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Hans Røy is a researcher affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark, specializing in Earth and Planetary Sciences with a significant focus on Environmental Science. Their work frequently encompasses several subfields, including Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Ecology, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist's research themes are varied but show strong emphasis on areas such as Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, and Marine and Coastal Ecosystems.

Hans Røy has contributed to multiple publications across recognized scientific venues. Notably, they have published extensively in:

  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Nature Communications
  • Geology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Among the recent papers associated with their research are:

  • 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
  • Isotopically "heavy" pyrite in marine sediments due to high sedimentation rates and non-steady-state deposition (2021) - Geology
  • Glacial influence on the iron and sulfur cycles in Arctic fjord sediments (Svalbard) (2020) - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Frequent collaborators in Hans Røy's research include Bo Barker Jørgensen, André Pellerin, Gilad Antler, Alyssa Findlay, and Alexandra V. Turchyn. These coauthor relationships appear repeatedly across their publications, indicating ongoing scientific partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Oxygen uptake by aquatic sediments measured with a novel non-invasive eddy-correlation technique

    Peter Berg;Hans Røy;Felix Janssen;Volker Meyer

  • Hydrodynamical impact on biogeochemical processes in aquatic sediments

    Markus Huettel;Hans Røy;Elimar Precht;Sandra Ehrenhauss

  • Aerobic Microbial Respiration in 86-Million-Year-Old Deep-Sea Red Clay

    Hans Røy;Jens Kallmeyer;Rishi Ram Adhikari;Robert Pockalny

  • Seasonal dynamics of benthic O2 uptake in a semienclosed bay: Importance of diffusion and faunal activity

    Ronnie N. Glud;Jens K. Gundersen;Hans Røy;Bo Barker Jørgensen

  • Biogeochemistry and community composition of iron- and sulfur-precipitating microbial mats at the Chefren mud volcano (Nile Deep Sea Fan, Eastern Mediterranean).

    Enoma O. Omoregie;Enoma O. Omoregie;Vincent Mastalerz;Gert de Lange;Kristina L. Straub

  • Control on rate and pathway of anaerobic organic carbon degradation in the seabed.

    F. Beulig;H. Røy;C. Glombitza;C. Glombitza;B. B. Jørgensen

  • Eddy correlation flux measurements: The sediment surface area that contributes to the flux

    Peter Berg;Hans Røy;Patricia L. Wiberg

  • Cryptic CH 4 cycling in the sulfate–methane transition of marine sediments apparently mediated by ANME-1 archaea

    F Beulig;H Røy;S E McGlynn;B B Jørgensen

  • Oxygen dynamics and transport in the Mediterranean sponge Aplysina aerophoba

    Friederike Hoffmann;Hans Røy;Kristina Bayer;Ute Hentschel

  • Benthic photosynthesis in submerged Wadden Sea intertidal flats

    Markus Billerbeck;Hans Røy;Katja Bosselmann;Markus Huettel

  • The Guaymas Basin hiking guide to hydrothermal mounds, chimneys, and microbial mats: Complex seafloor expressions of subsurface hydrothermal circulation

    Andreas Teske;Dirk de Beer;Luke J. McKay;Luke J. McKay;Margaret K. Tivey

  • Coexistence of microaerophilic, nitrate-reducing, and phototrophic Fe(II) oxidizers and Fe(III) reducers in coastal marine sediment

    Katja Laufer;Mark Nordhoff;Hans Røy;Caroline Schmidt

  • The role of small‐scale sediment topography for oxygen flux across the diffusive boundary layer

    Hans Røy;Markus Hüttel;Bo Barker Jørgensen

  • Formate, acetate, and propionate as substrates for sulfate reduction in sub-arctic sediments of Southwest Greenland.

    Clemens Glombitza;Marion Jaussi;Hans Røy;Marit-Solveig Seidenkrantz

  • Evidence for the Existence of Autotrophic Nitrate-Reducing Fe(II)-Oxidizing Bacteria in Marine Coastal Sediment

    Katja Laufer;Hans Røy;Bo Barker Jørgensen;Andreas Kappler;Andreas Kappler

  • Deep-biosphere methane production stimulated by geofluids in the Nankai accretionary complex

    Akira Ijiri;Fumio Inagaki;Yusuke Kubo;Rishi Ram Adhikari

  • In situ oxygen dynamics in coral-algal interactions.

    Daniel Wangpraseurt;Daniel Wangpraseurt;Miriam Weber;Hans Røy;Lubos Polerecky

  • Organoclastic sulfate reduction in the sulfate-methane transition of marine sediments

    Bo Barker Jørgensen;Felix Beulig;Matthias Egger;Caitlin Petro;Caitlin Petro

  • Endospore abundance and d:l-amino acid modeling of bacterial turnover in holocene marine sediment (Aarhus Bay)

    Alice T. Langerhuus;Hans Røy;Mark A. Lever;Yuki Morono

  • Concurrent low- and high-affinity sulfate reduction kinetics in marine sediment

    Irene Harder Tarpgaard;Hans Røy;Bo Barker Jørgensen

  • Determination of dissimilatory sulfate reduction rates in marine sediment via radioactive 35S tracer

    Hans Røy;Hannah S. Weber;Irene H. Tarpgaard;Timothy G. Ferdelman

  • Sulfate Transporters in Dissimilatory Sulfate Reducing Microorganisms: A Comparative Genomics Analysis.

    Angeliki Marietou;Hans Røy;Bo B. Jørgensen;Kasper U. Kjeldsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Bo Barker Jørgensen
Bo Barker Jørgensen Aarhus University
Alexandra V. Turchyn
Alexandra V. Turchyn University of Cambridge
Andreas Kappler
Andreas Kappler University of Tübingen
Markus Huettel
Markus Huettel Florida State University
Dirk de Beer
Dirk de Beer Max Planck Society
Mark A. Lever
Mark A. Lever ETH Zurich
Sabine Kasten
Sabine Kasten University of Bremen
Henrik Fossing
Henrik Fossing Aarhus University
Jens Kallmeyer
Jens Kallmeyer Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

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