Steffen Buessecker

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Affiliation

Stanford University

Field of Study

Astrobiology, Geochemistry, Microbial Evolution

Location: Santa Clara, CA

Education: Ph.D. Arizona State University

Research Interests: Methanogen activity under hydrothermal or hypersaline conditions, abiotic and biotic reactions driving nitrous oxide cycling, the ecological stoichiometry of trace metals (tungsten in particular) across space and time, anaerobic microbiological culturing techniques, linking microbial metabolisms to mineral and atmospheric chemical reactions, using mineral catalysis for large-scale greenhouse gas consumption