Bongkeun Song
Professor of Marine Science; Chair, Ecosystem Health
Email:
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Phone:
(804) 684-7411
Office:
Andrews Hall 332
Section:
Ecosystem Health
Interests:
Microbiome ecology and biogeochemistry
Fax:
(804) 684-7399
Education
- B.S., Agriculture Biology, Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea, 1994
- M.S., Environmental Science, Rutgers the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1997
- Ph.D., Environmental Science, Rutgers the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2000
About
My research focuses to understand the fundamental roles of microbiomes in biogeochemical carbon and nitrogen cycles, microplastic pollution, and marine organismal health. I have employed various techniques in isotope biogeochemistry, metagenomics, and bioinformatics to examine microbiome parameters, including abundance, composition, diversity, and activities in environmental samples and marine invertebrates. In addition, Raman microspectroscopy has been used to identify and quantify microplastics in water samples.