Prof. Dr. Nemiah Ladd
I am an organic geochemist studying interactions among plants, algae, humans, and climate today and throughout the recent geologic past. In particular, I use chemical markers that are produced by plants and algae and preserved in sediment (so-called “molecular fossils”) to reconstruct past changes in rainfall rates, eutrophication, and human land-use.
Education and Professional Experience
2021 - present | Assistant Professor for Organic Geochemistry, University of Basel, Switzerland |
2019 - 2021 | Research Associate and Lecturer for Ecosystem Physiology, University of Freiburg, Germany |
2017-2019 | Postdoctoral Research in Palaeolimnology, ETH- Zurich, Switzerland |
2015-2017 | Postdoctoral Research fellow in Biogeochemistry, Eawag, Switzerland |
2011-2014 | PhD Student in Chemical Oceanography, University of Washington – Seattle, USA |
2009-2011 | MSc Student in Chemical Oceanography, University of Washington – Seattle, USA |
2008- 2009 | Research Assistant, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic |
2006 -2008 | High School Chemistry and Physics Teacher, Philadelphia Public Schools, USA; concurrently MSc Student in Education, University of Pennsylvania, USA |
2002-2006 | Student in Geological Sciences and Slavic Studies, Brown University, USA |
Prof. Dr. Nemiah Ladd
Biogeochemistry / University Basel
Bernoullistrasse 30
CH-4056 Basel
Tel. +41 (0)61 207 36 27