Expertise

We are currently investigating the impact of oil spills on nitrogen cycling in nearshore marine ecosystems as well as the role of different marsh vegetation types on nitrogen cycling.

We study biogeochemical cycles in terrestrial and marine ecosystems, with a particular emphasis on how naturally occurring perturbation and anthropogenic activities are impacting the transformations of Carbon and Nitrogen.


Expertise:Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Conservation Biology

We study coastal biogeochemistry, focusing on the impact of natural and human-induced stressors in near-shore ecosystems.

Affiliations

School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, College of Agriculture, Auburn University

Affiliate Faculty, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Alabama

Past Affiliations

Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Alabama (past)
2017

Chair, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Alabama (past)
2018

Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Alabama (past)

Communities
Biological Science
Degrees
PhD, Florida State University, Biological Oceanography, 1998
MSc, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France, Biological Oceanography, 1992
BS, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France, Marine Ecology, 1991
Keywords
nitrogen cycling denitrification estuaries stable isotopes hydrocarbons marsh restoration eutrophication