Nuria Basdedios

Nuria Basdediós

  • Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
    Institut für Geographie und Geoökologie
    Reinhard-Baumeister-Platz 1
    76131 Karlsruhe
    Germany

Nuria Basdediós

Stable metal isotopes, Element cycling, Glacial retreats, Environmental chemistry

Topics

  • Analysis of Ca & Mg isotope ratios
  • Application of stable isotope ratio analysis to investigate biogeochemical processes
  • Inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS, MC-ICP-MS)
  • Environmental analytical chemistry

CV

Since 2023 Postdoctoral researcher at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Geomorphology and Soil science Group
2017-2023 PhD position at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Geomorphology and Soil science Group.
2015-2017 U-series laboratory technician at the National Research Centre for Human Evolution (CENIEH). Burgos, Spain.
2014-2015 MSc in Analytical & Bioanalytical Sciences at the University of Oviedo, Spain. Thesis “Synthesis, characterization and use of nitrogen doped carbon nanoparticles as sensorial phases for metals”.
2009-2014 BSc in Chemistry at the University of Santiago de Compostela. Thesis: “Use of a solid phase microextraction (MEPS) for the study of psychoactive substances in toxicological samples”.

Projects

2025 Development of a novel multi-isotope ratio approach with focus on Ag isotope ratios
Since 2017 Mass budgets and stable isotope ratios of Ca and Mg in ecosystems along a 120 yr-old glacial retreat chronosequence in the subtropical Gongga mountains.

Presentations

Oral presentations

Basdediós, N.; Wu, Y., Wilcke, W.: Stable magnesium isotope ratios trace the establishment of the Mg cycle in ecosystems along a glacial retreat chronosequence in China. Conference of the German Society of Soil Science, Tübingen, Germany (2025).

Wilcke, W.; Basdediós, N., Hardegger, S.; Mestrot, A.; Wang, J.; Zhou, J.; Haijian, B.; Wu, Y.: Fast nitrogen accumulation in ecosystems along a 127-year glacial retreat chronosequence at the subtropical Mount Gongga, China. First International Symposium on Soil Nutrient Cycling along Chronosequences and its Implications for Ecological Restoration, Chengdu, China (2024).

Basdediós, N.; Wu, Y., Wilcke, W.: Ca, Mg and K availability along the 127-year glacial retreat Hailuogou chronosequence: stocks, release, and stable isotope tracing. First International Symposium on Soil Nutrient Cycling along Chronosequences and its Implications for Ecological Restoration, Chengdu, China (2024).

Basdediós, N.; Wu, Y., Wilcke, W.: Magnesium isotope ratios trace weathering along a 127-year glacial retreat chronosequence. Conference of the German Society of Soil Science, Halle (Saale), Germany (2023).

Basdediós, N.; Wu, Y., Wilcke, W.: Base cation availability in soils along a glacial retreat chronosequence in China: stocks, release, and stable isotope tracing. Goldschmidt Conference, Lyon, France (2023).

Basdediós, N.; Zhong, Z.; Wu, Y., Wilcke, W.:  Fast vegetation succession at a 127-yr glacial retreat chronosequence in China: which role does the supply of Ca and Mg play? Conference of the German Society of Soil Science, Trier, Germany (2022).

Basdediós, N.; Wang, J.; Zhong, Z.; Wu, Y., Wilcke, W.:  Ca and Mg mass balances along a 120 years‘ retreat chronosequence on the subtropical Hailuogou Glacier (China). Conference of the German Society of Soil Science and of the Swiss Soil Science Society, Bern, Switzerland (2019).

Basdediós, N.: Introduction to the inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry analytical technique. Geochronology seminar series. National Research Centre on Human Evolution (CENIEH), Burgos, Spain (2016).

Posters

Basdediós, N.; Wu, Y.; Wilcke, W.: Do stable Mg isotope ratios in ecosystem compartments reflect the increasing incorporation of Mg into biotic cycles as vegetation succession advances? European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, Vienna, Austria (2025)

Jiménez, F.; Basdediós, N.; Martínez-Pillado, V.; Vega, M.; Jiménez, J. J.; Pardo, R.; Giménez-Forcada, E.: Monitorization of uranium and thorium concentration and isotope ratios in groundwater from a semiarid basin in central Spain by single and multicollector sector field ICP-MS. 39th International Symposium on Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Hamburg, Germany (2016)

Fernández P.; Basdediós N.; Regenjo M.; Carro A.M.; Lorenzo R. A.: Optimization of microextraction by packed sorbent (MEPS®) procedure for clinical and forensic monitoring of seven benzodiazepines in human plasma. 42nd International symposium on high performance liquid phase separations and related techniques, Geneva, Switzerland (2015)

Lorenzo R.A.; Basdediós N.; Carro A.M.; Fernández P.; Regenjo M.: Validation of a MEPS®-UPLC-MS/MS method for the determination of benzodiazepines in plasma. 18th edition of Euroanalysis, the European Conference on Analytical Chemistry, Bordeaux, France (2015)

Publications

Referenced journal articles

2023
Basdediós, N.; Wu, Y.; Wilcke, W. (2023). Magnesium Isotope Ratios Reflect the Size and Source of Mg Loss along a Glacial Retreat Chronosequence. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 7 (5), 1151–1161. doi:10.1021/acsearthspacechem.3c00049