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Klaas G.J. Nierop

Klaas G.J. Nierop

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
60
Citations
9451
World Ranking
2998
National Ranking
83

Overview

Klaas G.J. Nierop is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple fields including Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these areas, they have contributed notably to subfields such as Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Soil Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Lichen and fungal ecology

Their publication record features several recent papers, demonstrating a focus on environmental and ecological processes, soil science, and paleoclimatology. Notable papers include:

  • Plant- or microbial-derived? A review on the molecular composition of stabilized soil organic matter, 2021, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Late Paleocene-early Eocene Arctic Ocean sea surface temperatures: reassessing biomarker paleothermometry at Lomonosov Ridge, 2020, Climate of the Past
  • Bacterial precursors and unsaturated long-chain fatty acids are biomarkers of North-Atlantic deep-sea demosponges, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Heating histories and taphonomy of ancient fireplaces: A multi-proxy case study from the Upper Palaeolithic sequence of Abri Pataud (Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, France), 2020, Journal of Archaeological Science Reports
  • Azolla ferns testify: seed plants and ferns share a common ancestor for leucoanthocyanidin reductase enzymes, 2020, New Phytologist

Klaas G.J. Nierop often collaborates with other researchers, including several frequent co-authors such as Francien Peterse, Appy Sluijs, Francesca Sangiorgi, Joeri Kaal, and Desmond Eefting.

Their work has been published in various specialized journals, with repeated contributions to:

  • Geoderma
  • ChemSusChem
  • Annals of Botany
  • Organic Geochemistry
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Best Publications

  • Plant- or microbial-derived? A review on the molecular composition of stabilized soil organic matter

    Gerrit Angst;Kevin E. Mueller;Klaas G.J. Nierop;Myrna J. Simpson

  • Fern genomes elucidate land plant evolution and cyanobacterial symbioses

    Fay Wei Li;Fay Wei Li;Paul Brouwer;Lorenzo Carretero-Paulet;Shifeng Cheng

  • Strengthening the soil organic carbon pool by increasing contributions from recalcitrant aliphatic bio(macro)molecules

    Klaus Lorenz;Rattan Lal;Caroline M. Preston;Klaas G.J. Nierop

  • Origin of aliphatic compounds in a forest soil

    K.G.J. Nierop

  • Dissolved organic matter, aluminium and iron interactions: precipitation induced by metal/carbon ratio, pH and competition.

    Klaas G.J.J Nierop;Boris Jansen;Jacobus M Verstraten

  • Amorphous and condensed organic matter domains: the effect of persulfate oxidation on the composition of soil/sediment organic matter.

    Chiel Cuypers;Tim Grotenhuis;Klaas G.J. Nierop;Elena Maneiro Franco

  • Characterisation of NaOH-extracted humic acids during composting of a biowaste

    Adrie Veeken;Klaas Nierop;Vinnie de Wilde;Bert Hamelers

  • Mobility of Fe(II), Fe(III) and Al in acidic forest soils mediated by dissolved organic matter: influence of solution pH and metal/organic carbon ratios

    Boris Jansen;Klaas G.J Nierop;Jacobus M Verstraten

  • Composition of plant tissues and soil organic matter in the first stages of a vegetation succession

    Klaas G.J Nierop;Barend van Lagen;Peter Buurman

  • Intact polar and core glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraether lipids in the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone. Part II: Selective preservation and degradation in sediments and consequences for the TEX86

    Sabine K. Lengger;Ellen C. Hopmans;Gert-Jan Reichart;Klaas G.J. Nierop

  • Occurrence and distribution of ester-bound lipids in Dutch coastal dune soils along a pH gradient

    Klaas G.J. Nierop;Dennis F.W. Naafs;Jacobus M. Verstraten

  • The straight-chain lipid biomarker composition of plant species responsible for the dominant biomass production along two altitudinal transects in the Ecuadorian Andes

    Boris Jansen;Klaas G.J. Nierop;Jos A. Hageman;Antoine M. Cleef

  • Towards understanding of carbon stocks and stabilization in volcanic ash soils in natural Andean ecosystems of northern Ecuador

    F.H. Tonneijck;B. Jansen;K.G.J. Nierop;J.M. Verstraten

  • The ecological implications of a Yakutian mammoth’s last meal

    Bas van Geel;Andre Aptroot;Claudia Baittinger;Hilary H. Birks

  • Earthworms act as biochemical reactors to convert labile plant compounds into stabilized soil microbial necromass

    Gerrit Angst;Carsten W. Mueller;Isabel Prater;Šárka Angst

  • Arctic vegetation, temperature, and hydrology during Early Eocene transient global warming events

    Debra A. Willard;Timme H. Donders;Tammo Reichgelt;David R. Greenwood

  • Characterisation of aged charcoal using a coil probe pyrolysis-GC/MS method optimised for black carbon

    Joeri Kaal;Antonio Martínez Cortizas;Klaas G.J. Nierop

  • Characterisation of aged black carbon using pyrolysis-GC/MS, thermally assisted hydrolysis and methylation (THM), direct and cross-polarisation 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (DP/CP NMR) and the benzenepolycarboxylic acid (BPCA) method

    Joeri Kaal;Sonja Brodowski;Jeff A. Baldock;Klaas G.J. Nierop

  • Understanding the mechanisms of soil water repellency from nanoscale to ecosystem scale: a review

    Jiefei Mao;Klaas G. J. Nierop;Stefan C. Dekker;Stefan C. Dekker;Louis W. Dekker

  • Sustainable polysaccharide-based biomaterial recovered from waste aerobic granular sludge as a surface coating material

    Y.M. Lin;K.G.J. Nierop;E. Girbal-Neuhauser;M. Adriaanse

  • Organic matter formation in sandy subsurface horizons of Dutch coastal dunes in relation to soil acidification

    Klaas G.J Nierop;Jacobus M Verstraten

  • NaOH and Na4P2O7 extractable organic matter in two allophanic volcanic ash soils of the Azores Islands : a pyrolysis GC/MS study

    Klaas G.J. Nierop;Pim F. van Bergen;Pim F. van Bergen;Peter Buurman;Barend van Lagen

  • Temporal and vertical organic matter differentiation along a vegetation succession as revealed by pyrolysis and thermally assisted hydrolysis and methylation

    Klaas G.J Nierop

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacobus M. Verstraten
Jacobus M. Verstraten University of Amsterdam
Peter Buurman
Peter Buurman Wageningen University & Research
Gert-Jan Reichart
Gert-Jan Reichart Utrecht University
Stefan C. Dekker
Stefan C. Dekker Utrecht University
Jan Frouz
Jan Frouz Charles University
Francien Peterse
Francien Peterse Utrecht University
Caroline M. Preston
Caroline M. Preston Natural Resources Canada
Timothy R. Filley
Timothy R. Filley University of Oklahoma
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Fabrizio Adani
Fabrizio Adani University of Milan

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