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Johan W.H. Weijers

Johan W.H. Weijers

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
37
Citations
9602
World Ranking
8763
National Ranking
206

Overview

Johan W.H. Weijers is affiliated with Shell (Netherlands) in the Netherlands and conducts research primarily in the fields of biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, as well as earth and planetary sciences. Their work spans several specialized subfields, including molecular biology, paleontology, mechanics of materials, atmospheric science, and biotechnology.

Their research topics cover various areas such as:

  • Paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Natural product bioactivities and synthesis
  • Marine sponges and natural products

Weijers has published in different scientific venues, notably including:

  • Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Frontiers in Geochemistry

Among their recent papers are two publications:

  • "Molecular and petrographical evidence for lacustrine environmental and biotic change in the palaeo-Sichuan mega-lake (China) during the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event", published in 2021 in Geological Society London Special Publications, cited 16 times
  • "Sedimentary diterpane origins-inferences from oils of varying source depositional environment and age", published in 2023 in Frontiers in Geochemistry, cited 3 times

Weijers has collaborated with multiple frequent co-authors, including:

  • Weimu Xu
  • Micha Ruhl
  • Erdem Idiz
  • Hugh C. Jenkyns
  • James B. Riding

Best Publications

  • A novel proxy for terrestrial organic matter in sediments based on branched and isoprenoid tetraether lipids

    Ellen C Hopmans;Johan W.H Weijers;Enno Schefuß;Lydie Herfort

  • Environmental controls on bacterial tetraether membrane lipid distribution in soils

    Johan W.H. Weijers;Stefan Schouten;Jurgen C. van den Donker;Ellen C. Hopmans

  • Occurrence and distribution of tetraether membrane lipids in soils : Implications for the use of the TEX86 proxy and the BIT index

    Johan W.H. Weijers;Stefan Schouten;Otto C. Spaargaren;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté

  • Membrane lipids of mesophilic anaerobic bacteria thriving in peats have typical archaeal traits

    Johan W. H. Weijers;Stefan Schouten;Ellen C. Hopmans;Jan A. J. Geenevasen

  • Revised calibration of the MBT–CBT paleotemperature proxy based on branched tetraether membrane lipids in surface soils

    F. Peterse;J. van der Meer;S. Schouten;J.W.H. Weijers

  • 13,16-Dimethyl Octacosanedioic Acid (iso-Diabolic Acid), a Common Membrane-Spanning Lipid of Acidobacteria Subdivisions 1 and 3

    Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté;W. Irene C. Rijpstra;Ellen C. Hopmans;Johan W. H. Weijers

  • Coupled Thermal and Hydrological Evolution of Tropical Africa over the Last Deglaciation

    Johan W. H. Weijers;Enno Schefuß;Stefan Schouten;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté

  • Constraints on the Biological Source(s) of the Orphan Branched Tetraether Membrane Lipids

    J.W.H. Weijers;E. Panoto;J. van Bleiswijk;S. Schouten

  • Warm arctic continents during the Palaeocene–Eocene thermal maximum

    Johan W.H. Weijers;Stefan Schouten;Appy Sluijs;Henk Brinkhuis

  • Rapid short-term cooling following the Chicxulub impact at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary

    Johan Vellekoop;Appy Sluijs;Jan Smit;Stefan Schouten

  • Carbon sequestration in an expanded lake system during the Toarcian oceanic anoxic event

    Weimu Xu;Micha Ruhl;Hugh C. Jenkyns;Stephen P. Hesselbo

  • Sources and distributions of tetraether lipids in surface sediments across a large river-dominated continental margin

    Chun Zhu;Johan W H Weijers;Thomas Wagner;Jian Ming Pan

  • Carbon isotopic composition of branched tetraether membrane lipids in soils suggest a rapid turnover and a heterotrophic life style of their source organism(s)

    J. W. H. Weijers;J. W. H. Weijers;Guido L. B. Wiesenberg;Roland Bol;E. Hopmans

  • Evolution of the Toarcian (Early Jurassic) carbon-cycle and global climatic controls on local sedimentary processes (Cardigan Bay Basin, UK)

    Weimu Xu;Micha Ruhl;Hugh C. Jenkyns;Melanie J. Leng;Melanie J. Leng

  • Disentangling marine, soil and plant organic carbon contributions to continental margin sediments: A multi-proxy approach in a 20,000 year sediment record from the Congo deep-sea fan

    Johan W.H. Weijers;Stefan Schouten;Enno Schefuß;Ralph R. Schneider

  • Early Reactivation of European Rivers During the Last Deglaciation

    Guillemette Ménot;Edouard Bard;Frauke Rostek;Johan W. H. Weijers

  • Sources of core and intact branched tetraether membrane lipids in the lacustrine environment: Anatomy of Lake Challa and its catchment, equatorial East Africa

    Laura K. Buckles;Johan W.H. Weijers;Dirk Verschuren;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté

  • Contrasting lipid biomarker composition of terrestrial organic matter exported from across the Eurasian Arctic by the five great Russian Arctic rivers

    Bart E. van Dongen;Bart E. van Dongen;Igor Semiletov;Igor Semiletov;Johan W. H. Weijers;Örjan Gustafsson

  • Characterization of transport and deposition of terrestrial organic matter in the southern North Sea using the BIT index

    Lydie Herfort;Stefan Schouten;Jan P. Boon;Martijn Woltering

  • Molecular fossils from phytoplankton reveal secular Pco2 trend over the Phanerozoic.

    Caitlyn R Witkowski;Johan W. H. Weijers;Brian S. Blais;Brian S. Blais;Stefan Schouten

  • Revised calibration of the MBT-CBT paleotemperature proxy

    Francien Peterse;Jaap van der Meer;Stefan Schouten;Johan W H Weijers

Frequent Co-Authors

Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Stefan Schouten
Stefan Schouten Utrecht University
Ellen C. Hopmans
Ellen C. Hopmans Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Francien Peterse
Francien Peterse Utrecht University
Richard D. Pancost
Richard D. Pancost University of Bristol
Henk Brinkhuis
Henk Brinkhuis Utrecht University
Gert-Jan Reichart
Gert-Jan Reichart Utrecht University
Noah Fierer
Noah Fierer University of Colorado Boulder
J.S. Sinninghe Damsté
J.S. Sinninghe Damsté Utrecht University
Robert B. Jackson
Robert B. Jackson Stanford University

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