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 developing more robust aquatic biogeochemical models to be incorporated
into estuarine transport models. Other interests include modeling transport
processes in watersheds, data assimilation techniques, and examining ecosystem
biogeochemistry as an optimized metabolic process. Possible projects include:
Development, calibration and validation of aquatic
and benthic food web/biogeochemistry models and estuarine transport models
Calibration and validation of watershed biogeochemistry
models
Small-scale (i.e., microcosm) experiments to
facilitate development of more robust aquatic/benthic food web models
Use of whole system, real-time, observations
to improve model forecasting (i.e., data assimilation)
Mathematical development and implementation
(programming and experiments) of models that describe ecosystem biogeochemistry
as a metabolic process
