Dr. Carsten Simon
Postdoc, MADDOMS project
Contact / Address
Department Analytical Chemistry
Permoserstr. 15
DE-04318 Leipzig
Germany
Building 4.0, Room 222
Phone: 0341 235 1769
GLN-3033-2022
Current Research Project
Curriculum Vitae
Since 06/2022 | Postdoc (project MADDOMS) at UFZ Leipzig, Department Analytics, BioGeoOmics |
2020-2022 | Postdoc in the group of Inorganic Environmental Geochemistry at ETH Zurich (Institute for Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics) & Eawag Dübendorf (Dept. Water Resources & Drinking Water) |
2019-2020 | Postdoc at Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Department Biogeochemical Processes, Molecular Biogeochemistry |
2015-2019 | PhD in Geosciences at University of Jena and Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Department Biogeochemical Processes, Molecular Biogeochemistry |
2009-2015 | Studies of Biogeosciences (B.Sc.) and Marine Environmental Sciences (M.Sc.) at Universities of Jena and Oldenburg, Germany; Master thesis in Aquatic Geochemistry |
Publications
2024 (7)
- Lange, D.F., da Luz, F.M., Pires, E., Santos, Y.R., da Silva, J.S., Ferreira, S.J.F., Quesada, C.A., Simon, C., Gleixner, G. (2024):
Cycling of dissolved organic nutrients and indications for nutrient limitations in contrasting Amazon rainforest ecosystems
EDI Data Portal 10.6073/pasta/0f91c0935840c0eaae74d8091a1d5bf1 - Lange, D.F., Schröter, S.A., da Luz, F.M., Pires, E., Santos, Y.R., da Silva, J.S., Hildmann, S., Hoffmann, T., Ferreira, S.J.F., Schäfer, T., Quesada, C.A., Simon, C., Gleixner, G. (2024):
Cycling of dissolved organic nutrients and indications for nutrient limitations in contrasting Amazon rainforest ecosystems
Biogeochemistry 167 (12), 1567 - 1588 10.1007/s10533-024-01187-3 - Lange, M., Azizi-Rad, M., Dittmann, G., Lange, D.F., Orme, A.M., Schroeter, S.A., Simon, C., Gleixner, G. (2024):
Stability and carbon uptake of the soil microbial community is determined by differences between rhizosphere and bulk soil
Soil Biol. Biochem. 189 , art. 109280 10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109280 - Simon, C., Miltner, A., Mulder, I., Kaiser, K., Lorenz, M., Thiele-Bruhn, S., Lechtenfeld, O.J. (2024):
Long-term effects of farmyard manure addition on soil organic matter molecular composition: C transformation as a major driver of energetic potential
Research Square 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4542343/v1 - Stumpf, K., Simon, C., Miltner, A., Maskow, T., Lechtenfeld, O. (2024):
Deciphering the energy use channels in soil organic matter: Impacts of long-term farmyard manure addition and microbial necromass revealed by LC-FT-ICR-MS
ChemRxiv 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-txqzj - Tittel, J., Rosenlöcher, Y., Dadi, T., Lechtenfeld, O., Simon, C. (2024):
Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) measured by laser desorption ionization (LDI), chemistry, and radiocarbon data of sequentially extracted sediment samples from the Rappbode predam reservoir. (Version 1.0) [Data set]
Data Investigation Portal UFZ 10.48758/ufz.14903 - Tittel, J., Rosenlöcher, Y., Dadi, T., Lechtenfeld, O., Simon, C. (2024):
The age of buried carbon changes the greenhouse gas budget of a dam
J. Geophys. Res.-Biogeosci. 129 (6), e2023JG007979 10.1029/2023jg007979
Publication without UFZ-affiliation
Lambidis SP, Schramm T, Steuer-Lodd K, Farrell S, Stincone P, Schmid R, Koester I, Torres R, Dittmar T, Aluwihare L, Simon C, Petras D (2024): Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry Untangles the Deep Metabolome of Marine Dissolved Organic Matter, Environmental Science & Technology, ASAP online, doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c07173.
Tittel J, Rosenlöcher Y, Dadi T, Lechtenfeld O, Simon C (2024): The age of buried carbon changes the greenhouse gas budget of a dam. J. Geophys. Res.-Biogeosci. 129: e2023JG007979, doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2023jg007979.
Lange M, Azizi-Rad M, Dittmann G, Lange DF, Orme AM, Schroeter SA, Simon C, Gleixner G (2024): Stability and carbon uptake of the soil microbial community is determined by differences between rhizosphere and bulk soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, journal pre-proof online, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109280.
Simon C, Dührkop K, Petras D, Roth VN, Böcker SB, Dorrestein P, Gleixner G (2022): Mass difference matching unfolds hidden molecular structures in dissolved organic matter. Environmental Science & Technology, published online, doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c01332.
Simon C, Pimentel TP, Monteiro MTF, Candido LA, Gastmans D, Geilmann H, da Costa Oliveira R, Rocha JB, Pires E, Quesada CA, Forsberg BR, Ferreira SJF, da Cunha HB, Gleixner G (2021): Molecular links between whitesand ecosystems and blackwater formation in the Rio Negro watershed. Geochmica et Cosmochimica Acta, 311: 274-291, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.06.036.
Hawkes JA, D'Andrilli J, Agar JN, Barrow MP, Berg SM, Catalán N, Chen H, Chu RK, Cole RB, Dittmar T, Gavard R, Gleixner G, Hatcher PG, He C, Hess NJ, Hutchins RHS, Ijaz A, Jones HE, Kew W, Khaksari M, Lozano DCP, Lv J, Mazzoleni L, Noriega-Ortega BE, Osterholz H, Radoman N, Remucal CK, Schmitt ND, Schum S, Shi Q, Simon C, Singer G, Sleighter RL, Stubbins A, Thomas MJ, Tolic N, Zhang S, Zito P, Podgorski DC (2020): An international laboratory comparison of dissolved organic matter composition by high resolution mass spectrometry: Are we getting the same answer? Limnology & Oceanography: Methods, 18: 235-258, doi: 10.1002/lom3.10364.
Roth VN, Lange M, Simon C, Hertkorn N, Bucher S, Goodall T, Griffiths RI, Mellado-Vázquez PG, Mommer L, Oram NJ, Weigelt A, Dittmar T, Gleixner G, (2019): Persistence of dissolved organic matter explained by molecular changes during its passage through soil. Nature Geoscience, 12: 755-761, doi: 10.1038/s41561-019-0417-4.
Simon C, Osterholz H, Koschinsky A, Dittmar T (2019): Riverine mixing at the molecular scale - An ultrahigh-resolution mass spectrometry study on dissolved organic matter and selected metals in the Amazon confluence zone (Manaus, Brazil). Organic Geochemistry, 129: 45-62, doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2019.01.013.
Simon C, Roth VN, Dittmar T, Gleixner G (2018): Molecular signals of heterogeneous terrestrial environments identified in dissolved organic matter: A comparative analysis of Orbitrap and ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometers. Frontiers in Earth Science, 6: 138, doi: 10.3389/feart.2018.00138.
Reviewing activity
I have been active in peer-reviewing work of colleagues in the following journals:
- Biogeochemistry
- Deep Sea Research Part I
- Environmental Science & Technology
- European Journal of Soil Science
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
- Nature Communications
- Scientific Reports
- Soil & Tillage Research
- Water Research
Datasets
Lorenz M, Blagodatskaya E, Finn D, Hüging H, Kandeler E, Kaiser K, Kästner M, Lechtenfeld OJ, Marhan S, Maskow T, Mayer J, Miltner A, Normant-Saremba M, Poll C, Resseguier C, Rupp A, Schrumpf M, Schweitzer K, Simon C, Tebbe CC, Yang S, Yousaf U, Thiele-Bruhn S (2024): Database for the Priority Program 2322 SoilSystems – Soils and substrates used in the first phase (2021-2024). Zenodo, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11207502.
Tittel J, Rosenlöcher Y, Dadi T, Lechtenfeld OJ, Simon C (2024): Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) measured by laser desorption ionization (LDI), chemistry, and radiocarbon data of sequentially extracted sediment samples from the Rappbode predam reservoir. (Version 1.0). Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung. https://doi.org/10.48758/UFZ.14903.
Simon C, Dührkop K, Petras D, Roth V-N, Böcker S, Dorrestein PC, Gleixner G (2022): Structural insight into conifer forest topsoil and blackwater dissolved organic matter by Orbitrap tandem MS mass difference matching. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.944673.
Simon C, Pimentel TP, Monteiro MTF, Candido LA, Gastmans D, Geilmann H, da Costa Oliveira R, Rocha JB, Pires E, Quesada CA, Forsberg BR, Ferreira SJF, da Cunha HB, Gleixner G (2020): FT-MS molecular composition data from two whitesand catchments in the lower Rio Negro basin from October/ November 2017 (end of dry season). PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.922606.
Presentations
Simon C, Pietsch P, Stumpf K, Kaiser K, Lechtenfeld O (2023): Looking beyond the iceberg’s tip: Parallel analysis of soil dissolved and particle-associated organic matter fractions via ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry. Oral. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, 03. - 08.09.2023, Halle/Saale, Germany.
Simon C, Tolu J, Bouchet S, Chan M, Mazza A, Helfenstein J, Frossard E, Tamburini F, Chadwick OA, Winkel LHE (2023): Organic speciation of (micro)nutrients in relation to overall dissolved organic matter composition in soil water extracts: New insights from ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry. Oral. Goldschmidt 2023 Conference, 09. - 14.07.2023, Lyon, France.
Simon C, Pietsch P, Stumpf K, Kaiser K, Lechtenfeld O (2023): Development of ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry techniques to extend the molecular view of soil organic matter in solution and on mineral particles. Oral. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2023, 23. - 28.04.2018, Vienna, Austria.
Simon C, Tolu J, Bouchet S, Chan M, Mazza A, Frossard E, Vitousek P, Chadwick OA, Winkel LHE (2022): How does water-extractable organic matter vary in molecular composition across a climate gradient (Kohala, Hawai’i)? Oral (virtual). Hawai'i Ecosystem Meeting, Hilo, Hawai'i, 25. - 26.07.2022. Virtual attendance.
Simon C, Stumpf K, Chen S, Klotzbücher T, Hong H, Liu C, Kaiser K, Mikutta C, Mikutta R, Lechtenfeld O (2022): Tracing the formation of mineral-organic matter associations by ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry - recent findings and development. Oral. DBG-Symposium on Soil Mineralogy, 19. - 20.07.2022, Gießen, Germany.
Simon C, Petras D, Roth V-N, Dührkop K, Böcker S, Dorrestein PC, Gleixner G (2021): Beyond van Krevelen diagrams: Mass difference matching by ultrahigh-resolution tandem mass spectrometry reveals molecular ecosystem imprints in Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM). Oral (virtual). 20th International Humic Substances Society (IHSS 20) Virtual Global Conference,15. - 27.08.2021. Virtual attendance.
Simon C, Roth VN, Dittmar T, Gleixner G (2018): Identification of ecosystem-specific markers in dissolved organic matter by Orbitrap tandem mass spectrometry. Oral. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2018, 08. - 13.04.2018, Vienna, Austria.
Simon C, Koschinsky A, Dittmar T (2016): Riverine mixing at the molecular scale - An ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry study on the fate of Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) and selected metals in the Amazon confluence zone (Manaus, Brazil). Oral. 18th International Conference of International Humic Substances Society (IHSS 18), 11. - 16.09.2016, Kanazawa, Japan.
Memberships
Deutsche Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft (DBG)
European Association of Geochemistry (EAG)
European Geosciences Union (EGU)