Area of Expertise
Wetland Biogeochemistry
Education
  • Ph.D. in Soil and Water Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A., 1999
  • M.S. in Coastal Zone Management, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida, U.S.A., 1993
  • M.S. in Geological Oceanography, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida, U.S.A., 1992
  • B.S. in Geology, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, U.S.A., 1988

Assistant Professor

Biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen and phosphorus in aquatic systems including coastal and freshwater wetlands, estuaries and lake sediments, treatment performance of constructed wetlands for nutrients and pharmaceuticals removal, dynamics of internal nutrient loading, microbial-mediated nutrient transformations, and plant-nutrient dynamics.

- Integrated Laboratory and Field Studies on effects of Oil on Key Wetland Soil/Sediment Biogeochemical Processes (Year One Block Grant - Louisiana State University, Role: Co-Principal Investigator)