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
