Prof. Kurt Konhauser
Fellow
Current Employer
University of Alberta
Election Year
2017
Academy
Académie des sciences
Discipline
Earth Sciences
Department
Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Keywords
low-temperature geochemistry, evolution of biosphere, Precambrian surface systems, Geobiology
KONHAUSER, Kurt - Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta
Kurt Konhauser is a world expert in the field of Geobiology. His research ranges from the role of microbes in metal binding and forming minerals to describing the biogeochemical processes controlling elemental cycling in oceans through time. His work is significant in the understanding the evolution of oxygenation on the early Earth. He has published the authoritative textbook on the subject and is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal Geobiology.
Kurt Konhauser is a world expert in the field of Geobiology. His research ranges from the role of microbes in metal binding and forming minerals to describing the biogeochemical processes controlling elemental cycling in oceans through time. His work is significant in the understanding the evolution of oxygenation on the early Earth. He has published the authoritative textbook on the subject and is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal Geobiology.
Kurt Konhauser est un expert mondial dans le domaine de la Géobiologie. Ses recherches portent sur le rôle des microbes dans les liaisons métalliques et dans la formation des minéraux afin de décrire les processus biogéochimiques qui contrôlent le cycle élémentaire dans les océans au cours des temps géologiques. Son travail est essentiel dans la compréhension de l’évolution de l’oxygénation de la Terre primitive. Il a publié l’un des manuels les plus connus concernant ce sujet et est le fondateur et l’éditeur en chef du journal Geobiology.