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Meibom obtained a PhD in [[physics]] at the [[University of Southern Denmark]] in 1997.<ref name=":0" /> He then pursued a two-and-a-half-year postdoc at the Hawaii Institute for Geophysics and Planetology where he studied the mineralogy of primitive [[Chondrite|chondrotic meteorites]]. In 2000, he moved to [[Stanford University]] as a research associate in the Stanford-[[USGS]] [[ion microprobe]] laboratory, department of geological and environmental sciences. In 2005, he was appointed as an associate professor at the [[Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle]] in [[Paris]], where he was promoted to full professor in 2007. From 2006 to 2011, he served as the director of the French National [[NanoSIMS]] analytical facility. In 2012, he was named full professor at the [[École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne|EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)]] in the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC). He has also been full professor ''ad personam'' at the University of Lausanne since 2014. From 2015 to 2017, he was the director of the Institute of Environmental Engineering at [[École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne|EPFL]].
Meibom obtained a PhD in [[physics]] at the [[University of Southern Denmark]] in 1997.<ref name=":0" /> He then pursued a two-and-a-half-year postdoc at the Hawaii Institute for Geophysics and Planetology where he studied the mineralogy of primitive [[Chondrite|chondrotic meteorites]]. In 2000, he moved to [[Stanford University]] as a research associate in the Stanford-[[USGS]] [[ion microprobe]] laboratory, department of geological and environmental sciences. In 2005, he was appointed as an associate professor at the [[Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle]] in [[Paris]], where he was promoted to full professor in 2007. From 2006 to 2011, he served as the director of the French National [[NanoSIMS]] analytical facility. In 2012, he was named full professor at the [[École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne|EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)]] in the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC). He has also been full professor ''ad personam'' at the University of Lausanne since 2014. From 2015 to 2017, he was the director of the Institute of Environmental Engineering at [[École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne|EPFL]].

In 2019, Meibom founded the Transnational Red Sea Center (TRSC), a scientific diplomacy initiative supported by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA, Switzerland) which aims to promote scientific collaboration in a politically unstable region endowed with fundamental ecological stakes.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Editors|first=The|title=Transnational Red Sea project that could help save Earth’s coral reefs {{!}} Global Geneva|url=https://www.global-geneva.com/transnational-red-sea-project-that-could-help-save-earths-coral-reefs/|access-date=2020-09-17|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kleinhaus|first=Karine|last2=Al-Sawalmih|first2=Ali|last3=Barshis|first3=Daniel J.|last4=Genin|first4=Amatzia|last5=Grace|first5=Lola N.|last6=Hoegh-Guldberg|first6=Ove|last7=Loya|first7=Yossi|last8=Meibom|first8=Anders|last9=Osman|first9=Eslam O.|last10=Ruch|first10=Jean-Daniel|last11=Shaked|first11=Yonathan|date=2020|title=Science, Diplomacy, and the Red Sea’s Unique Coral Reef: It’s Time for Action|url=https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.00090/full|journal=Frontiers in Marine Science|language=English|volume=7|doi=10.3389/fmars.2020.00090|issn=2296-7745}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Red Sea coral spotlights Swiss ‘Science Diplomacy’|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/rescuing-the-reefs-_red-sea-coral-spotlights-swiss--science-diplomacy-/45340246|access-date=2020-09-17|website=SWI swissinfo.ch|language=en}}</ref>


== Research ==
== Research ==

Revision as of 13:56, 17 September 2020

Professor
Anders Meibom
Ander Meibom in 2020
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Southern Denmark
Academic work
DisciplineEnvironmental bio-geochemistry
InstitutionsÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Main interestsIsotope geochemistry, cell metabolism
Websitehttps://www.epfl.ch/labs/lgb/

Anders Meibom (born 9 September 1969) is a Danish interdisciplinary scientist and former football player active in the field of bio-geochemistry. He is a professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), where he heads the laboratory for biological geochemistry.[1]

Career

Meibom obtained a PhD in physics at the University of Southern Denmark in 1997.[1] He then pursued a two-and-a-half-year postdoc at the Hawaii Institute for Geophysics and Planetology where he studied the mineralogy of primitive chondrotic meteorites. In 2000, he moved to Stanford University as a research associate in the Stanford-USGS ion microprobe laboratory, department of geological and environmental sciences. In 2005, he was appointed as an associate professor at the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, where he was promoted to full professor in 2007. From 2006 to 2011, he served as the director of the French National NanoSIMS analytical facility. In 2012, he was named full professor at the EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) in the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC). He has also been full professor ad personam at the University of Lausanne since 2014. From 2015 to 2017, he was the director of the Institute of Environmental Engineering at EPFL.

In 2019, Meibom founded the Transnational Red Sea Center (TRSC), a scientific diplomacy initiative supported by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA, Switzerland) which aims to promote scientific collaboration in a politically unstable region endowed with fundamental ecological stakes.[2][3][4]

Research

Meibom currently leads the laboratory for biological geochemistry at EPFL. Research performed in his laboratory is interdisciplinary in nature, at the interface between isotope geochemistry and biology.[1] Active themes in the laboratory include the use of NanoSIMS to visualize and characterize the diagenesis of biogenic substrates, as well as the study of metabolic processes in symbiotic organisms and how these processes may be influenced by environmental stress, in particular climate change.[5]

Distinctions

In 2008, Meibom was awarded with the Medal for Research Excellence by the European Mineralogical Union for his contributions in the field of cosmochemistry.[6] From 2009 to 2012, he was appointed member of the Comité National Section 18 at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France.[7] In 2009 and 2017, Meibom was awarded two advanced grants by the European Research Council for projects aiming to better understand biomineralization processes by marine organisms (Project BioCarb, 2009), as well as to better understand biocarbonate-based paleo-environmental records for the oceans (Project UltraPal, 2017).[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Anders Meibom". people.epfl.ch. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  2. ^ Editors, The. "Transnational Red Sea project that could help save Earth's coral reefs | Global Geneva". Retrieved 2020-09-17. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ Kleinhaus, Karine; Al-Sawalmih, Ali; Barshis, Daniel J.; Genin, Amatzia; Grace, Lola N.; Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove; Loya, Yossi; Meibom, Anders; Osman, Eslam O.; Ruch, Jean-Daniel; Shaked, Yonathan (2020). "Science, Diplomacy, and the Red Sea's Unique Coral Reef: It's Time for Action". Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.00090. ISSN 2296-7745.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  4. ^ "Red Sea coral spotlights Swiss 'Science Diplomacy'". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  5. ^ "Current Research". www.epfl.ch. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  6. ^ "Medal for Research Excellence 2008 | Official website of the European Mineralogical Union". Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  7. ^ "Rapport 2010 du CNRS Section 18" (PDF). cnrs.fr (in French). Retrieved 27 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "ERC Funded Projects". ERC: European Research Council. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
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