About Mary's Work
After a two year post-doc position at Rutgers University, Mary took a position in the National Research Program of the USGS in Reston, VA. As part of the Water Resources Division, she will be conducting basic and applied research on the microbially-mediated geochemical transformations of organic and inorganic compounds in a variety of aquatic environments in order to determine the role of biochemical reactions in controlling the quality and composition of water.