promotor)
Student thesis: Master-after-master
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Antarctic meteorites and micrometeorites as tracers of early solar system and planetary formation processes: Search for pre-solar grains in Antarctic meteorites
Author: De Ridder, A. & Claeys, P., 30 Jun 2014Supervisor: Claeys, P. (Promotor)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Assessment of sedimentary processes capacity for dispersing potentially contaminated terrigenous material delivered by river runoff to the lake Issyk-Kul (Kyrgyzstan)
Author: Peretyatko, A., De Batist, M. & Claeys, P., 2002Supervisor: Claeys, P. (Jury) & De Batist, M. (External person) (Promotor)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis