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Overview

Willi A. Brand is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Germany. Their research spans various areas intersecting environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a strong emphasis on isotope analysis and livestock genetics.

The scientist has contributed to multiple fields of study, including:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these domains, their work is further specialized in subfields such as:

  • Ecology
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Genetics
  • Spectroscopy
  • Microbiology

Their research topics include:

  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Microbial infections and disease research
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows
  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Willi A. Brand has published several papers in notable venues, contributing to both methodological and applied scientific knowledge. The frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Dairy Science
  • Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
  • Analytical Chemistry

Selected recent papers authored by the scientist are:

  • Predicting pregnancy status from mid-infrared spectroscopy in dairy cow milk using deep learning, 2021, Journal of Dairy Science

Other recent impactful papers within their collaborative network include:

  • Predicting bovine tuberculosis status of dairy cows from mid-infrared spectral data of milk using deep learning, 2020, Journal of Dairy Science
  • USGS44, a new high-purity calcium carbonate reference material for δ13C measurements, 2020, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
  • How to Couple LC-IRMS with HRMSA Proof-of-Concept Study, 2022, Analytical Chemistry
  • A robust method for direct calibration of isotope ratios in gases against liquid/solid reference materials, including a laboratory comparison for δ13C-CH4, 2020, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Willi A. Brand has collaborated frequently with other researchers in their field. Some of the frequent co-authors include:

  • Scott J. Denholm
  • A.T. Wells
  • SL Smith
  • E. Wall
  • M.P. Coffey

Best Publications

  • Referencing strategies and techniques in stable isotope ratio analysis

    Roland A. Werner;Willi A. Brand

  • New Guidelines for δ13C Measurements

    T. B. Coplen;W. A. Brand;M. Gehre;M. Gröning

  • Isotopic compositions of the elements 2013 (IUPAC Technical Report)

    Juris Meija;Tyler B. Coplen;Michael Berglund;Willi A. Brand

  • Atomic weights of the elements 2013 (IUPAC Technical Report)

    Juris Meija;Tyler B. Coplen;Michael Berglund;Willi A. Brand

  • Assessment of international reference materials for isotope-ratio analysis (IUPAC Technical Report)

    Willi A. Brand;Tyler B. Coplen;Jochen Vogl;Martin Rosner

  • Online Sulfur-Isotope Determination Using an Elemental Analyzer Coupled to a Mass Spectrometer

    A. Giesemann;H.-J. Jaeger;A. L. Norman;H. R. Krouse

  • Variations in chemical and physical properties of Amazon forest soils in relation to their genesis

    C. A. Quesada;J. Lloyd;M. Schwarz;S. Patiño;S. Patiño

  • Atomic weights of the elements 2011 (IUPAC Technical Report)

    Michael E. Wieser;Norman Holden;Tyler B. Coplen;John K. Böhlke

  • High precision isotope ratio monitoring techniques in mass spectrometry.

    Willi A. Brand

  • Correction for the 17O interference in δ13C measurements when analyzing CO2 with stable isotope mass spectrometry (IUPAC Technical Report)

    Willi A. Brand;Sergey S. Assonov;Tyler B. Coplen

  • Isotope ratio monitoring gas chromatography/Mass spectrometry of D/H by high temperature conversion isotope ratio mass spectrometry.

    A. W. Hilkert;C. B. Douthitt;H. J. Schlüter;W. A. Brand

  • Automated analysis system for coupled .delta.13C and .delta.15N measurements

    Brian. Fry;Willi. Brand;F. J. Mersch;K. Tholke

  • Stable isotope deltas: Tiny, yet robust signatures in nature

    Willi A. Brand;Tyler B. Coplen

  • Continuous flow 2H/1H and 18O/16O analysis of water samples with dual inlet precision

    Matthias Gehre;Heike Geilmann;J Richter;Roland A Werner

  • Two new organic reference materials for δ13C and δ15N measurements and a new value for the δ13C of NBS 22 oil

    Haiping Qi;Tyler B. Coplen;Heike Geilmann;Willi A. Brand

  • Cavity ring‐down spectroscopy versus high‐temperature conversion isotope ratio mass spectrometry; a case study on δ2H and δ18O of pure water samples and alcohol/water mixtures

    Willi A. Brand;Heike Geilmann;Eric R. Crosson;Chris W. Rella

  • ConFlo III – an interface for high precision δ13C and δ15N analysis with an extended dynamic range

    Roland A. Werner;Beate A. Bruch;Willi A. Brand

  • Comprehensive inter-laboratory calibration of reference materials for delta O-18 versus VSMOW using various on-line high-temperature conversion techniques

    Willi A. Brand;Tyler B. Coplen;Anita T. Aerts-Bijma;John Karl Bohlke

  • Stable isotope ratio mass spectrometry in global climate change research

    Prosenjit Ghosh;Willi A. Brand

  • After two decades a second anchor for the VPDB δ13C scale

    Tyler B. Coplen;Willi A. Brand;Matthias Gehre;Manfred Gröning

Frequent Co-Authors

Tyler B. Coplen
Tyler B. Coplen United States Geological Survey
Thomas Röckmann
Thomas Röckmann Utrecht University
Matthias Gehre
Matthias Gehre Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Ingeborg Levin
Ingeborg Levin Heidelberg University
Harro A. J. Meijer
Harro A. J. Meijer University of Groningen
Frank Keppler
Frank Keppler Heidelberg University
David Lowry
David Lowry Royal Holloway University of London
Euan G. Nisbet
Euan G. Nisbet Royal Holloway University of London
Thomas Prohaska
Thomas Prohaska University of Leoben
Hitoshi Mukai
Hitoshi Mukai National Institute for Environmental Studies

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