Aron Stubbins
Associate Professor,
Marine and Environmental Sciences
Jointly Appointed,
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Associate Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Contact
- a.stubbins@northeastern.edu
- Mailstop: 102 HT
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Office
- 110D MU
- 617.373.5872
Lab
- 107/108 MU
Research Focus
environmental chemistry; geochemistry; the carbon cycle; freshwater, coastal and ocean biogeochemistry; feedbacks between natural biogeochemical cycles and climate change; permafrost; black carbon; aquatic microplastics
Education
- PhD, Newcastle University, 2002
Research Overview
environmental chemistry; geochemistry; the carbon cycle; freshwater, coastal and ocean biogeochemistry; feedbacks between natural biogeochemical cycles and climate change; permafrost; black carbon; aquatic microplastics
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- D.H Howard, J.T.V. Stan, A. Whitetree, L. Zhu, A. Stubbins, Interstorm Variability in the Biolability of Tree-Derived Dissolved Organic Matter (Tree-DOM) in Throughfall and Stemflow, Forests, 9(5), 2018, 236
- J.T. Van Stan, A. Stubbins, Tree-DOM: Dissolved Organic Matter in Throughfall and Stemflow Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 3(3), 2018, 199-214
- S. Wagner, R. Jaffé and A. Stubbins, Dissolved Black Carbon in Aquatic Ecosystems, Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 3(3), 2018 168-185
- C. Li, P. Chen, S. Kang, F. Yan, L. Tripathee, G. Wu, A. Stubbins, Fossil Fuel Combustion Emission from South Asia Influences Precipitation Dissolved Organic Carbon Reaching the Remote Tibetan Plateau: Isotopic and Molecular Evidence, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123(11), 2018, 6248-6258
- M. Jennings , H. Abdulla, A. Stubbins, L. Sun, R. Wang, K. Mopper, A Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) Analyzer Capable of Detecting Sub-μM DOC Differences in Natural Fresh Waters: A Proof of Concept Study, Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 16(5), 2018, 309-321
Jul 30, 2019
Investigating if Sunlight Degrades Microplastics
COS/CEE Associate Professor Aron Stubbins, in collaboration with Kara Lavender Law from the Sea Education Association (SEA), is leading a $420K NSF grant for “The role of sunlight in determining the fate and microbial impact of microplastics in surface waters”.
Jun 07, 2019
Abd-Alla Receives Society of Women Engineers Boston Scholarship
BS/MS Environmental Engineering student Areeg Abd-Alla, E’22, received a 2019 Society of Women Engineers Boston Chapter Scholarship, an award given to women studying engineering and engineering technology.
Apr 09, 2019
FY20 TIER 1 Award Recipients
25 COE faculty and affiliates were recipients of FY20 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 18 different projects representing up to $900K dollars of investment in research.
Mar 29, 2018
Studying How Dissolved Organic Carbon is Effecting Climate Change
COS/CEE Associate Professor Aron Stubbins is studying how carbon moves off the land, such as in frozen permafrost, and into rivers, where it eventually gets converted into carbon dioxide—a greenhouse gas that’s causing global warming.
Jan 08, 2018
New Faculty Spotlight: Aron Stubbins
Aron Stubbins joins the Civil and Environmental Engineering department in January 2018 as an Associate Professor with a joint appointment in Marine and Environmental Sciences.