Dr. 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.