Ben Uveges
@benuveges.bsky.social
Stable isotope geochemist currently masquerading as an ecologist at CornellEEB.
Website: https://www.benjamin-uveges.com/
Website: https://www.benjamin-uveges.com/
A little late on the upload, but last month's lab group #TidyTuesday used the Dungeons and Dragons spells dataset. My contribution takes a look at how different schools of magic are distributed across different character classes and different "range types".
November 7, 2025 at 12:53 AM
A little late on the upload, but last month's lab group #TidyTuesday used the Dungeons and Dragons spells dataset. My contribution takes a look at how different schools of magic are distributed across different character classes and different "range types".
Know any stellar organic geochemists? Nominate them for an GS-OGD award!
The Treibs medal is a lifetime achievement, late career award and is very organic geochem focused.
The Hayes award is mid-career and is more inclusive of broader stable isotope geochemistry, and biogeochemistry.
The Treibs medal is a lifetime achievement, late career award and is very organic geochem focused.
The Hayes award is mid-career and is more inclusive of broader stable isotope geochemistry, and biogeochemistry.
Celebrate the achievements of your organic geochemistry colleagues by submitting your nominations for the upcoming Treibs and Hayes Awards! The deadline for these Organic Geochemistry Division Awards @geochemsoc.bsky.social
is October 30th, 2025. Learn more:
geochemsoc.org/honors/organ...
is October 30th, 2025. Learn more:
geochemsoc.org/honors/organ...
October 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Know any stellar organic geochemists? Nominate them for an GS-OGD award!
The Treibs medal is a lifetime achievement, late career award and is very organic geochem focused.
The Hayes award is mid-career and is more inclusive of broader stable isotope geochemistry, and biogeochemistry.
The Treibs medal is a lifetime achievement, late career award and is very organic geochem focused.
The Hayes award is mid-career and is more inclusive of broader stable isotope geochemistry, and biogeochemistry.
Or if your brand is “too” interdisciplinary. Having been lucky enough to have a few interviews for fairly different sub fields (modern env geochem to geobiology) it’s always ended with not being [bio/geo/applied/etc]-enough for the vision of the position.
Good luck if your "brand" isn't fashionable when you finish.
The number of ppl who told me I needed a "brand" when I was finishing up my PhD and during my postdoc... 💀
October 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Or if your brand is “too” interdisciplinary. Having been lucky enough to have a few interviews for fairly different sub fields (modern env geochem to geobiology) it’s always ended with not being [bio/geo/applied/etc]-enough for the vision of the position.
Check out this great write up of our field campaign out on Seneca lake in the @nytimes.com ! With @erinhassett.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...
Why Is This Lake ‘Burping’?
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October 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Check out this great write up of our field campaign out on Seneca lake in the @nytimes.com ! With @erinhassett.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...
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Our research on Seneca Lake has been featured in the New York Times! Check it out! @benuveges.bsky.social @nytimes.com
Why Is This Lake ‘Burping’?
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Our research on Seneca Lake has been featured in the New York Times! Check it out! @benuveges.bsky.social @nytimes.com
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Cool PhD opportunity at Uni Bern to work with Petra Zahajska on her Ambizione project Pixel2Paleo, creating high resolution pigment and lipid biomarker marker records from lake sediments 🧪. Apply by Dec. 2:
www.eag.org/wp-content/u...
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October 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Cool PhD opportunity at Uni Bern to work with Petra Zahajska on her Ambizione project Pixel2Paleo, creating high resolution pigment and lipid biomarker marker records from lake sediments 🧪. Apply by Dec. 2:
www.eag.org/wp-content/u...
www.eag.org/wp-content/u...
New co-author paper out today in @pnas.org led by the fantastic Dr. Lubna Shawar!
Lubna breathes new life into the sponge sterol hypothesis with her meticulous organic geochemistry, and the ID of two new sponge-derived C31 Steranes in ~600 Myr rocks. Check it out! 🧪⚒️
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Lubna breathes new life into the sponge sterol hypothesis with her meticulous organic geochemistry, and the ID of two new sponge-derived C31 Steranes in ~600 Myr rocks. Check it out! 🧪⚒️
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Chemical characterization of C31 sterols from sponges and Neoproterozoic fossil sterane counterparts | PNAS
Putative metazoan body fossils from the Precambrian are curiously lacking morphological
characteristics that link them unambiguously to extant anim...
www.pnas.org
September 30, 2025 at 12:08 AM
New co-author paper out today in @pnas.org led by the fantastic Dr. Lubna Shawar!
Lubna breathes new life into the sponge sterol hypothesis with her meticulous organic geochemistry, and the ID of two new sponge-derived C31 Steranes in ~600 Myr rocks. Check it out! 🧪⚒️
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Lubna breathes new life into the sponge sterol hypothesis with her meticulous organic geochemistry, and the ID of two new sponge-derived C31 Steranes in ~600 Myr rocks. Check it out! 🧪⚒️
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Had a great week out on Seneca lake taking samples to test some ideas about the cause of the mysterious Seneca Drums (aka Guns)!
Aside from the “cool factor” of getting to investigate a local legend I grew up hearing about, there are Environmental and water quality implications of the work too.
Aside from the “cool factor” of getting to investigate a local legend I grew up hearing about, there are Environmental and water quality implications of the work too.
We were interviewed this week by WENY— check out the article about our research! www.weny.com/story/531154...
Researchers take samples from Seneca Lake in effort to figure out what causes the 'Seneca Drums'
After hundreds, if not thousands of years of uncertainty, scientists from Cornell University and SUNY ESF have teamed up to try to figure out what causes the so called 'Seneca Drums'.
www.weny.com
September 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Had a great week out on Seneca lake taking samples to test some ideas about the cause of the mysterious Seneca Drums (aka Guns)!
Aside from the “cool factor” of getting to investigate a local legend I grew up hearing about, there are Environmental and water quality implications of the work too.
Aside from the “cool factor” of getting to investigate a local legend I grew up hearing about, there are Environmental and water quality implications of the work too.
A new semester means a new round of Sparks Lab TidyTuesday on a Wednesday! This month, one of our students picked the #TidyTuesday Pokémon dataset to visualize. This was my contribution, which explored median stat distributions by primary type. Really fun dataset and a great group exercise!
September 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
A new semester means a new round of Sparks Lab TidyTuesday on a Wednesday! This month, one of our students picked the #TidyTuesday Pokémon dataset to visualize. This was my contribution, which explored median stat distributions by primary type. Really fun dataset and a great group exercise!
It’s that time of year again! #MinCup25
#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 1: Hazardous (but useful!) #Chrysotile faces off against stunning gem #Pectolite. Do you pick the forbidden cotton candy, or the anti-pulverization beauty?
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
Check RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
Check RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
Vote in Round 1 Match 1 — Mineral Cup
Click here to vote in Chrysotile vs Pectolite
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September 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
It’s that time of year again! #MinCup25
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New paper with our community partners! We used four years of community science E. coli measurements to look at patterns in Atlanta streams. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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August 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
New paper with our community partners! We used four years of community science E. coli measurements to look at patterns in Atlanta streams. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Take a break from doom scrolling to have a look at this really cool study lead by @fatimagulhusain.bsky.social out of MIT!
I am excited to share our latest work, out now in
@natcomms.nature.com.
We used eukaryotic biomarkers and 18S rRNA genes to examine the ephemeral meltwater ponds of the McMurdo Ice Shelf, revealing pond-to-pond diversity and a biomarker signal for life below the shelf!
More at: rdcu.be/erMkt
@natcomms.nature.com.
We used eukaryotic biomarkers and 18S rRNA genes to examine the ephemeral meltwater ponds of the McMurdo Ice Shelf, revealing pond-to-pond diversity and a biomarker signal for life below the shelf!
More at: rdcu.be/erMkt
Biosignatures of diverse eukaryotic life from a Snowball Earth analogue environment in Antarctica
Nature Communications - The supraglacial meltwater ponds of the McMurdo Ice Shelf, analogues for proposed Cryogenian period eukaryotic refugia, are shown to host diverse and varied eukaryotic...
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June 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Take a break from doom scrolling to have a look at this really cool study lead by @fatimagulhusain.bsky.social out of MIT!
This was a neat project to work on, and I enjoyed getting to branch out into some methane isotope work. Thanks @profbobhowarth.bsky.social for suggesting we take a deeper look.
Increase in methane emissions from fossil fuels has been underestimated. Our new PNAS paper just published today:
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
June 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This was a neat project to work on, and I enjoyed getting to branch out into some methane isotope work. Thanks @profbobhowarth.bsky.social for suggesting we take a deeper look.
Another really nice writeup on our recent PNAS paper by Dan Bernardi at Syracuse University A&S Communications!
artsandsciences.syracuse.edu/earth-scienc...
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Rock Record Illuminates Oxygen History
A team of researchers from Syracuse University and MIT uncovered evidence that oxygenation in the ocean—crucial for life as we know it—may have occurred earlier than previously thought, offering new i...
artsandsciences.syracuse.edu
May 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Another really nice writeup on our recent PNAS paper by Dan Bernardi at Syracuse University A&S Communications!
artsandsciences.syracuse.edu/earth-scienc...
artsandsciences.syracuse.edu/earth-scienc...
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Please tune in today to find out what federally funded research does for you!
Our 💯 hours to #SaveAmericasForecasts starts tomorrow!
Tune in to hear over 200+ US meteorologists and climate scientists share the importance of federally funded weather and climate research!
wclivestream.com
Tune in to hear over 200+ US meteorologists and climate scientists share the importance of federally funded weather and climate research!
wclivestream.com
May 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Please tune in today to find out what federally funded research does for you!
Wonderful write-up by the amazing @fatimagulhusain.bsky.social on our recent PNAS paper:
eaps.mit.edu/news-impact/...
eaps.mit.edu/news-impact/...
3 Questions: Demystifying Earth’s Ancient Nitrogen Cycle
Today, oxygen is essential for much of life on Earth and is involved in many biological processes, including cellular respiration. But early Earth lacked an oxygen-rich surface until the Great […]
eaps.mit.edu
May 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Wonderful write-up by the amazing @fatimagulhusain.bsky.social on our recent PNAS paper:
eaps.mit.edu/news-impact/...
eaps.mit.edu/news-impact/...
Fantastic article on why cuts at NSF are harmful to everyone. For scientists, a thorough collection of evidence of NSF's impact. For everyone else, a small slice of the incredible number of everyday things NSF-funded research has improved. By Prof. Paul Bierman.🧪
theconversation.com/unprecedente...
theconversation.com/unprecedente...
Unprecedented cuts to the National Science Foundation endanger research that improves economic growth, national security and your life
The Trump administration has terminated hundreds of federal grants that support engineering, biology, geology, computer science, STEM education and much more.
theconversation.com
May 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Fantastic article on why cuts at NSF are harmful to everyone. For scientists, a thorough collection of evidence of NSF's impact. For everyone else, a small slice of the incredible number of everyday things NSF-funded research has improved. By Prof. Paul Bierman.🧪
theconversation.com/unprecedente...
theconversation.com/unprecedente...
Out online today in @pnas.org our paper:
"Aerobic nitrogen cycle 100 My before permanent atmospheric oxygenation"
With coauthors Gareth Izon, @chrisjunium.bsky.social , Shuhei Ono, and Roger Summons.
1/7
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
"Aerobic nitrogen cycle 100 My before permanent atmospheric oxygenation"
With coauthors Gareth Izon, @chrisjunium.bsky.social , Shuhei Ono, and Roger Summons.
1/7
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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May 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Out online today in @pnas.org our paper:
"Aerobic nitrogen cycle 100 My before permanent atmospheric oxygenation"
With coauthors Gareth Izon, @chrisjunium.bsky.social , Shuhei Ono, and Roger Summons.
1/7
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
"Aerobic nitrogen cycle 100 My before permanent atmospheric oxygenation"
With coauthors Gareth Izon, @chrisjunium.bsky.social , Shuhei Ono, and Roger Summons.
1/7
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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I am so heartened to this seriously AWESOME #SaveNSF website go up today!!!!
Has a take action toolkit with:
1. Press outreach templates
2. Social media toolkit
3. Elected official outreach
4. Talking points
Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come.
www.savensf.com
Has a take action toolkit with:
1. Press outreach templates
2. Social media toolkit
3. Elected official outreach
4. Talking points
Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come.
www.savensf.com
May 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I am so heartened to this seriously AWESOME #SaveNSF website go up today!!!!
Has a take action toolkit with:
1. Press outreach templates
2. Social media toolkit
3. Elected official outreach
4. Talking points
Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come.
www.savensf.com
Has a take action toolkit with:
1. Press outreach templates
2. Social media toolkit
3. Elected official outreach
4. Talking points
Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come.
www.savensf.com
New "band" new album cover! Presenting Jed-ward Sparks and the Magnetic Sectors!
"Set list" on the back cover and below.
Hopefully, this is a nice brain cleanser from all the craziness for any isotopically inclined people
Puns by me, Artistic stylings by the wonderful Audra Linsner at tofd.co
"Set list" on the back cover and below.
Hopefully, this is a nice brain cleanser from all the craziness for any isotopically inclined people
Puns by me, Artistic stylings by the wonderful Audra Linsner at tofd.co
March 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
New "band" new album cover! Presenting Jed-ward Sparks and the Magnetic Sectors!
"Set list" on the back cover and below.
Hopefully, this is a nice brain cleanser from all the craziness for any isotopically inclined people
Puns by me, Artistic stylings by the wonderful Audra Linsner at tofd.co
"Set list" on the back cover and below.
Hopefully, this is a nice brain cleanser from all the craziness for any isotopically inclined people
Puns by me, Artistic stylings by the wonderful Audra Linsner at tofd.co
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Excited for our lab's presentations at #AGU24! I'm presenting Monday, but here are the other lab members/collaborators on deck for the rest of the week.
December 6, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Excited for our lab's presentations at #AGU24! I'm presenting Monday, but here are the other lab members/collaborators on deck for the rest of the week.
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Exciting to see a new, community-run, and Diamond Open Access journal launching for geochemists (Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry). Free to read and free to publish! They have assembled a great team of editors too! (www.agcj.org)
Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry
Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry is a community-led diamond open access journal that aims to publish innovative and globally relevant articles in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry. Regional studies put in the context of a wider research question will also be considered.
journals.uu.se
November 28, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Exciting to see a new, community-run, and Diamond Open Access journal launching for geochemists (Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry). Free to read and free to publish! They have assembled a great team of editors too! (www.agcj.org)
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Just a reminder that Goldschmidt is for organic geochemists too! If you are thinking of coming, check out the session Hilairy Hartnett and I are convening. Great Lakes, great food and great science, what more could you ask for? Hope to see you in August. conf.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/...
March 18, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Just a reminder that Goldschmidt is for organic geochemists too! If you are thinking of coming, check out the session Hilairy Hartnett and I are convening. Great Lakes, great food and great science, what more could you ask for? Hope to see you in August. conf.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/...
For all my fellow “peak millennials”. As someone imminently turning 33, this was a somewhat cathartic listen.
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/p...
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/p...
It Sucks to Be 33
“Peak millennials,” the microgeneration born in 1990 and 1991, have ended up competing for, well, almost everything.
www.nytimes.com
March 17, 2024 at 5:07 PM
For all my fellow “peak millennials”. As someone imminently turning 33, this was a somewhat cathartic listen.
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/p...
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/p...
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Friday of spring break surprise: my former student, Julian Sheppy's paper is published! It's available here: link.springer.com/article/10.1... or email me (it's behind a paywall). Julian measured DOC concentration and bioavailability below urban beaver and stormwater ponds in Atlanta
Urban beaver ponds show limited impact on stream carbon quantity in contrast to stormwater ponds - Urban Ecosystems
Urban beaver and stormwater ponds provide hydrologic retention in the landscape while collecting dissolved organic matter (DOM)-rich runoff that can promote primary productivity. Our objective was to ...
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March 15, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Friday of spring break surprise: my former student, Julian Sheppy's paper is published! It's available here: link.springer.com/article/10.1... or email me (it's behind a paywall). Julian measured DOC concentration and bioavailability below urban beaver and stormwater ponds in Atlanta