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The CALMARS network consists of faculty and students from five Belgian institutes:
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Université Libre de Bruxelles
University of Antwerp
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| Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences - (RBINS) - Department of Invertebrates; Section Malacology | |
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Dr. Philippe Willenz (project coordinator) Interests: Sclerosponge biology and ecology |
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Julie Hermans (PhD candidate) Interests: Processes through which environmental parameters control magnesium incorporation into calcitic skeletons of marine invertebrates |
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Pol Gosselin (Postdoctoral researcher) Interests: The biomineralization processes of the coralline sponge Petrobiona massiliana and the use of its skeleton as an alternative proxies recorders in the Mediterranean Sea |
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| Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) - Analytical Chemistry (ANCH) and Isotope Geology (GEOL-DGLG) | |
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Prof. Willy Baeyens (ANCH-promoter) Interests: Trace metal geochemistry |
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Prof. Frank Dehairs (ANCH-promoter) Interests: Biogenic carbonates as environmental archives |
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Prof. Philippe Claeys (GEOL-promotor) Interests: Paleoenvironmental reconstructions |
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Prof. Eddy Keppens (GEOL-promoter) Interests: Stable Isotope Geochemistry |
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Dr. Fjo De Ridder (ELEC-postdoctoral researcher) Interests: Application of system identification techniques in the field of environmental chemistry |
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Baharak Bashar (GEOL - PhD candidate) Interests: Sclerosponges geochemistry |
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Veerle Beelaerts (ELEC - PhD candidate) Interests: Application of system identification techniques in the field of environmental chemistry |
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Maite Bauwens (ELEC - PhD candidate) Interests: Application of system identification techniques in the field of environmental chemistry |
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Rémy Mas (GEOL-PhD candidate) Interests: Isotope geology and paleoceanography |
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Fabrice Servaes (ANCH-PhD candidate) Interests: Geochemistry and Oceanography |
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| Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) - Section of Mineralogy, Petrography and Geochemistry | |
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Prof. Luc André (promoter) Interests: Trace metals in biocarbonates |
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Jacques Navez (researcher) Interests: ICP-MS, HR-ICP-MS and ICP-AES systems |
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Frédéric Planchon (researcher) Interests: Mg isotopes |
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| Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - Marine Laboratory (BIOMAR) | |
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Prof. Philippe Dubois (promoter) Interests: Trace elements in echinoderms |
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Herwig Ranner (PhD candidate) Interests: To calibrate echinoderm skeletons as recorders of global climate change. |
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Catherine Borremans (PhD candidate) Interests: To study salinity effects on the skeletal composition of the sea star and on the mechanisms of Mg and S incorporation |
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Julie Hermans (PhD candidate) Interests: Processes through which environmental parameters control magnesium incorporation into calcitic skeletons of marine invertebrates |
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| University of Antwerp (UA) - Ecophysiology, Biochemistry and Toxicology Unit, Department of Biology | |
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Prof. Ronny Blust (promoter) Interests: Modeling the incorporation of trace elements in Mytilus edulis |
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Valentine Mubiana Kayawe (PhD) Interests: Modeling the incorporation of trace elements in Mytilus edulis |
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Hanna Hanssen (PhD) Interests: Impact of climate induced changes in sea surface temperature, salinities and pCO2 on the calcification processes of Mytilus edulis |
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| Students - Various MSc students working or having worked on this project | |
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Hans Ulens (VUB-ANCH) Interests: Saxidomus giganteus as an environmental recorder |
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C. de Jonghe (ULB) Interests: Recording of environmental conditions in the skeleton of Asterias rubens |
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Li Meng (VUB-ANCH) Interests: δ13C in Mercenaria mercenaria |
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Tang Haifeng (VUB-ANCH) Interests: Lead in Mercenaria mercenaria |
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Ivy Meert (VUB-ANCH) Interests: Reconstructing the Schelde environment over the past 800 years using Mytilus edulis shells |
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Antoine Jacqmot (VUB-GEOL) Interests: B/Ca and Boron isotope geochemistry of Mytilus edulis as a paleo-salinity/ paleo-pH proxy |
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| Former Calmars Members | |
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Dr. David P. Gillikin PhD 2005 VUB, currently at State University New York at New Paltz |
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Dr. Sophie Verheyden Postdoctoral researcher, currently at Département des Sciences de la Terre et de l'environnement ULB, Brussels, Belgium |
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Dr. Denis Langlet Researcher, currently working on another project at the Royal Museum for Central Africa, in Tervuren, Belgium |
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Dr. Anne Lorrain Postdoctoral researcher, currently at Centre de Recherche Halieutique Méditerranéenne et Tropicale (CRH) in France |
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Dirk Steenmans (VUB-ANCH) Interests: Barium uptake in Mytilus edulis |
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