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Sylvie Derenne is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France. Their research spans across Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a particular focus on atmospheric science, astronomy and astrophysics, earth-surface processes, pollution, and ecology as subfields of study.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Among recent publications, the following papers are notable:

  • "Quantification of Microplastics by Pyrolysis Coupled with Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry in Sediments: Challenges and Implications" (2022), published in Microplastics
  • "FROG: A global machine-learning temperature calibration for branched GDGTs in soils and peats" (2021), published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • "Influence of environmental parameters on the distribution of bacterial lipids in soils from the French Alps: Implications for paleo-reconstructions" (2021), published in Organic Geochemistry
  • "Development of global temperature and pH calibrations based on bacterial 3-hydroxy fatty acids in soils" (2021), published in Biogeosciences
  • "Multiple stages of plant root calcification deciphered by chemical and micromorphological analyses" (2020), published in Geobiology

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Sylvie Derenne include:

  • Christelle Anquetil
  • Arnaud Huguet
  • Pierre Véquaud
  • Sylvie Collin
  • Pierre Sabatier

The scientist's work is commonly published in venues such as:

  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • 30th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG 2021)
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Microplastics

Best Publications

  • The molecularly-uncharacterized component of nonliving organic matter in natural environments

    JI Hedges;G Eglinton;PG Hatcher;DL Kirchman

  • A reappraisal of kerogen formation

    E.W Tegelaar;J.W de Leeuw;S Derenne;C Largeau

  • Astrophysical and astrochemical insights into the origin of life

    P Ehrenfreund;W Irvine;L Becker;J Blank

  • Pyrolysis of immature Torbanite and of the resistant biopolymer (PRB A) isolated from extant alga botryococcus braunii. Mechanism of formation and structure of Torbanite

    C. Largeau;S. Derenne;E. Casadevall;A. Kadouri

  • A review of some important families of refractory macromolecules: composition, origin, and fate in soils and sediments

    Sylvie Derenne;Claude Largeau

  • Chemical evidence of kerogen formation in source rocks and oil shales via selective preservation of thin resistant outer walls of microalgae: Origin of ultralaminae

    S. Derenne;C. Largeau;E. Casadevall;C. Berkaloff

  • Distribution of aliphatic, nonhydrolyzable biopolymers in marine microalgae

    F Gelin;J.K Volkman;C Largeau;S Derenne

  • Influence of green waste, biowaste and paper-cardboard initial ratios on organic matter transformations during composting

    Cédric Francou;Monique Linères;Sylvie Derenne;Maelenn Le Villio-Poitrenaud

  • A novel pathway of soil organic matter formation by selective preservation of resistant straight-chain biopolymers: chemical and isotope evidence

    Éric Lichtfouse;Claire Chenu;François Baudin;Claudette Leblond

  • Solid state CP/MAS 13 C NMR of the insoluble organic matter of the Orgueil and Murchison meteorites: quantitative study

    Alain Gardinier;Sylvie Derenne;François Robert;Françoise Behar

  • Non-hydrolysable macromolecular constituents from outer walls of Chlorella fusca and Nanochlorum eucaryotum

    S. Derenne;C. Largeau;C. Berkaloff;B. Rousseau

  • Alteration of soil organic matter following treatment with hydrofluoric acid (HF)

    Cornelia Rumpel;Nassima Rabia;Sylvie Derenne;Katell Quenea

  • Protection of organic matter by mineral matrix in a Cenomanian black shale

    V. Salmon;Sylvie Derenne;Elisabeth Lallier-Vergès;Claude Largeau

  • Possible algal origin of long chain odd n-alkanes in immature sediments as revealed by distributions and carbon isotope ratios

    Éric Lichtfouse;Sylvie Derenne;André Mariotti;Claude Largeau

  • Model of molecular structure of the insoluble organic matter isolated from Murchison meteorite

    Sylvie Derenne;François Robert

  • Scope and limitations of several pyrolysis methods in the structural elucidation of a macromolecular plant constituent in the leaf cuticle of Agave americana L.

    E.W. Tegelaar;J.W. de Leeuw;C. Largeau;S. Derenne

  • Chemical structure and sources of the macromolecular, resistant, organic fraction isolated from a forest soil (Lacadée, south-west France)

    Natacha Poirier;Sylvie Derenne;Jean-Noël Rouzaud;Claude Largeau

  • Occurrence and origin of “ultralaminar” structures in “amorphous” kerogens of various source rocks and oil shales

    C. Largeau;S. Derenne;E. Casadevall;C. Berkaloff

  • Enrichment of deuterium in insoluble organic matter from primitive meteorites: A solar system origin?

    Laurent Remusat;Fabien Palhol;François Robert;Sylvie Derenne

  • Structure and origin of insoluble and non-hydrolyzable, aliphatic organic matter in a forest soil

    Natacha Augris;Jerome Balesdent;Andre Mariotti;Sylvie Derenne

Frequent Co-Authors

Claude Largeau
Claude Largeau Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
André Mariotti
André Mariotti Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Didier Gourier
Didier Gourier Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris
Jean-Noël Rouzaud
Jean-Noël Rouzaud École Normale Supérieure
David Williamson
David Williamson Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Anders Meibom
Anders Meibom École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Fatima Laggoun-Défarge
Fatima Laggoun-Défarge University of Orléans
J.W. de Leeuw
J.W. de Leeuw Delft University of Technology
Cornelia Rumpel
Cornelia Rumpel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jérôme Balesdent
Jérôme Balesdent Aix-Marseille University

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