Biogeochemistry

Biogeochemists study the cycling of matter of all types. LLO's biogeochemical research includes organic and inorganic matter over time scales from short to long, and it relies on a substantial infrastructure of analytical instrumentation together with skilled technical professionals who work with instruments of many types.

LLO Biogeochemistry Faculty

  • Erik Brown, Inorganic geochemistry, Carbon cycling, Sediment diagenesis
  • Sergei Katsev, Sediment biogeochemistry, reaction-transport modeling, carbon and nutrient cycling, coupled physical-chemical dynamics
  • Elizabeth Minor, Carbon cycling, Chemical and isotopic characterization of aquatic carbon pools.
  • Ted Ozersky, Nutrients, Contaminant cycling
  • Kathryn Schreiner, Organic geochemistry, Carbon cycle Biogeochemistry, Paleoecology.
  • Cody Sheik, Geomicrobiology, Microbial ecology, Anaerobic microbiology.
  • Robert Sterner, Nutrients, Carbon, Stoichiometry

Research Associates and Adjunct Faculty