Assistant Professor at Cornell University; biogeochemist; contaminant movement in human-impacted landscapes; she/her; http://gersonlab.weebly.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgerson.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgerson.bsky.social/post/3lmewpgfkps2yTrees in the neotropics can be used as spatial and sometimes temporal indicators of mercury concentrations over time. Check out our publication for more information: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/environmental-science/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2025.1531800/full09 Apr 2025 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:ouhctrtd2ytsxmtnvtdtlggj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmewpgfkps2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgerson.bsky.social/post/3lbdlfyzkc22sInterested in how land cover change and contaminant introduction influence the contaminant fate and transport? Check out my conceptual paper on contaminant risk in the Anthropocene. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fee.281819 Nov 2024 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:ouhctrtd2ytsxmtnvtdtlggj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbdlfyzkc22shttps://bsky.app/profile/jgerson.bsky.social/post/3kjvbwjxobk2bAre you a student interested in going to SFS this June but need funding to attend? Apply for an Endowment Award by February 7! https://freshwater-science.org/awards-programs/endowment-award-program26 Jan 2024 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:ouhctrtd2ytsxmtnvtdtlggj/app.bsky.feed.post/3kjvbwjxobk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgerson.bsky.social/post/3kjv4hhbqud2bPlanning to go to SFS? Consider contributing to our special session: Contaminant and Trace Element Biogeochemical Cycling in Aquatic Ecosystems. Abstracts are due on Feb 7.26 Jan 2024 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:ouhctrtd2ytsxmtnvtdtlggj/app.bsky.feed.post/3kjv4hhbqud2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgerson.bsky.social/post/3kg2lwjoxzq2jLooking for a postdoc in coupled biogeochemistry? Come find me at AGU!08 Dec 2023 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:ouhctrtd2ytsxmtnvtdtlggj/app.bsky.feed.post/3kg2lwjoxzq2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgerson.bsky.social/post/3kg2lvzdtsc2sInterested in trace element biogeochemical cycles? Check out our session at AGU: B31C, B32D, and B33I on Wednesday (oral: 8:30-10, 10:20-10:50; poster: 14:10-18:30).08 Dec 2023 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:ouhctrtd2ytsxmtnvtdtlggj/app.bsky.feed.post/3kg2lvzdtsc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jgerson.bsky.social/post/3kfgqabxl6523And a summary of the article by MSU Nat Sci is here: https://natsci.msu.edu/news/2023-11-detoxifying-gold-mining.aspx30 Nov 2023 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:ouhctrtd2ytsxmtnvtdtlggj/app.bsky.feed.post/3kfgqabxl6523https://bsky.app/profile/jgerson.bsky.social/post/3kfgq6qjvny27How can we reduce mercury emissions from artisanal gold mining? We worked with communities in Senegal to develop and assess the efficacy of improved technologies (retorts) and education. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666791623000234?utm_campaign=STMJ_AUTH_SERV_PUBLISHED&utm_medium=email&utm_acid=278782186&SIS_ID=&dgcid=STMJ_AUTH_SERV_PUBLISHED&CMX_ID=&utm_in=DM431241&utm_source=AC_30 Nov 2023 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:ouhctrtd2ytsxmtnvtdtlggj/app.bsky.feed.post/3kfgq6qjvny27https://bsky.app/profile/jgerson.bsky.social/post/3ke3gr7rn5k23Agriculture leads not just to enhanced N and P additions, but also S. How can we better manage agricultural inputs of S? Check out our new publication: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023EF00372313 Nov 2023 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:ouhctrtd2ytsxmtnvtdtlggj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ke3gr7rn5k23