Biogeochemist Aron Stubbins has joined the faculty of the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography as an assistant professor.

Stubbins comes to Skidaway from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va. where he was a research assistant professor and assistant director of the Virginia Coastal Energy Research Consortium.

Stubbins received both his bachelor’s degree in marine biology and his doctorate in marine biogeochemistry from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the United Kingdom.

As a biogeochemist, Stubbins’ research interests focus on the role of dissolved organic matter in global biogeochemical cycles.