Kathryn Burns

Biogeochemistry of lipid-soluble pollutants and biomarkers with particular reference to mechanisms of transport, transfer and transformation of hydrocarbons in the atmosphere and the marine ecosystem.
Ocean flux studies using organic contaminants as biomarker compounds to compute mass balances and to study transformation processes at the air/sea and sea/sediment interfaces.
The use of organic biomarkers in estimating paleo sea surface temperatures.