Carbonates, Isotopes and more.
I’m currently on the lookout for new opportunities and would love to hear from you. If you are looking for someone who:
- Knows their way around geological data.
- Is comfortable in Python + GIS technologies.
- Is friendly and easy to work with.
- Knows English (fluent), French (B2) and German (B2).
- Is equally eager to lead small teams, be a team-player, or work independently.
- Takes the initiative to find solutions to difficult tasks.
Education
2014-2018 — PhD in Geology at the University of Bern, Switzerland
2012-2014 — MSc in Geology at the University of Bern, Switzerland
2007-2011 — BSc in Geology at the University of Brandon, Canada
Professional Experience
2023-2024 — Scientist at the EPFL, Switzerland
2019-2023 — Lecturer at the EPFL, Switzerland
2019-2023 — Postdoc at the EPFL, Switzerland
2014-2018 — Research Associate at the University of Bern, Switzerland
Additional Experience
2025-ongoing — Associate Editor at the Swiss Journal of Geosciences.
2021-ongoing — Member of the ENAC diversity office communications group at EPFL.
2019-2024 — IT Administrator at the LGB EPFL, Switzerland
Languages
English (Fluent), French (B2), German (B2 – Schweizer Digitalischer Sprachtest certificat), Italian (A2)
Publications
2024
Fossil biocalcite remains open to isotopic exchange with seawater for tens of millions of years
Scientific Reports
Cisneros-Lazaro, D., Adams, A., Stołarski, J., Bernard, S., Daval, D., Baronnet, A., Grauby, O., Baumgartner, L.P., Vennemann, T., Moore, J., Baumgartner, C., Olmos, C.M., Escrig. S., Meibom, A.
2024
Oxygen isotope fractionation in carbonates: the role of amorphous calcium carbonate
Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta
Asta, M.P., Bonilla-Correa, S., Pace, A., Dietzel, M., García-Alix, A., Vennemann, T., Meibom, A., Adams, A.
2023
Rapid grain boundary diffusion in foraminifera tests biases paleotemperature records
Communications Earth and Environment, 4, 144
Adams, A., Daval, D., Baumgartner, L. P., Bernard, S., Vennemann, T., Cisneros-Lazaro, D., Stołarski, J., Baronnet, A., Grauby, O., Guo, J., Meibom, A.
2022
Fast and pervasive diagenetic isotope exchange in foraminifera tests is species-dependent
Nature Communications, 13, 113
Cisneros-Lazaro, D., Adams, A., Guo, J., Baumgartner, L.P., Bernard, S., Daval, D., Baronnet, A., Grauby, O., Vennemann, T., Stołarski, J., Escrig. S., Meibom, A.
2021
Species-specific foraminiferal ultrastructures modulate surfaces available for diagenesis
Microscopy and Microanalysis, 27, 274–275
Cisneros-Lazaro, D., Adams, A., Guo, J., Bernard S., Daval, D., Baronnet, A., Grauby, O., Vennemann, T., Stołarski, J., Baumgartner, L. P., Meibom, A.
2021
A snapshot of reef conditions in North Ari Atoll (Maldives) following the 2016 bleaching event and Acanthaster planci outbreak
Marine and Freshwater Research, 72, 987–996
Caragnano, A., Basso, D., Spezzaferri, S., Hallock, P., Adams, A., Angeloz, A., Basso, D., Caragnano, A., Del Piero, N., Dietsche, P., Eymard, I., Farley, N., Fau, M., Foubert, A., Lauper, B., Lehmann, A., Maillet, M., Negga, H., Ordonez, L., Peyrotty, G., Rime, V., Rüggeberg, A., Schoellhorn, I., and Vimpere, L.
2020
Coral Reefs in the Maldives: The Amphistegina Bleaching Index
Ecological Indicators, 113, 106257
Stainbank, S., Spezzaferri, S., Beccari, V., Hallock, P, Adams, A., Angeloz, A., Basso, D., Caragnano, A., Del Piero, N., Dietsche, P., Eymard, I., Farley, N., Fau, M., Foubert, A., Lauper, B., Lehmann, A., Maillet, M., Negga, H., Ordonez, L., Peyrotty, G., Rime, V., Rüggeberg, A., Schoellhorn, I., and Vimpere, L.
2020
Responses of reef bioindicators to the 2016 mass coral bleaching in the Rasdhoo and North Ari atolls (Maldives)
Ecological Indicators, 112, 106128
Beccari, V., Spezzaferri, S., Stainbank, S., Hallock, P., Basso, D., Caragnano, A., Pisapia, C., Adams, A., Angeloz, A., Del Piero, N., Dietsche, P., Eymard, I., Farley, N., Fau, M., Foubert, A., Lauper, B., Lehmann, A., Maillet, M., Negga, H., Ordonez, L., Peyrotty, G., Rime, V., Rüggeberg, A., Schoellhorn, I., and Vimpere, L
2019
Facies and depositional environments of the Upper Muschelkalk (Schinznach Formation) in the Swiss Molasse Basin
Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 112, 357–381
Adams, A. and Larryn W. Diamond
2019
Effects of progressive burial on matrix porosity and permeability of dolostones in the foreland basin of the Alpine Orogen, Switzerland
Marine and Petroleum Geology, 100, 148–164
Aschwanden., L, Diamond, L.W., Adams, A
2019
Dolomitization by hypersaline reflux into dense groundwaters as revealed by vertical trends in Sr- and O-isotopes: Upper Muschelkalk, Switzerland
Sedimentology, 66, 362–390
Adams, A, Diamond, L.W., Aschwanden, L.
2017
Early diagenesis driven by widespread meteoric infiltration of a Central European carbonate ramp: A reinterpretation of the Upper Muschelkalk
Sedimentary Geology, 362, 37–52
Adams, A. and Diamond, L.W.
2017
Anhydrite-dissolution porosity in the Upper Muschelkalk carbonate aquifer, NE-Switzerland: implications for geothermal energy and geological storage of gas
Procedia Earth and Planetary Science, 17, 897–900
Aschwanden, L., Diamond, L.W., Adams, A., Mazurek, M.
2013
Reservoir properties of the Upper Muschelkalk at Schlattingen, NE Swiss Molasse Basin: A combined petrophysical, sedimentological and petrographic study on drill core
Commissioned report for a Swiss energy company AXPO.
Diamond, L. W., Aschwanden, L., Mazurek, M., Wersin, P., Caldas, R., Adams, A., Ramseyer, K., Fabbri, S., Madonna, C.
Teaching Experience
2021
Invited Lecture
Interactions entre la Géosphère et la Biosphère
Bachelor’s course
University of Lausanne
2020-Present
Co-lecturer
Biomineralization: from nature to application
Masters course
EPFL
2017
Assistant
Diagenesis of Sediments
Masters course
University of Bern
2014-2017
Assistant
Petrology/Mineralogy Practical Course
Bachelors course
University of Bern
Professional Attributes
September, 2023
Moderator for discussion, “Carbon and Oxygen Stable Isotopes and Carbonate Studies – A discussion session on applications and issues” at the 17th Bathurst Meeting, Naples, Italy.
April, 2020
Founded MicroMyEarth.com a geological education resource website.
September, 2018
Short Course: Tropical Marine Ecology and Sedimentology. Maldives.
September, 2018
Certification: PADI Open Water Diving
2017-2018
Representative of the doctoral students of UNIBE for the Earth Surface Processes & Paleobiosphere (ESPP) doctoral school
June, 2017
Short Course: Geology of Albania. Albania
October, 2016
SCCER-SoE/NPR-70 PhD School. Leukerbad, Switzerland
April, 2016
Short Course: From Petrography to Geochemistry: Dynamic insights revealed by replacement. Geneva, Switzerland
September, 2015
Short Course: Carbonate platforms of the Geneva area. France
April, 2015
Short Course: Geology of Barbados. Barbados
November, 2014
Conducted Ar/Ar dating on Alunite. Milan, Italy
May, 2013
Short Course: Field petrology and volcanology. Gran Canaria, Spain.
May, 2011
Short Course: Field mapping and Geological Field School. Flin Flon, Canada