Welcome to the Aquatic Biogeochemistry Lab
We study the fate of carbon along the terrestrial-aquatic continuum, and how this is changing with land use, climate, and restoration. In the lab, we use isotope and organic geochemistry approaches alongside lab-based experiments to understand how and why organic carbon undergoes degradation. In the field, we work collaboratively to monitor water chemistry, hydrology, and meteorology. Together, these approaches allow us to quantify
rates of carbon degradation in the environment and better predict how greenhouse gas emissions may change in the future.
Research Areas
Our research spans ecosystem types (wetlands to streams to the coast) and latitudes (from the Arctic to the tropics)
to understand the fate of carbon in the ecosystems most vulnerable to change and with the potential to impact global carbon cycling. We study how organic carbon chemistry, abiotic pathways, and microbes all contribute to the degradation of organic carbon and combine novel experimental approaches with field monitoring to best translate lab-based results to rates in the environment.
