| Institution: | University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science |
| Department: | Horn Point Laboratory (HPL) |
| Expertise: | Biogeochemistry, Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Dead Zones, Ecology, Environmental Microbiology, Marine Microbiology, Methane Cycling, Nutrient Cycling, Seagrass, Sediment |
| Chesapeake Management Areas: | Vital Habitats, Water Quality |
| Research interests: | My research aims to better quantify and predict rates and pathways of biogeochemical cycling in aquatic systems, integrating tools from aquatic geochemistry and microbial ecology. A main theme of my research is to better understand carbon and nutrient processing through benthic pathways in aquatic ecosystems, with a particular interest in sulfur oxidizing bacteria in aquatic sediments. |
| Email: | smalkin@umces.edu |
| Web Address: | www.umces.edu/sairah-malkin |
