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)

• 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.
• Potential Bioavailability of Crystallization Water in Sulfate Minerals Under Water-Restricted ConditionsÑA Case Study of Gypsum Interdunes in the Tularosa Basin, New Mexico Brines in the Solar System: Modern Brines 2614 (2021), Jie (Gail) Xu, BN Lajoie, Benjamin Brunner, H Afrin, Richard P. Langford, O Fernandez Delgado, E Cantando, Gail Arnold.
• Potential Bioavailability of Crystallization Water in Sulfate Minerals Under Water-Restricted ConditionsÑA Case Study of Gypsum Interdunes in the Tularosa Basin, New Mexico Brines in the Solar System: Modern Brines 2614 (2021), Jie (Gail) Xu, BN Lajoie, Benjamin Brunner, H Afrin, Richard P. Langford, O Fernandez Delgado, E Cantando, Gail Arnold.

• 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.
• Geothermal Power & Direct Lithium Extraction (2023), Volume The University of Texas at El Paso, Benjamin Brunner, Hermann Lebit, Jose L. Banuelos, Eva M. Deemer, Mark Engle, Judith Hoyt, Natalya Kharitonova, Mya Valenzuela.
• Revealing The Rare Earth Element (REE) Inventory Of Caprock On Salt Diapirs (2023), Volume The University of Texas at El Paso, Antonio Arribas, Benjamin Brunner, Kate A. Giles, Evey Gannaway Dalton, Amanda L. Labrado, Gloria Ortiz Gamboa, Charles Igomu, Jose Franco Moraga, Rebecca Navarrette, Paola Salas Rivera, Mya Valenzuela, Madison Woelfel.
• Geothermal Power & Direct Lithium Extraction (2023), Volume Houston, Texas, Hermann Lebit, Benjamin Brunner.
• Carbon-neutral dreams in and for El Paso (2023), Volume Geological Sciences Building, UTEP, Benjamin Brunner.

• IMPLEMENTATION GRANT: COMMUNITY-DRIVEN INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN THE GEOSCIENCES (CIELO-G)
• Can Phototrophy-Driven Sulfur Cycling Make Crystallization Water of Gypsum Bioavailable? – Defining a New Habitability Index for Gypsum-Dominated Extreme Environments
• Salt-Sediment Interaction Research Consortium