Jorge Spangenberg

I am a geochemist specialized in analytical and applied organic, inorganic and stable isotope geochemistry. I use bulk and compound-specific approaches to determine the sources and fate of natural and synthetic chemicals. My work as senior research scientist at the Stable Isotope Laboratory covers fundamental and applied research, scientific consulting, development of new analytical techniques, maintenance and troubleshooting of the organic and isotopic facilities, and teaching. The laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities for molecular and isotopic analyses of organic matter (including analyses of lipid and biomarker compounds, compound-specific and bulk carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen and oxygen isotope analyses by GC-FID, GC-MSD, and GC-C/TC-IRMS). My current research topics include studies of Neoproterozoic and Permian-Triassic climate and environmental changes, evolution of life, organic and inorganic geochemistry of ore deposits, environmental geochemistry, food chemist