Faculty
Resident Scientists
Anne E. Giblin, Interim Director, Senior Scientist
Interests: Biogeochemistry; N, P, S and metal cycling in aquatic and wetland ecosystems; conducts research in Boston Harbor, Arctic LTER at Toolik Lake, Alaska, and in tropical watersheds and mangroves in Panama. Lead principal investigator Plum Island (MA) LTER
Zoe G. Cardon, Senior Scientist
Interests: To understand how biogeochemical cycles have dramatically affected, and been dramatically affected by, evolutionary changes in the anatomy and physiology of organisms on Earth, and by the ecological interplay of those organisms above- and below-ground in complex mutualisms, symbioses and food webs.
John E. Hobbie, Distinguished Scientist
Interests: Microbial ecology of aquatic ecosystems, mycorrhizae in soils, stable isotopes;conducts research at Arctic LTER in Toolik, Alaska.
Jerry M. Melillo, Distinguished Scientist
Interests: Understanding impacts of human activities on the biogeochemistry of ecological systems using a combination of field studies and simulation modeling; conducts research at Harvard Forest LTER.
Bruce J. Peterson, Senior Scientist Emeritus
Interests: Water balance in Arctic and Siberian rivers, abrupt climate change, aquatic biogeochemistry, stable isotopes, element cycling; conducts research at Arctic and Plum Island LTER sites and Russia
Edward B. Rastetter, Senior Scientist
Interests: Mathematical land computer simulation of ecosystem element cycles and climate effects, multiple element limitation.
Gaius R. Shaver, Senior Scientist Emeritus
Interests: Physiological ecology of plants, role of plant species in Arctic ecosystem function, climate change; lead principal investigator at Arctic LTER.
Paul A. Steudler, Senior Research Scientist Emeritus
Interests: The responses of temperate and tropical forest ecosystems to disturbance.
Jianwu Tang, Associate Scientist
Interests: Plant-soil interactions, measuring and modeling element cycling and respiration in soils, climate change.
Ivan Valiela, Distinguished Scientist
Interests: Function, structure and controls on coastal ecosystems, land-sea couplings, impacts of urbanization and deforestation on coastal ecosystems, management of coastal environments, international environmental policy.
Joseph J. Vallino, Senior Scientist
Interests: Mathematical simulation of microbial dynamics, coupled physical-biological models of estuaries, ecological engineering; conducts research at Plum Island LTER and Waquoit Bay.
Staff Scientists
Inke Forbrich, Research Scientist
Interests: Ecosystem-atmosphere exchange of trace gases (water, carbon dioxide, methane) and its biological and environmental controls.
Javier Lloret, Research Scientist
Interests: Fundamental issues as to potential couplings between processes taking place at different scales of ecological organization, and how multiple stressors at local, regional, and global scales determine the complex responses of marine organisms to environmental changes.
Rut Pedrosa Pàmies, Research Scientist
Interests: Cycling of elements in the environment, especially the biogeochemistry of carbon.
Elena Lopez Peredo, Research Scientist
Interests: Adaptions associated with shifts between terrestrial and aquatic lifestyles during plant evolution.
MBL Fellows
Maureen H. Conte, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences
Interests: Multi-disciplinary research on ocean and terrestrial carbon cycle processes using a variety of geochemical and isotopic techniques.
Linda A. Deegan, Woods Hole Research Center
Interests: Role of animals in ecosystems, stable isotopes and food webs; conducts research on Brazilian streams and at Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites at Plum Island (MA) and the Arctic.
Robert Howarth, Cornell University
Interests: Biogeochemistry and ecosystem science, applied to a wide variety of both theoretical and practical questions.
Christopher Neill, Woods Hole Research Center
Interests: Forest and grassland biogeochemistry, conservation biology; coastal plain ponds and grassland restoration on Martha’s Vineyard (MA) and deforestation in Brazil.
