About:
By Jacki Moonves
Ever since I was a child, I have been fascinated by nature and the riddles it poses for us human beings. I was born and raised in the city of Beer Sheva, in the desert of the Negev, south Israel. Growing up in the desert has had a huge impact on me: where geological features are amplified by the lack of significant vegetation, where the ecosystem is teeming with life despite the less than 200mm precipitation per year and where the stars shine brightly in the clear night sky.
Years later I applied for a B.Sc follow by M.Sc in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences in Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. I found out that one of greatest challenges of our time is understanding the coupling between land, air and sea, and the way biological, physical and chemical processes interact together to form the Earth as we know it. I completed my Ph.D at the Department of Earth Sciences in the University of Cambridge where I was studying the mechanism of microbial sulfur metabolism using sulfur and oxygen stable isotopes in marine and marginal marine environments.
Years later I applied for a B.Sc follow by M.Sc in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences in Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. I found out that one of greatest challenges of our time is understanding the coupling between land, air and sea, and the way biological, physical and chemical processes interact together to form the Earth as we know it. I completed my Ph.D at the Department of Earth Sciences in the University of Cambridge where I was studying the mechanism of microbial sulfur metabolism using sulfur and oxygen stable isotopes in marine and marginal marine environments.
Im Currently senior lecturer at the Department of Geological and Environmental sciences Ben Gurion University of the Negev and a resident scientist at the Interuniversity Institute of Marine Sciences of Eilat..
Selected publications:
[16] Antler G., Turchyn A.V., Ono S., Sivan O., Bosak T. (2017) Combined 34S, 33S and 18O Isotope Fractionations Record Different Intracellular Steps of Microbial Sulfate Reduction Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 203, 364-380 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2017.01.015
[14] Mills J., Antler G., Turchyn A.V. (2016) Geochemical evidence for cryptic sulfur cycling in salt marsh sediments, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 453, 23-32 doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.08.001
[12] Antler G., Turchyn A.V., Herut B., Sivan O. A unique isotopic fingerprint of sulfate-driven anaerobic oxidation of methane. Geology, 43, 619-622. dio:10.1130/G36688.1
[9] Sivan O, Antler G., Turchyn A.V., Marlow J., Orphan V.J. (2014) Iron oxides stimulate sulfate driven anaerobic methane oxidation in seeps. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 111, E4139-E4147.dio: 10.1073/pnas.1412269111
[7] Antler G., Turchyn A.V., Herut B., Davies A., Rennie V. and Sivan O. (2014) Sulfur and Oxygen Isotope tracing of sulfate driven anaerobic methane oxidation in estuarine sediments. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 142, 4-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2014.03.001
[2] Antler, G., Turchyn, A. V., Rennie, V., Herut, B., & Sivan, O. (2013). Coupled sulfur and oxygen isotope insight into bacterial sulfate reduction in the natural environment. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 118, 98-117. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.05.005
[16] Antler G., Turchyn A.V., Ono S., Sivan O., Bosak T. (2017) Combined 34S, 33S and 18O Isotope Fractionations Record Different Intracellular Steps of Microbial Sulfate Reduction Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 203, 364-380 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2017.01.015
[14] Mills J., Antler G., Turchyn A.V. (2016) Geochemical evidence for cryptic sulfur cycling in salt marsh sediments, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 453, 23-32 doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.08.001
[12] Antler G., Turchyn A.V., Herut B., Sivan O. A unique isotopic fingerprint of sulfate-driven anaerobic oxidation of methane. Geology, 43, 619-622. dio:10.1130/G36688.1
[9] Sivan O, Antler G., Turchyn A.V., Marlow J., Orphan V.J. (2014) Iron oxides stimulate sulfate driven anaerobic methane oxidation in seeps. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 111, E4139-E4147.dio: 10.1073/pnas.1412269111
[7] Antler G., Turchyn A.V., Herut B., Davies A., Rennie V. and Sivan O. (2014) Sulfur and Oxygen Isotope tracing of sulfate driven anaerobic methane oxidation in estuarine sediments. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 142, 4-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2014.03.001
[2] Antler, G., Turchyn, A. V., Rennie, V., Herut, B., & Sivan, O. (2013). Coupled sulfur and oxygen isotope insight into bacterial sulfate reduction in the natural environment. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 118, 98-117. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.05.005
