Degrees

Ph.D., University of Maryland
M.S., University of Connecticut
B.A., Connecticut College

Research Interests

The biogeochemistry of mercury and other trace metals in estuaries and wetlands with emphasis on pore water reactions and transport, sediment-water exchange, and chemical and biological controls on Hg methylation.

Teaching Interests

Analytical and Environmental Chemistry.

Selected Publications, Creative Work, or Performances

Benoit, J.M., D.H. Shull, P. Robinson and L.R. Ucran. 2006. Infaunal burrow densities and sediment monomethyl mercury distributions in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. Mar. Chem. Available online 7 Feb 2006. doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2005.09.017.

Ekstrom, E.B., F.M.M. Morel and J.M.Benoit. 2003. Mercury methylation independent of the Acetyl-CoA Pathway in sulfate-reducing bacteria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:5414-5422.

Benoit, J.M. C.C. Gilmour, A. Heyes, R.P. Mason and C.L. Miller. 2003. Geochemical and biological controls over methylmercury production and degradation in aquatic ecosystems. In: Biogeochemistry of Environmentally Important Trace Elements, Y. Cai and O.C. Braids, Eds., American Chemical Society Symposium Series 835, pp 262-297.

Lamborg, C.H., W.F. Fitzgerald, A.W.H. Damman, J.M. Benoit, P.H. Balcom and D.R. Engstrom. 2002. Modern and historic atmospheric mercury fluxes in both hemispheres: Global and regional mercury cycling implications. Global Biogeochem. Cycles 16:1104-1114.