Educational Background

Ph.D. - Johns Hopkins University, 1997
M.A. - Johns Hopkins University, 1995
B.A. - Washington University at St. Louis, 1992 

Research Specializations

Biogeochemistry of Aquatic Environments
Mineral-Water Interface Geochemistry

Ongoing Projects

2004-2009        “CAREER: Generation of sediment heterogeneity by macrophytes and macrofauna and consequences for redox chemistry and trace metal speciation”, National Science Foundation, CAREER program, $471,285, sole PI

2004-2006        American Chemical Society-Petroleum Research Funding (ACS-PRF) Type G, ‘Trace Metal Speciation Surrounding Macrofaunal Burrows: Implications for enhanced solute transport and organic matter degradation in modern and ancient sedimentary systems.’ $35,000, sole PI

Courses Taught

Geol 335 - Mineralogy
Geol 301 - Rocks and Minerals
Geol 610 - Geochemistry

Selected Publications [5]

1. Koretsky C.M., Meile C., and Van Cappellen P. (2004) Modeling biologically induced solute transport in aquatic sediments: bioirrigation and microbes. Invited Submission to: Interactions Between Macro- and Microorganisms in Aquatic Sediments. Koska J., Kristensen E. and Haese R., eds., accepted.


2. Koretsky C.M., Moore C., DiChristina T.J., Van Cappellen P., Meile C., Lowe K.L., Viollier E., and Kostka J.E. (2004) Salt marsh pore water geochemistry does not correlate with microbial community structure. Estuarine, Coastal & Shelf Science, in press.


3. Koretsky C.M., Moore C., Lowe K., Meile C., DiChristina T.J., and Van Cappellen P. (2003) Season oscillations of microbial iron and sulfate reduction in saltmarsh sediments (Sapelo Island, GA, USA). Biogeochemistry 64, 179-203.


4. Koretsky C.M., Meile C. and Van Cappellen P. (2002) Quantifying bioirrigation using ecological parameters: a stochastic approach. Geochemical Transactions (special issue), 3, 17-30


5. Koretsky C.M. (2000) The significance of surface complexation reactions in hydrologic systems: a geochemist’s perspective. Journal of Hydrology 230, 127-171.