Curriculum vitae PERSONAL INFORMATION Family name, First name:
Jørgensen, Steffen Leth Date of birth: 23.10.1975 Researcher ID:
N-4599-2015 Nationality: Danish Web site:
www.uib.no/en/persons/Steffen.Jorgensen EDUCATION 2013 Doctor
philosophiae (Ph.D), 18.01.2013 Department of Biology, Centre for
Geobiology, University of Bergen (UoB), Norway 2005 Candidatus
scientiarum (MSc), 09.11.2005 Department of Biology, University of
Aarhus, Denmark CURRENT AND PREV IO US POSITIONS 2014 - Thematic
co-leader for “the deep biosphere” Centre for Geobiology 2013 -
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biology, Centre for
Geobiology, UoB, Norway 2008 – 2013 Ph.D. student, Department of
Biology, Centre for Geobiology, UoB, Norway 2007 - 2008 Research
position, Department of Biology, Centre for Geobiology, UoB, Norway
2006 - 2007 Research assistant, Department of Biology, UoB, Norway
2005 - 2006 Research position, Department of petroleum research,
Unifob, Norway SUPERVISION 2013 - 2017 Ph.D Rui Zhao, Main
supervisor. “The Microbial Nitrogen Cycle in the Deep
Biosphere”.
Department of Biology, Centre for Geobiology, UoB, Norway. 2014
Master Steffen Lydvo, Main supervisor. “Investigation of the
putative iron reducing
capabilities of Lokiarchaeota”. Department of Biology, Centre
for Geobiology, UoB, Norway.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES 2014 - Co-lecturing and planning
“Geobiology” Course code GEOV244,
UoB, Department of Earth Sciences, Norway 2013 - Co-lecturing
and planning “Geomicrobiology” Course code GEOV344, UoB, Department
of Earth Sciences, Norway 2012 - Co-teaching “central geobiological
themes” Course code BIO318, 2013 External sensor for “pollution and
microbiology” Course code 4327 Telemark University College, Bø and
UoB, Department of Earth Sciences, Norway 2004 Invited guest
lecturing, MECBIO PhD course in qPCR, GEUS, Copenhagen, Denmark
OCEANOGRAPHIC AND FIELD EXPERIENCE 2007 - 2015 Responsible for
coring operations on 6 scientific exp. with R/V G.O. Sars to
the
Greenland/Norwegian Sea. (17 weeks in total) 2012 Calypso coring
test cruise in the Norwegian Sogne Fjord (4 days) 2011 Mid-Atlantic
ridge. IODP exp. 336 with R/V Joides Resolution (9 weeks) 2003 –
2007 Four field excursions to Iceland, Greenland and
Spitsbergen.
INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES 2014 - Thematic co-leader for
“the deep biosphere” CGB 2014 - Board member at the leader forum
CGB 2012 – 2014 Responsible for CGB scientific seminars 2012 – 2014
Established and leading CGB young researcher/student weekly seminar
REFEREE SERVICE Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences (PNAS), The ISME Journal, FEMS microbiology ecology,
Microbial Ecology, Systematic and Applied microbiology,
Environmental Sciences and Technology, Microbiology and
Environmental Microbiology Reports. MAJOR COLLABORATIONS (outside
the home institute) Ass. Prof. T Ettema, Uppsala University,
Sweden. Prof. CM Schleper, University of Vienna, Austria, Prof. W
Bach, Dr. J Hövelman and A Lüttge, MARUM Institute, Bremen,
Germany, Dr. A Lanzen, Neiker-Tecnalia Basque Institute for
Agricultural Research, Bilbao, Basque country. Dr. B Orcutt,
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, USA. M Jackson, University
of California, Berkley, USA. SHORTER STAY ABROAD 2010 University of
Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark. Group of K. Ingvorsen and A. Schramm. 2009
Max Planck institute, Bremen, Germany. Group of F.O. Glöckner.
MEMBERSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES International Society of
Microbial Ecology (ISME), Deep Carbon Observatory network PUBLIC
OUTREACH / COMMUNICATION Interviewed by a number of national and
international news media over the last years, including Aftenposten
and NRK. Recently my work related to the Lokiarchaeota has been
featured world-wide in major newspapers, including New York Times,
Washington Post, El Pais, National Geographic, International
Business Times, The Economist, Science News, BBC, Science Daily,
News Discovery, The Independent, Le Temps etc. and broadcasted
international on several large public radio stations. I have also
been actively involved in several outreach programs while at
scientific expeditions at sea. INVITATIONS Lead guest editor for
the peer review journals; Archaea, International Journal of
Microbiology, Current Genomics, Organize research theme in the
journal Frontiers in Microbiology. Numerous conferences and
workshops, including ISPROF, C-DEBI Basement Microbiology Workshop,
Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO) International Science Meeting,
International Scientific Continental Drilling Project workshop "A
New Drill Core at Surtsey Volcano” and key note speaker at the
annual Norwegian Microbiology Meeting. CARRER BREAKS 2008 and 2009
Parental leave (4 months 2008, 2 months 2009) ON-GOING GRANTS
(applicant as PI or Co-PI) 2016 ECORD drilling initiation workshop
2016 Project: CSP-2787, Funding source JGI, Genome sequencing 2016
Project: SUSTAIN, Funding source ICDP, Total amount 500.000 USD
2015 Project: DCO_JOR, Funding source CoDL, Total amount 10.000 USD
2014 Project: The Deep Biosphere, Funding source: NFR through CGB,
Annual amount: 250.000 NOK
PUBLICATIONS (Peer-review journals) (H-index 11, citations 452)
First and last author publications are marked with *. Underscore
denotes equal contribution and/or corresponding author.
[1]* Jørgensen S L, and Zhao, R (in revision Marts. 2016).
“Microbial inventory in deeply buried oceanic crust from a young
ridge flank” Frontiers in extreme microbiology.
[2]* Zhao R, and Jørgensen S L (to be submitted Mai, 2016).
“Microbial nitrogen cycling in oligotrophic sediments from the
Mid-Atlantic Ridge”. PNAS.
[3]* Spang A, Saw J H, Jørgensen S L, Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka K,
Martijn J, Lind A E, van Eijk R. Schleper C, Guy L, and Ettema,T J.
(2015) "Complex archaea that bridge the gap between prokaryotes and
eukaryotes" Nature 521.
[4] Jackson M D, Gudmundsson M T, Schiffman P, Bach W,
Cappelletti P, Coleman N J, Ivarsson M, Jonasson K, Jørgensen S L,
Mearteinsson V, McPhie J, Moore J G, Nielson D, Rhodes J M. Rispoli
C, Stefansson A, Turke A, Vanorio T, Weisenberger T B, White J D L,
Zirenberg R, and Zimanowski B (2015) “Time-lapse characterization
of hydrothermal seawater and microbial interactions with basaltic
tephra at Surtsey volcano” Sci. Drill., 20, 51-58.
[5] Edwards K, Bach W, Klaus A, and the Exp. 336 Scientific
party (2014). “IODP Expedition 336: initiation of long-term coupled
microbiological, geochemical, and hydrological experimentation
within the seafloor at North Pond, western flank of the
Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Sci. Drill. 17:13–18.
[6]* Jørgensen S L, Thorseth I H, Pedersen R B, Baumberger T,
and Schleper C (2013). "Quantitative and phylogenetic study of the
Deep Sea Archaeal Group in sediments of the Arctic mid-ocean
spreading ridge" Frontiers in Microbiology 4(299).
[7] Daae F L, Økland I, Dahle H, Jørgensen S L, Thorseth I H,
and Pedersen R B (2013) “Microbial life associated with
low-‐temperature alteration of ultramafic rocks in the Leka
ophiolite complex” Geobiology 11 (4), 318-339.
[8] Lanzen A, Jørgensen SL, Huson D H, Gorfer M, Grindhaug S H,
Jonassen I, Øvreås L, and Urich, T (2012) "CREST - Classification
Resources of Environmental Sequence Tags" PLOS One 7(11).
[9] Jaeschke A, Jørgensen S L, Bernasconi S M, Pedersen R B,
Thorseth I H, and Green G I (2012) "Microbial diversity of Loki´s
Castle black smokers at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge" Geomicrobiology
10(6).
[10]* Jørgensen S L, Hannisdal B, Lanzen A, Baumberger T,
Flesland K, Fonseca R, Øvreås L, Steen I H, Thorseth, I H, Pedersen
R B, and Schleper C (2012) "Correlating Microbial Community
Profiles with Geochemical data in highly stratified sediments from
the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge" PNAS E2846–E2855.
[11] Roalkvam I, Dahle H, Chen Y, Jørgensen S L, Haflidason H,
and Steen I H (2012). "Fine-scale community structure analysis of
ANME in Nyegga sediments with high and low methane flux" Frontiers
in Microbiology (3).
[12] Lanzén A, Jørgensen S L, Bengtsson M.M, Jonassen I, Ovreås
L, and Urich T (2011) "Exploring the composition and diversity of
microbial communities at the Jan Mayen hydrothermal vent field
using RNA and DNA" FEMS microbiology Ecology 77(3):577-89.
[13] Roalkvam I, Jørgensen S L, Chen Y, Stokke R, Dahle H,
Hocking W P, Lanzén A, Haflidason H, and Steen I H (2011) "New
insights into stratification of anaerobic methanotrophs in cold
seep sediments" FEMS microbiology Ecology 78(2):233-43.
[14] Bjelland T, Grube M, Hoem S, Jørgensen S L, Daae F L,
Thorseth I H, and Ovreas L (2011) "Microbial metacommunities in the
lichen-rock habitat” Environmental Microbiology reports
3(4):434-42.
[15] Reigstad L, Jørgensen S L, and Schleper C (2010) "Diversity
and abundance of Korarchaeota in terrestrial hot springs of Iceland
and Kamchatka” The ISME journal 4(3):346-356.
[16]* Pedersen R B, Thorseth I H, Lilley M, Barriga F,
Baumberger T, Bernasconi-Green G, Flesland K, Fonseca, R and
Jørgensen S L (2010) "Discovery of a black smoker vent field and a
novel vent fauna at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridges" Nature
Communications 1:126.
[17] Reigstad L, Jørgensen S L, Lauritzen S E, Schleper C, and
Urich T (2010) "Sulfur oxidizing chemolithotrophic proteobacteria
dominate the microbiota in High-Arctic thermal springs on Svalbard"
Astrobiology 11(7):665-78.
