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Lukas Wacker

Lukas Wacker

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Earth Science

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63
Citations
22272
World Ranking
1563
National Ranking
44

Overview

Lukas Wacker is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant concentration in Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Ecology, Archeology, and Environmental Chemistry. This diverse engagement encompasses detailed work in fields related to geology, climate, and environmental change.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Cryospheric studies and observations

Wacker's recent publications indicate an active contribution to radiocarbon dating and climate-related research. Notable papers include:

  • The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0-55 cal kBP), 2020, Radiocarbon
  • SHCal20 Southern Hemisphere Calibration, 0-55,000 Years cal BP, 2020, Radiocarbon
  • Initial Upper Palaeolithic Homo sapiens from Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria, 2020, Nature
  • Eleven-year solar cycles over the last millennium revealed by radiocarbon in tree rings, 2021, Nature Geoscience
  • Climate control on terrestrial biospheric carbon turnover, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, with frequent co-authors including Bernd Kromer, Charlotte Pearson, Sahra Talamo, Timothy I. Eglinton, and Negar Haghipour. This network reflects interdisciplinary connections across paleoclimatology, archaeology, and environmental chemistry.

Regarding publication venues, Lukas Wacker has contributed significantly to:

  • Radiocarbon
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Nature Communications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature

This publication profile illustrates sustained research activity in areas related to radiocarbon calibration, human prehistory, solar cycle impacts on climate, and biospheric carbon cycles. The frequent publication in Radiocarbon highlights a specialization in methods related to radiocarbon dating and its application in Earth sciences.

Best Publications

  • The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0-55 cal kBP)

    Paula J Reimer;William E N Austin;Edouard Bard;Alex Bayliss

  • SHCal20 Southern Hemisphere Calibration, 0–55,000 Years cal BP

    Alan G. Hogg;Alan G. Hogg;Timothy J. Heaton;Quan Hua;Jonathan G. Palmer

  • Cooling and societal change during the Late Antique Little Ice Age from 536 to around 660 AD

    Ulf Büntgen;Vladimir S. Myglan;Frederik Chaprentier Ljungqvist;Michael McCormick

  • Contributions of fossil fuel, biomass-burning, and biogenic emissions to carbonaceous aerosols in Zurich as traced by 14C

    Sönke Szidat;Theo M. Jenk;Theo M. Jenk;Hans-Arno Synal;Markus Kalberer

  • Consistently dated Atlantic sediment cores over the last 40 thousand years

    Claire Waelbroeck;Bryan C. Lougheed;Natalia Vázquez Riveiros;Natalia Vázquez Riveiros;Lise Missiaen

  • MICADAS: Routine and High-Precision Radiocarbon Dating

    L Wacker;G Bonani;M Friedrich;I Hajdas

  • Initial Upper Palaeolithic Homo sapiens from Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria

    Jean Jacques Hublin;Jean Jacques Hublin;Nikolay Sirakov;Vera Aldeias;Shara Bailey;Shara Bailey

  • Source attribution of submicron organic aerosols during wintertime inversions by advanced factor analysis of aerosol mass spectra.

    Valentin A. Lanz;M. Rami Alfarra;Urs Baltensperger;Brigitte Buchmann

  • Fossil and non-fossil sources of organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC) in Göteborg, Sweden

    Sönke Szidat;Sönke Szidat;Matthias Ruff;Matthias Ruff;Nolwenn Perron;Lukas Wacker

  • Differential mobilization of terrestrial carbon pools in Eurasian Arctic river basins.

    Xiaojuan Feng;Jorien E. Vonk;Bart E. van Dongen;Örjan Gustafsson

  • Multi-proxy dating the ‘Millennium Eruption’ of Changbaishan to late 946 CE

    Clive Oppenheimer;Lukas Wacker;Jiandong Xu;Juan Diego Galván

  • Chemical and Biological Gradients along the Damma Glacier Soil Chronosequence, Switzerland

    Stefano M. Bernasconi;Andreas Bauder;Bernard Bourdon;Ivano Brunner

  • Dominant impact of residential wood burning on particulate matter in Alpine valleys during winter

    Sönke Szidat;Sönke Szidat;André S H Prévôt;Jisca Sandradewi;M. Rami Alfarra

  • 14C Analysis and Sample Preparation at the New Bern Laboratory for the Analysis of Radiocarbon with AMS (LARA)

    Sönke Szidat;Gary A Salazar;Edith Vogel;Michael Battaglia

  • Eleven-year solar cycles over the last millennium revealed by radiocarbon in tree rings

    Nicolas Brehm;Alex Bayliss;Marcus Christl;Hans Arno Synal

  • Global-scale evidence for the refractory nature of riverine black carbon

    Alysha I. Coppola;Daniel B. Wiedemeier;Valier Galy;Negar Haghipour

  • Mexico city aerosol analysis during MILAGRO using high resolution aerosol mass spectrometry at the urban supersite (T0) – Part 2: Analysis of the biomass burning contribution and the non-fossil carbon fraction

    Allison Aiken;B. de Foy;Christine Wiedinmyer;Peter DeCarlo;Peter DeCarlo

  • Climate warming alters subsoil but not topsoil carbon dynamics in alpine grassland.

    Juan Jia;Zhenjiao Cao;Chengzhu Liu;Zhenhua Zhang

  • Tree rings reveal globally coherent signature of cosmogenic radiocarbon events in 774 and 993 CE.

    Ulf Büntgen;Lukas Wacker;J. Diego Galván;Stephanie Arnold

  • Fossil versus contemporary sources of fine elemental and organic carbonaceous particulate matter during the DAURE campaign in Northeast Spain

    M. C. Minguillón;M. C. Minguillón;N. Perron;N. Perron;X. Querol;S. Szidat;S. Szidat

  • Microbial oxidation of lithospheric organic carbon in rapidly eroding tropical mountain soils

    Jordon D. Hemingway;Jordon D. Hemingway;Robert G. Hilton;Niels Hovius;Timothy I. Eglinton

  • Consistently dated Atlantic sediment cores

    Claire Waelbroeck;Bryan C Lougheed;Natalia Vázquez Riveiros;Lise Missiaen

Frequent Co-Authors

Irka Hajdas
Irka Hajdas ETH Zurich
Gesine Mollenhauer
Gesine Mollenhauer Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Anders E. Carlson
Anders E. Carlson Oregon State University
Helge W Arz
Helge W Arz Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Antje H L Voelker
Antje H L Voelker Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Claire Waelbroeck
Claire Waelbroeck Sorbonne University
Trond Dokken
Trond Dokken NORCE Research
Luke C Skinner
Luke C Skinner University of Cambridge
Konrad A Hughen
Konrad A Hughen Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi University of Bordeaux

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