Jongsun Kim

JONGSUN KIM

Assistant Professor, SEEMS

(956) 882-7378
jongsun.kim@utrgv.edu

Department: SEEMS
Office: BLHSB 2.816B
Location: Brownsville

UTRGV Faculty Profile

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

Areas of Interest

  • Carbon & Nutrient cycles, benthic-pelagic processes
  • Water quality in coastal ocean, data-driven statistical modeling, Hypoxia
  • Coastal Ecosystem Model (Lower tropical level to high tropical level model, CoSiNE, ROMS model)
  • Nutrients (Inorganic + Organic nutrient, Fe, etc.): Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD)/River/Atmospheric inputs, isotopic tracing, and biological responses
  • Effects of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition (AN-D) in the coastal ocean and distribution
  • Nitrogen and Carbon Cycling and Nitrous oxide (N2O), Methane (CH4) emissions from the Soil Microbiomes (e.g., Methanotroph, Methanogenesis etc.)
  • Upwelling region and mid-water ecology
  • Ecosystem & climate change interactions (e.g., Health)
  • Wastewater, Nutrient, Fisheries product managements

Higher-Education

  • 2018 Ph.D. Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
  • 2012 M.S. Earth & Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, KOREA
  • 2008 B.S. Ocean Sciences, Jeju National University, KOREA

Research Overview

 

I am a chemical oceanographer who works in marine and freshwater ecosystems. Also, a coastal system modeler interested in biogeochemical/ecological and physical interactions in the coastal water ecosystem. My work is centered around the interface of biogeochemical cycling in the coastal ocean and ecosystem ecology. I ask questions relevant to understanding how natural and anthropogenic forces affect coastal biogeochemical cycling across different scales and how those influence ecosystem processes that focused on environmental issues such as hypoxia and eutrophication in the world's coastal oceans.

Publications

 

  • J.S. Kim* and M. Hwangbo (2023) Visualization of primary productivity zones using nitrogen mass balance model in the northern Gulf of Mexico. IEEE
  • A. D’Angelo, N. Tremholm, B. Loose, L. Glastra, J. Strock, and J.S. Kim* (2023) Microplastics distribution within the western Arctic seawater and sea ice. Toxics
  • G. Armin*, J.S. Kim*, and Inomura K. (2023) Saturating growth rate again phosphorus concentration explained by macromolecular allocation. mSystems
  • J.S. Kim*, M. Hwangbo, P. S. Thibodeau, G. Rhodes, E. Hogarth, and S. Copeland (2023) Visualization of productivity zones based on nitrogen mass balance model in the Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. Journal of Visualized Experiments, DOI: 10.3791/65728
  • P. S. Thibodeau* and J.S. Kim (2023) Visualizing oceanographic data to depict long-term changes in phytoplankton communities in Narragansett Bay, RI. Journal of Visualized Experiments, DOI:10.3791/65571
  • J.S. Kim*, Armin G*, and Inomura K. (2022) Saturating relationship between phytoplankton growth rate and nutrient concentration explained by macromolecular allocation. Current Research in Microbial Sciences, 3 100167
  • C.Y. Hsu, J.S. Kim*, P. Chang, and S.F. DiMarco. (2022) Impact of different wind representations on resonant ocean near-inertial motions in the Gulf of Mexico. Ocean Science Journal, 56 (4)
  • J.S. Kim*, M. Brush, B.K. Song, and I.C. Anderson. (2021) Reconstructing primary production in a changing estuary: a mass balance modeling approach. Limnology and Oceanography, 66 (6), 2535-2546. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11771
  • L.V. Duc, H. ITO, T. HAMA, J.S. Kim, and Y Kawagoshi* (2020) A novel reactor combining anammox and Fenton-like reactions for the simultaneous removal of nitrogen and organic carbon at different organic carbon to nitrogen ratios. Journal of Environmental Management, 271, 110832
  • J.S. Kim*, P. Chapman, G.T. Rowe, and S.F. DiMarco (2020) Categorizing zonal productivity on the continental shelf with Nutrient-Salinity ratios. Journal of Marine Systems, 206, 103336
  • J.S. Kim*, P. Chapman, G.T. Rowe, S.F. DiMarco, and D.C.O Thornton (2020) Implications of different nitrogen input sources for potential production and carbon flux estimates in the coastal Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and Korean Peninsula coastal waters. Ocean Science, 16, 45–63.

Present Courses

  • GEOL 1345 – Introduction to Oceanography
  • ENVR 1401 – Introduction to Environmental Science I
  • BIOL 3320 - Marine Biogeochemistry
  • MARS 3320 - Marine Biogeochemistry
  • ENVR 4302: Environmental Impact Analysis
  • MARS 5370 SpTp: Oceanography
  • MARS 5370 SpTp: Ocean Ecosystem Modeling
  • ENVR 5370 SpTp: Experimental Tools in Environmental Sciences