Pim Kaskes☄️

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📢New Research📢 Kaskes et al. (2025) use advanced geochemical mapping to analyze layers of debris derived from the Chicxulub asteroid impact linked to the dinosaur mass extinction 66 million years ago.☄️ 🔗 doi.org/10.1029/2024GC… #AGUPubs #Asteroid #dinosaur #Geochemistry

For those with enough energy left after a full #2025SVP meeting 😁: come check out my talk today at 16h00 in Hall 4! I will show a new geochemical method in studying #bonebeds, i.e. blasting #dinosaurs in Brussels 🦖🦕🔬. @VUBrussel @Anneschulp @SVP_vertpaleo @NHM_London

🚨 New job! Last week was my first week as a Marie Curie Postdoc @NHM_London 🇬🇧. Thanks to Susie Maidment for the terrific start! I’m now diving into my #MSCA 'MORBID' project, where I’ll be using cutting-edge #geochemistry to explore how Mesozoic bonebeds formed, more soon 🦕😀!

📣 🦖Come check out our K-Pg boundary session T152 this afternoon (13h30-17h30 in room 304C) at @geosociety #GSAConnects2025 in San Antonio! Full schedule here: gsameetings.secure-platform.com/connects25/sol…. @PlanetaryGSA @jdwitts @PaleoSoc @GSA_SGD @GSA_Geobio

😀Started as #XRF method project in my PhD and now wrapped up in my postdoc @AMGC_VUB @VUBrussel, thrilled with the outcome! 🙏Huge thanks to my co-authors (incl.@ClaeysVub @GoderisSteven), @bruker, @FWOVlaanderen, @MeteorCraterAZ Barringer Family Fund & @belspo for the support🙌

👨‍🔬These results show that high-resolution chemical imaging can uncover the fine-scale dynamics of catastrophic events — not just what happened, but when and how. 🌍Perfect for decoding #meteorite #impact #stratigraphy, but also to study other rapid events in modern and deep time.

💥🦖66 million years ago, an asteroid hit Earth, ending the age of dinosaurs. ⏳But what happened in the minutes, hours, and years after impact? 🚨Our new @AGU_GCubed study uses ultra-high-res geochemistry to find out. Check it out here: 🧵👇 🔗agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/20… @AMGC_VUB

🚨Last call for abstracts for #GSAConnects2025 in San Antonio; deadline August 5th! 🦖Check our @geosociety session T152 and our 408 pre-excursion on the K-Pg boundary. Submit here: connects.geosociety.org. 🙏Thanks to @PaleoSoc @PlanetaryGSA @GSAgeochron @GSA_SGD @GSA_Geobio

🚨Join our K-Pg session @geosociety #GSAConnects2025 in San Antonio (Oct 18–22)! 🦖 Submit to session T152: with topics ranging from Chicxulub, Deccan Traps, extinction and more! Convened by @jdwitts, Courtney Sprain, @PimKaskes ☄️🌋 Abstracts due Aug 5: gsameetings.secure-platform.com/connects25

🎬🦖☄️🤠 Check out the interview by @cemberksenel and me with some more background on our @DOCVILLE_BE documentary 'de dag dat het zonlicht niet meer scheen', that will be released tonight! @VUBrussel @AMGC_VUB ➡️vub.be/en/news/docu-s…

@vrtnws @VUBrussel @AMGC_VUB @FWOVlaanderen @belspo @KU_Leuven 📅 Date & Location: Premiere is on Thursday 27 March 2025 at 20h, @Kinepolis Leuven 🎟️ Update: the @DOCVILLE_BE premiere is already sold out, but on Wednesday 2nd April (19h30) there will be a second screening. Ticket details can be found here: docville.be/film?id=1440&k…

@vrtnws @VUBrussel @AMGC_VUB @FWOVlaanderen @belspo @KU_Leuven ℹ️ ☄️Come see our documentary that shows how one catastrophic day rewrote the course of life on Earth! More information on our documentary and research can be found here: press.vub.ac.be/how-a-catastro…

🎬✨ Film Premiere! Our documentary "De dag dat het zonlicht niet meer scheen”, will open #ScienceVille at @DOCVILLE_BE this Thursday! This film is based on the Science Pitch by @cemberksenel and me on our recent @NatureGeosci paper on the #dinosaur mass extinction. @VUBrussel