Sediment Biogeochemistry Research Group Professor David Burdige, Principal Investigator   .   My home page Publications Research facilities Pictures    KPIG   WFUV Close this window A variety of research activities are carried in my lab. Broadly, these fall under the category of biogeochemical processes in estuarine and marine sediments. Current research activities focus on: Tracing the transformations of dissolved organic carbon in continental margin sediments using natural carbon isotopes, The role of submarine groundwater discharge in the oceanic Nd budget, Dissolved organic matter (DOM) cycling in northern latitude peatbogs and its role in methane fluxes, Shallow water sediment carbonate dissolution and sediment-carbonate seagrass interactions, Organomineralization and carbonate mineral diagenesis. Past research activities have included studies of: Manganese and iron redox chemistry, The biogeochemistry and organic geochemistry of amino acids, aliphatic amines and carbohydrates in marine sediments, Fluorescence of pore water DOM, Fluxes of DOM from marine sediments, The cycling and reactivity of DOM in sediments, The kinetics of organic matter remineralization and nutrient regeneration in sediments, Trace metal complexation in sediment pore waters, its role in controlling trace metal benthic fluxes, and the role of sediments as sources of trace metal complexing ligands, Modeling of sediment biogeochemical processes. Field work on these projects is (and has been) carried out in: Chesapeake Bay, Elizabeth River estuary, The mid-Atlantic continental shelf, Carbonate sediments in the Bahamas near Lee Stocking Island, The California continental margin between Los Angeles and Monterey. Pettasquamscutt River, Rhode Island. Click here to see some pictures from past field projects Current Lab Personnel: Professor David Burdige (see my biography here) Ms. Malee Jinuntuya, PhD student Ms. Amy Pitts, MS student Mr. Zachery Howerton, MS student For more information see the links below:    Information about equipment in my lab A list of my publications Information about graduate studies in OEAS at ODU Prospective graduate students interested in working in my research group should also contact me by email (dburdige@odu.edu) (last up-date 3/10)