Bio
Carsten Meyer-Jacob
Professional Address
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Institut de Recherche sur les Forêts (IRF)
445 Boulevard de l’Université, Rouyn-Noranda, QC, J9X 5E4, Canada
T +1-819-762-0971 poste/ext 2057
Email: carsten.meyer-jacob@uqat.ca
Academic Background
2016 – PhD in Environmental Science, Umeå University, Sweden
2011 – Diplom (MSc equivalent) in Geology & Paleontology, University of Cologne, Germany
Professional Experience
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- 2022-present – Professor in Paleoecology, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada
- 2019-2022 – Postdoctoral Researcher, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
- 2016-2019 – Swedish International Postdoctoral Fellowship, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada and Umeå University, Sweden
Current research themes
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- Long-term impacts of natural (post-glacial landscape evolution, climate changes) and human-induced (atmospheric deposition, forestry, agriculture) environmental changes on carbon transfer between terrestrial and aquatic environments
- Implications of changing terrestrial-aquatic carbon cycling for lake ecosystems (e.g., transport and sequestration of nutrients and pollutants)
Key words: Paleolimnology, Carbon Cycling, Climate Change, Forest Dynamics, Sediment Geochemistry, Pollutant Transport