Glendon Brian Hunsinger succesfully defended his PhD dissertation on April 16th, 2009.  Glendon did most of his work in the Hudson River.  Throughout his graduate career, he has been awarded not one, but two prestigious graduate fellowships:  a National Estuarine Research Reserve Fellowship as well as a US EPA Greater Research Opportunities Fellowship.

His work highlited the importance of river riparian zones in changing the composition of organic matter that is delivered to the main body of the river. Stay tuned for the publications resulting from his work.

Check out our recent article on the Discovery Channel Network.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/02/25/wildfire-drought-warming.html

My expertise lies in the field of Organic Geochemistry. One goal of our research group is to address questions about the composition of organic matter in coastal systems. Throughout geologic time, the transfer of carbon from the atmosphere to the geosphere by organic matter fixation has played a significant role in atmospheric carbon dioxide and oxygen levels, and hence, has affected the Earth’s climate. A main route of transfer of carbon from the atmosphere to the geosphere is by river discharge of terrestrial organic matter to coastal systems. So, we try to better understand the composition, flux, and fate of the types of organic molecules transported by rivers and buried in coastal environments.