Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Understanding Ecosystems for a Sustainable Future

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Staff Profile

Spencer Washburn

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Labs

Microbial Ecology

WashburnS@si.edu

Phone

443-482-2389

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Expert Areas

mercury biogeochemistry

Biography

Education:

B.S. Environmental Science, University of Chicago, 2013

Ph.D. Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2018

Research Interests:

I am a biogeochemist with research interests focused on understanding the cycling of trace metal contaminants in natural systems, with a particular interest in mercury.

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