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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

Photochemical degradation of dissolved organic matter and dissolved lignin phenols from the Congo River

Spencer, R.G.M., A. Stubbins, P.J. Hernes, A. Baker, K. Mopper, A.K. Aufdenkampe, R.Y. Dyda, V.L. Mwamba, A.M. Mazedi, et al. 2009. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences 114:G03010.

Temporal dynamics of seston: a recurring nighttime peak and seasonal shifts in composition in a stream ecosystem

Richardson, D.C., L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, and A.K. Aufdenkampe. 2009. Limnology and Oceanography 54(1):344–354.

Water quality monitoring in the source water areas for New York City: an integrative watershed approach

Arscott, D.B., A.K. Aufdenkampe, T.L. Bott, C.L. Dow, J.K. Jackson, L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, and B.W. Sweeney. 2008. Final report on monitoring activities, 2000-2005. Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, Pennsylvania.

Fractionation of lignin during leaching and sorption and implications for organic matter “freshness”

Hernes, P.J., A.C. Robinson, and A.K. Aufdenkampe. 2007. Geophysical Research Letters 34:L17401.

Organic matter in the Peruvian headwaters of the Amazon: compositional evolution from the Andes to the lowland Amazon mainstem

Aufdenkampe, A.K., E. Mayorga, J.I. Hedges, C. Llerena, P.D. Quay, J. Gudeman, A.V. Krusche and J.E. Richey. 2007. Organic Geochemistry 38(3):337–364.

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