Research areas
I am interested in the origin and early evolution of life and environments on Earth and implications for the habitability of other planets. My tools include sedimentary geology, stable isotopes (carbon, nitrogen, sulphur, selenium) and transition metal geochemistry. I am also keen to apply these tools to better understand ore-forming processes through time and space.
PhD supervision
- Joseph Benson
- Fawn Holland
- Jose Nava de la Peña
- Grace Nielson
Selected publications
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Abiotic sources of fixed nitrogen sustained early ecosystems for several hundred million years after the origin of life
Boden, J. S., Ni, Z., Anderson, R. E. & Stüeken, E. E., 19 Jun 2026, In: Science Advances. 12, 25, 14 p., eaec4450.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A record of biological nitrogen limitation and metamorphic overprinting in the Mesoarchean Red Lake carbonate platform, Canada
Stüeken, E. E., Ramsay, B., Long, A., Lalonde, S. V., Fralick, P. W. & Pufahl, P. K., 15 Sept 2026, In: Precambrian Research. 444, 12 p., 108173.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Biological use of molybdenum and tungsten stems back to 3.4 billion years ago
Klos, A. S., Sobol, M. S., Boden, J. S., Stüeken, E. E., Anderson, R. E., Konhauser, K. O. & Kaçar, B., 5 May 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Communications. 17, 1, 3943.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Carbon and nitrogen cycling in response to global environmental change during the Carnian Pluvial Episode (late Triassic)
Ke, P., Fu, X., Peng, Q., Wei, H., Tang, W., Ruebsam, W., Mansour, A. & Stüeken, E. E., 1 Jan 2026, In: Global and Planetary Change. 256, 14 p., 105193.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Combined Ba-Cd isotope tracer in microbialites records biogeochemical metal cycling changes as a response to the Middle Miocene Badenian Salinity Crisis
Hohl, S. V., Lin, Y.-B., Gleissner, P., Stüeken, E. E., Jiang, Y. & Viehmann, S., 1 Mar 2026, In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 416, p. 294-304 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluating the roles of alkalinity, evaporation, and basin hydrology in phosphorite deposition
Tu, C., Meixnerova, J., Smith, B., Stüeken, E. E., Buick, R., Tino, C. J. & Kipp, M. A., 15 Sept 2026, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 690, 10 p., 120180.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Isotope constraints on nutrient supply, bio-productivity and redox dynamics in the Mesoproterozoic McArthur Basin, Australia: insights from δ114Cd, δ13C and δ15N proxies
Noorian, Y., Farkaš, J., Collins, A. S., Frei, R., Stüeken, E. E., Walker, S. R., Piane, C. D. & Wong, W. W., 1 Jan 2026, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 674, 16 p., 119744.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Large domal stromatolites in the Paleoarchean ocean at 3.47 Ga
Stüeken, E. E., Prave, A. R., O’Connor, L., Kaempf, J., Clarke, A., Johnson, T. E. & Kirkland, C. L., 1 Mar 2026, In: Geology. 54, 3, p. 237-241Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Meteoritic and hydrothermal sources of reduced phosphorus in the early Archean
Kalita, J., Baidya, A. S., Drabon, N. & Stüeken, E. E., 25 Jun 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Geology. Early Publication, 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nitrogen in strongly peraluminous granites reveals a significant increase in biomass burial and O2 production prior to the Neoproterozoic oxygenation event
Holland, F. S. M., Stüeken, E. E., Dan, W., Zhang, W., Zhu, Y. & Mikhail, S., 1 Apr 2026, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 679, p. 1-10 10 p., 119890.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review