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WaughDr. Stuart Waugh, Senior Research Scientist

Dr. Stuart Waugh is a Senior Research Scientist at the CCWT. He received his M.S. (2008) and Ph.D. (2015) degrees in marine chemistry from the School for Marine & Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University. His dissertation entitled “Net N2 fluxes in muddy sediments of Great Peconic Bay: rates, pathways and controls” investigated the sedimentary production of NH4+ and its loss from the sediments as N2 gas as well as the natural and anthropogenic controls on these processes. At CCWT, Dr. Wuagh’s research is directed at understanding how septic systems transform fixed nitrogen (NH4+, organic N) into reactive forms (NO3-, NO2- and N2O) and inert gas (N2) and the efficiency with which alternate systems accomplish these processes.