Bumsoo Kim
Research
- Paleoclimate and paleoceanography
- Global carbon cycle perturbation and climate change in past, present, and future
- Marine methane cycling; methane hydrate dissociation; microbial methane foundry (producer) and barrier (oxidizer)
- Geochemistry; organic geochemistry stable isotope geochemistry (compound-specific isotopes); global biogeochemistry
- Chemical oceanography; stable carbon isotope and radiocarbon
- Polar science
“Reconstructing ancient atmospheric CO2 levels and the environment”
Texas A&M University
“Methane hydrate dissociation and its impact to climate change during the past”
Texas A&M University
“Carbon cycling in polar region and its response to climate change based on carbon isotopes”
Seoul National University
Selected Publications
Kim, B. and Zhang, Y. G., (In review) Methane Index: An archaeal lipid biomarker-based quantitative proxy for examining past marine methane cycling.
Kim, B. (2022) Tracing marine gas hydrate destabilization with molecular fossils. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-022-00343-3
Kim, B. and Zhang, Y.G. (2022) Methane hydrate dissociation across the Oligocene-Miocene Boundary. Nature Geoscience, 15, 203-209. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-00895-5
Zhuang, G., Zhang, Y.G., Hourigan, J., Ritts, B., Hren, M., Hou, M., Wu, M. and Kim, B. (2019) Microbial and geochronologic constraints on the Neogene paleotopography of northern Tibetan Plateau. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(3), 1312-1319. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL081505
Kim, B., Lee, S., Kim, M., Hahm, D., Rhee, T.S. and Hwang, J. (2018) An investigation of gas exchange and water circulation in the Amundsen Sea based on dissolved inorganic radiocarbon. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(22), 12-368. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079464
Education
Ph.D. Oceanography, Texas A&M University (2022)
M.S. Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University (2016)
B.S. Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University (2014)
Awards
Texas A&M University
Susanne Leininger '77 and Steve Leininger Scholarship, 2021-2022
James Sharp Scholarship, 2020-2021
Susanne Leininger '77 and Steve Leininger Scholarship, 2019-2020
IEFS Graduate ISS Scholarship, 2019
James Sharp Scholarship 2018-2019
International Education Fee Scholarship, 2018
Webber Scholarship 2017-2018
United Scholarship, Korean-American Scholarship Foundation, 2017
Donald and Melba Ross Scholarship, 2016-2017
Lechner Scholarship, 2016-2017
Seoul National University
Lecture & Research Scholarship, Seoul National University, 2016
Brain Korea 21 Plus Research Scholarship, Seoul National University, 2014-2015
National Presidential Science Scholarship, South Korea, 2008-2014
The 6th National Presidential Science Scholar Award, South Korea, 2008
Courses
TAMU - "Oceanography Lab" (OCNG 252)
SNU - "Shipboard Training Course in Oceanography"
"Oceanography"
"Chemical Oceanography"
Additional Information
Advisor: Dr. Yige Zhang
Research Grants
2019-21 - Grants-In-Aid of Graduate Research Program, Texas Sea Grant: “Global significance of anaerobic oxidation of organic matter by sulfate reduction: Insights from lipid biomarkers”
Fall 2018 - Oceanography Graduate Council (OGC) Fall Minigrant, Department of Oceanography
2018-19 - Grants-In-Aid of Graduate Research Program, Texas Sea Grant “Multi-proxy reconstruction of marine gas hydrate dissociation: Lessons from the past and for the future”
Presentations
Bumsoo Kim and Yi Ge Zhang “Global significance of anaerobic oxidation of organic matter: Insights from lipid biomarkers” President’s Excellence Fund Symposium, Texas A&M University, April 4, 2019 (poster)
Bumsoo Kim. “How and where sulfate is used in the marine sediment: Insights from lipid biomarkers” Oceanography Department Seminar, Texas A&M University, March 5, 2019 (oral)
Bumsoo Kim and Yi Ge Zhang. “Anaerobic oxidation of methane vs. organic matter facilitated by sulfate reduction: Insights from lipid biomarkers” AGU Fall 2018 Meeting, Washington D.C., December 13, 2018 (eLightning poster)
Bumsoo Kim and Yi Ge Zhang. “Compound-specific carbon isotope as a tracer for anaerobic oxidation for methane” Ions at Work Symposium, Texas A&M University, October 5, 2018 (poster)
Oceanographic Cruises
Mar 2018 (one day): TAMU-G Cruise in Galveston Bay, Texas
Texas A&M University - R/V Trident (TAMU)
Dec 2015 – Feb 2016: ANA06B Cruise in the Amundsen Sea, Antarctic
Korea Polar Research and Institute (KOPRI) - IB R/V Araon (Republic of Korea)
Nov 2015: 2015 EAST-1 Cruise in the East Sea of Korea
Research Institute of Oceanography, Seoul National University - R/V Haeyang 2000 (Republic of Korea)
Apr 2015 – May 2015: 2015 PICES/CREAMS (East-1) Korea-Russia International Joint Cruise for the East Sea of Korea
Research Institute of Oceanography, Seoul National University - R/V Akademik M.A. Lavrentyev (Russia)
Dec 2012 – Jan 2013: 2012 North Fiji Basin Hydrothermal Vent Exploration
Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) - R/V Onnuri (Republic of Korea)
Jan 2012 – Feb 2012: 2011 Fiji-Tonga Hydrothermal Vent Exploration
Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) - R/V Sonne (Germany) & ROV ROPOS (Canadian Scientific Submersible Facility)
Extracurricular Activities
Spring 2018 – present Graduate Assistant – Non-teaching (GANT), Texas A&M University
Departmental Web Manager
Fall 2016 – Fall 2018 Graduate and Professional Student Council, Texas A&M University
Oceanography Department Representative
