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Kevin Becker
Report of GLOMAR PhD student Kevin Becker about his participation in the GRC and GRS (Gordon Research Conference and Seminar) on Organic Geochemistry, Holderness, NH, USA, 2 - 8 August 2014
The Organic Geochemistry Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) and Conference (GRC) took place between the 2 and 8 August 2014 at Holderness School, Holderness, NH, USA.
The GRS was especially organized to provide early-career scientists (graduate students and post-docs) the opportunity to present their latest, unpublished work and to exchange ideas in a highly stimulating, informal atmosphere prior to the GRC. Emphasis was placed on new developments in organic proxies, biogeochemical processes, and the understanding of petroleum systems. This meeting also included a career panel where members of the organic geochemical community, at different stages in their career, shared their experiences of how they got to where they are today.
The GRC brought together scientists with diverse expertise and perspectives, performing state-of-the-art research in the rapidly developing and dynamic field of organic geochemistry. However, the number of participants was low (~200) compared to other conferences like the International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG), which provided an excellent environment for getting in contact with like-minded people as well as with the experts. The sessions at the GRC were diverse, ranging from geobiology to paleoclimate to the energy-related fields. Each session focused on linking present-day processes with the ancient, bundling them into topics with the intent of capturing both recent (bio)geochemical and past processes (geological and petroleum related) in individual sessions. Presentations were held in the morning and evening, whereas afternoons were available for informal participation in discussion, reading or recreation, as individuals desire. The oral presentations were well complemented by poster sessions, during which all participants presented their unpublished work. My poster was entitled “A streamlined protocol for the determination of three molecular SST proxies in a single analysis”. Despite the very technical topic, the poster raised a lot of interest, and I received valuable comments from experts in this field.
I strongly recommend GRCs to other students, as these informal meetings with their relaxed atmosphere, framed by social activities, provide an excellent opportunity to get to know leading scientists and graduate students and to exchange ideas about current research issues, which is highly stimulating for one’s own work.
I thank GLOMAR for funding for this conference trip. The participation in the conference definitely pushed my research forward, because the GRS/GRC gave me the opportunity to discuss aspects that are relevant to my work with researchers from different disciplines in the field of organic geochemistry who work on the same or related topics.
The GRS was especially organized to provide early-career scientists (graduate students and post-docs) the opportunity to present their latest, unpublished work and to exchange ideas in a highly stimulating, informal atmosphere prior to the GRC. Emphasis was placed on new developments in organic proxies, biogeochemical processes, and the understanding of petroleum systems. This meeting also included a career panel where members of the organic geochemical community, at different stages in their career, shared their experiences of how they got to where they are today.
The GRC brought together scientists with diverse expertise and perspectives, performing state-of-the-art research in the rapidly developing and dynamic field of organic geochemistry. However, the number of participants was low (~200) compared to other conferences like the International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG), which provided an excellent environment for getting in contact with like-minded people as well as with the experts. The sessions at the GRC were diverse, ranging from geobiology to paleoclimate to the energy-related fields. Each session focused on linking present-day processes with the ancient, bundling them into topics with the intent of capturing both recent (bio)geochemical and past processes (geological and petroleum related) in individual sessions. Presentations were held in the morning and evening, whereas afternoons were available for informal participation in discussion, reading or recreation, as individuals desire. The oral presentations were well complemented by poster sessions, during which all participants presented their unpublished work. My poster was entitled “A streamlined protocol for the determination of three molecular SST proxies in a single analysis”. Despite the very technical topic, the poster raised a lot of interest, and I received valuable comments from experts in this field.
I strongly recommend GRCs to other students, as these informal meetings with their relaxed atmosphere, framed by social activities, provide an excellent opportunity to get to know leading scientists and graduate students and to exchange ideas about current research issues, which is highly stimulating for one’s own work.
I thank GLOMAR for funding for this conference trip. The participation in the conference definitely pushed my research forward, because the GRS/GRC gave me the opportunity to discuss aspects that are relevant to my work with researchers from different disciplines in the field of organic geochemistry who work on the same or related topics.
