Bum Soo Kim
Organic Geochemist | JETS
Bum Soo Kim
Organic Geochemist
JETS
Phone
713.518.9836
Phone
713.518.9836
Biography
Dr. Bumsoo Kim is an Organic Geochemist within NASA Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) division under the Amentum JETSII contract. With deep-seated interests in marine biogeochemistry, (paleo)climatology, and astrobiology, his research centers on using organic/isotope geochemistry applied to diverse samples, from Earth's sedimentary archives (e.g., lake/marine sediments) to astromaterial samples (e.g., meteorites, returned asteroid samples), to study the fundamental biogeochemical processes on Earth and evolution of life on planetary systems.
Education
PhD
Oceanography
Texas A&M University
2022
MS
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Seoul National University
2016
BS
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Seoul National University
2014
Education
PhD, Oceanography, 2022
Texas A&M University
MS, Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2016
Seoul National University
BS, Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2014
Seoul National University
Laboratories
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D.P. Glavin, J.P. Dworkin, et al. 2025. Abundant ammonia and nitrogen-rich soluble organic matter in samples from asteroid (101955) Bennu. Nature Astronomy. pp.1-12
Lauretta, D.S., Connolly Jr, H.C., et al., 2024. Asteroid (101955) Bennu in the laboratory: Properties of the sample collected by OSIRIS?REx. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 59(9), pp.2453-2486.
Kim, B. and Zhang, Y.G., 2023. Methane index: towards a quantitative archaeal lipid biomarker proxy for reconstructing marine sedimentary methane fluxes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 354, pp.74-87.
Kim, B. and Zhang, Y.G., 2022. Methane hydrate dissociation across the Oligocene–Miocene boundary. Nature Geoscience, 15(3), pp.203-209.
Kim, B., 2022. Tracing marine gas hydrate destabilization with molecular fossils. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 3(11), pp.740-740.
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), pp.12-368.