Research areas
I am interested in the origin and early evolution of life and environments on Earth and implications for the habitability of other planets. My tools include sedimentary geology, stable isotopes (carbon, nitrogen, sulphur, selenium) and transition metal geochemistry. I am also keen to apply these tools to better understand ore-forming processes through time and space.
PhD supervision
- Fawn Holland
- Toni Galloway
- Grace Nielson
- Abate Melaku
- Jose Nava de la Peña
- Joseph Benson
Selected publications
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Anomalous δ15N values in the Neoarchean associated with an abundant supply of hydrothermal ammonium
Martin, A. N., Stüeken, E. E., Gehringer, M. M., Markowska, M., Vonhof, H., Weyer, S. & Hofmann, A., 22 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Communications. 16, 10 p., 1873.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluating serpentinization as a source of phosphite to microbial communities in hydrothermal vents
Boden, J., Som, S. M., Brazelton, W. J., Anderson, R. E. & Stueeken, E. E., 1 Apr 2025, In: Geobiology. 223, 2, 19 p., e70016.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Isotopically heavy sulfur in nephelinite from Etinde, Cameroon Volcanic Line: Implications for the origin of intraplate magmatism
Baldwin, S., Kirstein, L. A., Fitton, G., Boyce, A. J., Hutchison, W., Marks, M., Stüeken, E. & Hayward, C., 5 Jun 2025, In: Chemical Geology. 682, p. 122748Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A sequential leaching protocol for δ11B and trace element analyses of multi-phase carbonate rocks
Hong, W.-L., Lepland, A., Crémière, A., Kirsimäe, K., Stüeken, E. E., Dumont, M., Block, H. E. & Rae, J. W. B., 22 Oct 2024, In: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 39, 10, 22 p., e2023PA004658.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Co‐evolution of early Earth environments and microbial life
Lyons, T. W., Tino, C. J., Fournier, G. P., Anderson, R. E., Leavitt, W. D., Konhauser, K. O. & Stüeken, E. E., 29 May 2024, In: Nature Reviews Microbiology. 22, 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Dating ammonia-oxidizing bacteria with abundant eukaryotic fossils
Liao, T., Wang, S., Zhang, H., Stüeken, E. E. & Luo, H., 22 May 2024, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41, 5, msae096.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Deep-marine brine seeps stimulate microbial nitrogen cycling: implications for the formation of sediment-hosted ore deposits
Stueeken, E. E., Long, A., Rochelle-Bates, N. & Teske, A., 2 Jul 2024, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 129, 7, 15 p., e2024JG008189.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Estuaries house Earth’s oldest known non-marine eukaryotes
Nielson, G. C., Stüeken, E. E. & Prave, A. R., 1 Feb 2024, In: Precambrian Research. 401, p. 107278 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluating the biosignature potential of ammonium in Proterozoic red beds and implications for the search for life on Mars
Stueeken, E. E., Fralick, P., Hillier, S. & Prave, T., 18 Jul 2024, In: Earth and Planetary Physics. Accepted Articles, 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluating the multiple-sulfur isotope signature of Eoarchean rocks from the Isua Supracrustal Belt (Southwest-Greenland) by MC-ICP-MS: volcanic nutrient sources for early life
MacDonald, J., Sugden, P. J., Dumont, M. D., Szilas, K., Glorie, S., Simpson, A., Gilbert, S., Burke, A. & Stueeken, E. E., 10 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Geobiology. 22, 2, 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
