CW CESU Experts in Biogeochemistry

CW CESU Experts in Biogeochemistry

Photo of Diana Oviedo-Vargas
Research Interests:   Coupled biogeochemical cycles, characterization of particulate and dissolved organic matter, greenhouse gas emissions from aquatic systems, effects on land use on water quantity and quality, contaminants of emerging concern such as PFAS and neonicotinoid pesticides.
Photo of Jeff Cornwell
Research Interests:   Estuarine biogeochemistry, freshwater biogeochemistry, wetland restoration, aquaculture, ecosystem services
Photo of Patrick Neale
Research Disciplines: Algae | Aquatic Ecology | Biogeochemistry
Research Interests:   Effects of Light on Living Organisms, particularly UV on Phytoplankton and Marine Microbiota, Long Term Variation of Incident UV, UV Transmittance of Natural Waters, Dynamics of Dissolved Organic Matter, Citizen Science approaches to monitoring water quality
Photo of Laura Lapham
Research Interests:   Sediment biogeochemistry, carbon cycling, methane, gas hydrates, stable isotope geochemistry, chromatography, methane in Arctic systems
Photo of Gurpal Toor
Research Disciplines: Biogeochemistry | Soils/Agronomy | Water Quality
Research Interests:   Water quality, nitrogen, phosphorus, watershed biogeochemistry, isotopes, agriculture, nutrient management, soil fertility
Photo of Patrick Megonigal
Research Disciplines: Biogeochemistry | Ecology | Wetlands
Research Interests:   Carbon and greenhouse gas cycling in wetlands and forests, plant-microbe processes and interactions that regulate methane dynamics, the stability of tidal wetlands faced with accelerated sea level rise, the responses of wetlands to elevated carbon dioxide, warming, nitrogen eutrophication, and invasive species.
Photo of Sean Sharp
Institution: Hood College
Research Interests:   greenhouse gas cycling, ecosystem ecology, soil-plant-atmosphere continuum, salt marshes, herbaceous wetlands, global change ecology, plant-microbe interactions, invasive species
Photo of Xin Zhang
Research Interests:   Sustainable nutrient management, nitrogen cycles, sustainable agriculture, food security, international trade, system resilience, green house gases emissions, bio-economic model
Photo of David Nelson
Research Interests:   Stable isotope ecology, Ecology and evolution of C4 grasses, Wind-wildlife interactions, Watershed biogeochemistry, Microbial biogeography
Photo of Jeremy Testa
Research Interests:   Eutrophication, numerical modeling, oxygen depletion, acidification, estuarine ecology