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