Thad Scott is a Professor of Biology at Baylor University. His research interests are in the coupled biogeochemical cycles of nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon in aquatic ecosystems. In particular, he is interested in modeling nitrogen fixation across multiple scales using the evolved stoichiometric constraints on diverse aquatic microorganisms.
Amy Marcarelli is a Professor of Biological Sciences at Michigan Technological University. Her research program aims to understand the role of small, poorly quantified fluxes (like nitrogen fixation) or perturbations on ecosystem processes, and to link ecosystem processes to the underlying structure of microbial, algal, macrophyte and animal communities. In 2015, she received an NSF CAREER award to study the spatial and temporal controls on nitrogen fixation and denitrification in riverine ecosystems across the United States.
Robinson W. (“Wally”) Fulweiler is a Professor at Boston University in the Department of Earth and Environment and the Department of Biology. She is an ecosystems ecologist and biogeochemist, whose research is focused on answering fundamental questions about energy flow and biogeochemical cycling of nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, and silica), carbon, and oxygen in a variety of environments. She is especially interested in how anthropogenic changes affect the ecology and elemental cycling of ecosystems on a variety of scales (i.e., local nutrient loading; regional/global climate change). She is deeply interested in understanding the role of nitrogen fixation in coastal habitats, the environmental controls of this process, and the biodiversity of nitrogen fixers.
Julian Damashek (he/him) is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Utica University. He is a microbial ecologist and biogeochemist who primarily studies urban rivers and estuaries using tools from field ecology, molecular biology, analytical chemistry, and bioinformatics. He also teaches undergraduate courses on ecology, aquatic biology, and bioinformatics.
Jason Taylor is a Research Ecologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. His research focuses on a wide variety of freshwater ecology and management topics including aquatic assemblage responses to nutrient enrichment and nitrogen cycling in freshwater ecosystems. He explores these topics within the context of agricultural management to understand how freshwater ecosystems function within agricultural landscapes.
Peter M. Groffman is a Professor at the City University of New York Advanced Science Research Center and Brooklyn College Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. He has research interests in ecosystem, soil, landscape and microbial ecology, with a focus on carbon and nitrogen dynamics.
Angela Knapp is an Assocaite Professor at Florida State University in the Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science. She studies the marine nitrogen cycle on a range of temporal and spatial scales, from physiological scales up to ocean-basin scale estimates of fluxes of nitrogen to the ocean based on the distribution of geochemical tracers. One theme of my research is quantifying the magnitudes and isotopic composition of the fluxes of nitrogen to the ocean, especially nitrogen fixation.
Hal Halvorson is an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department at the University of Central Arkansas. His research examines how freshwater ecosystems work and respond to environmental change, often rooted in concepts of ecological stoichiometry theory. He is fascinated by ecosystem processes like nutrient cycling, organic matter decomposition, trophic transfer, and their inter-relationships.
Robert Sterner is a Professor of Biology and Director of the Large Lakes Observatory at the University of Minnesota Duluth. His work on the N cycle has been motivated mainly by incorporating linkages of N with other element cycles in helping to establish ecological stoichiometry as a thriving discipline. Managerial expertise in addition to his current Director job at LLO included Head of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at the University of Minnesota and Director of the Division of Environmental Biology at NSF. He is active in one other RCN at the moment.
Sasha Reed is a biogeochemist for the U.S. Geological Survey and her research is focused on understanding how our planet's ecosystems work, what factors determine the services they provide, and how the structure and function of ecosystems respond to change. The study sites and methods Sasha uses are diverse, but with each of her projects she strives to provide scientific information that helps our species address challenges, solve problems, and maximize opportunities. Sasha is particularly interested in research that crosses scientific disciplines and social boundaries and that puts high-quality data into the hands of those who can use them.
John Harrison is currently the Edward R. Meyer Distinguished Professor of Environmental Science in Washington State University’s School of the Environment. His research and teaching efforts center primarily on sources, transport, transformations, fate, and impacts of nutrients and carbon in a watershed context, with a recent focus on the role of dams and reservoirs on nutrient transport and greenhouse gas emission. He holds a B.S. in Biology from Brown University and a Ph.D. in Geological and Environmental Sciences from Stanford University.
Emily Stanley is a Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is an ecosystem ecologist interested in carbon and nitrogen cycling and greenhouse gas dynamics in streams and lakes. She is the lead PI of the North Temperate Lakes Long-Term Ecological Research program.
Megan Berberich is a research scientist at Michigan Technological University working directly with the Aquatic Nitrogen Fixation Research Coordination Network. Her background is in biogeochemistry and ecosystem ecology in freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems. She is interested in carbon and nitrogen cycling, greenhouse gas dynamics, and microbial communities involved in nutrient cycling. Megan enjoys working on collaborative research projects aimed at improving our understanding of ecosystem processes.
Amy Marcarelli is a Professor of Biological Sciences at Michigan Technological University. Her research program aims to understand the role of small, poorly quantified fluxes (like nitrogen fixation) or perturbations on ecosystem processes, and to link ecosystem processes to the underlying structure of microbial, algal, macrophyte and animal communities. In 2015, she received an NSF CAREER award to study the spatial and temporal controls on nitrogen fixation and denitrification in riverine ecosystems across the United States.
Robinson W. (“Wally”) Fulweiler is a Professor at Boston University in the Department of Earth and Environment and the Department of Biology. She is an ecosystems ecologist and biogeochemist, whose research is focused on answering fundamental questions about energy flow and biogeochemical cycling of nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, and silica), carbon, and oxygen in a variety of environments. She is especially interested in how anthropogenic changes affect the ecology and elemental cycling of ecosystems on a variety of scales (i.e., local nutrient loading; regional/global climate change). She is deeply interested in understanding the role of nitrogen fixation in coastal habitats, the environmental controls of this process, and the biodiversity of nitrogen fixers.
Julian Damashek (he/him) is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Utica University. He is a microbial ecologist and biogeochemist who primarily studies urban rivers and estuaries using tools from field ecology, molecular biology, analytical chemistry, and bioinformatics. He also teaches undergraduate courses on ecology, aquatic biology, and bioinformatics.
Jason Taylor is a Research Ecologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. His research focuses on a wide variety of freshwater ecology and management topics including aquatic assemblage responses to nutrient enrichment and nitrogen cycling in freshwater ecosystems. He explores these topics within the context of agricultural management to understand how freshwater ecosystems function within agricultural landscapes.
Peter M. Groffman is a Professor at the City University of New York Advanced Science Research Center and Brooklyn College Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. He has research interests in ecosystem, soil, landscape and microbial ecology, with a focus on carbon and nitrogen dynamics.
Angela Knapp is an Assocaite Professor at Florida State University in the Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science. She studies the marine nitrogen cycle on a range of temporal and spatial scales, from physiological scales up to ocean-basin scale estimates of fluxes of nitrogen to the ocean based on the distribution of geochemical tracers. One theme of my research is quantifying the magnitudes and isotopic composition of the fluxes of nitrogen to the ocean, especially nitrogen fixation.
Hal Halvorson is an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department at the University of Central Arkansas. His research examines how freshwater ecosystems work and respond to environmental change, often rooted in concepts of ecological stoichiometry theory. He is fascinated by ecosystem processes like nutrient cycling, organic matter decomposition, trophic transfer, and their inter-relationships.
Robert Sterner is a Professor of Biology and Director of the Large Lakes Observatory at the University of Minnesota Duluth. His work on the N cycle has been motivated mainly by incorporating linkages of N with other element cycles in helping to establish ecological stoichiometry as a thriving discipline. Managerial expertise in addition to his current Director job at LLO included Head of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at the University of Minnesota and Director of the Division of Environmental Biology at NSF. He is active in one other RCN at the moment.
Sasha Reed is a biogeochemist for the U.S. Geological Survey and her research is focused on understanding how our planet's ecosystems work, what factors determine the services they provide, and how the structure and function of ecosystems respond to change. The study sites and methods Sasha uses are diverse, but with each of her projects she strives to provide scientific information that helps our species address challenges, solve problems, and maximize opportunities. Sasha is particularly interested in research that crosses scientific disciplines and social boundaries and that puts high-quality data into the hands of those who can use them.
John Harrison is currently the Edward R. Meyer Distinguished Professor of Environmental Science in Washington State University’s School of the Environment. His research and teaching efforts center primarily on sources, transport, transformations, fate, and impacts of nutrients and carbon in a watershed context, with a recent focus on the role of dams and reservoirs on nutrient transport and greenhouse gas emission. He holds a B.S. in Biology from Brown University and a Ph.D. in Geological and Environmental Sciences from Stanford University.
Emily Stanley is a Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is an ecosystem ecologist interested in carbon and nitrogen cycling and greenhouse gas dynamics in streams and lakes. She is the lead PI of the North Temperate Lakes Long-Term Ecological Research program.
Megan Berberich is a research scientist at Michigan Technological University working directly with the Aquatic Nitrogen Fixation Research Coordination Network. Her background is in biogeochemistry and ecosystem ecology in freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems. She is interested in carbon and nitrogen cycling, greenhouse gas dynamics, and microbial communities involved in nutrient cycling. Megan enjoys working on collaborative research projects aimed at improving our understanding of ecosystem processes.