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Yu-Shih Lin
Name: | Frau Yu-Shih Lin | |
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Department: | Org. Geochemistry Group | |
Job: | PhD | |
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Phone: | +49 421 218 - 65744 | |
Fax: | +49 421 218 - 65715 | |
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Research Interests
- Deep biosphere biogeochemistry
- Carbon cycling and stable isotope probing
- Transformation of organic matter during diagenesis
PhD project
My dissertation project is part of the MARUM project B2 entitled ‘Simulation of Biogeochemical Processes in the Marine Subsurface’. I will conduct microcosm experiments using a wide arrays of sediments collected from different geological settings. The scientific questions to be addressed can be divided into two parts:
- the metabolic capabilities of the novel prokaryotes discovered in the marine deep biosphere
- microbially mediated modification of organic compounds under anoxic conditions
To address these questions I will apply the following approaches:
- stable isotope labeling techniques and IRMS coupled to different interfaces
- GC-FID & RCP (H2 analyzer) for monitoring gas metabolites
- HPLC for monitoring (semi-)volatile comppounds
- molecular and genetic fingerprinting techniques for characterizing microbial community
Curriculum Vitae
| Since Dec 2009 | Postdoctoral fellow, Organic Geochemistry Group, MARUM & Dept. of Geosciences, Uni. Bremen |
| Oct 2009 | Ph.D. in Organic Geochemistry, MARUM & Dept. of Geosciences, Uni. Bremen Thesis title: In vitro study of microbial carbon cycling in subseafloor sediments Advisor: Kai-Uwe Hinrichs |
| June 2005 | M.Sc., Dept. of Geosciences, National Taiwan Univ. Thesis title: Holocene paleoceanography in the upper reach of the Kuroshio |
| June 2003 | B.Sc., Dept. of Geography, National Taiwan Univ. Thesis title: Soil morphological variations on the Taoyuan Terrace, Northwestern Taiwan |
Ship Expeditions
| 22 Nov - 6 Dec, 2009 | Atlantis ALT15-56, Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California |
| 12 Apr -13 May, 2008 | Meteor 76/1, off coast of Namibia: "Process studies in the eastern South Atlantic (PROSA)" |
| 12 May - 5 Jun, 2007 | Meteor 72/5, Black Sea: "Biogeochemistry, fluids, gas hydrates and paleoclimate of the Black Sea" |
| 11-14 Apr, 2002 | RV3-767, off the SW coast of Taiwan: "Active faults and gas hydrates off the SW coast of Taiwan" |
Publications
- Riedinger, N., Brunner, B., Lin, Y.S., Voßmeyer, A., Ferdelman, T.G., Jørgensen, B.B. Methane at the water sediment transition in Black Sea sediments. Submitted.
- Lin, Y.S., Biddle, J.F., Lipp, J.S., Orcutt, B.N., Holler, T., Teske, A., Hinrichs, K.U. (2009) Effect of storage conditions on archaeal and bacterial communities in subsurface marine sediments. Geomicrobiology Journal, in press.
- Strąpoć, D., Picardal, F.W., Turich, C., Schaperdoth, I., Macalady, J.L., Lipp, J.S., Lin, Y.S., Ertefai, T.F., Schubotz, F., Hinrichs, K.U., Mastalerz, M., Schimmelmann, A. (2008) Methane-producing microbial community in a coal bed of the Illinois Basin. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74, 2424-2432. (link, doi:10.1128/AEM.02341-07)
- Lin, Y.S., Lin, Y.W., Wang, Y., Chen, Y.G., Hsu, M.L., Chiang, S.H., Chen, Z.S. (2007) Relationships among topography, groundwater and soil morphological variations in the Taoyuan-Chungli tableland, Northwestern Taiwan. Geomorphology 90, 36-54. (link, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.01.013)
- Shen, C.C., Chiu, H.I., Chiang, H.W., Chu, M.F., Wei, K.Y., Steinke, S., Chen, M.T., Lin, Y.S., Lo, L. (2007) High precision measurements of Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca ratios in carbonates by cool plasma quadrupole inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Chemical Geology 236, 339-349. (link, doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.10.010)
- Lin, Y.S., Wei, K.Y., Lin, I.T., Yu, P.S., Chiang, H.W., Chen, C.Y., Shen, C.C., Mii, H.S., Chen, Y.G. (2006) Holocene Pulleniatina Minimum Event revisited: Geochemical and faunal evidence from the Okinawa Trough and upper reaches of the Kuroshio Kurrent. Marine Micropaleontology 59, 153-170.(link, doi:10.1016/j.marmicro.2006.02.003)
- Kao, S.J., Hsu, S.C., Horng, C.S., Wei, K.Y., Chen, J., Lin, Y.S. (2005) Enhanced deepwater circulation and shift of sedimentary organic matter oxidation pathway in the Okinawa Trough since the Holocene. Geophys. Res. Lett. 32, L15609, doi: 10.1029/2005GL023139. (link)
- Lin, Y.S., Chen, Y.G., Chen, Z.S., Hsieh, M.L. (2005) Soil morphological variations on the Taoyuan Terrace, Northwestern Taiwan: roles of topography and groundwater. Geomorphology 69, 138-151. (link, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.12.006)
Oral Presentations at International Conferences
| Sep 2009 | International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG), Bremen, Germany "Stable carbon isotope probing of intact polar lipids from benthic archaea in marine subsurface sediment" |
| Jun 2009 | Goldschmidt Conference 2009, Davos, Switzerland "Stable carbon isotope probing of intact polar lipids from benthic archaea in marine subsurface sediment" |
| Aug 2008 | Gordon Research Conference of Organic Geochemistry, Holderness, NH, USA "Origins Of Volatile Organic Sulfides In Anoxic Sediments" |


