I am a biogeochemist and ecosystem ecologist broadly interested in how humans alter coastal environments. I earned my Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island in 2007 and spent my postdoc at Louisiana State University before joining Boston University in 2008. I was awarded tenure in April 2014. I was the Director of the BU Marine Program from 2016-2019. In 2019, I was awarded the Metcalf Cup and Prize - BU's highest teaching and mentoring award.
My group is focused on answering fundamental questions about energy flow and biogeochemical cycling of nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, and silica), carbon, and oxygen across the land-ocean continuum. We are particularly interested in how anthropogenic changes alter the ecology and elemental cycling of ecosystems on a variety of scales (i.e. local: nutrient loading; regional/global: climate change). Current research is centered on the transformations and the ultimate fate of nitrogen in the marine environment, the impact of climate change on benthic-pelagic coupling, silicon cycling in forests, salt marshes, and urban systems, and the environmental controls on greenhouse gas emissions in coastal systems.
My group is focused on answering fundamental questions about energy flow and biogeochemical cycling of nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, and silica), carbon, and oxygen across the land-ocean continuum. We are particularly interested in how anthropogenic changes alter the ecology and elemental cycling of ecosystems on a variety of scales (i.e. local: nutrient loading; regional/global: climate change). Current research is centered on the transformations and the ultimate fate of nitrogen in the marine environment, the impact of climate change on benthic-pelagic coupling, silicon cycling in forests, salt marshes, and urban systems, and the environmental controls on greenhouse gas emissions in coastal systems.
Robinson W. ("Wally") Fulweiler
Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Environment
Department of Biology
Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Environment
Department of Biology