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Peter Müller
Report of GLOMAR PhD student Peter Müller about his participation in the 5th International Clumped Isotope Workshop at the University of South Florida in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA from 5 – 9 January 2016
Thanks to the funding provided by GLOMAR as well as another Early Career Science Grant of the University of South Florida (USF) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), I was able to attend the 5th International Clumped Isotope Workshop in St. Petersburg, Florida. The workshop is held approximately every 1.5 years and represents the main meeting for the still small clumped isotope community providing a framework for open discussions about challenges as well as progress in this young but certainly promising field of isotope geochemistry.
Given its small size with about 100 participants from about 15-20 Universities including well known institutes such as Caltech, Cambridge, WHOI or Yale, the meeting was characterized by a constructive working atmosphere which allowed stimulating discussions and exchange of ideas among the participating scientists from all around the world. Thanks to the small size of the workshop, there were no parallel sessions which allowed me to attend all presentations throughout the meeting.
Alongside the orals presentations and several interesting panel discussions about current issues in clumped isotope geochemistry, posters were visitable throughout the entire meeting. Thus, my poster on which I presented data generated during a GLOMAR-funded research stay at the University of Miami was well noticed and I had the chance to discuss my data with a broad range of well-known expert scientists throughout the entire meeting.
Overall, the clumped isotope workshop provided fascinating insights into current developments of this young but promising field of isotope geochemistry. My participation allowed me to strengthen my scientific network and was thus more than just a valuable experience. Therefore, I gratefully acknowledge financial support provided by GLOMAR, USF and NSF.
Given its small size with about 100 participants from about 15-20 Universities including well known institutes such as Caltech, Cambridge, WHOI or Yale, the meeting was characterized by a constructive working atmosphere which allowed stimulating discussions and exchange of ideas among the participating scientists from all around the world. Thanks to the small size of the workshop, there were no parallel sessions which allowed me to attend all presentations throughout the meeting.
Alongside the orals presentations and several interesting panel discussions about current issues in clumped isotope geochemistry, posters were visitable throughout the entire meeting. Thus, my poster on which I presented data generated during a GLOMAR-funded research stay at the University of Miami was well noticed and I had the chance to discuss my data with a broad range of well-known expert scientists throughout the entire meeting.
Overall, the clumped isotope workshop provided fascinating insights into current developments of this young but promising field of isotope geochemistry. My participation allowed me to strengthen my scientific network and was thus more than just a valuable experience. Therefore, I gratefully acknowledge financial support provided by GLOMAR, USF and NSF.
