Nick Ward
Senior Research Scientist, Affiliate Asst. Professor
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
University of Washington
About Us
Innovation requires a diversity of thinking and widespread collaboration. My goal is to connect researchers across the globe to drive the scientific community towards addressing society’s greatest concern–sustainable management of Earth and human systems. I aim to establish a baseline understanding of how ecosystems function naturally and predict the influence of disturbances and human activities on hydrological, biogeochemical, and ecological processes. Building on this baseline, I explore how human interventions can improve the ability for natural ecosystems to mitigate climate change by amplifying atmospheric carbon uptake. Among my primary research interests are:
•Biogeochemical cycling across the continuum of terrestrial, aquatic, and coastal ecosystems
•The connectivity of hydrological and biogeochemical cycles
•The sensitivity of ecosystem structure and function to future change
•The feasibility and scalability of diverse carbon dioxide removal strategies
Download my resumé.
Interests
- Biogeochemistry
- Hydrology
- Ecology
- Resource Management
Education
PhD in Chemical Oceanography, 2014
University of Washington
MS in Chemical Oceanography, 2010
University of Washington
BS in Environmental Systems, 2008
UC San Diego
