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Overview

Filip J. R. Meysman is affiliated with Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, specializing in Environmental Science with a focus on Environmental Engineering, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Oceanography, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Their research spans multiple interconnected subfields and addresses diverse aspects of environmental systems at molecular and ecological levels.

The scientist's main research topics include Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, and CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions.

Their recent publications demonstrate contributions to environmental sciences, microbiology, and biogeochemical studies. Notable papers include:

  • The impact of scrubber discharge on the water quality in estuaries and ports (2020, Environmental Sciences Europe)
  • Division of labor and growth during electrical cooperation in multicellular cable bacteria (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Efficient long-range conduction in cable bacteria through nickel protein wires (2021, Nature Communications)
  • An Ordered and Fail-Safe Electrical Network in Cable Bacteria (2020, Advanced Biosystems)
  • The impact of street canyon morphology and traffic volume on NO2 values in the street canyons of Antwerp (2021, Building and Environment)

Meysman has published extensively in venues such as Frontiers in Microbiology, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Biogeosciences, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). These venues reflect the breadth of their interdisciplinary work ranging from microbiology to geochemistry.

Their collaboration network includes frequent co-authors Silvia Hidalgo-Martinez, Jeanine S. Geelhoed, Henricus T. S. Boschker, Lùbos Polerecký, and Nicole M. J. Geerlings, indicating ongoing collaborative research efforts in environmental and microbial sciences.

Best Publications

  • Anthropogenic perturbation of the carbon fluxes from land to ocean

    Pierre Regnier;Pierre Friedlingstein;Philippe Ciais;Fred T. Mackenzie

  • Abundance and diversity of denitrifying and anammox bacteria in seasonally hypoxic and sulfidic sediments of the saline lake Grevelingen

    Yvonne A. Lipsewers;Ellen C. Hopmans;Filip J. R. Meysman;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté

  • Bioturbation: a fresh look at Darwin's last idea

    Filip J.R. Meysman;Jack J. Middelburg;Carlo H.R. Heip

  • The effect of biogeochemical processes on pH

    Karline Soetaert;Andreas F. Hofmann;Jack J. Middelburg;Filip J.R. Meysman

  • Marine‐terminating glaciers sustain high productivity in Greenland fjords

    Lorenz Meire;Lorenz Meire;John Mortensen;Patrick Meire;Thomas Juul-Pedersen

  • Olivine Dissolution in Seawater: Implications for CO2 Sequestration through Enhanced Weathering in Coastal Environments

    Francesc Montserrat;Phil Renforth;Jens Hartmann;Martine Leermakers

  • Reprint of “The effect of biogeochemical processes on pH”

    Karline Soetaert;Andreas F. Hofmann;Jack J. Middelburg;Filip J.R. Meysman

  • Variation in gut microbial communities and its association with pathogen infection in wild bumble bees (Bombus)

    Daniel P Cariveau;J Elijah Powell;J Elijah Powell;Hauke Koch;Hauke Koch;Rachael Winfree

  • Cold-water coral reefs and adjacent sponge grounds: hotspots of benthic respiration and organic carbon cycling in the deep sea

    Cecile Cathalot;Dick Van Oevelen;Tom J.S. Cox;Tina Kutti

  • Temperature excludes N2-fixing heterocystous cyanobacteria in the tropical oceans.

    Marc Staal;Filip J. R. Meysman;Lucas J. Stal

  • Natural occurrence of microbial sulphur oxidation by long-range electron transport in the seafloor

    Sairah Y Malkin;Alexandra M F Rao;Dorina Seitaj;Diana Vasquez-Cardenas

  • On the evolution and physiology of cable bacteria

    Kasper U. Kjeldsen;Lars Schreiber;Lars Schreiber;Casper A. Thorup;Thomas Boesen

  • Cable bacteria generate a firewall against euxinia in seasonally hypoxic basins

    Dorina Seitaj;Regina Schauer;Fatimah Sulu-Gambari;Silvia Hidalgo-Martinez

  • Relations between local, nonlocal, discrete and continuous models of bioturbation

    F. J. R. Meysman;B. P. Boudreau;J. J. Middelburg

  • Bioirrigation in permeable sediments: Advective pore-water transport induced by burrow ventilation

    Filip J. R. Meysman;Oleksiy S. Galaktionov;Britta Gribsholt;Jack J. Middelburg

  • Cable Bacteria Control Iron-Phosphorus Dynamics in Sediments of a Coastal Hypoxic Basin.

    Fatimah Sulu-Gambari;Dorina Seitaj;Filip J. R. Meysman;Regina Schauer

  • Negative CO2 emissions via enhanced silicate weathering in coastal environments.

    Filip J. R. Meysman;Francesc Montserrat

  • A highly conductive fibre network enables centimetre-scale electron transport in multicellular cable bacteria

    Filip J. R. Meysman;Filip J. R. Meysman;Rob Cornelissen;Stanislav Trashin;Robin Bonné

  • Quantifying Food Web Flows Using Linear Inverse Models

    Dick van Oevelen;Karel Van den Meersche;Filip J. R. Meysman;Karline Soetaert

  • Long-distance electron transport in individual, living cable bacteria

    Jesper T. Bjerg;Henricus T. S. Boschker;Henricus T. S. Boschker;Steffen Larsen;David Berry

  • Reactive transport in aquatic ecosystems: Rapid model prototyping in the open source software R

    Karline Soetaert;Filip Meysman

  • Solving Differential Equations in R

    Karline Soetaert;Filip Meysman;Thomas Petzoldt

  • Factors governing the pH in a heterotrophic, turbid, tidal estuary (THESIS VERSION)

    A.F. Hofmann;F.J.R. Meysman;K. Soetaert;J.J. Middelburg

Frequent Co-Authors

Jack J. Middelburg
Jack J. Middelburg Utrecht University
Caroline P. Slomp
Caroline P. Slomp Radboud University
Karline Soetaert
Karline Soetaert Utrecht University
Lubos Polerecky
Lubos Polerecky Utrecht University
Bernard P. Boudreau
Bernard P. Boudreau Dalhousie University
Jean Manca
Jean Manca Hasselt University
Perran L. M. Cook
Perran L. M. Cook Monash University
Ronnie N. Glud
Ronnie N. Glud University of Southern Denmark
Jaco Vangronsveld
Jaco Vangronsveld Hasselt University
Alberto Borges
Alberto Borges University of Liège

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