Faculty
Sairah Malkin
Associate Professor
Horn Point Laboratory
Bio
My research aims to better quantify and predict rates and pathways of geochemical cycling in aquatic systems, integrating tools from aquatic geochemistry and microbial ecology. A main theme of my research is to better understand carbon and nutrient processing through benthic pathways in aquatic ecosystems, with a particular interest in sulfur oxidizing bacteria in aquatic sediments.
Areas of Expertise
- Aquatic biogeochemistry and microbial ecology
- Benthic-pelagic coupling in coastal marine and lake environments
- Ecology of sulfur oxidizing bacteria
Education
- University of Waterloo, Canada, 2008, Ph.D., Biology
- University of Waterloo, Canada, 2002, M.S., Biology
- McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1998, B.S., Biology
Recent Publications
- Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 374: 51-712024
- Est. Coast. Shelf Sci. 297: 1086152024
- J. Great Lakes Res. 49: 1111-11222023
- JGR: Biogeosciences 128: e2022JG0073242023
- Environmental Microbiology. 42: 6348–6364.2022
- Limnology and Oceanography 67: 1357–1373.2022
- Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 112: 13278-132832016
Regularly Offered Courses
MEES 627 Biogeochemistry
MEES 698A Aquatic Microbial Ecology
