Research Experience for Undergraduates

Matthew Charette

Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA.

My research interests revolve around topics relating to groundwater discharge to estuaries and coastal ocean. In my lab, we use a suite of naturally-occurring geochemical tracers (radium isotopes, radon) to quantify the input of groundwater and associated contaminants (e.g. nutrients, trace metals) to estuaries. Whenever possible, we use the latest technology to address this issue; this has led us to develop submersible sensors for detecting groundwater flow along the shoreline. Potential topics include:

Quantifying trace metal and nutrient inputs to estuarines and the coastal ocean
Nitrogen removal pathways in coastal sediments
Bivalve shells as environmental indicators of water column chemistry (e.g. trace metals) over time

To learn more about my research, visit my lab website at: http://www.whoi.edu/science/MCG/groundwater/index.htm

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