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Dr. Susanne Alfken

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This web page has not been updated since the former colleague left MARUM.

 

Research Interest

  • Organic Geochemistry
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Paleoclimatology and Paleoceanography
  • Spatially resolved mass spectrometry imaging

Education and Professional Career

2020 - 2023 

Postdoc; MARUM, University of Bremen, Germany with Prof. Kai-Uwe Hinrichs                Project: Cluster Ocean Floor - RECEIVER

2016 - 2019

Dr.rer.nat.; MARUM, University of Bremen, Germany; PI: Prof. Kai-Uwe Hinrichs               Project: ZOOMecular

2012 - 2015 M.Sc.; International Master Program “Marine Geosciences”, University of Bremen, Germany
2009 - 2013 B.Sc.; Undergraduate studies of the German Bachelor “Geowissenschaften”, University of Bremen, Germany

 

Publications

Weimin Liu, Susanne Alfken, Lars Wörmer, Julius S. Lipp, Kai‐Uwe Hinrichs (2022). Hidden molecular clues in marine sediments revealed by untargeted mass spectrometry imaging. Frontiers in Earth Science 10, S.931157. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.931157

Susanne Alfken, Lars Wörmer, Julius S. Lipp, Jenny Wendt, Arndt Schimmelmann, Kai‐Uwe Hinrichs (2020). Mechanistic insights into molecular proxies through comparison of subannually resolved sedimentary records with instrumental water column data in the Santa Barbara Basin, Southern California. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 35, e2020PA004076. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020PA004076

Igor Obreht, Lars Wörmer, Achim Brauer, Jenny Wendt, Susanne Alfken, David De Vleeschouwer, Marcus Elvert, Kai-Uwe Hinrichs (2020). An annually resolved record of Western European vegetation response to Younger Dryas cooling. Quaternary Science Reviews 231, 106198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106198

Susanne Alfken, Lars Wörmer, Julius S. Lipp, Jenny Wendt, Heidi Taubner, Arndt Schimmelmann, Kai-Uwe Hinrichs (2019). Micrometer scale imaging of sedimentary climate archives – Sample preparation for combined elemental and lipid biomarker analysis. Organic Geochemistry 127, 81–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.11.002

Lars Wörmer, Jenny Wendt, Susanne Alfken, Jin-Xiang Wang, Marcus Elvert, Verena B. Heuer, Kai-Uwe Hinrichs (2019). Towards multiproxy, ultra-high resolution molecular stratigraphy: Enabling laser-induced mass spectrometry imaging of diverse molecular biomarkers in sediments. Organic Geochemistry 127, 136–145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.11.009