Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991
M.S., California Institute of Technology, 1985
B.S., University of California, Berkeley, 1983
My research interests focus on modeling and experimental investigation of microbial dynamics related to the processing of inorganic and organic material in aquatic and marine ecosystems, with a primary focus on estuarine and coastal systems. I am currently interested in employing mesocosm studies to aid the development of more robust aquatic biogeochemical models that will be incorporated into estuarine transport models to examine how material exported from watersheds supports estuarine communities or leads to eutrophication and other estuarine stresses. Other interests include modeling transport processes in estuaries and watersheds, data assimilation techniques, and examining ecosystem biogeochemistry as an optimized metabolic process.
