Publications (updated Nov 2025)
Google Scholar publication list
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Published in peer-reviewed journals
23. Beffa, G., Gobet, E., CoÅŸgun, S., Dotta, R., Hächler, L., Morlock, M.A., Sadori, L., Schläfli, P., Schwörer, C., van Vugt, L., Vogel, H., Zander, P.D., Grosjean, M., Tinner, W. (2025). Causes of co-existence of cool-temperate Fagus and warm-loving evergreen Quercus forests in central Italy during the Holocene Thermal Maximum. Forest Ecosystems, 14, 100345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100345.
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22. Zander, P.D., Rubach, F., Martínez-García, A. (2025). Large volume injection and assessment of reference standards for n-alkane δD and δ13C analysis via gas chromatography isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 39, e9943. http://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.9943.
21. Ganz, K., van Vugt, L., Gobet, E., Morales-Molino, C., Giagkoulis, T., Ogi, S., Hächler, L., Schaad, E., Zander, P.D., Lloren, R., Dubois, N., Grosjean, M., Vogel, H., Kotsakis, K., Bogaard, A., Hafner, A., Tinner, W. (2024). Holocene climate–vegetation–land use interactions in the mesomediterranean coastlands of northern Greece. Holocene, 35, 271-288. https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836241297665.
20. Zander, P.D., Żarczyński, M., Tylmann, W., Vogel, H., Grosjean, M. (2024). Subdecadal Holocene Warm-season Temperature Variability in Central Europe Recorded by Biochemical Varves. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL110871. http://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL110871.
19. Albert, J., Zander, P.D., Grosjean, M., Sirocko, F. (2024). Fine-Tuning of Sub-Annual Resolution Spectral Index Time Series from Eifel Maar Sediments, Western Germany, to the NGRIP δ18O Chronology, 26–60 ka. Quaternary, 7, 33. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat7030033.
18. Tu, L., Xue, H, Zhou, X., Liu, X., Zander, P.D., Huang, T., Meng, L., Kan, W., Huang, C., Grosjean, M. 20th century climate warming and human disturbance triggered high aquatic production and strong water-column mixing in maar Lake Xiaolongwan, northeastern China (2024). Anthropocene, 47, 100442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2024.100442.
17. Beffa, G., Gobet, E., Hächler, L., Isola, I., Morlock, M.A., Sadori, L., Schläfli, P., Rey, F., van Vugt, L., Vogel, H., Zander, P.D., Zanchetta, G., Grosjean, M.; Tinner, W. (2024). A novel continuous high-resolution palaeoecological record from central Italy suggests comparable land use dynamics in Southern and Central Europe during the Neolithic. Holocene, 34, 1009-1024. https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836241247302.
16. Zander, P.D., Böhl, D., Sirocko, F., Auderset, A. Haug, G., Martínez-García, A. (2024). Reconstruction of warm season temperatures in central Europe during the past 60,000 years from lacustrine GDGTs. Climate of the Past, 20, 841–864. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-841-2024.
15. Tu, L., Moyle, M., Boyle, J.F., Zander, P.D., Huang, T., Meng, L., Huang, C., Zhou, X. Grosjean, M. (2023). Anthropogenic modification of phosphorus sequestration in lake sediments during the Holocene: A global perspective. Global and Planetary Change, 229, 104222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104222.
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14. Zander, P.D., Wirth, S.B., Gilli, A., Peduzzi, S., Grosjean, M. (2023). Hyperspectral imaging sediment core scanning tracks high-resolution Holocene variations in (an)oxygenic phototrophic communities at Lake Cadagno, Swiss Alps. Biogeosciences, 20, 2221-2235. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-2221-2023. (*Highlight paper)
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13. McKenna, A.M., Zander, P.D., Wörmer, L. (2022). Advancing analytical frontiers in molecular biomarker research through spatial and mass resolution. Elements, 18, 107-113. https://doi.org/10.2138/gselements.18.2.107
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12. Żarczyński, M., Zander, P.D., Grosjean, M., Tylmann, W. (2022). Linking the formation of varves in a eutrophic temperate lake to meteorological conditions and water column dynamics. Science of the Total Environment, 842, 156787. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156787
11. Zander, P.D., Wienhues, G., Grosjean, M. (2022). Scanning Hyperspectral Imaging for In Situ Biogeochemical Analysis of Lake Sediment Cores: Review of Recent Developments. Journal of Imaging, 8, 58. https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging8030058
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10. Zander, P.D., Å»arczyÅ„ski, M., Tylmann, W., Rainford, S.K., Grosjean, M. (2021). Seasonal climate signals preserved in biochemical varves: insights from novel high-resolution sediment scanning techniques. Climate of the Past, 17, 2055–2071. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-2055-2021
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9. Zander, P.D., Żarczyński, M., Vogel, H., Tylmann, W., Wacnik, A., Sanchini, A., Grosjean, M. (2021). A high-resolution record of Holocene primary productivity and water-column mixing from the varved sediments of Lake Żabińskie, Poland. Science of the Total Environment, 755, 143713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143713
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8. Chiaia-Hernández, A.C., Zander, P.D., Schneider, T., Szidat, S., Lloren, R., Grosjean, M. (2020). A high-resolution historical record of plant protection products deposition documented by target and nontarget trend analysis in a Swiss lake under anthropogenic pressure. Environmental Science & Technology, 54, 13090-13100. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c04842
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7. Tu, L., Zander, P., Szidat, S., Lloren, R., Grosjean, M. (2020). The influences of historic lake trophy and mixing regime changes on long-term phosphorus fractions retention in sediments of deep, eutrophic lakes: a case study from Lake Burgäschi, Switzerland. Biogeosciences, 10, 2715–2729. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2715-2020
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6. Zander, P.D., Szidat, S., Kaufmann, D.S., Å»arczyÅ„ski, M. Poraj-Górska, A.I., Boltshauser-Kaltenrieder, P., Grosjean, M. (2020). Miniature radiocarbon measurements (< 150 µg C) from sediments of Lake Å»abiÅ„skie, Poland: effect of precision and dating density on age–depth models. Geochronology, 2, 63-79. https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-63-2020
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5. McKay, N.P., Kaufman, D.S., Routson, C.C., Erb, M.P., Zander, P.D. (2018). The onset and rate of Holocene Neoglacial cooling in the Arctic. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 12-487. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079773
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4. Zander, P.D., Kaufman, D.S., McKay, N.P., Kuehn, S.C., Henderson, A.C. (2018). Using correlated tephras to refine radiocarbon-based age models, upper and lower Whitshed Lakes, south-central Alaska. Quaternary Geochronology, 45, 9-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2018.01.005
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3. Tierney, J.E., deMenocal, P.B., Zander, P.D. (2017). A climatic context for the out-of-Africa migration. Geology, 45, 1023-1026. https://doi.org/10.1130/G39457.1
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2. Garrett, E., Barlow, N. L., Cool, H., Kaufman, D.S., Shennan, I., Zander, P.D. (2015). Constraints on regional drivers of relative sea-level change around Cordova, Alaska. Quaternary Science Reviews, 113, 48-59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.12.002
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1. Zander, P.D., Kaufman, D.S., Kuehn, S.C., Wallace, K.L., Anderson, R.S. (2013). Early and late Holocene glacial fluctuations and tephrostratigraphy, Cabin Lake, Alaska. Journal of Quaternary Science, 28, 761-771. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2671
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Magazine articles
1. Żarczyński, M*., Zander, P.D*. Combining hyperspectral imaging and micro-X-ray fluorescence imaging methods for ultrahigh-resolution biogeochemical analysis (2025). PAGES Magazine, 33. http://doi.org/10.22498/pages.33.2
*Co-first authorship
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Reports and theses
3. Zander, P.D. (2021). The varved sediments of Lake Żabińskie, Poland as a high-resolution archive of environmental change (Doctoral dissertation, University of Bern). http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.16866.61129
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2. Zander, P.D. (2015). Tephrochronology and paleoenvironmental change during the past 15,000 years at Whitshed Lakes, South-central Alaska (Master’s thesis, Northern Arizona University). http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.30288.38400
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1. Ngai, C.K.L., Chandra, S., Sullivan, J., Umek, J., Chaon, B., Zander, P., Rudolph, H., et al. (2010). NICHES: Nearshore Indicators for Clarity, Habitat and Ecological Sustainability Development of nearshore fish indicators for Lake Tahoe. Nevada Division of State Lands. https://lands.nv.gov/uploads/documents/License_WQ_Nearshore_Indicators_for_Clarity,_Habitat_and_Ecological_Sustainability.pdf