Title: Assistant Professor
Institution: Utah State University
Address: 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, Utah 84322
Email: derrick.vaughn@usu.edu
Phone: (765) 412-9882
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Research Interests: carbon cycling, carbon dioxide, methane, organic carbon, inorganic carbon, freshwater carbon cycling, coastal carbon cycling
Biographical Sketch:
I am an environmental biogeochemist, predominantly investigating the carbon cycle with a particular interest at the terrestrial-aquatic interface. I use geochemistry to investigate biogeochemical cycles within the critical zone over a range of disciplines (geochemistry, geology, hydrology) as well as spatial (local, regional, and global) and temporal (Pleistocene to modern) scales. This involves using a suite of analytical, experimental, and modeling techniques that link to worldwide efforts to better understand global changes in carbon cycling with global change. Specifically, I examine organic and inorganic carbon cycling within freshwater (e.g. rivers) and coastal ecosystems includes the release of greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O)
Education:
B.S. in Marine Science and Biology from the University of Miami, granted 2012
M.S. in Geology from Iowa State University, granted 2015
Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Florida, granted 2019
Postdoctoral Scholar in Oceanography at Florida State University, 2020-2022
Postdoctoral Scholar in Environmental Science at Yale University, 2022-2024