GEOMAR  Heuser, Alexander

Dr. Alexander Heuser

FB 2: Marine Biogeochemie
FE Marine Geosysteme

Büro: 8E/107, Telefon (Büro): +49 431 600 2114

E-Mail: aheuser(at)geomar.de

Kontakt

Adresse: GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Wischhofstraße 1-3, 24148 Kiel

Forschungsinteressen

U/Th-Datierung mariner Karbonate, Ca-Isotopengeochemie, Biomedizinische Anwendung des Ca-Isotopensystems

Projekte

2023-2026 Osteo-Frak-Risk "Frakturrisiko Bestimmung osteoporotischer Brüche mittels des innovativen Calcium Biomarkers"

Beruflicher Werdegang

seit 2016: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel

2007-2015: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Steinmann-Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Paläontologie , Universität Bonn

2003-2007: wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften (IFM-Geomar)

1999-2003: Doktorand, Graduiertenkolleg „Dynamik Globaler Kreisläufe im System Erde“, Kiel

1993-1998: Studium Mineralogie, Abschluss: Dipl. Min., Universität Göttingen

Publikationen (OceanRep)

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Articles in a Scientific Journal - peer-reviewed

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Coombs, C. V., Greeves, J. P., Young, C. D., Irving, A. S., Eisenhauer, A. , Kolevica, A., Heuser, A. , Tang, J. C. Y., Fraser, W. D. and O’Leary, T. J. (2025) The effect of calcium supplementation on bone calcium balance and calcium and bone metabolism during load carriage in women: a randomised controlled crossover trial. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research . Art.Nr. zjaf004. DOI 10.1093/jbmr/zjaf004.

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Eisenhauer, A. , Hastuti, A., Heuser, A. , Kolevica, A., Brandt, B., Shroff, R., Oehme, J. and Müller, M. (2024) Calcium isotope composition in serum and urine for the assessment of bone mineral balance (BMB) – The Osteolabs post-market follow-up study. Open Access Bone, 188 . Art.Nr. 117210. DOI 10.1016/j.bone.2024.117210.

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Rott, J., Töpfer, E. T., Bartosova, M., Damgov, I., Kolevica, A., Heuser, A. , Shroff, R., Zarogiannis, S. G., Eisenhauer, A. and Schmitt, C. P. (2023) Calcimimetic AMG-416 induced short-term changes in calcium concentrations and calcium isotope ratios in rats. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 677 . pp. 88-92. DOI 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.07.060.


Harrison, A. L., Heuser, A. , Liebetrau, V., Eisenhauer, A. , Schott, J. and Mavromatis, V. (2023) Equilibrium Ca isotope fractionation and the rates of isotope exchange in the calcite-fluid and aragonite-fluid systems at 25 °C. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 603 . Art.Nr. 117985. DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117985.

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Shroff, R., Lalayiannis, A. D., Fewtrell, M., Schmitt, C. P., Bayazit, A., Askiti, V., Jankauskiene, A., Bacchetta, J., Silva, S., Goodman, N., McAlister, L., Biassoni, L., Crabtree, N., Rahn, A., Fischer, D. C., Heuser, A. , Kolevica, A. and Eisenhauer, A. (2022) Naturally occurring stable calcium isotope ratios are a novel biomarker of bone calcium balance in chronic kidney disease. Open Access Kidney International, 102 (3). pp. 613-623. DOI 10.1016/j.kint.2022.04.024.

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Rott, J., Toepfer, E. T., Bartosova, M., Kolevica, A., Heuser, A. , Rabe, M., Behets, G., D’Haese, P. C., Eichwald, V., Jugold, M., Damgov, I., Zarogiannis, S. G., Shroff, R., Eisenhauer, A. and Schmitt, C. P. (2022) Nutritional Calcium Supply Dependent Calcium Balance, Bone Calcification and Calcium Isotope Ratios in Rats. Open Access International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23 (14). Art.Nr. 7796. DOI 10.3390/ijms23147796.

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Toepfer, E. T., Rott, J., Bartosova, M., Kolevica, A., Machuca-Gayet, I., Heuser, A. , Rabe, M., Shroff, R., Bacchetta, J., Zarogiannis, S. G., Eisenhauer, A. and Schmitt, C. P. (2021) Calcium isotope fractionation by osteoblasts and osteoclasts, across endothelial and epithelial cell barriers and with binding to proteins. Open Access American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 321 (1). R29-R40. DOI 10.1152/ajpregu.00334.2020.

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Shroff, R., Fewtrell, M., Heuser, A. , Kolevica, A., Lalayiannis, A., McAlister, L., Silva, S., Goodman, N., Schmitt, C. P., Biassoni, L., Rahn, A., Fischer, D. and Eisenhauer, A. (2021) Naturally occurring stable calcium isotope ratios in body compartments provide a novel biomarker of bone mineral balance in children and young adults. Open Access Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 36 (1). pp. 133-142. DOI 10.1002/jbmr.4158.

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Khalil, R., Antonio, L., Laurent, M. R., David, K., Kim, N. R., Evenepoel, P., Eisenhauer, A. , Heuser, A. , Cavalier, E., Khosla, S., Claessens, F., Vanderschueren, D. and Decallonne, B. (2020) Early effects of androgen deprivation on bone and mineral homeostasis in adult men: a prospective cohort study. Open Access European Journal of Endocrinology, 183 (2). pp. 181-189. DOI 10.1530/EJE-20-0348.

Liu, H., Xiao, Y., Sun, H., Tong, F., Heuser, A. , Churikova, T. and Wörner, G. (2020) Trace elements and Li isotope compositions across the Kamchatka arc: Constraints on slab‐derived fluid sources. Open Access Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125 (5). Art.Nr. e2019JB019237. DOI 10.1029/2019JB019237.

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Schmidt, C. , Hensen, C. , Wallmann, K. , Liebetrau, V., Tatzel, M., Schurr, S. L., Kutterolf, S. , Haffert, L., Geilert, S. , Hübscher, C. , Lebas, E. , Heuser, A. , Schmidt, M. , Strauss, H. , Vogl, J. and Hansteen, T. (2019) Origin of high Mg and SO 4 fluids in sediments of the Terceira Rift, Azores – indications for caminite dissolution in a waning hydrothermal system. Open Access Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 20 . DOI 10.1029/2019GC008525.

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Eisenhauer, A. , Müller, M., Heuser, A. , Kolevica, A., Glüer, C. C., Both, M., Laue, C., Hehn, U. v., Kloth, S., Shroff, R. and Schrezenmeir, J. (2019) Calcium isotope ratios in blood and urine: A new biomarker for the diagnosis of osteoporosis. Open Access Bone Reports, 10 . Art.Nr. 100200. DOI 10.1016/j.bonr.2019.100200.

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Heuser, A. , Frings-Meuthen, P., Rittweger, J. and Galer, S. J. G. (2019) Calcium Isotopes in Human Urine as a Diagnostic Tool for Bone Loss: Additional Evidence for Time Delays in Bone Response to Experimental Bed Rest. Open Access Frontiers in Physiology, 10 (Article 12). DOI 10.3389/fphys.2019.00012.

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Pohl, F., Froitzheim, N., Obermüller, G., Tomaschek, F., Schröder, O., Nagel, T. J., Sciunnach, D. and Heuser, A. (2018) Kinematics and Age of Syn-Intrusive Detachment Faulting in the Southern Alps: Evidence for Early Permian Crustal Extension and Implications for the Pangea A Versus B Controversy. Open Access Tectonics, 37 (10). pp. 3668-3689. DOI 10.1029/2018TC004974.

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Kirchenbaur, M., Heuser, A. , Bragagni, A. and Wombacher, F. (2018) Determination of In and Sn Mass Fractions in Sixteen Geological Reference Materials by Isotope Dilution MC-ICP-MS. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 42 (3). pp. 361-377. DOI 10.1111/ggr.12211.

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Bragagni, A., van Acken, D., Fonseca, R. O. C., Speelmanns, I. M., Wainwright, A. N., Heuser, A. , Nowell, G. M. and Luguet, A. (2018) Re-Os and HSE in individual base metal sulfide grains: Evaluating micro-analytical procedures using a sulfide reference material. Chemical Geology, 493 . pp. 426-440. DOI 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.06.020.

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Gäb, F., Ballhaus, C., Siemens, J., Heuser, A. , Lissner, M., Geisler, T. and Garbe-Schönberg, D. (2017) Siderite cannot be used as CO2 sensor for Archaean atmospheres. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 214 . pp. 209-225. DOI 10.1016/j.gca.2017.07.027.

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Ballhaus, C., Fonseca, R. O. C., Münker, C., Rohrbach, A., Nagel, T., Speelmanns, I. M., Helmy, H. M., Zirner, A., Vogel, A. K. and Heuser, A. (2017) The great sulfur depletion of Earth’s mantle is not a signature of mantle–core equilibration. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 172 (8, Article 68). DOI 10.1007/s00410-017-1388-3.

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Fonseca, R. O. C., Kirchenbaur, M., Ballhaus, C., Münker, C., Zirner, A., Gerdes, A., Heuser, A. , Botcharnikov, R. and Lenting, C. (2017) Fingerprinting fluid sources in Troodos ophiolite complex orbicular glasses using high spatial resolution isotope and trace element geochemistry. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 200 . pp. 145-166. DOI 10.1016/j.gca.2016.12.012.

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Heuser, A. , Eisenhauer, A. , Scholz-Ahrens, K. E. and Schrezenmeir, J. (2016) Biological fractionation of stable Ca isotopes in Göttingen minipigs as a physiological model for Ca homeostasis in humanS. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 52 (6). pp. 633-648. DOI 10.1080/10256016.2016.1151017.

Leitzke, F. P., Fonseca, R. O. C., Michely, L. T., Sprung, P., Münker, C., Heuser, A. and Blanchard, H. (2016) The effect of titanium on the partitioning behavior of high-field strength elements between silicates, oxides and lunar basaltic melts with applications to the origin of mare basalts. Chemical Geology, 440 . pp. 219-238. DOI 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.07.011.

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Heuser, A. and Eisenhauer, A. (2008) The Calcium Isotope Composition (δ44/40Ca) of NIST SRM 915b and NIST SRM 1486. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 32 (2). pp. 27-32. DOI 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2008.00877.x.

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Gussone, N., Eisenhauer, A. , Heuser, A. , Dietzel, M., Bock, B., Böhm, F., Spero, H., Lea, D. W., Bijma, J., Zeebe, R. and Nägler, T. F. (2003) Model for kinetic effects on calcium isotope fractionation (δ<sup>44<\sup>Ca) in inorganic aragonite and cultured planktonic foraminifera. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 67 (7). pp. 1375-1382. DOI 10.1016/S0016-7037(02)01296-6.

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Hippler, D., Schmitt, A. D., Gussone, N., Heuser, A. , Stille, P., Eisenhauer, A. and Nägler, T. F. (2003) Calcium isotopic composition of various standards and seawater. Geostandards Newsletter, 27 (1). pp. 13-19. DOI 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2003.tb00709.x.

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Heuser, A. , Eisenhauer, A. , Gussone, N., Bock, B., Hansen, B. T. and Nägeler, T. F. (2002) Measurement of calcium isotopes (δ44Ca) using a multicollector TIMS technique. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 220 (3). pp. 385-397. DOI 10.1016/S1387-3806(02)00838-2.

Articles in a Scientific Journal - without review


Shroff, R., Eisenhauer, A. , Heuser, A. , Kolevica, A., Mueller, M., D'Haese, P. and Evenepoel, P. (2023) Calcium Isotope Ratios in Serum: A Novel Biomarker of Bone and Vessel Calcium Balance in Patients on Dialysis: TH-OR38. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 34 (11S). pp. 11-12. DOI 10.1681/ASN.20233411S111c.

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Shroff, R., Eisenhauer, A. , Heuser, A. , Kolevica, A., D'haese, P., Shanahan, C. and Evenepoel, P. (2023) Calcium isotope ratios in serum are the strongest predictor of bone calcium balance in patients on dialysis. Open Access Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 38 (Supplement_1). Art.Nr. gfad063c_3539. DOI 10.1093/ndt/gfad063c_3539.

Presentations


Eisenhauer, A. , Heuser, A. , Kolevica, A. and Müller, M. (2023) Early detection of bone demineralization associated with osteoporosis through the non-invasive measurement of naturally occuring calcium (CA) isotope ratios (CA-44/CA-42) in serum and urine. [Talk] In: World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (WCO-IOF-ESCEO 2023). , 04.5.-7.5.2023, Barcelona, Spain . Abstract in: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research Volume 35, Page S383, Supplement 1, Meeting Abstract P735. .

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Freitas, M. L., Geilert, S. , Heuser, A. , Wallmann, K. and Magalhaes, V. H. (2023) Serpentinite Mud Volcanoes as Natural Laboratory for Mineral Carbonation Reactions. Open Access [Talk] In: Goldschmidt Conference 2023. , 9.-14.07.2023, Lyon, France .

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Eisenhauer, A. , Böhm, F., Fietzke, J. , Liebetrau, V., Amini, M., Kisakurek, B., Heuser, A. , Tang, J. and Dietzel, M. (2008) The application of natural divalent cation isotope (Ca, Sr, Mg) fractionation (DCIF) in earth system research. Open Access [Talk] In: Goldschmidt Conference 2008. , 13.-18.07.2008, Vancouver, Canada .

Conference posters

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Harrison, A., Mavromatis, V., Schott, J., Heuser, A. , Liebetrau, V. and Eisenhauer, A. (2023) Isotope exchange mechanisms between CaCO 3 and fluid at chemical equilibrium. Open Access [Poster] In: Goldschmidt Conference 2023. , 9.-14.07.2023, Lyon, France .


Schmidt, C. , Hensen, C. , Wallmann, K. , Liebetrau, V., Tatzel, M., Schurr, S. L., Kutterolf, S. , Haffert, L., Hübscher, C., Lebas, E. , Heuser, A. , Schmidt, M. , Struss, H., Vogl, H. and Hansteen, T. H. (2019) Caminite: An underestimated metastable Mg reservoir in hydrothermal recharge zones?. [Poster] In: AGU Fall Meeting 2019. , 09.-13.12.2019, San Francisco, USA .


Obermüller, G., Pohl, F., Tomaschek, F., Heuser, A. , Froitzheim, N., Sciunnach, D. and Schröder, O. (2016) Permian detachment faulting and syntectonic magmatism constrained by U-Pb LA-ICP-MS on zircon in the Orobic Anticline, Italy. [Poster] In: GeoTirol 2016. , 25.-28.10.2016, Innsbruck, Austria .

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