Erin Cedar Seybold
Environmental Hall 3120G, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708
phone: 919-684-1788
email: erin.seybold@duke.edu
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Research Interests:
Influence of watershed hydrology on terrestrial-aquatic carbon fluxes and instream biogeochemical processes.
Key words: Watershed hydrology, landscape biogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology
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Education:
Duke University
Durham, NC
Ph.D. student in the University Program in Ecology (UPE)
Graduation: Spring 2017
St. Olaf College
Northfield, MN
Graduation: May 2011
Majors: Biology and Environmental Studies
Magna cum Laude honors
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Awards and Fellowships
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow
2013 – 2016
Phi Beta Kappa Member
2011
Fulbright Scholar (Norway)
2011 – 2012
Goldwater Scholar
2010 – 2011
St. Olaf College Dean’s List
2008 – 2011
Behrents Fund Award (St. Olaf College) for Independent Research
2009
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Research Experiences
Graduate Student with Brian McGlynn, Duke University
2012 – present
 Investigating how seasonal and spatial variation in hillslope connectivity impacts stream nutrient
kinetics and stream metabolism in Rocky Mountain headwater streams.
Fulbright Researcher, University of Tromsø
2011-2012
 Conducted research on the structure and function of methanotrophic communities over a successional
gradient of thermokarst erosion in oligotrophic peatlands.
Student Researcher, The Polaris Project
2009-2010
 Investigated the relationship between transient storage and nutrient uptake in headwater streams
underlain by continuous permafrost in eastern Siberia.
Student Researcher, St. Olaf College
2008-2011
 Conducted research on the severity of edge effects and subsequent decline in biodiversity in tropical
evergreen montane forests (international research in association with Palni Hills Conservation
Council).
 Studied the effect of snowpack on soil microbial activity and wintertime biogeochemical cycling in
restored tall grass prairies.
REU student research, Arizona State University
2008
 Explored the effects of nitrogen deposition on sediment microbial communities in alpine lakes.
Presentations:
Seybold, E.S. et al. 2014. (oral presentation) Carbon metabolism, uptake kinetics, and export: How watershed
form influences carbon mobilization and in-stream transformations in headwater catchments. AGU
Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. *winner of Outstanding Student Presentation Award
Seybold, E.S. et al. 2014. (poster) Dynamic hydrologic connectivity as the driver of
spatio-temporal variation in DOC dynamics. CUAHSI Biennial Meeting. Shepardstown, WV.
Seybold, E.S. et al. 2014. (oral presentation) The role of hydrologic connectivity in mediating DOC
dynamics in space and time. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Portland, OR.
Seybold, E.S. et al. 2013. (poster) Utilizing high frequency in-situ sensor networks to understand carbon
dynamics from reach to watershed scales. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco,
CA.
Seybold, E.S. et al. 2012. (poster) Trace gas fluxes in complex terrain: The space-time dynamics of
soil CH4 and CO2. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA.
Seybold, E.S. 2011. (oral presentation) Diversity and Gene Expression of Methane Oxidizing Bacteria in
Palsa Wetlands. Nordic Environmental Nucleotide Network Annual Workshop. Reykjavik, Iceland.
Seybold, E.S. et al. 2010. (poster) Landscape Variation in N and P uptake in Streams in the Kolyma River
Basin. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA.
Seybold, E.S. et al. 2010. (poster) Geographic variation of nutrient spiraling in streams in Minnesota,
Northern California, and Eastern Siberia. ASLO/NABS Joint Conference. Sante Fe, NM.
Seybold, E.S. et al. 2009. (poster) Assessing biogeochemical cycling and transient storage of surface
water in Eastern Siberian streams using short-term solute additions. State of the Arctic
Conference. Miami, FL.
Carpenter, L.M., E.C. Seybold, G.M. Wilkinson, D.W.P. Manning and J.D. Schade. 2009. (poster) Winter
snowpack effects on biogeochemical processes in a restored tallgrass prairie. Ecological Society
of America Annual Meeting. Albuquerque, NM.
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Teaching
Teaching Assistant – Landscape Hydrology
Teaching Assistant – Water Resources Management and Planning
Tutor –chemistry, biology and environmental sciences, St. Olaf Academic Support Center
Spring 2013
Fall 2012
2009-2011
Extra Curricular Activities and Outreach
Duke “Let’s Talk About Water” film event coordinator
Spring 2015
Duke Ecology Symposium Steering Committee
Spring 2014, 2015
Coordinator of “Adopt-a-UPE student”, near-peer mentoring program for ecology students
2014-present
Women and Math Mentoring Program, Durham, NC
2013-present
Duke Graduate Professional Student Council Representative – UPE representative
2013-2014
Duke Campus Sustainability Committee - graduate representative
2013-2014
Duke Environmental Science and Policy Division Student Steering Committee member
2013-2014
Polaris Project Educational Outreach
2009 - 2011
Class Representative, Board of Regents Student Committee, St. Olaf College
2008 - present