M.Sc. Kevin Becker

Name:		M.Sc. Kevin Becker
Department:		Organic Geochemistry group
Job:		Ph.D. student
Room:		MARUM I / 2710
Phone:		+49 421 218 - 65703
Fax:		+49 421 218 - 65715
E-Mail:

Research interests

Organic geochemistry
Biomarker research
Paleoenvironmental research
Microbial ecology
Development of analytical methods

Member of the Organic Geochemistry Group

Curriculum vitae

since November 2011	Ph.D. in the Organic Geochemistry Group at MARUM, University of Bremen, Germany
April 2011 - October 2011	M.Sc. thesis at MARUM, University of Bremen Thesis title: "Improved chromatographic separation of archaeal Glycerol Dialkyl Glycerol Tetraethers and its application to sediments from the Mediterranean and Black Seas."
October 2009 - October 2011	Master of Science Geosciences, Depatement of Geosciences, University of Bremen, Germany
July 2009 - September 2009	B.Sc. thesis at MARUM, University of Bremen Thesis title: "Untersuchung von Lipid Biomarkern an Sedimentproben des Multicores GeoB 10709-4 am Schelf Süditaliens (Golf von Tarent)"
October 2007 - September 2009	Bachelor of Science Geosciences, Depatement of Geosciences, University of Bremen, Germany

Publications

Wooller,M.J., Pohlman, J.W., Gaglioti, B., Langdon, P., Jones, M.C., Walter-Anthony, K.M., Elvert, M., Becker, K., Hinrichs, K.-U. (in review). Intermittent methane release from a wetland in arctic Alaska during the last ~12,000 years related to environmental change. JOPL Arctic Lakes Special Issue.

Poster presentations

Elvert, M., Wooler, M.J., Becker, K., Gaglioti, B., Hinrichs, K.-U., Pohlman, J.W. (2011). Carbon hydrogen isotope biomarker records of methane release and hydroclimatic variability from a thermokarst lake in arctic Alaska. 25th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry. Interlaken, Switzerland, Sep 2011.

Expeditions

February 2011	RV Meteor cruise M84/1 "DARCSEAS - Deep subseafloor Archaea in the eastern Mediterranean, Marmara and Black seas: carbon cycle, life strategies, and role in sedimentary ecosystems"
April 2010	Alaska North Slope - "Source characterization and temporal variation of methane seepage from thermokarst lakes on the Alaska North Slope in response to arctic climate change"