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Kurt Konhauser
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Research
Latest papers
Quantifying Trace Metals in Gunflint Microfossils by 3D Correlative X-ray Nanoimaging.
Analytical chemistry · 2026
Fungal-Mineral Interaction: Astrobiology Insights from Iron-Rich Mineral Alteration by an Extremophile Black Fungus.
JACS Au · 2026
Resurrected nitrogenases recapitulate canonical N-isotope biosignatures over two billion years.
Nature communications · 2026
Latest funding
- $119,152
Unisense MicroProfiling System for High-Resolution Aqueous Geochemical Measurements
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $684,000
The Paleoproterozoic marine biosphere: Impacts on the ancient Earth surface system
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
- $10,000
Geobiology 2017: The Inaugural International Conference of the Geobiology Society Serving the first generation of self-identifying geobiologists
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
12 publications.
Quantifying Trace Metals in Gunflint Microfossils by 3D Correlative X-ray Nanoimaging.
Lemelle L, Karpov D, Simionovici A, Maldanis L, Fontecilla-Camps JC, Diaz A, Holler M, Ferreira Sanchez D, Tucoulou R, Cloetens P, De Nolf W, Müller Gubler EA, Manceau A, Bonneviot L, Konhauser K, Shapiro R
Fungal-Mineral Interaction: Astrobiology Insights from Iron-Rich Mineral Alteration by an Extremophile Black Fungus.
Dos Santos A, Molodon F, Schultz J, P M da Silva Alves MA, Rosado AS, Konhauser K, Rodrigues-Filho E, Yeşilbaş M
Resurrected nitrogenases recapitulate canonical N-isotope biosignatures over two billion years.
Rucker HR, Bubphamanee K, Harris DF, Konhauser K, Seefeldt LC, Buick R, Kaçar B
Volcanic forcing of the Lomagundi-Jatuli carbon isotope excursion.
Blichert-Toft J, Konhauser K, Coutret B, Pinto M, Agranier A, El Albani A, Albarède F
Inhibition of phototrophic iron oxidation by nitric oxide in ferruginous environments.
Nikeleit V, Mellage A, Bianchini G, Sauter L, Buessecker S, Gotterbarm S, Schad M, Konhauser K, Zerkle AL, Sánchez-Baracaldo P, Kappler A, Bryce C
Taxonomic and carbon metabolic diversification of Bathyarchaeia during its coevolution history with early Earth surface environment.
Hou J, Wang Y, Zhu P, Yang N, Liang L, Yu T, Niu M, Konhauser K, Woodcroft BJ, Wang F
A review of microbial-environmental interactions recorded in Proterozoic carbonate-hosted chert.
Moore KR, Daye M, Gong J, Williford K, Konhauser K, Bosak T
The role of volcanic-derived clays in the preservation of Ediacaran biota from the Itajaí Basin (ca. 563 Ma, Brazil).
Becker-Kerber B, El Albani A, Konhauser K, Abd Elmola A, Fontaine C, Paim PSG, Mazurier A, Prado GMEM, Galante D, Kerber PB, da Rosa ALZ, Fairchild TR, Meunier A, Pacheco MLAF
Correction to "Mechanism of Goethite Precipitation on Magnetite and Maghemite Nanoparticles Studied by Surface Complexation/Precipitation Modeling".
Yue T, Hu Y, Alessi DS, Konhauser K, Hao W, Sun W, Xu Z
Organism motility in an oxygenated shallow-marine environment 2.1 billion years ago.
El Albani A, Mangano MG, Buatois LA, Bengtson S, Riboulleau A, Bekker A, Konhauser K, Lyons T, Rollion-Bard C, Bankole O, Lekele Baghekema SG, Meunier A, Trentesaux A, Mazurier A, Aubineau J, Laforest C, Fontaine C, Recourt P, Chi Fru E, Macchiarelli R, Reynaud JY, Gauthier-Lafaye F, Canfield DE
Unisense MicroProfiling System for High-Resolution Aqueous Geochemical Measurements
Principal investigators: Konhauser, Kurt
The Paleoproterozoic marine biosphere: Impacts on the ancient Earth surface system
Principal investigators: Konhauser, Kurt
Keywords: paleoproterozoic; marine plankton; banded iron formations; microbial surface reactivity; dissolved organic matter; trace metals; paleo-seawater composition; lomagundi event; great oxidation event; shales
Geobiology 2017: The Inaugural International Conference of the Geobiology Society Serving the first generation of self-identifying geobiologists
Principal investigators: Konhauser, Kurt
Passive uranium remediation at Cluff Lake, Saskatchewan
Principal investigators: Konhauser, Kurt
Potentiometric Autotitration System for Characterizing Reactivity of Environmental Samples
Principal investigators: Konhauser, Kurt
Co-Evolution of Precambrian Life and the Environment
Principal investigators: Konhauser, Kurt
Co-Evolution of Precambrian Life and the Environment
Principal investigators: Konhauser, Kurt
Modern microbe-metal-mineral interactions: testing for biosignatures in ancient rocks
Principal investigators: Konhauser, Kurt
Digital camera for transmission electron microscopy
Principal investigators: Leys, Sally
Modern microbe-metal-mineral interactions: testing for biosignatures in ancient rocks
Principal investigators: Konhauser, Kurt
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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