Welcome to the webpages of Frank Peeters. I am a marine micropaleontologist and work as a senior researcher at the Faculty of Earth and Life sciences of the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. My main interests are focused on earth system history and in particular on palaeo-oceanography (the study of past ocean circulation) and palaeoclimatology. I study small calcareous fossils found in ocean sediments, and use these in various ways to infer changes in past ocean dynamics and circulation. Besides being a researcher I am a certified teacher and course coordinator. Below and on the next pages you will find more on my background, interests and activities.
Research interests
• Geology
• Palaeo-oceanography and palaeoclimatology
• Planktic foraminifera: ecology and stable isotope composition
• Applied inferential statistics and time series analysis
Education
• 2000 - Ph.D. - Faculty of Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• 1993 - M.Sc. in Geology and Geophysics - Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
• 1989 - B.Sc. in Geology - Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Presently Teaching Courses in
• Statistics and Data Analysis (450071)
• Sedimentary Environments and Climate Archives (450314)
• Astronomical Forcing of Climate (as part of 450240)
Projects (active)
• GATEWAYS - Multi-level assessment of ocean-climate dynamics: a gateway to interdisciplinary training and analysis - EU - Marie Curie International Training Network.
• RETRO - Response of the Tropical Atlantic Surface and Intermediate Waters to changes in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation - ESF EUROMARC/NWO. www.esf-retro.org
• SENSING SEASONALITY (Darwin Centre for Biogeology)
Latest publications
• Ganssen G., Peeters, F.J.C., Metcalfe B., Anand P., Jung S., Kroon D. and Brummer G.-J.A. ( 2011) Quantifying Sea Surface Temperature Ranges of the Arabian Sea for the past 20,000 years. Climate of the Past. [IN PRESS]
• Beal L.M., de Ruijter W.P.M., Biastoch A., Zahn R., Cronin M., Hermes J., Lutjeharms J., Quartly G., Tozuka T., Baker-Yeboah S. Bornman Th., Cipollini P., Dijkstra H., Hall I., Park W., Peeters F.J.C., Penven P., Ridderinkhof H. and Zinke J. (2011). On the role of the Agulhas system in ocean circulation and climate. Nature, Volume 472, p 429 - 436. doi:10.1038/nature09983.
Contact
Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences (FALW), Section Marine Biogeology, office: F-346
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0)20 5987419