Robinson Fulweiler
Associate Professor of Biology and Earth and Environment
Robinson (Wally) Fulweiler is an ecosystems ecologist and biogeochemist, whose research is focused on answering fundamental questions about energy flow and biogeochemical cycling of nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, and silica), carbon, and oxygen in a variety of environments. She is especially interested in how anthropogenic changes affect the ecology and elemental cycling of ecosystems on a variety of scales (i.e., local nutrient loading; regional and global climate change). Current research is centered on the transformations and the ultimate fate of nitrogen in the marine environment and the impact of climate change on benthic-pelagic coupling.
With a grant from the IOC, Fulweiler conducted a study on the urban groundwater and runoff in Boston to investigate the causes, effects, and extent of nutrient non-point pollution in urbanized subterranean estuaries.