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Dr. Bongkeun Song
Institution : Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Department : Biological Sciences
Expertise : Algae Blooms, Biogeochemistry, Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Dead Zones, Ecology, Environmental Microbiology, Genomics/Genetics, Marine Microbiology, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Oysters, Sea Level Rise, Seagrass, Sediment, Water Quality, Water Treatment
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds
Research interests : HAB impacts on carbon and nitrogen cycles; importance of microbiomes on oyster function and health; metagenomics and bioinformatics; microplastic detection and quantification; novel microbial processes in subterranean estuary; diversity of denitrifying microbes (archaea, bacteria and fungi) in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems; microbial community responses on N2O emission; nitrogen removal in groundwater; anaerobic ammonium oxidation and denitrification
Email : songb@vims.edu
Web Address : www.vims.edu/research/departments/bio/people/faculty/song_bk.php