Sydney Shelton she/her

Office: CHM 1221A
Chemistry Building
8051 Regents Drive
College Park, MD 20742

Mailing Address
8000 Regents Drive
College Park, MD 20742

sydneys8 [at] umd [dot] edu

Biogeochemistry Laboratory

Sujay Kaushal

OrcID

I am planning to focus on the implications of freshwater salinization on the aquatic carbon cycle.

Shelton, S., Neale, P., Pinsonneault, A., Tzortziou, M. (2021) Biodegradation and Photodegradation of Vegetation-Derived Dissolved Organic Matter in Tidal Marsh Ecosystems. Estuaries and Coasts. DOI: 10.1007/s12237-021-00982-7

Kaushal, S.S., Likens, G.E., Mayer, P.M., Shatkay, R.R., Shelton, S.A., Grant, S.B., Utz, R.M., Yaculak, A.M., Maas, C.M., Reimer, J.E., Bhide, S.V., Malin, J.T., Rippy , M.A. (2023) The anthropogenic salt cycle. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 4 770–784. DOI: 10.1038/s43017-023-00485-y

Shelton, S., Kaushal, S., Mayer, P., Shatkay, R., Rippy, M., Grant, S., Newcomer-Johnson, T. (2024) Salty chemical cocktails as water quality signatures: Longitudinal trends and breakpoints along different U.S. streams. Science of the Total Environment. 930 172777. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172777

Monofy, A., Grant, S.B., Boano, F., Rippy, M.A., Gomez-Velez, J.D., Kaushal, S.S., Hotchkiss, E.R., Shelton, S. (2024) Toward a Universal Model of Hyporheic Exchange and Nutrient Cycling in Streams. AGU Advances. 5 e2024AV001373. DOI: 10.1029/2024AV001373

Marin, D.E., Grant, S.B., Bhide, S.V., Rippy, M.A., Gomez-Veles, J.D., Brent, R.N., Kaushal, S.S., Post, H., Shelton, S., Misra, S., Hotchkiss, E.R., Monofy, A., Alvi, D., Schmitz, B., Curtis, S., Davis, C.C., Vikesland, P., Husic, A. (2025) Ion Clusters Reveal the Sources, Impacts, and Drivers of Freshwater Salinization. Environmental Science and Technology. 59(27) 14053-14062. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c04512

Kaushal, S.S., Shelton, S.A., Mayer, P.M., Kellmayer, B., Utz, R.M., Reimer, J.E., Baljunas, J., Bhide, S.V., Mon, A., Rodriguez-Cardona, B.M., Grant, S.B., Newcomer-Johnson, T.A., Malin, J.T., Shatkay, R.R., Collison, D.C., Papageorgiou, K., Escobar, J., Rippy, M.A., Likens, G.E., Najjar, R.G., Mejia, A.I., Lassiter, A., Li, M., Chant, R.J. (2025) Freshwater Faces a Warmer and Saltier Future from Headwaters to Coasts: Climate Risks, Saltwater Intrusion, and Biogeochemical Chain Reactions. Biogeochemistry. 168 31. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-025-01219-6

Bhide, S.V., Grant, S.B., Benettin, P., Rippy, M.A., Monofy, A., First, K.E., Shelton, S., Kaushal , S.S., Misra, S., Vikesland, P.J., Hotchkiss, E.R., Spiesman, A., Prelewicz, G., Schenk, T., Post, H., Alvi, D., Steglitz, B., Husic, A. (2026) Transit times link pollution sources to drinking water quality in a "One Water" system. Water Research. 288 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2025.124652

Kaushal, S., Mon, A., Grant, S.B., Mayer, P.M., Porter, A.J., Sekellick, A.J., Chase, J.H., Bhide, S.V., Jastram, J.D., Newcomer-Johnson, T.A., Shelton, S.A., . (2026) Watershed continuum monitoring approach: Combining multiple water quality patterns along stream and river flowpaths to track sources, pathways, and processing of pollutants. Ecological Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2026.107971