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Our lab focuses on studying trace metals in the marine environment- "trace" because they are in very low concentrations in the open ocean. Metals can both essential nutrients at low levels in the ocean, or sometimes toxic to microorganisms in coastal environments.

Projects

We have projects focusing on measuring the distributions of metals in vastly different environments- from the "desert-like" reaches of the North Pacific near Hawaii to the harsh but biologically productive Southern Ocean near Antarctica.

 

New Students

The Bundy lab is not currently accepting new students, but email if interested. Learn how to apply for a PhD or Master's program, or to learn more about getting involved in the School of Oceanography at the University of Washington.

 

ABOUT

Our lab studies how metals like iron, copper, nickel and cobalt cycle in the ocean. These metals are important nutrients for phytoplankton in the open ocean, but some of them can be toxic at high concentrations in coastal environments, like bays or marinas. It is important to characterize the distributions and cycling of these metals in order to understand and predict how phytoplankton and bacteria will grow.

All of these metals are however, associated with organic molecules in the marine environment which bind them tightly and affect how they cycle; how microorganisms can take them up, and how reactive they are in seawater. We are interested in characterizing these compounds, using voltammetric and mass-spectrometry based approaches, in order to determine which metal-ligand compounds are most available to phytoplankton and bacteria, and how these compounds impact the biogeochemical cycles of metals in seawater.

CONTACT

1495 NE Boat Street, Rm 411

Seattle, WA 98105

rbundy@uw.edu

(206) 543-8966

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