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Dr. Jennifer A. Roberts specializes in hydrochemistry and microbial geochemistry, bridging basic and applied science and focusing on the role of microorganisms on mineral chemistry and weathering as it applies to carbon sequestration, petroleum reservoir diagenesis, paleoclimate, and water quality from the nano- to landscape scales.
Her research program focuses broadly on microbe:mineral interactions and the geological and ecological implications of these interactions in subsurface environments. Her program currently has three separate but interrelated thrusts: hydrochemistry and microbial geochemistry; microbial mineral attachment and weathering; and low temperature-dolomite precipitation.
She is Professor of Geology and current Chair of the Geology Department at the University of Kansas, Lawrence.