Profiles


University Research Fellow, University of St. Andrews, UK

 Dual-Title Ph.D., Earth & Space Sciences and Astrobiology, UW (2014)

Astrobiology Areas of Interest: Origin & Evolution of Life on Earth

Selected Publications:

Stüeken, E.E., & Buick, R. Environmental control on microbial metabolism and methane production in the Mesoarchean. *Precambrian Research*, /304/, 64-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2017.11.003.
Stüeken, E.E., Buick, R., Anderson, R.E., Baross, J.A., Planavsky, N.J. & Lyons, T.W. Environmental niches and metabolic diversity in Neoarchean lakes. Geobiology, /15/, 767-783. https://doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12251.
Stüeken, E.E., Zaloumis, J., Meixnerová, J. & Buick, R. Differential metamorphic effects on nitrogen isotopes in kerogen extracts and bulk rocks. *Geochimica et Cosmochica Acta*, /217/, 80-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.08.019.
Kipp, M.A., Stüeken, E.E., Bekker, A. & Buick, R. Selenium isotopes record extensive marine suboxia during the Great Oxidation Event. Proceedings National Academy of Science USA,/114/, 875-880.

2015: Krissansen-Totten, J., Buick, R. & Catling D.C. A statistical analysis of the carbon isotope record from the Archean to Phanerozoic and implications for the rise of oxygen. American Journal of Science, /315/, 275-316. http://www.ajsonline.org/content/315/4/275.short.
2015: Stüeken, E.E., Buick, R., & Anbar, A.D. Selenium isotopes support free O2 in the latest Archean. Geology, /43/, 259-262. http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/43/3/259.short.
2015: Stüeken, E.E., Buick, R., Bekker, A., Catling, D.C., Foriel, J., Guy, B.M., Kah, L.C., Machel, H.G. & Poulton, S.W. The evolution of the global selenium cycle: secular trends in Se isotopes and abundances. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, /162/, 109-125. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016703715002392.
2015: Stüeken, E.E., Buick, R., Guy, B.M. & Koehler, M.T. Isotopic evidence for biological nitrogen fixation by Mo-nitrogenase from 3.2 Gyr. Nature, /520/, 666-669. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v520/n7549/abs/nature14180.html.
2015: Stüeken, E.E., Buick, R. & Schauer, A.J. Nitrogen isotope evidence for alkaline lakes on late Archean continents. Earth & Planetary Science Letters, /411/, 1-10. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X14007298.
2015: Stüeken, E.E., Foriel, J., Buick, R. & Schoepfer, S.D. Selenium isotope ratios, redox changes and biological productivity across the end-Permian mass extinction. Chemical Geology, /410/, 28-39. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009254115002843.
2014: Claire, M.W., Kasting, J.F., Domagal-Goldman, S.D., Stüeken, E.E., Buick, R. & Meadows, V.S. Modeling the signature of sulfur mass-independent fractionation produced in the Archean atmosphere. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, /141/, 365-380. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016703714004475.
Stüeken, E.E., Anderson, R.E., Bowman, J.S., Brazelton, W.J., Colangelo-Lillis, J., Goldman, A.D., Som, S.M., and Baross, J.A. (2013) Did life originate from a global chemical reactor? Geobiology 11(2): 101-126. Link to paper (open access) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gbi.12025/full.
Stüeken, E.E., Catling, D.C., Buick, R. (2012) Contributions to late Archaean sulphur cycling by life on land. Nature Geoscience 5, 722-725. http://faculty.washington.edu/dcatling/Stueken2012_SulfurCycling.pdf.