Jennifer Cherrier

Professor
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Brooklyn College
United Kingdom

Biography

Jennifer Cherrier is an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Brooklyn College-CUNY where she teaches and advises students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Her research is both basic and applied, primarily focusing on microbial cycling and flux of carbon and nitrogen in aquatic systems. She is also interested in understanding how human stressors impact aquatic environments and in identifying solutions to offset these impacts, particularly as it pertains to water resource sustainability. Her research group has developed a novel 'blue' technology (eco-WEIRTM, patent pending) that augments green infrastructure to both maximize stormwater-related pollutant removal efficiency as well as allow for water storage and reuse. Cherrier is the inaugural Editor-in-Chief for Limnology and Oceanography e-Lectures and is a Leopold Leadership Fellow for Sustainability as well as a National Academy of Sciences Frontiers of Science Kalvi Fellow.

Research Intrest

Biogeochemistry of aquatic environments with emphasis on carbon and nitrogen cycling and flux; aquatic microbial ecology; harmful algal blooms; natural solutions for offsetting pollutant loading to aquatic systems; water resource sustainability; urban ecology, hydrocarbon bioremediation; coastal zone management; science communication