Michelle Kelly
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- Research Scientist
- PhD, Biological Sciences and Data Science, Michigan Technological University
- MA, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas
- BS, Environmental Engineering, Michigan Technological University
Biography
Dr. Kelly is leading an NSF Macrosystems Biology and NEON-enabled Science-funded project to investigate relationships between nitrogen and oxygen flux in streams across ecoregions. Michelle completed her PhD studying patterns and drivers of coupled nutrient cycling and ecosystem metabolism in 2024, and also completed a graduate certificate in Data Science. Michelle previously worked in our lab as an undergraduate researcher, and in summer 2016 she worked on an NSF REU project investigating variation in rates of nitrification, denitrification, and nitrogen fixation in stream riffles and pools within N-limited Upper Peninsula streams. She graduated from Michigan Tech in Spring 2017 with a BS in Environmental Engineering, and the completed an MA in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of Kansas - you can read more about her MS research on nitrate uptake and metabolism in the Kansas river in JGR Biogeosciences (Kelly et al. 2021).
Areas of Expertise
- Environmental engineering
- Nutrient cycling and ecosystem metabolism
- Data science