Jacqueline Gerson
Assistant Professor, Biological and Environmental Engineering

Jacqueline Gerson studies how anthropogenic activities have altered the cycling of nutrients and contaminants through watersheds. As an Assistant Professor in BEE, she focuses on the fate, transport, and transformation of these elements and compounds within and between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. She is particularly interested in linked biogeochemical cycles within complex socioenvironmental systems. She also evaluates the implications of contaminants for the people and animals that live in these landscapes.
Education
- Ph.D. Ecology - Duke University
- M.S. Environmental Engineering Science - Syracuse University
- B.A. Biochemistry - Colgate University
Recent Research
Research Interests: biogeochemistry, contaminant fate and transport, nutrient cycling, water quality and sustainability.
Contact Information
316 Riley-Robb Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
jacqueline.gerson [at] cornell.edu
Jacqueline in the news

News
Researchers found that at low levels of mercury, selenium additions did seem to help mayfly larva from accumulating mercury. But at high mercury levels – the condition in which environmental remediation is most needed – selenium actually made...
- Biological and Environmental Engineering
- Water
- Ecosystems

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Wild fig tree rings offer a cheap method for tracking toxic atmospheric mercury, a byproduct of gold mining in the Global South.
- Biological and Environmental Engineering
- Environment
- Planet