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CurriculumVitaeSuneGrønlundNielsenDateofbirth: Nov.1st1976Nationality: Danishe-mail: snielsen@whoi.eduLanguages: Danish(mothertongue),English(fluent),German(conversational),

French(conversational)

EDUCATION2001-2005 Ph.D.atETHZurich,Switzerland

Thalliumisotopevariationsinterrestrialmaterialsandmeteorites.Supervisors:Dr.MarkRehkämperandProf.AlexN.Halliday.

1999-2001 M.Sc.atUniversityofCopenhagen,DenmarkThesis title: Petrogenetic study of early Archean norite dike, Isua, West Greenland.Supervisors:Dr.JoelBaker,Dr.EirikKrogstad,Prof.RobertFrei.Classesincludedphysicalchemistry,isotopegeochemistry,igneouspetrology,andmassspectrometry.

1996-1999 B.Sc.atUniversityofCopenhagen,DenmarkBachelors project title: Crystal growth mechanisms and petrology of layered maficintrusions.Classesincludedmathematics,physics,chemistry,andgeology.

PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE2015–present AssociateScientistatWoodsHoleOceanographicInstitution,MA,USA2011–2015 AssistantScientistatWoodsHoleOceanographicInstitution,MA,USA2011–present MIT/WHOIJointProgramFaculty2010–present VisitingResearchscientistRiceUniversity,Houston,USA2008–2011 NERCResearchFellowatUniversityofOxford,UK Projecttitle:Trackingchangesinoceanchemistryusingthalliumisotopes.2006–2008 Departmental Research Fellow in Analytical Geochemistry at Dept. of Earth Science,

UniversityofOxford,UK2005–2006 Danish Research Council Postdoctoral Researtch Fellow at Macquarie University,

Australia Project title: Tracing crustal recycling in themantle and subduction zones viathalliumisotopemeasurements

SUPERVISIONUniversityofOxford: Charles Marnham (2008), Sarah Mar-Gerrison (2008), Matt Goff (2009), Monica

Barker(2009).WHOIGueststudents: PaulCaffrey(NortheasternUniversity,2012),AdamSarafian(UniversityofGeorgia,

2012), Katie Wickham (University of Nevada at Reno, 2013), Tracey Conrad(University of California at Santa Cruz, 2013, 2014 and 2015), Chadlin Ostrander(Summer Student Fellow from Arizona St. University, 2015), Helena Pryer(UniversityCollege London,2015), StephBates (UniversityofBristol, 2015), ElliottMueller(NortheasternUniversity,2016)

MIT/WHOIjointprogram:Tristan Kading (M.Sc., 2013), Adam Sarafian (2013-present), Christopher Kinsley(2013-2014).TianyiHuang(2015-present)

Postdoctoralsupervision:IndraSen(2012-13),Kuo-fangHuang(2012-13),TristanHorner(2012-2016),JeremyOwens(2013-2015)

Technicalstaff: MaureenAuro(2014and2016-present),JerzyBlusztajn,(2011-present)

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CURRENTCOLLABORATORSCorey Archer, ETH Zurich;Mark Behn,WHOI; Glenn Gaetani,WHOI; James Hein, USGS Santa Cruz; FriederKlein, WHOI; Phoebe Lam, UC Santa Cruz; Veronique Le Roux, WHOI; Cin-Ty Lee, Rice University; HorstMarschall, WHOI; Adina Paytan, UC Santa Cruz; Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink, WHOI; Terry Plank, LamontDohertyEarthObservatory;JuliePrytulak, ImperialCollegeLondon;MarcelRegelous,UniveristyofErlangen-Nuremburg;MarkRehkämper,ImperialCollegeLondon;MakotoSaito,WHOI;NobumichiShimizu,WHOI;JimWalker, University of Northern Illinois; Helen Williams, Durham University; Bernard Wood, University ofOxford;GerhardWörner,GöttingenUniversity;GeneYogodzinski,UniversityofSouthCarolinaTEACHINGEXPERIENCE

- Mineral identification practical class for undergraduate students at ETH Zurich (regular TeachingAssistant)

- SolidEarthGeochemistrylectures(togetherwithNobumichiShimizuandGlennGaetani)forgraduatestudentsenrolledintheMIT/WHOIjointprogram

- Seminarpresentationskills(togetherwithMarkBehnandVeroniqueLeRoux)forgraduatestudentsenrolledintheMIT/WHOIjointprogram

REVIEWINGWORKI have reviewed manuscripts for the journals: Nature Geoscience; Geology; Earth and Planetary ScienceLetters; Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta; Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry; Chemical Geology;American Mineralogist; Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research; Analytical Chemistry; Journal of GeophysicalResearch; Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society; Environmental Science and Technology; andGeochemistry,Geophysics,Geosystems.Ihavealsoreviewedproposalsfor:NationalScienceFoundation,NASA,AmericanChemicalSocietyCONFERENCESANDPRESENTATIONSIhaveauthored63abstractsatinternationalconferencesandworkshops,25oftheseaspresentingauthor.Ihavealsoconvenedsessionsatthe2012GoldschmidtConferenceinMontrealand2015AGUFallMeetinginSanFrancisco.InvitedSeminars:1. Evidencefortheexistenceoflive205-Pbintheearlysolarsystem.MacquarieUniversity,SydneyAustralia,

20062. PotassiumanduraniuminthemantlecontrolledbyArcheanweathering?UniversityofBristol,UK,20093. The application of thallium isotopes to problems in Earth science: From paleoceanography to mantle

geochemistry.RiceUniversity,Houston,USA,20094. Vanadium isotopes in silicate Earth and meteorites: Solar system heterogeneity or planetary

differentiation?LunarandPlanetaryInstitute,Houston,USA,20105. Potassium and uranium in the mantle controlled by Archean weathering?Woods Hole Oceanographic

Institution,USA,20106. The application of thallium isotopes to problems in Earth science: From paleoceanography to mantle

geochemistry.WoodsHoleOceanographicInstitution,USA,20107. Potassium and uranium in themantle controlled byArcheanweathering?University of South Carolina,

USA,20118. VanadiumisotopesinsilicateEarthandmeteorites:ImplicationsforchondriticEarth?MIT,USA,20119. VanadiumisotopicdifferencebetweenEarthandmeteoritesandhigh-energyirradiationintheearlySolar

System.WashingtonUniversitySt.Louis,USA,201210. The application of thallium isotopes to problems in Earth science: From paleoceanography to mantle

geochemistry.UniversityofBrest,France,201211. Thallium isotope fractionation mechanisms in Mn oxides and the use of thallium isotopes as a

paleoceanographictool.UniversityofRhodeIsland,USA,201312. Trackingrecycledmaterialfromsubductionzonestothedeepmantleusingthalliumisotopes,University

ofFrankfurt,2014

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13. Vanadiumisotopes:AnewtooltoinvestigatedeepEarthandearlySolarSystemprocesses,UniversityofFrankfurt,2014

14. The application of thallium isotopes to problems in Earth science: From paleoceanography to mantlegeochemistry.EcoleNoraleSuperieure,Lyon,France,2014

15. Tracking sedimentcompositionand transport fromslab to surfacealong theAleutianarcusingamulti-isotopicapproach.UniversityofGottingen,Germany,2015

FUNDINGOBTAINED2005 Danish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship: Tracing crustal recycling in the mantle and

subductionzonesviathalliumisotopemeasurements2008 NERCPostdoctoralFellowship:Trackingchangesinoceanchemistryusingthalliumisotopes2009 Co-PIonDepartmentalRollingGrant,UniversityofOxford,UKfundedbySTFC:PlanetaryOriginsand

Development.2011 NSFEARGrant,PI:Usingthalliumisotopestoassessrelativecontributionsofpelagicsedimentsand

alteredoceaniccrusttoarcmagmas,297,000$2011 IndependentInvestigatorAward,WoodsHoleOceanographicInstitution,PI:Firstmeasurementofthe

vanadiumisotopecompositionofseawater,56,618$2011 DeepOceanExplorationInstituteAward,WoodsHoleOceanographicInstitution,PI:Thegeochemical

behaviorofthalliuminmantle-derivedbasalts,54,000$2011 Deep Ocean Exploration Institute Award, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, co-PI: Thallium

IsotopesastracersoftheoriginserpentinizingfluidsintheMarianaForeArc,52,000$2012 AmericanChemicalSociety,PetroleumResearchFund,PI:Stablevanadiumisotopesincrudeoilsand

their source rocks: A new tool to understand the processes governing petroleum generation,100,000$

2013 IndependentInvestigatorAward,WoodsHoleOceanographicInstitution,PI:DevelopmentofBariumStableIsotopesasaNovelToolto‘Fingerprint’MarineBarite,54,471$

2013 InterdisciplinaryAward,WoodsHoleOceanographicInstitution,co-PI:Combiningproteomicsandmetalstable-isotopeanalysestoinvestigatemarinetracemetalcycling,104,178$

2014 IndependentInvestigatorAward,WoodsHoleOceanographicInstitution,PI:HowdidEarthgetitswater?44,530$

2014 NSFOCEGrant,co-PI:FingerprintingandCalibratingLowOxygenConditionsUsingVanadiumIsotopes,369,520$

2014 NSFPLRGrant,co-PI:CalibrationofaNovelNutrientPaleoproxyintheSouthernOcean,388,639$2015 NSFEARGrant,PI:InvestigatingmantlerecyclingandtheoriginoftheHIMUcomponentwithstable

thalliumisotopes,250,001$2015 IR&DAward,WoodsHoleOceanographicInstitution,PI:Preciseisotopicanalysisoflowvanadium

materialsbymassspectrometry:Developmentandvalidationofhigh-resolutionprotocols,100,000$2016 NASAEmergingWorldsGrant,PI:UsingVanadiumIsotopeRatiostoInvestigatetheSourceMaterialof

Earth,MoonandMars,630,000$PUBLICATIONS#-graduatestudentinmygroup,*-postdocinmygroup,%-gueststudentworkinginmylabInprep.andsubmittedNielsen,S.G.,Yogodzinski,G.,Prytulak,J.,Plank,T.,Kay,S.M.,Kay,R.W.,Blusztajn,J.,*Owens,J.D.,Auro,M.

and#Kading,T.:Trackingalong-arcsedimentinputstotheAleutianarcusingthalliumisotopes,Geochim.Cosmochim.Acta,Inrevision

#Sarafian, A.R., Nielsen, S.G., Marschall, H.R., Gaetani G., Hauri, E., Righter, K., and Sarafian E.: Angritemeteoritesrecordtheonsetandfluxofwatertotheinnersolarsystem,PNAS,Inprep

Gueguen, B., Reinhard, C.T., Algeo, T.J., Peterson, L.C., Nielsen, S.G., Wang, X. and Planavsky, N.: Thechromium isotope composition of reducing andoxicmarine sediments,Geochim. Cosmochim.Acta, Inrevision

Le Roux, V.,Nielsen, S. G., Sun, C. G., Yao, L. J.: Ubiquitousmelt-rock reactions in themantle revealed bytimingofpyroxeniteformation,GeochemicalPerspectiveLetters,Inreview

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PublishedandInPress1. Nielsen, S.G., *Owens, J.D., and *Horner, T.J.: Analysis of high precision vanadium isotope ratios by

mediumresolutionMC-ICP-MS,J.Anal.Atom.Spec.,InPress2. Nielsen,S.G.,Klein,F.,#Kading,T.K.,Bluzstajn,J.and%Wickham,K.(2015):Thalliumasatraceroffluid–

rockinteractionintheshallowMarianaforearc,EarthPlanet.Sci.Lett.,430,416-4263. *Horner,T.J.,%KinsleyC.W.andNielsen,S.G.(2015):Barium-isotopicfractionationinseawatermediated

bybaritecyclingandoceaniccirculation,EarthPlanet.Sci.Lett.,430,511-5224. *Horner,T.J.,Williams,H.M.,Hein,J.R.,Burton,K.W.,Halliday,A.N.andNielsen,S.G.(2015):Dominance

ofDeeplySourcedIroninthePacificOcean,PNAS,112,1292-12975. NielsenS.G., ShimizuN.,C.T.A.LeeandBehnM. (2014):Chalcophilebehaviorof thalliumduringMORB

melting and implications for the sulfur content of themantle,Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 15, 4905–4919

6. #Sarafian,A.,Nielsen,S.G.,Marschall,H.R.,McCubbin,F.andMonteleone,B. (2014):EarlyaccretionofwaterintheinnerSolarSystemfromacarbonaceouschondrite-likesource.Science,346,623-625

7. NielsenS.G.,Prytulak J.,WoodB.J.andHallidayA.N. (2014):Vanadium isotopicdifferencebetweenthesilicateEarthandmeteorites,EarthPlanet.Sci.Lett.,389,167-175

8. Nielsen S.G., Peacock C., Wasylenki L., Rehkämper M., Moon E. and Zichen X. (2013): Towards anunderstanding of thallium isotope fractionation during adsorption to manganese oxides, Geochim.Cosmochim.Acta,117,252-265

9. Moynier,F.,Fujii,T.,Brennecka,G.andNielsen,S.G.(2013):Nuclearfieldshift innaturalenvironments,ComptesRendusGeoscience345150–159

10. Prytulak, J.,Nielsen, S.G., Barker, M, Plank, T., Elliott, T. (2013): Assessing the utility of thallium andthalliumisotopesfortracingsubductionzoneinputstotheMarianaArc,Chem.Geol.345,139-149

11. NielsenS.G.andLeeC.T.A. (2013): Determinationof thalliumand17other traceelements in theUSGSglass reference materials BIR-1G, BHVO-2G and BCR-2G and their application to quantitative TlconcentrationsbylaserablationICPMS,GeostandardsandGeoanalyticalResearch,37,337-343

12. Prytulak,J.,Nielsen,S.G.,Ionov,D.A.,Halliday,A.N.,Harvey,J.,Kelley,K.A.,Niu,Y.,Peate,D.W.,Shimizu,K. and Sims, K.W.W. (2013): The stable vanadium isotope composition of themantle andmafic lavas,EarthPlanet.Sci.Lett.,365,177-189

13. NielsenS.G.,GoffM.,HesselboS.P.,JenkynsH.C.,LaRoweD.E.andLeeC.T.A.(2011c):Thalliumisotopesinearlydiageneticpyrite–Apaleoredoxproxy?,Geochim.Cosmochim.Acta,75(21),6690-6704

14. Nielsen S.G., Gannoun A.,MarnhamC., Burton K.W., Halliday A.N. andHein J.R. (2011b): New age forferromanganese crust 109D-C and implications for isotopic records of lead, neodymium, hafnium, andthalliuminthePlioceneIndianOceanPaleoceanography,26,PA2213,doi:10.1029/2010PA002003

15. NielsenS.G.,PrytulakJ.andHallidayA.N.(2011a):Determinationofhighprecision51V/50VisotoperatiosbyMC-ICPMS,Part1:ChemicalseparationofvanadiumandmassspectrometricprotocolsGeostandardsandGeoanalyticalResearch,35(3),293-306

16. PrytulakJ.,NielsenS.G.andHallidayA.N.(2011):Determinationofhighprecision51V/50VisotoperatiosbyMC-ICPMS,Part2:Verificationofprecisionandaccuracy forstandardreferencematerialsGeostandardsandGeoanalyticalResearch,35(3),307-318

17. NielsenS.G.andRehkämperM.(2011):Thalliumisotopesandtheirapplicationtoproblemsinearthandenvironmentalscience,HandbookofEnvironmentalIsotopeGeochemistry,Chapter13,pg.247-270

18. Nielsen S.G. (2010): Potassium and Uranium in the upper mantle controlled by Archean ocean crustrecyclingGeology,38(8),683-686

19. HornerT.J.,SchönbächlerM.,RehkämperM.,NielsenS.G.,WilliamsH.M.,HallidayA.N.,XueZ.,HeinJ.R.(2010):Ferromanganesecrustsasarchivesofdeep-waterCdisotopecompositionsGGG,11(4),Q04001

20. Nielsen S.G., Williams H.M., Griffin W.L., O’Reilly S.Y., Pearson N. and Viljoen K.S. (2009b): ThalliumisotopesasapotentialtracerfortheoriginofcratoniceclogitesGeochim.Cosmochim.Acta73,7387-7398

21. BakerR.G.A.,RehkämperM.,HinkleyT.K.,NielsenS.G.,ToutainJ.P.(2009):Investigationofthalliumfluxesfromsubaerialvolcanism–ImplicationsforthepresentandpastmassbalanceofthalliumintheoceansGeochim.Cosmochim.Acta73,6340-6359

22. WilliamsH.M.,NielsenS.G.,RenacC.,GriffinW.L.,O’ReillyS.Y.,McCammonC.A.,PearsonN.,AltJ.C.andHalliday A.N. (2009): Fractionation of oxygen and iron isotopes in the mantle: implications for crustalrecyclingandthesourceregionsofoceanicbasaltsEarthPlanet.Sci.Lett.283,156-166

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23. NielsenS.G.,Mar-GerrisonS.,GannounA.,LaRoweD.,KlemmV.,HallidayA.N.,BurtonK.W.andHeinJ.R.(2009a):ThalliumIsotopeEvidenceforIncreasedMarineOrganicCarbonExportintheEarlyEoceneEarthPlanet.Sci.Lett.278,297-307

24. WoodB.J.,NielsenS.G.,RehkämperM.andHallidayA.N.(2008):TheeffectsofcoreformationonthePb-andTl-isotopiccompositionofthesilicateEarthEarthPlanet.Sci.Lett.269,325-335

25. Nielsen S.G., RehkämperM., Brandon A.D., NormanM.D., Turner S. and O’Reilly S.Y. (2007): ThalliumisotopesinIcelandandAzoreslavas- ImplicationsfortheroleofalteredcrustandmantlegeochemistryEarthPlanet.Sci.Lett.264,332-345

26. Nielsen S.G., Rehkämper M., Teagle D.A.H., Butterfield D.A., Alt J.C. and Halliday A.N. (2006c):HydrothermalfluidfluxescalculatedfromtheisotopicmassbalanceofthalliumintheoceancrustEarthPlanet.Sci.Lett.251(1-2):120-133

27. Nielsen S.G., Rehkämper M., and Halliday A.N. (2006b): Large thallium isotopic variations in ironmeteoritesandevidenceforlead-205intheearlysolarsystemGeochim.Cosmochim.Acta70:2643-2657

28. Nielsen S.G., Rehkämper M., Norman M.D. and Halliday A.N. (2006a): Thallium isotopic evidence forferromanganesesedimentsinthemantlesourceofHawaiianbasalts.Nature,439,314-317

29. Nielsen S.G., Rehkämper M., Porcelli D., Andersson P., Halliday A.N., Swarzenski P., Latkoczy C., andGünther D. (2005): The thallium isotope composition of the upper continental crust and rivers – Aninvestigation of the continental sources of dissolved marine thallium. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 69,2007-2019

30. NielsenS.G.,RehkämperM.,BakerJ.A.,andHallidayA.N.(2004):ThepreciseandaccuratedeterminationofthalliumisotopecompositionsandconcentrationsforwatersamplesbyMC-ICPMS.Chem.Geol.,204,109-124

31. RehkämperM.andNielsenS.G.(2004):Themassbalanceofdissolvedthalliumintheoceans.Mar.Chem.,85,125-139

32. NielsenS.G. andBaker J.A. (2004):Reply to commentbyStefanBernsteinon "Petrogenesisof anearlyarchean (3.4 Ga) norite dyke, Isua, West Greenland: evidence for early Archean crustal recycling?"Precam.Res.,128,195-196

33. NielsenS.G.,BakerJ.A.,andKrogstadE.J.(2002):PetrogenesisofanearlyArchaean(3.4Ga)noritedyke,Isua,WestGreenland:evidenceforearlyArchaeancrustalrecycling?Precam.Res.,118,133-148