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Niels Peter Revsbech

Niels Peter Revsbech

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Environmental Sciences
Denmark
2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
90
Citations
28826
World Ranking
594
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2018 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry

Overview

Niels Peter Revsbech is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and has made contributions primarily in the fields of Engineering and Chemical Engineering. Their research broadly covers Bioengineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Oceanography.

The main areas of study focus on Analytical Chemistry and Sensors, Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies, Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors, Electrochemical sensors and biosensors, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation, and CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts.

The scientist has coauthored papers frequently with Fabian Steininger, Klaus Koren, Ugo Marzocchi, Emilio García-Robledo, and Deby Fapyane.

Research publications appear often in these venues:

  • Limnology and Oceanography Methods
  • ACS Sensors
  • ACS Omega
  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Sensors and Actuators B Chemical

Recent papers by Niels Peter Revsbech include:

  • "Microsensors in plant biology: in vivo visualization of inorganic analytes with high spatial and/or temporal resolution" (2020), Journal of Experimental Botany
  • "Simple sensors that work in diverse natural environments: The micro-Clark sensor and biosensor family" (2020), Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
  • "Urea Biosensor Based on a CO2 Microsensor" (2020), ACS Omega
  • "Microaerobic Lifestyle at Nanomolar O 2 Concentrations Mediated by Low-Affinity Terminal Oxidases in Abundant Soil Bacteria" (2021), mSystems
  • "Ion Selective Amperometric Biosensors for Environmental Analysis of Nitrate, Nitrite and Sulfate" (2020), Sensors

Research topics frequently addressed by the scientist include:

  • Analytical Chemistry and Sensors
  • Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
  • Electrochemical sensors and biosensors
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts

Niels Peter Revsbech was awarded the Geochemistry Fellow Honor from the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry in 2018.

Best Publications

  • An oxygen microsensor with a guard cathode

    Niels Peter Revsbech

  • Diffusive boundary layers and the oxygen uptake of sediments and detritus1

    Bo Barker Jørgensen;Niels Peter Revsbech

  • Microelectrodes: Their Use in Microbial Ecology

    Niels Peter Revsbech;Bo Barker Jørgensen

  • Direct Measurement of Oxygen Profiles and Denitrification Rates in Soil Aggregates

    Alan J. Sexstone;Niels Peter Revsbech;Timothy B. Parkin;James M. Tiedje

  • A Cryptic Sulfur Cycle in Oxygen-Minimum–Zone Waters off the Chilean Coast

    Donald Eugene Canfield;F.J. Stewart;Bo Thamdrup;Loreto De Brabandere

  • Microbiology of flooded rice paddies

    Werner Liesack;Sylvia Schnell;Niels Peter Revsbech

  • Microenvironment and photosynthesis of zooxanthellae in scleractinian corals studied with microsensors for O2, pH and light

    Michael Kühl;Y Cohen;T Dalsgaard;Bo Barker Jørgensen

  • Microelectrode studies of the photosynthesis and O2, H2S, and pH profiles of a microbial mat1

    Niels Peter Revsbech;Bo Barker Jorgensen;T. Henry Blackburn;Yehuda Cohen

  • Structure and function of a nitrifying biofilm as determined by in situ hybridization and the use of microelectrodes.

    Andreas Schramm;Lars H. Larsen;Niels Peter Revsbech;Niels B. Ramsing

  • Evidence for complete denitrification in a benthic foraminifer

    Nils Risgaard-Petersen;Alexandra M. Langezaal;Signe Ingvardsen;Markus C. Schmid

  • Biomarkers for In Situ Detection of Anaerobic Ammonium-Oxidizing (Anammox) Bacteria

    Markus C. Schmid;Bart Maas;Ana Dapena;Katinka van de Pas-Schoonen

  • Distribution of oxygen in marine sediments measured with microelectrodes1

    Niels Peter Revsbech;Jan Sorensen;Thomas Henry Blackburn;Jens Peter Lomholt

  • Adaptation to Hydrogen Sulfide of Oxygenic and Anoxygenic Photosynthesis among Cyanobacteria.

    Yehuda Cohen;Bo Barker Jørgensen;Niels Peter Revsbech;Ricardo Poplawski

  • Colorless Sulfur Bacteria, Beggiatoa spp. and Thiovulum spp., in O(2) and H(2)S Microgradients.

    Bo B. Jørgensen;Niels P. Revsbech

  • Diffusive and total oxygen uptake of deep-sea sediments in the eastern South Atlantic Ocean: in situ and laboratory measurements

    Ronnie Nøhr Glud;Ronnie Nøhr Glud;Jens K. Gundersen;Jens K. Gundersen;Bo Barker Jørgensen;Niels Peter Revsbech

  • Oxygen in the Sea Bottom Measured with a Microelectrode

    Niels Peter Revsbech;Bo Barker Jørgensen;T. Henry Blackburn

  • Anaerobic processes in soil

    J. M. Tiedje;A. J. Sexstone;T. B. Parkin;N. P. Revsbech

  • Oxygen Sensitivity of Anammox and Coupled N-Cycle Processes in Oxygen Minimum Zones

    Tim Kalvelage;Marlene M. Jensen;Sergio Contreras;Niels Peter Revsbech

  • Anammox and denitrification in the oxygen minimum zone of the eastern South Pacific

    Tage Dalsgaard;Bo Thamdrup;Laura Farías;Niels Peter Revsbech

  • Photosynthesis and structure of benthic microbial mats: Microelectrode and SEM studies of four cyanobacterial communities1

    Bo Barker Jorgensen;Niels Peter Revsbech;Yehuda Cohen

  • Anaerobic ammonium oxidation in an estuarine sediment

    Nils Risgaard-Petersen;Rikke Louise Meyer;Markus Schmid;Mike S. M. Jetten

  • Photosynthesis of benthic microflora measured with high spatial resolution by the oxygen microprofile method: Capabilities and limitations of the method1

    Niels Peter Revsbech;Bo Barker Jorgensen

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Peter Nielsen
Lars Peter Nielsen Aarhus University
Bo Barker Jørgensen
Bo Barker Jørgensen Aarhus University
Donald E. Canfield
Donald E. Canfield University of Southern Denmark
Tage Dalsgaard
Tage Dalsgaard Aarhus University
Bo Thamdrup
Bo Thamdrup University of Southern Denmark
Ronnie N. Glud
Ronnie N. Glud University of Southern Denmark
Nils Risgaard-Petersen
Nils Risgaard-Petersen Aarhus University
Michael Kühl
Michael Kühl University of Copenhagen
Andreas Schramm
Andreas Schramm Aarhus University
Osvaldo Ulloa
Osvaldo Ulloa University of Concepción

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