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Jenan Kharbush is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on the critical roles that microbes play in carbon and nutrient cycling within aquatic environments. Kharbush's work integrates microbial ecology with biogeochemistry to understand how interactions within microbial communities impact marine and freshwater ecosystems. Her current projects explore isotopic fractionation patterns in nitrogen-containing biomarkers, the influence of nutrient sources on phytoplankton community composition, and the roles of nitrogen in harmful algal blooms. By combining laboratory culture studies with field observations, she investigates the connections between cellular-level processes and larger geochemical trends within the environment, emphasizing the importance of microbes in shaping the food web and influencing ecosystem responses to climate change.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science