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    • Manuel Colombo

    Assistant Professor

    Email: mcolombo@vims.edu
    Phone: (804) 684-7943
    Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 322
    Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
    Research Interests: Chemical Oceanography, Biogeochemistry, Trace Elements, Organic Geochemistry, Environmental Chemistry
    Lab Website: Biogeochemistry Across Boundaries

    Education

    • BSc, Biology, National University of La Plata, 2012
    • Ph.D., Oceanography, The University of British Columbia, 2019

    Research Interests

    I am a broadly trained biogeochemist and oceanographer, who combines cross-disciplinary expertise and knowledge in the fields of organic and trace element geochemistry. My primary research interests are the study of organic carbon (OC), nitrogen, lipid biomarkers and trace elements (TEs) in rivers, estuaries and marine environments. The geochemistry of OC and that of TEs in the coastal domain and open ocean are deeply interlinked, from their sources and sinks (e.g. river outflow, primary production, remineralization of sinking particles) to the internal cycling controlling their distributions. Thereby, I integrate sampling, analytical techniques and data analysis from the TEs and OC realms to gain a comprehensive understating of their cycling, fluxes, source to sink characterization and their role in the ecosystem.