Jeremy E. P. Dahl

Education

Ph.D. U.C.L.A., Geology, one year as Fulbright Scholar to Sweden, Dissertation: The organic geochemistry of the Alum Shale, Sweden.

M.A. Rice University, Geology, Welsch Foundation Fellow; Thesis: A study of the carbon cycle (dealt with sources and sinks of atmospheric CO2).

B.A. College of Wooster, Geology, Phi Beta Kappa, Senior thesis: Trace element analysis of ancient Cypriot Copper slags; Evidence for bacterial leaching.

Industry Experience

OilTracers, LLC, Dallas, Texas:
Co-founder and Senior Geochemist. Technical service to substantially reduce oil and gas exploration risk, and optimize field development (1999-present).

Stanford University, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, Stanford , California:
Research Associate (1997-present).

Executive Vice President, Biomarker Technology (1997-present).

Chevron Oil Field Research Company, Richmond, California:
Research Geochemist. Work involved developing methods to fingerprint and characterize oils and rock extracts using various forms of chromatography and quantitative GCMS analysis (1989-97).

Karolinska Inst. School of Medicine, Dept. of Biochemistry, Stockholm, Sweden:
Worked on isolation of estrogen receptors for protein sequencing (1981-83).

Rice University, Teaching Assistant, Introductory Geology, Historical Geology (1980-81).

Univ. Calif. Los Angeles, Teaching Assistant, Oceanography, General Geology (1984-89).

Publications

Davis M.C., Dahl J.E.P. and Carlson R.M.K. (2008) Preparations of Diisocyanates of Adamantane and Diamantane. Synthetic Communications 38, 1153-1158.

Wang Y., Kioupakis E., Lu X., Wegner D., Yamachika R., Dahl J.E., Carlson R.M.K., Louie S. G., Crommie M.F. (2008) Spatially resolved electronic and vibronic properties of single diamondoid molecules. Nature Materials 7, 38-42.

Yang W. L., Fabbri J. D., Willey T. M., Lee J. R. I., Dahl J. E., Carlson R. M. K., Schreiner P. R., Fokin A. A., Tkachenko B. A., Fokina N. A., Meevasana W., Mannella N., Tanaka K., Zhou X. J., van Buuren T., Kelly M. A., Hussain Z., Melosh N. A., Shen Z.-X. (2007) Monochromatic Electron Photoemission from Diamondoid Monolayers, Science, v. 316, p. 1460 – 1462.

Pirali O., Verlvoet M, Dahl J.E., Carlson R.M.K., Tielens A.G.G.M. and Oomens J. (2007) Infrared spectroscopy of diamondoid molecules: New insights into the presence of nanodiamonds in the interstellar medium.  The Astrophysical Journal 661, 919-925.

Ghosh A, Sciamanna S., Dahl J.E., Liu S., Carlson R.M.K. and Schiraldi D.A. (2007) Effect of nanoscale diamondoids on the thermomechanical and morphological behaviors of polypopylene and polycarbonate.  Journ. of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics. 45, 1077-1089.

Wei Zh, Moldowan J.M., Dahl J., Goldstein T.P., and Jarvie D.M. (2006) The catalytic effects of mineral on the formation of diamondoids from kerogen marcromolecules. Organic Geochemistry 37, 1421-1436.

Willey T.M., Bostedt C., van Buuren T., Dahl J.E., Liu S.G., Carlson R.M.K., Meulenberg R.W., Nelson E.J. and Terminello L.J. (2006) Observation of quantum confinement in the occupied states of diamond clusters. Phys. Rev. B 74, 205432-1 to 205432-5.

Schreiner P.R., Fokina N. A., Boryslav T.A., Hausmann H., Serafin M., Dahl J.E.P., Liu S., Carlson R.M.K., and Fokin A.A. (2006) Functionalized Nanodiamonds: Triamantane and [121]Tetramantane. J. Org. Chem. 71, 6709-6720.

Filik J., Harvey J.N., Allan N.L., May P.W., Dahl J.E.P., Liu S. and Carlson R.M.K. (2006) Raman spectrosopy of nanocrystalline diamond: An ab initio approach. Phys. Rev. B 74, 035423-1-035423-10.

Oomens, J., Polfer N., Pirali O.,Ueno Y, Maboudian, R., May P.W., Filik J., Dahl J.E., Liu S., and Carlson R.M.K. (2006) Infrared spectroscopic investigation of higher diamondoids. Journ. of Molecular Spectroscopy 238 (2006) 158-167.

Tkachenko B.A., Fokina N.A., Chernish L.V., Dahl J.E.P., Liu S, Carlson R.M.K., Fokin A.A. and Schreiner P.R. (2006) Functionalized Nanodiamonds Part 3: Thiolation of Tertiary/Bridgehead Alcohols. Org. Lett. 8, 1767-1770.

Taylor D.W., Hongqi Li, Dahl J., Fago F.J., Zinniker D. and Moldowan J.M. (2006) Biogeochemical evidence for the presence of the angiosperm molecular fossil oleanane in Paleozoic and Mesozoic non-angiospermous fossils. Paleobiology 32(2), 179-190.

Filik J., Harvey J.N., Allan N.L., May P.W., Dahl J.E.P., Liu S. and Carlson R.M.K. (2006) Raman spectroscopy of diamondoids. Spectrochimica Acta Part A 64, 681-692.

Willey T.M., Bostedt C., van Buuren T., Dahl J.E., Liu S.G., Carlson R.M.K., Terminello L.J. and Moller T. (2005) Molecular limits to the quantum confinement model in diamond clusters. Phys. Rev. Letters, 95, 113401-1-113401-4.

Carlson R.M.K., Dahl J.E.P., Liu S.G., Olmstead M.M., Buerki P.R. and Gat R. (2005) Diamond molecules found in petroleum. in: Gruen D.M. edit. Synthesis, Properties and Applications of Ultranocrystlline Diamond, p. 63-78. Springer. Netherlands.

Damste J.S., Muyzer G., Abbas B., Rampen S.W., Masse, G., Allard W.G., Belt S.T., Robert J-M., Rowland S.J., Moldowan J.M., Barbanti S.M., Fago F.J., Denisevich P., Dahl J., Trinidade L.A.F., Schouten S. (2004) The Rise of the Rhizosolenid Diatoms. Science 304, 584-587.

Dahl J.E.P., Moldowan J.M., Peakman T.M., Clardy J.C., Lobkovsky E., Olmstead M.M., May P.W., Davis T.J., Steeds J.W., Peters K.E., Pepper A., Ekuan A., Carlson R.M.K. (2003) Isolation and Structural Proof of the Large Diamond Molecule, Cyclohexamantane (C26H30). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 42, 2040-2044.

Dahl, J.E., S.G. Liu, and R.M.K. Carlson, 2002, Isolation and Structure of Higher Diamondoids, Nanometer-Sized Diamond Molecules: Science, v. 299, p. 96-99.

Molodowan, J., S. Barbanti, F. Fago, P. Denisevich, J. Dahl, and L. Trindade, 2002, The C25 Highly Branched Isoprenoid as an Age-Related Biomarker for Oil, in A. Rangel, F. Goncalves, P. Parra, and C. M. Hernandez, eds., 8th Latin-American Congress on Organic Geochemistry, October 20th-24th 2002 Cartagena de Indias, Colombia: Cartagena de Indias, Latin American Association of Organic Geochemistry - ALAGO, p. 257-259.

Dahl, J., J. M. Moldowan, and P. A. Lipton, 2002, Use of Diamondoids for recognition of seeps in piston core samples., in A. Rangel, F. Goncalves, P. Parra, and C. M. Hernandez, eds., 8th Latin-American Congress on Organic Geochemistry, October 20th-24th 2002 Cartagena de Indias, Colombia: Cartagena de Indias, Latin American Association of Organic Geochemistry - ALAGO, p. 218-219.

Alberdi, M., J. M. Moldowan, K. E. Peters, and J. E. Dahl, 2001, Stereoselective biodegradation of tricyclic terpanes in heavy oils from the Bolivar Coastal Fields, Venezuela: Organic Geochemistry, v. 32, p. 181-191. Brooks, P. W., M. R. Mello, V. Elias, J. Dahl, and J. M. Moldowan, 2002, The use of age related biomarkers and diamondoids in oils from Brazilian and West African marginal basins., in A. Rangel, F. Goncalves, P. Parra, and C. M. Hernandez, eds., 8th Latin American Congress on Organic Geochemistry, October 20th-24th 2002 Cartagena de Indias, Colombia: Cartagena de Indias, Latin American Association of Organic Geochemistry - ALAGO, p. 268-270.

Moldowan, J. M., J. Dahl, D. Zinniker, N. Talyzina, D. Winship Taylor, H. Li, S. M. Barbanti, M. A. McCaffrey, A. G. Holba, and S. R. Jacobson, 2001, Expanding evolutionary knowledge using molecular fossils, 20th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Nancy, France 10-14 September 2001 (abstracts), v. 1, p. 241-242.

Moldowan, J. M., S. R. Jacobson, J. Dahl, A. Al-Hajji, B. J. Huizinga, and F. J. Fago, 2001, Molecular fossils demonstrate Precambrian origin of dinoflagellates, in A. Zhuravlev, and R. Riding, eds., Ecology of the Cambrian Radiation: New York, Cambridge Press, p. 474-493.

Moldowan, J. M., D. Zinniker, J. Dahl, F. J. Fago, H. Li, and D. Winship Taylor, 2001, Clues to the evolutionary roots of angiosperms from the molecular fossil oleanane, 20th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Nancy, France 10-14 September 2001 (abstracts), v. 1, p. 95-96.

Alberdi, M., J. E. Dahl, and J. M. Moldowan, 2000, Crude Oil Families in the Venezuelan Carisito-Aguasay Reservoirs and their Distribution Visualized Through 3D Stochastic Modeling, in L. A. F. Trindade, A. C. Macedo, and S. M. Barbanti, eds., New Perspectives on Organic Geochemistry for the Third Millennium, Proceedings, 7th Latin-American Congress on Organic Geochemistry, 22-26 October, 2000, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, ALAGO, p. 410-412.

Alberdi, M., J. M. Moldowan, K. E. Peters, and J. E. Dahl, 2000, Stereoselective Biodegradation of Tricyclic Terpanes in Heavy Oils fromBolivar Coastal Fields, Venezuela, in L. A. F. Trindade, A. C. Macedo, and S. M. Barbanti, eds., New Perspectives on Organic Geochemistry for the Third Millennium, Proceedings, 7th Latin-American Congress on Organic Geochemistry, 22-26 October, 2000, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, ALAGO, p. 20-21.

Dahl J.E., Moldowan J.M., Peters K.E., Claypool G.E., Rooney M.A., Michael G.E. Mello M.R., and Kohnen M.L. (1999) Diamondoids hydrocarbons as indicators of natural oil cracking. Nature 399, 54-57.

Moldowan J.M., Dahl J., Jacobson S.R., Huizinga B.J., Fago F.J., Shetty R., Watt D.S., and Peters K.E. (1996) Chemostratigraphic reconstruction of biofacies: Molecular evidence linking cyst-forming dinoflagellates with pre-Triassic ancestors. Geology 24, 159-162.

Moldowan J.M., Dahl J., McCaffrey M.A., Smith W.J. and Fetzer J.C. (1995) Application of biological marker technology to bioremediation of refinery by-products. Energy and Fuels 9, 155-162.

Moldowan J.M., Dahl J., Huizinga B.J., Fago F.J., Hickey L.J., Peakman T.M. and Taylor D.W. (1994) The molecular fossil record of oleanane and its relation to angiosperms. Science 265, 768-771.

Dahl J.E., Moldowan J.M., Teerman S.C. , McCaffrey M.A., Sundararaman P. and Stelting C.E. (1994) Source rock quality determination from oil biomarkers I: A new geochemical technique. AAPG-Bulletin 78, 1507-1526.

McCaffrey M.A., Dahl J.E., Sundararaman P., Moldowan J.M. and Schoell M. (1994) Source rock quality determination from oil biomarkers II: A case study using Tertiary-reservoired Beaufort Sea oils. AAPG-Bulletin 78, 1527-1540.

Dahl J., Moldowan J.M., Summons R.E., McCaffrey M.A., Lipton P. and Hope J. (1994) Extended 3b-alkyl steranes and 3-alkyl triaromatic steroids in oils and rock extracts. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 59, 3731-3747.

Sundararaman P. and Dahl J. (1993) Effects of irradiation on vanadyl porphyrin distribution: Alum Shale, Sweden. Organic Geochemistry 20, 333-337.

Dahl J., Moldowan J.M., and Sundararaman P. (1993) Relationship of biomarker distribution to depositional environment in extracts from the Phosphoria Formation, Little Sheep Creek, Montana, U.S.A. Organic Geochemistry. 20, 1001-1017.

Dahl J., Moldowan J.M., McCaffrey M.A. and Lipton P.A. (1992) A new class of natural products revealed by 3b-alkyl steranes in petroleum. Nature 355, 154-157.

Dahl, J. E. P., 1990, The organic geochemistry of the Alum Shale, Sweden: Ph.D. thesis, UCLA.

Patterson R.T., Brunner C.A., Capo R., and Dahl J. (1990) A paleoenvironmental study of Early to Middle Pleistocene foraminifera of the Santa Barbara Formation at Santa Barbara, California. J. Paleont. 64, 1-25.

Cavazza W. and Dahl J. (1990) Note on the temporal relationships between sandstone compaction and precipitation of authigenic minerals. Sedimentary Geol. 69, 37-44.

Dahl J., Chen R.T., and Kaplan I.R. (1989) Alum Shale bitumen maturation and migration: Implications for Gotland's oil. Journ. of Petrol. Geol. 12, 465-476.

Venkatesan M.E. and Dahl J. (1989) Organic geochemical evidence for global fires at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary. Nature 338, 57-60.

Schmitz B., Andersson P., and Dahl J. (1988) Iridium, sulfur isotopes and rare earth elements in the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary clay at Stevns Klint, Denmark. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 52, 229-236.

Dahl J., Hallberg R., and Kaplan I.R. (1988) The effects of radioactive decay of uranium on elemental and isotopic ratios of Alum Shale kerogen. Applied Geochem. 3, 583-589.

Dahl J., Hallberg R., and Kaplan I.R. (1988) Effects of irradiation from uranium decay on extractable organic matter in the Alum Shales of Sweden. Org. Geochem. 12, 559-571.

Dahl, J. E., 1981, A study of the Carbon Cycle: Master's thesis, Rice University.

 

Contact Dr. Dahl at dahl@oiltracers.com