Stable isotopes are my tool of choice for investigating biogeochemical processes from single cells to global biogeochemical cycles and from today's environment to Earth's geologic past. I am interested in how biologic networks influence their life environment and how external forcing affects biologic communities in their mode of function and biologic composition.

• Ph D in Biogeochemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (2004)
• MS in Geology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (1999)

• CIELO-G: Building Inclusive Geoscience Communities Through Collaborative Research and Community Engagement 2024 AGU Fall Meeting (2024), Sandra Hardy, Aaron A. Velasco, Benjamin Brunner, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Marianne Karplus, Lin Ma.
• Origin and modern microbial ecology of secondary mineral deposits in Lehman Caves, Great Basin National Park, NV, USA Geobiology (2024), Zoe Havlena, Louise D. Hose, Harvey R. DuChene, Gretchen M. Baker, Doug Powell, Amanda L. Labrado, Benjamin Brunner, Daniel S. Jones.
• Two modes of gypsum replacement by carbonate and native sulfur in the Lorca Basin, SE Spain Frontiers in Earth Science 11 (2023), Simon E. Rouwendaal, Daniel Birgel, Vincent Grossi, Giovanni Aloisi, Laetitia Guibourdenche, Amanda L. Labrado, Benjamin Brunner, Jean-Marie Rouchy, Jörn Peckmann.
• Hydrocarbon seepage in the mid-Cretaceous greenhouse world: A new perspective from southern Tibet Global and Planetary Change 208 (2022), Hanwei Yao, Xi Chen, Benjamin Brunner, Daniel Birgel, Yang Lu, Huifang Guo, Chengshan Wang, Jörn Peckmann.
• A novel authigenic magnetite source for sedimentary magnetization Geology (2021), Zhiyong Lin, Xiaoming Sun, Andrew P. Roberts, Harald Strauss, Yang Lu, Xin Yang, Junli Gong, Guanhua Li, Benjamin Brunner, Jörn Peckmann.

• CIELO-G: Building Inclusive Geoscience Communities Through Collaborative Research and Community Engagement (2024), Volume Washington, D.C., Sandy Hardy, Aaron A. Velasco, Benjamin Brunner, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Marianne Karplus, Lin Ma.
• CIELO-G: Building Inclusive Geoscience Communities Through Collaborative Research and Community Engagement (2024), Volume Washington, D.C., Sandy Hardy, Aaron A. Velasco, Benjamin Brunner, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Marianne Karplus, Lin Ma.
• CIELO-G: Building Inclusive Geoscience Communities Through Collaborative Research and Community Engagement (2024), Volume Washington, D.C., Sandy Hardy, Aaron A. Velasco, Benjamin Brunner, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Marianne Karplus, Lin Ma.
• Origins of Moab Valley Dolomites: Implications for Energy Resource Exploration and Storage (2024), Volume Anahaeim, CA, Charles Igomu, Kate A. Giles, Benjamin Brunner, C. Evelyn Gannaway Dalton.
• Deposition of the Ediacaran Rim Dolomite as a diapir roof pond carbonate during the formation of the Shuram excursion, Flinders Ranges, South Australia (2024), Volume Flagstaff, Arizona, Kate A. Giles, Benjamin Brunner, Richard P. Langford, Giles Sarah, C. Evelyn Gannaway Dalton, Carl Fiduk, Mark Rowan.

• IMPLEMENTATION GRANT: COMMUNITY-DRIVEN INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN THE GEOSCIENCES (CIELO-G) (09/01/2022 - 08/31/2027) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
• Salt-Sediment Interaction Research Consortium (05/01/2012 - 04/30/2024) Other