Jane Guentzel, Ph.D.
Coastal Carolina University

Dr. Jane Guentzel obtained her doctorate in chemical oceanography from the Florida State University. She is currently an assistant professor of marine and environmental chemistry in the departments of marine science and chemistry at Coastal Carolina Univeristy. She has conducted studies related to mercury cycling in Florida and South Carolina. Research conducted in the Florida Everglades by Dr. Guentzel and her colleagues, Dr. Landing, Dr. Gill, and Dr. Pollman, focused on quantifying the depositional loading of mercury to the Everglades and determining the contributions from long range transport of reactive gaseous Hg and local sources.

Studies conducted in South Carolina, by Dr. Guentzel and her students, include: determining the atmospheric loading of mercury to northeastern South Carolina; quantifying gaseous elemental formation and evasion in coastal salt marsh ecosystems; and investigating relationships between mercury and dissolved organic carbon in groundwater from coastal flood plain regions.