Jacqueline Gerson

I am an assistant professor in earth and environmental sciences at Michigan State University. I earned a PhD in ecology at Duke University and a Master's in environmental engineering science at Syracuse University.

I study how anthropogenic activities have altered the cycling of nutrients and contaminants through watersheds, with a focus on linked biogeochemical cycles within socioenvironmental systems. I examine the fate, transport, and transformation of these elements and compounds within and between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. I also evaluate the implications this has for the people and animals that live in these landscapes.