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Jaap Damsté Sinninghe#


Jaap Damsté Sinninghe
Membership Number:5484
Membership type:ORDINARY
Section:EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES
Elected:2020
Main Country of Residence:THE NETHERLANDS
Homepage(s):http://www.nioz.nl/staff-detail?id=764005
ORCID:0000-0002-8683-1854





Present and Previous Positions

  • 2018 - today Senior scientist, Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research,
  • 2009 - today Professor of Organic Geochemistry, Utrecht University (UU)
  • 2015 - 2018 Head of Department, Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
  • 2004 - 2009 Professor of Molecular Palaeontology, University of Utrecht (UU)
  • 2003 - 2015 Head of Department, Department of Marine Organic Biogeochemistry, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
  • 1993 - 2004 Assistant professor, Geochemistry, University of Utrecht (UU)
  • 1993 - 2002 Senior scientist, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research,
  • 1989 - 1992 Associate Scientist, Organic Geochemistry Unit, Delft University of Technology
  • 1984 - 1989 Assistant Scientist, Organic Geochemistry Unit, Delft University of Technology


Fields of Scholarship
  • Organic geochemistry
  • Biomarker proxy development and application
  • Paleoclimatology
  • Paleoceanography
  • Microbiology
  • Lipids
  • Environmental analytical chemistry
  • Oceanography
  • Biogeosciences

Honours and Awards
  • 2020 Membership of Academia Europaea
  • 2016 ERC Advanced Research Grant (2.5 M€)
  • 2016 Membership of Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (KNHRM)
  • 2014, 2016 and 2018 ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Geosciences
  • 2014 Dr. A.H. Heineken prize for Environmental Sciences (KNAW)
  • 2013 Co-applicant of Gravitation Award from the Dutch Ministry of Science and Education (23 M€) for the Soehngen Institute of Anaerobic Microbiology
  • 2013 Main applicant of Gravitation Award from the Dutch Ministry of Science and Education (28 M€) for the Netherlands Earth System Science Centre
  • 2008 ERC Advanced Research Grant (2.5 M€) in the first round ever organized
  • 2007 Vernadsky Medal from the Biogeosciences Division of the European Geosciences Union
  • 2005 Treibs Medal for lifetime achievements from the Geochemical Society
  • 2005 Membership Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
  • 2004 Spinoza award (1.5 M€) from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
  • 2004 ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Geosciences
  • 1993 the first Schenck Award from the European Association of Organic Geochemists
  • 1993 PIONIER-award (0.9 M€) from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
  • 1988 Best paper award of the Organic Geochemistry division of the American Geochemical Society

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