About Aron Stubbins
I grew up in Wales and received my PhD in Marine Biogeochemistry from Newcastle University (Newcastle, England). After that I did a postdoc at Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA) before becoming a professor at Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (UGA, Savannah, GA). Finally I moved to Northeastern in 2018. I study the natural carbon cycle, how humans are altering it, and plastics in the environment. I see plastics as a novel component of the carbon cycle as well as potential pollutants.
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Stubbins Lab
Marine and Environmental Sciences
Biochemistry
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Aron Stubbin’s research fouses on environmental chemistry, geochemistry, the carbon cycle, freshwater, coastal and ocean biogeochemistry, feedbacks between natural biogeochemical cycles and climate change, permafrost, black carbon, and aquatic microplastics
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Aron Stubbins in the news
November 12, 2021
College of Science Connects: The Plastics Problem
Hear from Professor Aron Stubbins and students to discuss the interactions between humans and the environment. Explore the global cycle of plastics, the processes that breakdown plastics in the environment, and the ecological and human health implications of plastics and their by-products. Discover new innovations that may be instrumental in finding solutions to […]
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September 20, 2021
Is wildfire soot leaving a mark on the world’s oceans?
When clouds of smoke and ash billow out over the ocean, stretching away from the wildfires that are their source, they might not just affect the air quality. Rather, the wildfire soot could leave a chemical mark on the waters below. That’s the idea behind new research by Aron Stubbins, associate professor of marine and […]
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July 8, 2021
Our plastic pollution problem may have more significant consequences than we think
Plastics are everywhere - and that's a problem. New research published in Science finds that plastics may be altering the Earth’s carbon cycle and our ability to monitor it.
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June 25, 2020
Our Drinking Water Was Always Full Of Microbes. Are The Wrong Ones Thriving In The Pandemic?
Zooming in where only a microscope can see, Northeastern researchers are trying to determine how the lifestyle changes caused by COVID-19 might be helping harmful bacteria grow in our drinking water.
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December 2, 2019
The Deep Ocean Is Not on Fire. So What’s All That Soot Doing in There?
Aron Stubbins, an associate professor of marine and environmental sciences at Northeastern, teamed up with a group of researchers who tested the long-established idea that rivers eventually transport black carbon into the ocean.
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August 8, 2019
Nearly Eight Million Tons of Plastic Is Missing from Our Oceans. Where Did It Go?
Professor Aron Stubbins's research into microplastics provides important insight into the whereabouts of almost eight million metric tons of missing plastic.
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March 6, 2018
New interdisciplinary faculty brings expertise and accolades
A new appointee in Northeastern’s Marine and Environmental Sciences (MES) department, Aron Stubbins studies how the carbon cycle plays out in natural aquatic environments – from rivers to lakes to oceans.
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