Ellen Kooijman

Ellen Kooijman is a Dutch geoscientist specializing in mineralogy, geology, and geochemistry. She holds a master's degree in Earth science from Utrecht University and a doctorate in geochemistry from the University of Münster.[1] She is the Head of the Department of Geosciences at the Swedish Museum of Natural History and Director of the NordSIMS-Vegacenter. Kooijman is also known for designing the LEGO Research Institute set, which featured women in STEM.

Early life

Kooijman was raised in Gouda, the Netherlands.[2] She studied geosciences at university, aiming to "combine physics, mathematics, and chemistry to understand the Earth".[1][3]

Kooijman wrote her dissertation at the Institute for Mineralogy, located at the University of Münster.[4]

Education

Kooijman earned a Master of Science in Earth Science from Utrecht University in the Netherlands.[1] She later obtained a Doctorate in Geochemistry from the University of Münster in Germany, supervised by geochemist Klaus Mezger. Her doctoral research focused on Uranium-lead (U–Pb) dating of zircon and rutile using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS).[3]

Career

After completing her doctorate, she remained at Münster for a year as a postdoctoral researcher before working as an assistant professional researcher at the University of California in Santa Barbara for several years, continuing her work with LA-ICP-MS. In 2013, Kooijman began working at the Swedish Museum of Natural History as a senior researcher. She is currently the Head of the Department of Geosciences and the Director of the NordSIMS-Vegacenter, a merged laboratory funded by the Swedish Research Council.[1][5][6][7] Kooijman has over 130 publications in mineralogy, petrology, and geochemistry.[8]

Under the alias "Alatariel," she created the LEGO Research Institute set, which depicted women in STEM roles as minifigures: astronomer, chemist, and paleontologist.[9][10] Kooijman also collaborated on the LEGO Big Bang Theory set, highlighting scientist characters from the sitcom, and co-designed the Amelia Earhart Tribute set with Brad Meltzer, inspired by the historical aviator.[2][11][12]

Publications

As of September 2024, Kooijman is actively conducting research in the geosciences, with recent co-authored articles including "Origin and Affinities of the Malmberget Iron Oxide-Apatite Deposit, Northern Sweden: Insights From Magnetite Chemistry and Fe-O Isotopes",[13] "Late Cretaceous and Early Paleogene Fluid Circulation and Microbial Activity in Deep Fracture Networks of the Precambrian Basement of Western Greenland",[14] and "A common precursor for global hotspot lavas".[15]

Awards

  • 2010 Young Scientist Outstanding Poster Paper (YSOPP) Award[16]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Kooijman, Ellen (2018-01-01). "Women in Geoscience: An interview with Ellen Kooijman". Cogent Geoscience. 4 (1): 1432282. doi:10.1080/23312041.2018.1432282. ISSN 2331-2041.
  2. ^ a b Jensen, Hasan (10 September 2018). "10K Club Interview: Meet Ellen Kooijman & Brad Meltzer of I Am Amelia Earhart". LEGO Ideas. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Thinking outside the blocks". Chemistry World. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  4. ^ Kooijman, Ellen; Berndt, Jasper; Mezger, Klaus (2012-02-24). "U-Pb dating of zircon by laser ablation ICP-MS: recent improvements and new insights". European Journal of Mineralogy. 24 (1): 5–21. Bibcode:2012EJMin..24....5K. doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2012/0024-2170.
  5. ^ "Ellen Kooijman". Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Nordsim and Vega". www.vr.se. 2018-10-18. Retrieved 2024-12-07.
  7. ^ "Ellen Kooijman - Naturhistoriska museet". Naturhistoriska museet. 9 August 2023. Archived from the original on 18 April 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  8. ^ "Ellen Kooijman". ResearchGate. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  9. ^ Gambino, Lauren (4 June 2014). "Lego to launch female scientists series after online campaign". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  10. ^ "Female Minifigure Set". LEGO Ideas. 29 April 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  11. ^ Elensar, Alatariel (18 February 2014). "The Big Bang Theory". LEGO Ideas.
  12. ^ Abrams, Rachel (2014-08-22). "Short-Lived Science Line From Lego for Girls". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
  13. ^ Henriksson, Jens S.; Troll, Valentin R.; Kooijman, Ellen; Bindeman, Ilya; Naeraa, Tomas; Bauer, Tobias E. (2024-09-25). "Origin and Affinities of the Malmberget Iron Oxide-Apatite Deposit, Northern Sweden: Insights From Magnetite Chemistry and Fe-O Isotopes". Earth Science, Systems and Society. 4 (1): 10126. Bibcode:2024ESSS....410126H. doi:10.3389/esss.2024.10126. ISSN 2634-730X.
  14. ^ Drake, H.; Makahnouk, W. R. M.; Roberts, N. M. W.; Reinhardt, M.; Henkemans, E.; Frape, S. K.; Tullborg, E.-L.; Broman, C.; Whitehouse, M. J.; Kooijman, E. (2024). "Late Cretaceous and Early Paleogene Fluid Circulation and Microbial Activity in Deep Fracture Networks of the Precambrian Basement of Western Greenland". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 25 (9): e2024GC011646. Bibcode:2024GGG....2511646D. doi:10.1029/2024GC011646. ISSN 1525-2027.
  15. ^ Smit, Matthijs A.; Kooijman, Ellen (October 2024). "A common precursor for global hotspot lavas". Nature Geoscience. 17 (10): 1053–1058. Bibcode:2024NatGe..17.1053S. doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01538-7. ISSN 1752-0908. PMC 11464371. PMID 39399208.
  16. ^ "Ellen Kooijman". European Geosciences Union (EGU). Retrieved 2024-12-07.
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