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
Social Media
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
Selected Research Projects
- CBET: The Role of Sunlight in Determining the Fate and Microbial Impact of Microplastics in Surface Waters
- – Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems
- Constraining the Source of Oceanic Dissolved Black Carbon Using Compound-Specific Stable Carbon Isotopes
- – Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
- RAPID: Extreme Water use Patterns and their Impact on the Microbial and Chemical Ecology of Drinking Water
- – Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- L. Zhu, S. Zhao, T.B. Bittar, A. Stubbins, D. Li Photochemical Dissolution of Buoyant Microplastics to Dissolved Organic Carbon: Rates and Microbial Impacts, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 383, 2020, 121065
- Stubbins, F. Guillemette, J.T. Van Stan II, Throughfall and Stemflow: The Crowning Headwaters of the Aquatic Carbon Cycle, Precipitation Partitioning by Vegetation, 2020, 121-132
- S. Wagner, J. Brandes, R.G. Spencer, K. Ma, S.Z. Rosengard, J.M.S. Moura, A. Stubbins, Isotopic Composition of Oceanic Dissolved Black Carbon Reveals Non-Riverine Source, Nature communications, 10(1), 2019, 1-8
- S. Wagner, J.H. Fair, S. Matt, J. Hosen, P. Raymond, J. Saiers, J. Shanley, T. Dittmar, A. Stubbins, Molecular Hysteresis: Hydrologically‐Driven Changes in Riverine Dissolved Organic Matter Chemistry during a Storm Event, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 124(4), 2019, 759-774
May 18, 2020
Effects of COVID-19 on Water Supply Usage
CEE Assistant Professor Ameet Pinto, MES/COS/CEE Associate Professor Aron Stubbins, and CEE Assistant Professor Kelsey Pieper were awarded a $200K NSF RAPID grant for “Extreme water use patterns and their impact on the microbial and chemical ecology of drinking water.”
Dec 02, 2019
Investigating the Source of Oceanic Black Carbon
COS/CEE Associate Professor Aron Stubbins is investigating the source of the black carbon located at the bottom of the oceans.
Nov 20, 2019
New Research Raises Questions About Global Carbon Cycle
COS/CEE Associate Professor Aron Stubbins’ article on “Isotopic composition of oceanic dissolved black carbon revels non-riverine source” was published in Nature Communications.
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.