Member Since 1990
Joel E. Kostka
Tom and Marie Patton Distinguished Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
Joel Kostka is Tom and Marie Patton Distinguished Professor and Associate Chair for Research in the Schools of Biological Sciences and Earth & Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Institute of Technology. Kostka is an expert in ecosystem biogeoscience, which couples biogeochemistry with microbiology to uncover the role of microorganisms in ecosystem function along with determining the mechanisms by which environmental perturbations (climate change) alter microbially-mediated biogeochemical cycles.
Professional Experience
Georgia Institute of Technology
Tom and Marie Patton Distinguished Professor
2011 - Present
Education
University of Delaware
Doctorate
1993
Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2024
Publications
Radiocarbon Analyses Quantify Peat Carbon Losses With Increa...
November 10, 2021
Vertical Stratification of Peat Pore Water Dissolved Organic...
February 21, 2018
AGU Abstracts
Persistence and Community-Enabled Restoration of Coastal Ecosystems Impacted By Sudden Vegetation Die-Back
OCEAN VISIONS BIENNIAL SUMMIT 2023
human adaptation to a changing ocean | 05 april 2023
Jose Rolando, Michael Hodges, Gabrielle Krueger, K...
The persistence of salt marsh ecosystems under climate change is thought to be dependent on the ability to gain elevation as fast as the rate of sea l...
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Revealing the unseen diversity of nitrogen fixing bacteria in aquatic ecosystems
ILLUMINATING UNIQUE AND UNDERSTUDIED MICROBIAL DRIVERS OF BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE III POSTER
biogeosciences | 12 december 2022
Cody Sheik, Julian Damashek, Benjamin Kramer, Juan...
Nitrogen fixation, the process that converts atmospheric dinitrogen gas (N2) into biologically reactive ammonia (NH3), is an important biogeochemical ...
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Substrate addition primes soil organic matter decomposition in a peat bog
CARBON CYCLING IN GLOBAL PEATLANDS IV POSTER
biogeosciences | 17 december 2021
Ghiwa Makke, Rosalie K. Chu, Jason Toyoda, David W...
Deep peat carbon (C) is assumed to be unreactive due to thermodynamic and transport constraints. Environmental changes such as increase in plant rooti...
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