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Prof. Andrew R Babbin
Cecil and Ida Green Career Development Associate Professor of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Primary DLC
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
MIT Room:
54-1812
(617) 253-2181
babbin@mit.edu
http://bablab.mit.edu/
Research Summary
Andrew Babbin is a marine biogeochemist working on the nitrogen cycle, especially on the processes that return fixed nitrogen in the ocean back to nitrogen gas. This work is relevant, for instance, for understanding the controls on marine productivity and the ocean’s potential for storing carbon. Babbin has already made major contributions to this field, especially with regard to the contributions of anaerobic metabolisms in the ocean. He aims to expand his observational biogeochemical studies by using microfluidic devices to reproduce a variety of chemical conditions simultaneously and finely control the chemistry experienced by microbes.
Recent Work
Projects
April 30, 2024
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Sharks as Oceanographers
Principal Investigator
Andrew Babbin
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