Robert R. Christian

East Carolina University

Department of Biology

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Robert Christian, Ph.D., is a Distinguished Professor of the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences and Research Distinguished Professor of Biology at East Carolina University. He was President of the Estuarine Research Federation from 2005–2007. His research focuses on coastal ecosystems— particularly salt marshes, estuaries, and coastal lagoons along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the USA, and in the Mediterranean. In these various ecosystems, he has studied nutrient cycling—especially the nitrogen and carbon cycles and energy flow.