Bess Ward
Position: Faculty
Title: William J. Sinclair Professor of Geosciences and the Princeton Environmental Institute. Chair, Department of Geosciences
Area(s):
- Biogeochemistry
- Biological Oceanography
- Microbiology
Contact Information:
Princeton University, Department of Geosciences
217 Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544. United States
Phone: +1 (609) 258-5150 Email: bbw@princeton.edu
Amal Jayakumar
Position: Research Staff
Title: Senior Professional Specialist, Geosciences
Area(s): Biogeochemistry
Research Focus: Microbially mediated nitrogen transformations in oceanic oxygen minimum zones
Contact Information:
Princeton University, Department of Geosciences
M45 Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544. United States
Phone: +1 (609) 258-6294
Email: ajayakum@princeton.edu
Joseph Vineis
Position: Research Staff
Title: Associate Professional Specialist
Area(s): Geochemistry
Research Focus:
Contact Information:
Princeton University, Department of Geosciences
Princeton, NJ 08544. United States
Phone:
Email: jv2474@princeton.edu
Samantha G. Fortin
Position: Research Staff
Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Contact Information:
Princeton University, Department of Geosciences
157 Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544. United States
Phone: +1 (609) 258-4674
Email: sf3033@princeton.edu
Jessica Lueders-Dumont
Position: Research Staff
Title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Contact Information:
Princeton University, Department of Geosciences
157 Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544. United States
Phone: +1 (609) 258-4674
Email: jl16@princeton.edu
Weiyi Tang
Position: Research Staff
Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Area(s):
- Nitrification
- Denitrification
- Anammox
Research summary: Weiyi Tang is interested in how nitrogen is supplied, transformed, and removed in the global ocean and how marine nitrogen cycle is connected to the carbon cycle and Earth’s climate. During his PhD, Weiyi developed and applied high-resolution observing methods, molecular techniques and machine learning algorithms to explore marine nitrogen fixation and its impact on marine productivity in the world’s ocean. Joining the Ward research group, Weiyi will study the broad nitrogen biogeochemical pathways in addition to nitrogen fixation (e.g. nitrification, denitrification, anammox).
Contact Information:
Princeton University, Department of Geosciences
157 Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544. United States
Phone: +1 (609) 258-4674
Email: weiyit@princeton.edu
Xianhui (Sean) Wan
Position: Research Staff
Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Area(s):
- Stable Isotope
- Nitrogen Cycle
- Nitrous Oxide
Research summary: My research focuses on the marine nitrogen and carbon cycles, particularly in microbe-phytoplankton interactions and nitrous oxide (N2O) production in different marine systems (from the eutrophic coastal zone to the oligotrophic open ocean). To disentangle complex C & N dynamics, I take advantage of multiple C, N and O stable isotope approaches (including both natural abundance and isotope labelling technique) to examine rates of C and N transformations. Main target of my research is to better understand the role of the ocean in regulating atmospheric CO2 and N2O during the intimate coupling of C & N cycles and how these processes respond to anthropogenic forcing and natural variabilities.
Contact Information:
Princeton University, Department of Geosciences
157 Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544. United States
Phone: +1 (313) 502 1768
Email: xianhuiw@princeton.edu
Website
Naomi Intrator
Position: Ph.D. Student
Title: Graduate Student
Contact Information:
Princeton University, Department of Geosciences
Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544. United States
Phone: +1 (609) 258-4674
Email: naomii@princeton.edu
Moriah A. Kunes
Position: Ph.D. Student
Title: Graduate Student
Area(s):
- Coral Symbionts
- Biological Oceanography
- Nitrogen Cycle
- Coral Reefs
Contact Information:
Princeton University, Department of Geosciences
Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544. United States
Phone: +1 (585) 727-7085
Email: mkunes@princeton.edu
Jenna Lee
Position: Ph.D. Student
Title: Graduate Student
Contact Information:
Princeton University, Department of Geosciences
157 Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544. United States
Phone: +1 (609) 258-4674
Email: jennaal@princeton.edu
John Tracey
Position: Ph.D. Student
Title: Graduate Student
Contact Information:
Princeton University, Department of Geosciences
158 Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544. United States
Phone: +1 (301) 520-2132
Email: jt16@princeton.edu
Current Undergraduates
Isabel Rodrigues '23
Mary-Rose Russo
Position: Administrative Staff
Title: Administrative Assistant, Geosciences
Contact Information:
Princeton University, Department of Geosciences
113 Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544. United States
Phone:+1 (609) 258-4101
Email: mrusso@princeton.edu
Former Group Members
Postdoctoral
Bonnie Chang
Sarah Fawcett *12
Claudia Frey
Graduate Students
Xin Sun *20
Andrew Babbin *14
Qixing "Jimmy" Ji *16
Nick Peng *16
Undergraduates
Elizabeth L. Wallace ’20
Katherine L. DuRussel ’19
Mitch (Yaakov) Garfin Mitchell ’19
Keo Z. Chan ’18
Henry M. Ogilby Jr. ’18
Atleigh Forden ’16
Owen L. Coyle '12