MELISSA SOPHIA SCHWAB Dr. sc. ETH Zurich, Biogeochemist

4800 Oak Grove Drive | M/S 233-300 | Pasadena | 91109 | CA | USA [email protected]

PERSONAL DATA

Work address 4800 Oak Grove Drive | M/S 233-300 | Pasadena | 91109 | CA | USA Nationality German Contact [email protected] OrcID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5600-4439

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

I am a highly self-motivated and enthusiastic scientist with an expertise in sedimentary, inorganic, and organic geochemistry. I combine established and novel approaches to gain a deeper understanding of bio- geochemical cycles and their influence on atmospheric CO2 concentrations. My research focuses on the deconvolution of riverine and marine organic carbon export, reservoir times, and climatic factors regulating organic carbon cycling.

EDUCATION

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland Doctoral Student in , 01/2016 - 01/2020 Thesis Title: Radiocarbon Constraints on Carbon Dynamics in River Basins. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Timothy I. Eglinton Board: Prof. Dr. Robert G. Hilton (Durham University), Dr. Maarten Lupker (ETH Zurich), Prof. Dr. Miguel Goñi (Oregon State University)

MS in Earth Science, 09/2013 - 11/2015 Thesis Title: Coupled Organic and Inorganic Tracers of Particle Flux Processes in the North American Arctic Ocean. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Timothy Eglinton, Prof. Dr. Derek Vance, Dr. Joerg D. Rickli

University Heidelberg, Germany BS in Earth Science, 09/2010 - 07/2013 Thesis Title: Ein Aufschlussanalog für geothermische Reservoirgesteine: Diagenese und Fazies des Mittleren Buntsandsteins bei Ettlingen (Baden). Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thilo Bechstädt EMPLOYMENT HISTORY since 03/2021 NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow with Dr. Charles Miller, JPL, USA 09/2020 - 03/2021 Active career break due to global pandemic; finalizing manuscripts for peer review 01/2016 - 08/2020 Doctoral position, Biogeochemistry, Geological Institute, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (Prof. Dr. Timothy Eglinton) 08/2012 - 11/2012 Nagra, Wettingen, Switzerland (Dr. Bernd Frieg) Revision of spring cadasters, data clean-up, supervision of a wellbore drilling

CRUISES AND FIELD CAMPAIGNS

09-11/2014 Beaufort Gyre Exploration Project (WHOI; Western Arctic Ocean) - 5 weeks 06/2016 Chief scientist: Scotland, several catchments - 2 weeks 04/2017 Chief scientist: Scotland, several catchments - 1 week 06/2017 Mackenzie River (Northwest Territories, Canada) - 2 weeks 06/2018 Mackenzie River (Northwest Territories, Canada) - 2 weeks 06/2019 Chief scientist: Mackenzie River (Northwest Territories, Canada) - 2 weeks 08/2016 - 03/2019 Time-series sampling of the Sihl River (78 samples)

SUPERVISION OF STUDENTS

04/2018 - 06/2019 MS candidate Bastian Buman (University Zurich) Training: surface area, grain size 11/2018 - 08/2019 MS candidate Elias Decker (ETH Zurich) Training: biomarker extraction and purification 11/2018 - 08/2019 MS candidate Pien Anjewierden (ETH Zurich) Training: suspended sediment sampling, biomarker extraction and purification

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Excursion assistant Lecture assistant FS 2016 - 2019 BSc Fluviatile Sediments HS/FS 2016 - 2018 BSc Dynamische Erde I & II FS 2017 - 2019 BSc Alpnach FS 2017 - 2018 BSc Sedimentologie FS 2017 - 2019 BSc Ostjura HS 2018 BSc Kartenpraktikum FS 2017 - 2018 BSc Alpenquerschnitt

MEMBERSHIPS IN PANELS AND BOARDS

04/2016 - 12/2019 Teaching Commission Department Earth Science, ETH Zurich 04/2016 - 12/2019 Geological Institute Full Board, Department Earth Science, ETH Zurich 06/2016 - 06/2017 Chair, Doctoral Retreat, Department Earth Science, ETH Zurich

MEMBERSHIPS IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

07/2015 - to date European Association of Geochemistry - 2 - PERSONAL SKILLS

Languages Data Analysis Graphic Design

German Matlab Photoshop ■■■■■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■ native intermediate basic English RStudio Illustrator ■■■■■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■ fluent very good very good French SPSS Indesign ■■■■■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■ intermediate basic intermediate Japanese ArcGIS Latex ■■■■■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■ beginner intermediate very good

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Sedimentological analyses (grain size, surface area) • Bulk H, O, organic and inorganic C contents and stable isotopic measurements of solid and dissolved phases (Picarro, EA-IRMS) • Radiocarbon analyses of solid and dissolved phases (MICADAS) • Organic matter solvent extraction (EDGE, Microwave), gas chromatography • Molecular level carbon radiocarbon isotopic measurements (preparative capillary gas chromatography, MICADAS) • Sequential leaching and analyses of Nd and Sr isotopic compositions (ICP-MS, MC-ICP-MS)

PUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS

Schwab, M. S., Hilton, R. G., Raymond, P. A., Haghipour, N., Amos, E., Tank, S. E., Holmes, R. M., Tipper, E. T., and Eglinton, T. I. (2020). An Abrupt Aging of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Large Arctic Rivers. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL088823.

Eglinton, T. I., Galy, V. V., Hemingway, J. D., Feng, X., Bao, H., Blattmann, T. M., Dickens, A. F., Gies, H., Giosan, L., Haghipour, N., Hou, P., Lupker, M., McIntyre, C. P., Montluçon, D. B., Peucker-Ehrenbrink, B., Ponton, C., Schefuß, E., Schwab, M. S., Voss, B. M., Wacker, L., Wu, Y., and Zhao, M. (2021). Climate control on terrestrial biospheric carbon turnover. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(8).

Schwab, M. S. (2020). Radiocarbon Constraints On Carbon Dynamics In River Basins. ETH Zurich; Zurich.

SUBMITTED MANUSCRIPTS

Schwab, M. S., Rickli, J. D., Macdonald, R. W., Harvey, H. R., Haghipour, N., and Eglinton, T. I. Detrital neodymium and (radio)carbon as complementary sedimentary bedfellows? The Western Arctic Ocean as a textbed. Under revision after submission to Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. - 3 - CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

Oral presentations

Schwab, M. S., Haghipour, N., and Eglinton, T. I. (2019). Temporal aliasing of molecular proxy signals carried by a sub-alpine river. International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG), September 2019 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Schwab, M. S., Hilton, R. G., Raymond, P. A., Haghipour, N., and Eglinton, T. I. (2019). A smoking gun for the change in the Canadian Arctic? Goldschmidt Conference, August 2019 in Barcelona, Spain.

Schwab, M. S., Hilton, R. G., Galy, V., Haghipour, N., GrafPannatier, E., Macdonald, R., and Eglinton, T. I. (2018). Organic carbon export from the Mackenzie basin: Insights from observations spanning 30 years. Goldschmidt Conference, August 2018 in Boston, USA

Schwab, M. S., Rickli, J. D., Blusztajn, J., Manganini, S., Harvey, H. R., Macdonald, R. W., Vance, D., McIntyre, C., and Eglinton, T. I. (2018). Geochemical constraints on Particle Flux Processes in the Western Arctic Ocean. Polar2018, June 2018 in Davos, Switzerland.

Poster presentations

Schwab, M. S., Hilton, R. G., Galy, V., Haghipour, N., GrafPannatier, E., Macdonald, R. W., and Eglinton, T. I. (2018). Organic carbon export from the Mackenzie basin: Insights from observations spanning 30 years. Organic Geochemistry, Gordon Research Conference, August 2018 in Holderness, USA

Schwab, M. S., Hilton, R. G., Haghipour, N., and Eglinton, T. I. (2018). Carbon export by the Mackenzie River during the spring freshet. Polar2018, June 2018 in Davos, Switzerland.

Schwab, M. S., Hilton, R. G., and Eglinton, T. I. (2018). Intra-channel variability of biomarker transport in the Mackenzie River. Arctic Partner Forum, May 2018 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Schwab, M. S., Haghipour, N., and Eglinton, T. I. (2017). Terrestrial organic carbon and plant wax biomarker export from Scottish River Systems. Goldschmidt Conference, August 2017 in Paris, France.

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