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Anthony Aufdenkampe, Ph.D.

200 200 Stroud Water Research Center

Adjunct Research Scientist

Senior Research Scientist, LimnoTech

Interests and Expertise

  • Investigating the processes of organic matter cycling throughout watersheds — from soils to rivers to estuaries.
  • Elucidating the interplay between degradation and sorption processes in determining the composition and ultimate fate of organic matter within river systems.
  • Employing diverse analytical and experimental techniques to answer hypothesis-driven questions.
  • Synthesizing observation and theory into quantitative models of various types in order to guide new experiments and theory.

Education

  • Ph.D., Chemical Oceanography, University of Washington.
  • M.S., Chemical Oceanography, University of Washington.
  • B.A., Chemistry, Dartmouth College.

Professional Experience

  • Senior Research Scientist, LimnoTech, Oakdale, Minnesota.
  • Associate Research Scientist, Stroud Water Research Center, 2003–2016.
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Postdoctoral Fellow, NSF International Research Fellowship Program, 2002.

Publications

Enhanced source-water monitoring for New York City: summary and perspective

Sweeney, B.W., D.B. Arscott, C.L. Dow, J.G. Blaine, A.K. Aufdenkampe, T.L. Bott, J.K. Jackson, L.A. Kaplan, and J.D. Newbold. 2006. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25(4):1062–1067.

Measuring watershed health: training conservation planners how to use biophysical tools for monitoring streams in neo-tropical ecosystems

Sweeney, B.W., et al. 2006. Moore Foundation Peru Project Final Report. Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, Pennsylvania.

Young organic matter as a source of carbon dioxide outgassing from Amazonian rivers

Mayorga, E., A.K. Aufdenkampe, C.A. Masiello, A.V. Krusche, J.I. Hedges, P.D. Quay, and J.E. Richey. 2005. Nature 436(7050):538–541.

Efeitos das mudanças do uso da terra na biogeoquímica dos corpos d’água da bacia do rio Ji-Paraná Rondônia

Krusche, A.V., M.V.R. Ballester, R.L. Victoria, M.C. Bernardes, N.K. Leite, L. Hanada, R. Marcondes, D.dC. Victoria, A.M. Toledo, J.P. Ometto, M.Z. Moreira, B.M. Gomes, M.A. Bolson, S.G. Neto, N. Bonelli, L. Deegan, C. Neill, S. Thomas, A.K. Aufdenkampe, and J.E. Richey. 2005. Acta Amazônica 35(2):197–205.

Riverine organic matter composition as a function of land use changes, southwest Amazon

Bernardes, M.C., L.A. Martinelli, A.V. Krusche, J. Gudeman, M. Moreira, R.L. Victoria, J.P.H.B. Ometto, M.V.R. Ballester, A.K. Aufdenkampe, et al. 2004. Ecological Applications 14(4):S263–S279.

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