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Timothy G. Ferdelman

Timothy G. Ferdelman

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Earth Science

D-Index
56
Citations
12260
World Ranking
2401
National Ranking
156

Overview

Timothy G. Ferdelman is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research spans multiple domains primarily within engineering, environmental science, and earth and planetary sciences. The scientist's work prominently intersects with ocean engineering, environmental chemistry, geophysics, oceanography, and ecology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to natural and applied sciences.

The central themes of Ferdelman's work include reservoir engineering and simulation methods, methane hydrates and related phenomena, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, drilling and well engineering, offshore engineering and technologies, microbial community ecology and physiology, and marine and coastal ecosystems. These topics illustrate a focus on both geological processes and the biological aspects of marine environments.

Ferdelman has published research extensively, with frequent appearances in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • ISME Communications
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Science Advances

Significant recent papers include:

  • Carbon recycling efficiency and phosphate turnover by marine nitrifying archaea, 2020, Science Advances
  • Simultaneous sulfate and nitrate reduction in coastal sediments, 2023, ISME Communications
  • Kelp deposition changes mineralization pathways and microbial communities in a sandy beach, 2020, Limnology and Oceanography
  • Accumulation of DOC in the South Pacific Subtropical Gyre from a molecular perspective, 2021, Marine Chemistry
  • Niche partitioning by photosynthetic plankton as a driver of CO2-fixation across the oligotrophic South Pacific Subtropical Ocean, 2021, The ISME Journal

Ferdelman collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Arthur J. Spivack
  • Barry A. Cragg
  • Bo Barker Jørgensen
  • Steven D'Hondt
  • Fumio Inagaki

The body of work reflects interdisciplinary engagement with both engineering methodologies and natural science phenomena, highlighting an integrated focus on subsurface and marine systems. The collaboration with coauthors specialized in related fields supports an extensive network contributing to advancing knowledge in environmental and earth sciences.

Best Publications

  • Distributions of Microbial Activities in Deep Subseafloor Sediments

    Steven D'Hondt;Bo Barker Jørgensen;D. Jay Miller;Anja Batzke

  • Zero-valent sulphur is a key intermediate in marine methane oxidation

    Jana Milucka;Timothy G. Ferdelman;Lubos Polerecky;Daniela Franzke

  • Dense Populations of a Giant Sulfur Bacterium in Namibian Shelf Sediments

    H. N. Schulz;T. Brinkhoff;T. G. Ferdelman;M. Hernández Mariné

  • Prokaryotic cells of the deep sub-seafloor biosphere identified as living bacteria

    A. Schippers;L. N. Neretin;J. Kallmeyer;T. G. Ferdelman

  • Deep sub-seafloor prokaryotes stimulated at interfaces over geological time

    Ronald John Parkes;Gordon Webster;Barry Andrew Cragg;Andrew John Weightman

  • Structural and functional dynamics of sulfate-reducing populations in bacterial biofilms

    Cecilia M. Santegoeds;Timothy G. Ferdelman;Gerard Muyzer;Dirk de Beer

  • A cryptic sulfur cycle driven by iron in the methane zone of marine sediment (Aarhus Bay, Denmark)

    Lars Holmkvist;Timothy G. Ferdelman;Bo Barker Jørgensen

  • A cold chromium distillation procedure for radiolabeled sulfide applied to sulfate reduction measurements

    Jens Kallmeyer;Timothy G. Ferdelman;Andreas Weber;Henrik Fossing

  • Subseafloor sedimentary life in the South Pacific Gyre

    Steven D’Hondt;Arthur J. Spivack;Robert Pockalny;Timothy G. Ferdelman

  • Mechanisms of damage to corals exposed to sedimentation

    Miriam Weber;Dirk de Beer;Christian Lott;Lubos Polerecky

  • Microbial sequestration of phosphorus in anoxic upwelling sediments

    Tobias Goldhammer;Volker Brüchert;Timothy G. Ferdelman;Timothy G. Ferdelman;Matthias Zabel

  • Presence of oxygen and aerobic communities from sea floor to basement in deep-sea sediments

    Steven D'hondt;Steven D'hondt;Fumio Inagaki;Fumio Inagaki;Carlos Alvarez Zarikian;Carlos Alvarez Zarikian;Lewis J. Abrams

  • A constant flux of diverse thermophilic bacteria into the cold arctic seabed

    Casey R. J. Hubert;Alexander Loy;Maren Nickel;Carol Arnosti

  • Transport and mineralization rates in North Sea sandy intertidal sediments, Sylt-Rømø Basin, Wadden Sea

    Dirk de Beer;Frank Wenzhöfer;Timothy G. Ferdelman;Susan E. Boehme

  • Sulfate reduction and methanogenesis in a Thioploca -dominated sediment off the coast of Chile

    Timothy G. Ferdelman;Cindy Lee;Cindy Lee;Silvio Pantoja;Jens Harder

  • Distribution and fate of sulfur intermediates—sulfite, tetrathionate, thiosulfate, and elemental sulfur—in marine sediments

    J. Zopfi;T.G. Ferdelman;H. Fossing

  • Heterotrophic organisms dominate nitrogen fixation in the South Pacific Gyre

    Hannah Halm;Phyllis Lam;Timothy G. Ferdelman;Gaute Lavik

  • Sulfate reduction and methane oxidation in continental margin sediments influenced by irrigation (South-East Atlantic off Namibia)

    Henrik Fossing;Timothy G. Ferdelman;Peter Berg

  • Distribution of bacterial populations in a stratified fjord (Mariager Fjord, Denmark) quantified by in situ hybridization and related to chemical gradients in the water column

    N.B. Ramsing;Hendrik Fossing;Timothy G. Ferdelman;F. Andersen

  • Sulfur enrichment of humic substances in a Delaware salt marsh sediment core

    Timothy G. Ferdelman;Thomas M. Church;George W. Luther

Frequent Co-Authors

Bo Barker Jørgensen
Bo Barker Jørgensen Aarhus University
Marcel M. M. Kuypers
Marcel M. M. Kuypers Max Planck Society
Benjamin Brunner
Benjamin Brunner The University of Texas at El Paso
Jean Henriet
Jean Henriet Ghent University
Steven D'Hondt
Steven D'Hondt University of Rhode Island
Volker Brüchert
Volker Brüchert Stockholm University
Jens Kallmeyer
Jens Kallmeyer Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs University of Bremen
Dirk de Beer
Dirk de Beer Max Planck Society
Gaute Lavik
Gaute Lavik Max Planck Society

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