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Jinjun Kan, Ph.D.

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Jinjun Kan, Ph.D.

Senior Research Scientist

  • Principal investigator, Microbiology Group.
  • Adjunct professor, Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania.
  • Adjunct professor, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware.

Contact

jkan@stroudcenter.org
tel. 610-910-0047
970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA 19311

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5331-380X

Interests and Expertise

Jinjun Kan’s interests include environmental microbiology and molecular microbial ecology of aquatic ecosystems, particularly freshwater and estuaries, with a focus on algal, bacterial, archaeal, and viral population dynamics, and interactions with local environments, including trophic interactions, nutrient cycling, and biogeochemistry.

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Education

  • Ph.D., environmental molecular microbiology/biotechnology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
  • M.S., ecology, First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao, China.
  • B.S., ecology and environmental sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.

Professional Experience

  • Senior research scientist, Stroud Water Research Center, 2024–present.
  • Associate research scientist, Stroud Water Research Center, 2017–2023.
  • Assistant research scientist, Stroud Water Research Center, 2010–2017.
  • Postdoctoral fellow, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 2006–2010.
  • Research assistant, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, College Park, Maryland, 2001–2006.
  • Research assistant, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 1999–2001.

Publications

Depth shapes microbiome assembly and network stability in the Mariana Trench

Li, Y., J. Kan, F. Liu, K. Lian, Y. Liang, H. Shao, A. McMinn, H. Wang, and M. Wang. 2024. Microbiology Spectrum 12(1): e02110-23.

Sediment-nitrogen (N) connectivity: Suspended sediments in streams as N exporters and reactors for denitrification and assimilatory N uptake during storms

Bisesh, J., E. Bacmeister, E. Peck, M. Peipoch, J. Kan, and S. Inamdar. 2023. Frontiers in Water 5: 1254225.

Spatial scale impacts microbial community composition and distribution within and across stream ecosystems in North and Central America

Bier, R.L., J.J. Mosher, L.A. Kaplan, and J. Kan. 2023. Environmental Microbiology 25(10): 1860–1874.

Mill dams impact microbiome structure and depth distribution in riparian sediments

Kan, J., E.K. Peck, L. Zgleszewski, M. Peipoch, and S. Inamdar. 2023. Frontiers in Microbiology 14: 1161043.

Assembly and network stability of planktonic microorganisms under the influence of salinity gradient: an Arctic case study from the Lena River estuary to the Laptev Sea

Liu, Q., L. Yan, H. Wang, G. Yang, J. Kan, et.al. 2023. Environmental Microbiology 11(2): e02115–22.

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Stroud Center Connects International Leaders with Freshwater Solutions

Stroud Water Research Center rolled out the red carpet for water systems experts from 23 countries who gathered to learn how to best protect their home countries' water resources.

Studying How Massive Storms Impact Water Quality

Big storm events deliver huge amounts of particulate materials, which contributes significantly to the total amount of nutrients in freshwater streams and rivers.

Study Will Investigate Storm Impacts on Fresh Water

The Stroud Center will measure the huge amount sediment-associated nitrogen flushed downstream during intense storms, and investigate what happens to it.

Sharing Our Science: Summer 2014

Stroud Center Scientists Attend International Conferences; Leaf Pack Network Science Hits the Road; 24 Hours, 55 Volunteers, 807 Species; Walking the Walk at Spring Creek Farms Field Day; Cultivating the Next Generation of Scientists.

UpStream Newsletter, December 2013

Stroud Center scientists find mayflies, whose presence indicates good water quality, are significantly affected by low levels of fracking wastewater.

UpStream Newsletter, April 2013

The River Continuum Concept remains the most often cited paper in its field. So, when Melinda Daniels, Ph.D., wrote “The River Discontinuum,” people noticed.
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