Knowledge Core GmbH (LLC) develops laboratory hardware equipment to achieve precise subsample volumes of sediments and soils. Preparing samples is a crucial step for generating the data to characterise our ecosystems, establish environmental baselines, and to monitor the impacts of land use and climate changes.
Work with us when you are interested in laboratory hardware and equipment for processing lake sediment and soil samples in your lab. See testimonials from lab users of our tools here.
Recent deliverables:
Courtney-Mustaphi CJ, Githumbi EN, Shoemaker A, Aleman J, Munishi L, Itambu MP, Lapellegerie P, Bailey-Neale K, Marchant R, Lane P. in press. Palaeoenvironmental radiocarbon dates for environmental change and land use research across eastern Africa: an updated open access data set. Paleoecology of Africa 36. Data: http://dx.doi.org/10.7910/DVN/NJLNRJ
Anderson TM, Hempson GP, Donaldson J, Beale CM, te Beest M, Courtney-Mustaphi C, Cromsigt JPGM, Foy C, Fynn R, Hanan N, Keoikantse S, Parr K, Probert J, le Roux L, Smit IPJ, Staver AC, Archibald S. 2025. Identifying ecological knowledge and research gaps via the African Database on Savanna Protected Areas (ADSPA). Diversity and Distributions 31(11): e70123. [CC BY 4.0 Open Access] Data: https://osf.io/xfcb7/ [Apache 2.0 license] Code: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.9ghx3ffxp
Courtney Mustaphi CJ, Camara-Brugger SO, Chellman NJ, Muñoz S, Kariuki R, Damber M, Shoemaker A, Ekblom A, Munishi L, Lane P, Marchant R, Heiri O. 2025. Multiple paleofire proxy metrics from tropical lake sediment and soil in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem. The Holocene 35(9): 926–936. [CC BY 4.0 Open Access] Data: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/S4ILZT
Courtney Mustaphi CJ, Platts PJ, Willcock S, Timberlake JR, Osborne J, Matimele H, Summer Osgood H, Muiruri V, Gehrels M, Bayliss J, Marchant R. 2025. Tree demographics and soil charcoal evidence of fire disturbances in an inaccessible forest atop the Mount Lico inselberg, Mozambique. Plants, People, Planet 7(1): 229–244. [CC BY 4.0 Open Access] Data: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/EZIWDT Video context: [YouTube]
Courtney Mustaphi CJ, Camara-Brugger SO, Ekblom A, Munishi L, Kariuki R, Shoemaker A, Lane P, Marchant R. 2025. Multiporate Poaceae pollen grains observed in the recent fossil record from the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem and Lake Victoria region. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 333: 105240. Data: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JGZTIK
Ngoepe N, Mwaiko S, Kishe MA, Wienhues G, Temoltzin-Loranca Y, King L, Courtney Mustaphi C, Grosjean M, Tinner W, Matthews B, Vogel H, Heiri H, Jemmi E, Lürig MD, Winther Pedersen M, Seehausen O, Muschick M. 2025. Fossil evidence for trait diversification in an adaptive radiation. Scientific Reports 15: 38824. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-23186-6