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I am ecosystems ecologist and biogeochemist by training. I head a laboratory at Boston University where our research is focused on answering fundamental questions about energy flow and biogeochemical cycling of nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, and silica), carbon, and oxygen in a variety of environments. I am especially interested in how anthropogenic activities affect the ecology and elemental cycling of ecosystems on a variety of scales, from local nutrient loading to global climate change. Our latest research is centered on the transformations of elements across the land-ocean continuum, the ultimate fate of nitrogen in the marine environment, the impact of climate change on benthic-pelagic coupling, and the role of coastal systems in greenhouse gas budgets.
I earned my MS (2003) and my Ph.D. (2007) in Oceanography from the Graduate School of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island following which I completed postdoctoral research at Louisiana State University. In 2008 I started at Boston University and founded my lab. I was awarded tenure in the Department of Earth and Environment and the Department of Biology in 2014, and was promoted to Professor in the spring of 2021. My professional honors include a Sloan Fellowship in 2012, the Cronin award from the Coastal Estuarine Research Federation in 2013, and the Metcalf Cup and Prize in 2019 - BU's highest teaching and mentoring award. In addition to my scientific endeavors, I am a passionate advocate for women and parents, especially mothers, in science. My goal is to create an equitable scientific community where individuals do not simply survive but thrive. |
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Robinson W. ("Wally") Fulweiler
Professor
Department of Earth and Environment
Department of Biology
Professor
Department of Earth and Environment
Department of Biology