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Bo Barker Jørgensen

Bo Barker Jørgensen

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Environmental Sciences
Denmark
2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
149
Citations
73367
World Ranking
30
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Bo Barker Jørgensen is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark. Their research spans several main fields of study, including Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Engineering. Within these broader areas, their work is particularly focused on subfields such as Environmental Chemistry, Ocean Engineering, Oceanography, Ecology, and Geophysics.

The scientist's research topics cover diverse areas with significant contributions to Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, and Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques. Additional areas of interest include Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis.

Notable recent publications authored or coauthored by Bo Barker Jørgensen include:

  • Sediment oxygen consumption: Role in the global marine carbon cycle (2022, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • Macrofaunal control of microbial community structure in continental margin sediments (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Potentially bioavailable iron produced through benthic cycling in glaciated Arctic fjords of Svalbard (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Early diagenesis of iron and sulfur in Bornholm Basin sediments: The role of near-surface pyrite formation (2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta)
  • Rapid metabolism fosters microbial survival in the deep, hot subseafloor biosphere (2022, Nature Communications)

Bo Barker Jørgensen frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Barry A. Cragg, Natascha Riedinger, Thomas Andrén, Ian P. G. Marshall, and Jørn Bo Jensen.

The scientist's publications often appear in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) at La Trobe University, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Frontiers in Microbiology, and Limnology and Oceanography.

Bo Barker Jørgensen was awarded membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 2020.

Best Publications

  • A marine microbial consortium apparently mediating anaerobic oxidation of methane

    Antje Boetius;Katrin Ravenschlag;Carsten J. Schubert;Dirk Rickert

  • Mineralization of organic matter in the sea bed—the role of sulphate reduction

    Bo Barker Jørgensen

  • Anaerobic ammonium oxidation by anammox bacteria in the Black Sea

    Marcel M. M. Kuypers;A. Olav Sliekers;Gaute Lavik;Markus Schmid

  • The sulfur cycle of a coastal marine sediment (Limfjorden, Denmark)1

    Bo Barker Jørgensen

  • Diffusive boundary layers and the oxygen uptake of sediments and detritus1

    Bo Barker Jørgensen;Niels Peter Revsbech

  • Quantifying the degradation of organic matter in marine sediments: A review and synthesis

    Sandra Arndt;Sandra Arndt;Bo Barker Jørgensen;Douglas E. LaRowe;Jack Middelburg

  • Microelectrodes: Their Use in Microbial Ecology

    Niels Peter Revsbech;Bo Barker Jørgensen

  • Measurement of bacterial sulfate reduction in sediments: Evaluation of a single-step chromium reduction method

    Henrik Fossing;Bo Barker Jørgensen

  • Massive nitrogen loss from the Benguela upwelling system through anaerobic ammonium oxidation.

    Marcel M. M. Kuypers;Gaute Lavik;Dagmar Woebken;Markus Schmid

  • Microbial Life Under Extreme Energy Limitation

    Tori M. Hoehler;Bo Barker Jorgensen

  • Pathways of organic carbon oxidation in three continental margin sediments

    Donald Eugene Canfield;Bo Barker Jørgensen;Henrik Fossing;Ronnie N. Glud

  • Microbial reefs in the Black Sea fueled by anaerobic oxidation of methane

    Walter Michaelis;Richard Seifert;Katja Nauhaus;Tina Treude

  • Distributions of Microbial Activities in Deep Subseafloor Sediments

    Steven D'Hondt;Bo Barker Jørgensen;D. Jay Miller;Anja Batzke

  • Manganese, iron and sulfur cycling in a coastal marine sediment, Aarhus bay, Denmark

    Bo Thamdrup;Henrik Fossing;Bo Barker Jørgensen

  • Biogeographical distribution and diversity of microbes in methane hydrate-bearing deep marine sediments on the Pacific Ocean Margin

    Fumio Inagaki;Takuro Nunoura;Satoshi Nakagawa;Andreas Teske

  • Coral mucus functions as an energy carrier and particle trap in the reef ecosystem

    Christian Wild;Markus Huettel;Anke Klueter;Stephan G. Kremb

  • Feast and famine - microbial life in the deep-sea bed.

    Bo Barker Jørgensen;Antje Boetius;Antje Boetius

  • Anaerobic methane oxidation rates at the sulfate‐methane transition in marine sediments from Kattegat and Skagerrak (Denmark)

    Niels Iversen;Bo Barker Jorgensen

  • The Biogeochemical Sulfur Cycle of Marine Sediments.

    Bo Barker Jørgensen;Alyssa J. Findlay;André Pellerin

  • Microenvironment and photosynthesis of zooxanthellae in scleractinian corals studied with microsensors for O2, pH and light

    Michael Kühl;Y Cohen;T Dalsgaard;Bo Barker Jørgensen

  • Microelectrode studies of the photosynthesis and O2, H2S, and pH profiles of a microbial mat1

    Niels Peter Revsbech;Bo Barker Jorgensen;T. Henry Blackburn;Yehuda Cohen

Frequent Co-Authors

Henrik Fossing
Henrik Fossing Aarhus University
Hans Røy
Hans Røy Aarhus University
Timothy G. Ferdelman
Timothy G. Ferdelman Max Planck Society
Niels Peter Revsbech
Niels Peter Revsbech Aarhus University
Antje Boetius
Antje Boetius Max Planck Society
Michael E. Böttcher
Michael E. Böttcher Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Mark A. Lever
Mark A. Lever ETH Zurich
Volker Brüchert
Volker Brüchert Stockholm University
Michael Kühl
Michael Kühl University of Copenhagen
Helle Ploug
Helle Ploug University of Gothenburg

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