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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

Arsenic and mercury distribution in an aquatic food chain: importance of femtoplankton and picoplankton filtration fractions

Alowaifeer, A.M., S. Clingenpeel, J. Kan, P.E. Bigelow, M. Yoshinaga, B. Bothner, and T.R. McDermott. 2023. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 42(1): 225–241.

Saturated, suffocated, and salty: human legacies produce hot spots of nitrogen in riparian zones

Inamdar, S.P., E.K. Peck, M. Peipoch, A.J. Gold, et.al. 2022. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 127 (12): e2022JG007138.

Deciphering the diversity and distribution of chromophytic phytoplankton in the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea via RuBisCO genes (rbcL)

Pujariabe, L., J. Kan, Y. Xin, G. Zhang, M.A. Noman, S. Nilajkar, and J. Sun. 2022. Marine Pollution Bulletin 184: 114193.

Stream nitrogen uptake associated with suspended sediments: a microcosm study

Bacmeister, E., E. Peck, S. Bernasconi, S. Inamdar, J. Kan, and M. Peipoch. 2022. Frontiers in Environmental Science 10: 1043638.

Coupled dynamics of aqueous biogeochemistry in contrasting floodplain environments: implications for Critical Zone carbon sequestration along redox gradients

Lazareva, O., J. Kan, C. Chen, and D.L. Sparks. 2022. Applied Geochemistry 145: 105413.

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UpStream Newsletter, Summer 2012

The board of directors cut the ribbon on a new building for environmental education and public outreach that models sustainable practices for managing water.

UpStream Newsletter, Fall 2011

Gone Fishin’: Evaluating the Threat of Agricultural Contaminants in the Río Sierpe This article has moved. The Magic of Revealing the Mysteries of Metaecosystems By Diane Huskinson Abracadabra “Any sufficiently

Stroud Center Awarded Grant to Study Meta-Ecosystems

Scientists are using new knowledge to provide an update of the River Continuum Concept and develop a broad model of carbon cycling.

UpStream Newsletter, Summer 2011

The difference between the organic materials that enter and leave a river system tells us how the river affects greenhouse gases.

UpStream Newsletter, Spring 2010

Yellowstone Lake is the subject of exciting research by Jinjun Kan, the microbial ecologist who will join the Stroud Water Research Center in the spring.
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