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Persoonlijk profiel
Expertise
Dr. Philippe Claeys is a geologist, planetary scientist and geochemist interested in documenting ancient and modern 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 at the University of California (UC) 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, with Walter Alvarez(UC Berkeley) as advisor. He then carried out postdoctoral research using Neutron Activation to analyze Platinum group elements in sediments at the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at UCLA, in the group of John Wasson. For several years, he was a researcher at UC Berkeley working again with Walter Alvarez on the KT boundary mass extinction. In the late nineties, Dieter Stoeffler convinced him to join the Museum of Natural History in Berlin as chief scientist in charge of establishing and managing the new analytical laboratories, composed of scanning & transmission electron microscopes, an electron microprobe and several X-ray fluorescence instruments. In 1998, was as visiting professor at the “Ecole des Mines” in Paris. Since 2001, he is a professor at the “Vrije Universiteit Brussel” in Brussels, Belgium, where he established and directs the trans disciplinary research unit “Archaeology, Environmental changes & Geo-Chemistry” (AMGC), which is composed of > 100 geologists, chemists, biologists, civil-& bio- engineers, as well as archaeologists. AMGC relies on a vast arsenal of analytical techniques such Mass Spectrometry for trace elements and isotope determinations, Micro-X-Ray Fluorescence, Fourier Transform Infra-Red spectroscopy etc. He is also a visiting professor at Ghent University and the University of Liège. In 2016-2017, he was an invited International Scholar at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of British Columbia. Philippe also actively spreads science results to a large public audience via conferences, school visits, social media, vulgarization papers, active communication towards the written press, TV, radio and internet (see Youtube) and participation to documentaries. When he is not travelling looking for clues to better understand the 4.5 billion years of evolution of planet Earth, he enjoys designing, writing and obtaining new projects as well as guiding PhD students and postdocs on a wide variety of topics ranging from Antarctic meteorites and impact crater formation, to global environmental changes and cyclostratigraphy or bioarchaeology.
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
Opleiding / Academische kwalificatie
Geology, PhD , University of California at Davis
1 jan 1989 → 15 mrt 1993
Datum van toekenning: 15 mrt 1993
Geology, Master of Science in Geology, University of California at Davis
1 aug 1987 → 31 dec 1988
Datum van toekenning: 31 dec 1988
Geology, Bachelor degree in Geology, Université libre de Bruxelles
… → 1984
Datum van toekenning: 30 sep 1984
Externe posities
Visiting Professor, CAS - Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology
2025
Honorary Professor, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
2024 → 2028
Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies International Scholar & Visiting Professor, University of British Columbia
1 sep 2016 → 31 dec 2017
Professor, Ghent University
1 jan 2009 → 31 dec 2026
Professor, KU Leuven
1 jan 2009 → 30 sep 2021
Professor, University of Liege
1 jan 2008 → 31 dec 2021
Lecturer, University of Potsdam
1 sep 1997 → 31 jan 2001
Senior Scientist, Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
1 jan 1996 → 31 jan 2001
Research Scientist, University of California at Berkeley
1 jan 1994 → 31 dec 1995
Post-doctoral researcher, University of California at Los Angeles
1 jan 1993 → 31 dec 1993
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Samenwerkingen en hoofdonderzoeksgebieden uit de afgelopen vijf jaar
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IRP26: Wat maakt steden? Een transdisciplinaire en comparatieve studie van stedelijke samenlevingen in de pre-moderne Nederlanden
Lambert, B., Snoeck, C., Veselka, B., Claeys, P., Pouliart, N. & Provyn, S.
1/11/24 → 31/10/29
Project: Fundamenteel
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HERC65: Binnenstebuiten - The X-Ray aanpak
Snoeck, C., Goderis, S., Veselka, B., Olde Venterink, H., Kervyn De Meerendre, M., Lambert, B., Elskens, M., Vandam, R., Van den Brande, N., Tielens, F., Nys, K., Zekollari, H., Hauffman, T., Peeters, E., Claeys, P., Gao, Y., Rahier, H., Meulebroeck, W., Provyn, S., Leermakers, M., Thiery, W. & Devos, Y.
1/05/24 → 30/04/28
Project: Fundamenteel
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ANI378: FWO Wetenschappelijke Prijs Klimaatonderzoek - Niels De Winter
1/02/24 → 31/01/26
Project: Fundamenteel
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BASGO1: OZR Basisfinanciering voor Grote Onderzoeksgroepen - AMGC
1/01/24 → 1/01/25
Project: Fundamenteel
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FWOTM1167: Modellering van impactprocessen op meerdere schaal: van asteroïde-interieurs tot planetaire bewoonbaarheid en evolutie
Senel, C. B. & Claeys, P.
1/10/23 → 30/09/26
Project: Fundamenteel
Onderzoeksoutput
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Triple-oxygen isotopes of stony micrometeorites by secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS): Olivine, basaltic glass and iron oxide matrix effects for sensitive high-mass resolution ion microprobe-stable isotope (SHRIMP-SI)
McKibbin, S. J., Ávila, J. N., Ireland, T. R., Van Ginneken, M., Soens, B., Van Maldeghem, F., Huber, M., Baeza, L., Patkar, A., Vanhaecke, F., Debaille, V., Claeys, P. & Goderis, S., 15 jan 2025, In: Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 39, 1, 15 blz., e9921.Onderzoeksoutput: Article › peer review
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A comparison of bivalve, gastropod and fish otolith stable isotope profiles from the Aalter Sands, early Eocene southern North Sea Basin
Vellekoop, J., Vanhove, D., Jelu, I., Claeys, P., Ivany, L. C., Winter, N. J. D., Speijer, R. P. & Steurbaut, E., 8 mrt 2024, EGU General Assembly 2024. Vol. 2024. blz. 1-1 1 blz. 9755Onderzoeksoutput: Meeting abstract (Book)
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Amplified seasonality in western Europe in a warmer world
de Winter, N. J., Tindall, J., Johnson, A. L. A., Goudsmit-Harzevoort, B., Wichern, N., Kaskes, P., Claeys, P., Huygen, F., van Leeuwen, S., Metcalfe, B., Bakker, P., Goolaerts, S., Wesselingh, F. & Ziegler, M., mei 2024, In: Science Advances. 10, 20, 7 blz., eadl6717.Onderzoeksoutput: Article › peer review
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A new insight of the MIS 3 Dansgaard-Oeschger climate oscillations in western Europe from the study of a Belgium isotopically equilibrated speleothem
Peral, M., Marchegiano, M., Verheyden, S., Goderis, S., Van Helden, T., Vanhaecke, F., Van Acker, T., Jia, X., Cheng, H., Fiebig, J., Fourcade, T., Snoeck, C. & Claeys, P., 1 apr 2024, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 329, blz. 1-15 16 blz., 108564.Onderzoeksoutput: Article › peer review
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Antarctic meteorites threatened by climate warming
Tollenaar, V., Zekollari, H., Kittel, C., Farinotti, D., Lhermitte, S., Debaille, V., Goderis, S., Claeys, P., Joy, K. H. & Pattyn, F., apr 2024, In: Nature Climate Change. 14, blz. 340-343 4 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Article › peer review
Open AccessBestand1 Citaat (Scopus)
Datasets
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Supplementary material A new insight of the MIS 3 Dansgaard-Oeschger climate oscillations in western Europe from the study of a Belgium isotopically equilibrated speleothem
Peral, M. Y. (Creator), Claeys, P. (Creator), Snoeck, C. (Creator) & Goderis, S. (Creator), Zenodo, mrt 2024
Dataset
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Physico-chemical properties of the top 120 m of two ice cores in Dronning Maud Land (East Antarctica): an open window on spatial and temporal regional variability of environmental proxies
Wauthy, S. (Creator), Tison, J. L. (Creator), Inoue, M. (Creator), Claeys, P. (Creator), El Amri, S. (Creator), Sainan, S. (Creator) & Pattyn, F. (Creator), Zenodo, 2023
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7848435, https://zenodo.org/record/7848435
Dataset
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Supplementary Data to "Tracing timing of growth in cultured mollusks using strontium spiking"
De Winter, N. (Creator) & Claeys, P. (Supervisor), Zenodo, 2023
Dataset
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nielsjdewinter/TE_circadian: Revised supplement
De Winter, N. (Creator) & Claeys, P. (Supervisor), Zenodo, 2023
Dataset
Prijzen
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Bone Diagenesis 2021 conference - Best student poster
Spros, Rachèl (Recipient), Kaskes, Pim (Recipient), Snoeck, Christophe (Recipient), Goderis, Steven (Recipient), Lambert, Bart (Recipient) & Claeys, Philippe (Recipient), 24 sep 2021
Prijs: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Elected Fellow of the Geological Society of America 2012
Claeys, Philippe (Recipient), 5 nov 2012
Prijs: Election to learned society
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Elected Fellow of the Geological Society of America in 2012
Claeys, Philippe (Recipient), 2012
Prijs: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Activiteiten
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Laurent Kupelian
Philippe Claeys (Host)
1 apr 2024 → 31 mei 2024Activiteit: Hosting an academic visitor
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Maia Stewart
Philippe Claeys (Host), Niels De Winter (Supervisor) & Steven Goderis (Supervisor)
1 jun 2024 → 30 aug 2024Activiteit: Hosting an academic visitor
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Ajay Valiyaveettil Salimkumar
Philippe Claeys (Host) & Marion Peral (Supervisor)
1 feb 2024 → 31 aug 2024Activiteit: Hosting an academic visitor
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Xiangdong Zhao
Philippe Claeys (Host) & Naihua Xue (Host)
1 aug 2024 → 31 aug 2024Activiteit: Hosting an academic visitor
Knipsels
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International media coverage of our new publication in Nature Geosciences on dust as the main factor in driving the extinction of the dinosaurs
Philippe Claeys, Steven Goderis & Cem Berk Senel
30/10/23 → 4/11/23
22 items van Media-aandacht
Pers / media: !!Research
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Mission in Antarctica: discovery of a 7.6 kg meteorite
Ryoga Maeda, Vinciane Debaille, Steven Goderis, Philippe Claeys, Vinciane Debaille, Vinciane Debaille & Maria Valdes
18/01/23 → 19/01/23
6 Mediabijdrages
Pers / media: !!Research
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An ancient group of Hong Kong inhabitants loved their seafood, to an extreme
Christina Cheung, Christophe Snoeck & Philippe Claeys
4/04/22
1 item van Media-aandacht
Pers / media: !!Research
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International media coverage of publication on using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to find meteorites in Antarctica
Philippe Claeys & Steven Goderis
26/01/22 → 28/01/22
10 items van Media-aandacht
Pers / media: !!Research
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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 van Media-aandacht
Pers / media: !!Research