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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: https://amgc.research.vub.be/en/prof-dr-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 → 30 Sep 2021Professor, University of Liege
1 Jan 2008 → 31 Dec 2021Lecturer, University of Potsdam
1 Sep 1997 → 31 Jan 2001Senior Scientist, Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
1 Jan 1996 → 31 Jan 2001Research Scientist, University of California at Berkeley
1 Jan 1994 → 31 Dec 1995Post-doctoral researcher, University of California at Los Angeles
1 Jan 1993 → 31 Dec 1993Fingerprint
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OZR3804: Extension of the PhD trajectory due to Covid-19
Pierson, J., Tindemans, K., De Leu, N., Claeys, P., Coene, G., Simón, L., Raats, T., Hes, F. J., Loisen, J. & Orban, A.
7/10/21 → 1/01/23
Project: Fundamental
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FWOTM1048: Hot or Cold? Did changes in volcanic activity influence global temperature evolution throughout geological climate-change events
1/10/21 → 30/09/24
Project: Fundamental
Research output
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A new age model and chemostratigraphic framework for the Maastrichtian type area (southeastern Netherlands, northeastern Belgium)
Vellekoop, J., Kaskes, P., Sinnesael, M., Huygh, J., Déhais, T., Jagt, J. W. M., Speijer, R. P. & Claeys, P., 16 Mar 2022, In : Newsletters on Stratigraphy. 2022, 0703.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Artificial weathering of an ordinary chondrite: Recommendations for the curation of Antarctic meteorites
van Ginneken, M., Debaille, V., Decrée, S., Goderis, S., Woodland, A. B., Wozniakiewicz, P., De Ceukelaire, M., Leduc, T. & Claeys, P., 1 Jan 2022, (Accepted/In press) In : Meteoritics and Planetary Science. p. 1-20 21 p., #13818.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Belemnite growth dynamics and trace elemental composition across the Pliensbachian-Toarcian boundary event
al-Fudhaili, N., De Winter, N., Kaskes, P., Claeys, P. & De Baets, K., 28 Feb 2022, Belemnite growth dynamics and trace elemental composition across the Pliensbachian-Toarcian boundary event. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, p. 1-1 1 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper
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Characterization of achondritic cosmic spherules from the Widerøefjellet micrometeorite collection (Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica)
Soens, B., Chernonozhkin, S. M., González de Vega, C., Vanhaecke, F., van Ginneken, M., Claeys, P. & Goderis, S., 15 May 2022, In : Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 325, p. 106-128 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Cyclostratigraphy of the Middle to Upper Ordovician successions of the Armorican Massif (western France) using portable X-ray fluorescence
Sinnesael, M., Loi, A., Dabard, M-P., Vandenbroucke, T. & Claeys, P., 2022, In : Geochronology. 4, 1, p. 251-267 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Prizes
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Bone Diagenesis 2021 conference - Best student poster
Rachèl Spros (Recipient), Pim Kaskes (Recipient), Christophe Snoeck (Recipient), Steven Goderis (Recipient), Bart Lambert (Recipient) & Philippe Claeys (Recipient), 24 Sep 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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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
Activities
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Evolving planets: Tracing modes of planetary differentiation in the inner solar system
Tom Boonants (Participant), Steven Goderis (Supervisor), Philippe Claeys (Supervisor)1 Mar 2022Activity: Other › Written proposal
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Weronika Maria Wierny
Philippe Claeys (Host), Marion Peral (Supervisor), Marta Marchegiano (Supervisor)1 Apr 2022 → 31 May 2022Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
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Jimmy De Rooij
Pim Kaskes (Host), Philippe Claeys (Host), Steven Goderis (Host), Christophe Snoeck (Host)21 Feb 2022 → 25 Feb 2022Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
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Zofia Dubicka
Philippe Claeys (Host)19 Apr 2022 → 22 Apr 2022Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
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The effect of fluid mobilization on the budget and distribution of rare earth elements in Antarctic H chondrites
Ryoga Maeda (Speaker), Steven Goderis (Speaker), Thibaut Van Acker (Speaker), Frank Vanhaecke (Speaker), Akira Yamaguchi (Speaker), Vinciane Debaille (Speaker), Philippe Claeys (Speaker)18 Nov 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
Press / Media
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La Dernière Heure, VRT-NEWS, RTBF, Les Échos, Bruzz, Daily Science etc. highlighted our SUBLIMUS project
Natacha Brion, Philippe Claeys & Marc Elskens
24/10/19 → 16/08/21
15 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Press coverage of article: Vestiges of a Volcanic Arc Hidden Within Chicxulub Crater
Sietze Jan De Graaff, Catherine Ross & Philippe Claeys
15/06/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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International coverage for recent paper showing: Dinosaurs lived in greenhouse climate with hot summers
Niels De Winter & Philippe Claeys
10/06/21
3 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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International media coverage of Science Advances article (March 2021)
Flore Van Maldeghem, Bastien Soens, Philippe Claeys & Steven Goderis
31/03/21 → 12/05/21
3 items of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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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
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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A new independent age model for type-Maastrichtian chalk near Hallembaye (Gulpen Formation, Upper Cretaceous) using a cyclostratigraphic approach based on X-ray fluorescence data
Author: Huygh, J., 30 Jun 2021Supervisor: Claeys, P. (Promotor)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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A new independent age model for type-Maastrichtian chalk of the Kreco quarry near Hallembaye (Gulpen Formation, Upper Cretaceous), using a cyclostratigraphic approach based on X-ray fluorescence data
Author: Huygh, J., Vellekoop, J., Sinnesael, M., Kaskes, P. & Claeys, P., 28 Jun 2021Supervisor: Claeys, P. (Promotor), Vellekoop, J. (Co-promotor), Sinnesael, M. (Co-promotor) & Kaskes, P. (Advisor)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis