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Dr. Christopher Osburn

Assistant Professor

MEAS

NC State University
Raleigh, NC 27695

+1 919 515 0382
closburn@ncsu.edu

Ancillary field work in 2011 while sampling DOM in southeastern NC streams of the Neuse River Basin.

Overview:

I like muck...especially when it's dissolved in surface waters. We scientist-types call that dissolved organic matter (DOM) and I try to figure out:

What are its sources in natural waters?
What is its biological and chemical reactivity in natural waters?
What information does it contain about environmental processes?

In other words, I wish to understand the flux and cycling of DOM in surface waters, both fresh and salty. My research areas have included fresh and saline lakes, rivers, estuaries, and coastal shelves. Field sites have included: Chesapeake Bay, San Francisco Bay, Puget Sound, Gulf of Mexico, Baltic Sea, and Beaufort Sea.

These days, I'm getting to know NC and starting to love the Neuse River Basin and its Estuary in to Pamlico Sound. I might even be heading to Costa Rica...and New Zealand looks like a go in Nov 2012. Also trying to "afjord" a trip to Greenland in 2011.

I am actively recruiting undergraduate and graduate students in my fledgling group here at NC State.
If you are interested, please contact me: closburn@ncsu.edu.

UPDATES and ACTIVITIES:

Grad students presenting their research ... Congratulations to Jennifer Dickson-Brown (Osburn Lab PhD candidate) and Molly Mikan (Osburn Lab MS candidate) on a presentations at the Fourth IWA Specialty Conference on Natural Organic Matter, "From Source to Tap and Beyond"
Neuse River 319 Project Funded - Position available for PhD (possibly MS)
DOE Project Funded - Fully funded PhD position available!

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