Faculty
Sairah Malkin
Assistant 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
- Front. Mar. Sci. 4: article 28 (in press)2017
- Geochem. Cosmic. Acta 172: 265-2862016
- In Aquatic Nutrient Biogeochemistry and Microbial Ecology: A Dual Perspective by P. Glibert and T. Kana (eds.)2016
- Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 112: 13278-132832016
- App. Environ. Microbiol. 81(3): 948-9562015
- ISME J. 8: 1843-18542014
Regularly Offered Courses
MEES 627 Environmental Geochemistry II
MEES 698A Aquatic Microbial Ecology
