Research in our laboratory is focused on understanding how human activities such as climate change and land use alterations alter ecosystem function. We’re especially interested in how coastal ecosystems will be impacted, and the response of microbial communities to climate change and the resultant alterations to ecosystem function driven by microbial community shifts.

Explore our research projects here:

Coupling Microbial Populations and Community Compositions to Biogeochemical Rates Under a Changing Climate

Integrating the Effects of Sea Level Rise and Salt Water Intrusion on Tidal Freshwater Marsh Stability

Land Use Change and Delivery of Nutrients and Pollutants to Rivers and Coastal Waters