Publications

in review: Hamovit, N., Yarwood, S. Methane production is higher in newly restored 2025 depressional wetlands compared to natural and older restored counterparts. (Aug. 2025) Manuscript #: GEODER-D-25-02251
Hamovit, N., RoyChowdhury, T., Akob, D.M., Zhang, X., McCarty, G. Yarwood, S. “Comparative assessment of a restored and natural wetland using ¹³C-DNA SIP reveals a higher potential for methane production in the restored wetland” (Feb. 2025). Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 10.1128

Haghnegahdar, M.H., Hultquist, N., Hamovit, N., Yarwood, S., Kaufman, A.J., Bouyon, A., 2024 Sun, J., Magen, C., Farquhar, J. “A Better Understanding of Atmospheric Methane Sources Using ¹³CH₃D and ¹²CH₂D₂ Clumped Isotopes” (Nov. 2024). Journal of Geophysical Research. 10.1029
Morris, K.A., Smith, M., Bailey, V.L., Bittencourt-Peixoto, R., Day, D.J., Hamovit, N., Hopple, A.M., Lee, J., Patel, K.F., Wilson, S., Yarwood, S., Megonigal, P., Bond-Lamberty, B. “Methane flux from transplanted soil monoliths depends on moisture, but not origin” (June 2024). Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2023.109296

Haghnegahdar, M.H., Sun, J., Hultquist, N., Hamovit, N., Kitchen, N., Eiler, J., Ono, S., Yarwood, S., Kaufman, A.J., Dickerson, R.R., Bouyon, A., Magen, C., Farquhar, J. “Tracing sources of atmospheric methane using clumped isotopesTracing sources of atmospheric methane using clumped isotopes” (November 2023). PNAS. 2305574120

Haghnegahdar, M.H., Hultquist, N., Sun, J., Dickerson, R.R., Magen, C., Kaufman, A.J., Hamovit, N., Scott, J.G., Yarwood, S., Chowdhury, T.R., Bouyon, A., Farquhar, J. “An Insight into Atmospheric Methane Sources and Sinks Using ¹³CH₃D & ¹²CH₂D₂ Clumped Isotopes” (December 2022). Goldschmidt 2022. 2022.10405
Hu, G., Hamovit, N., Croft, K., Niemeier, D., Roberts, J. “Assessing Inequities Underlying Racial Disparities of COVID-19 Mortality in Louisiana” (June 2022). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal. Volume 119 #27 2123533119
Thapa, R., Tully, K.L., Hamovit, N., Yarwood, S., Schomberg, H.H., Cabrera,M.L. Reberg-Horton, C., Mirsky, S.B. “Microbial processes and community structure as influenced by cover crop residue type and placement during repeated dry-wet cycles” (April 2022). Applied Soil Ecology. Volume 172 #104349 2021.104349

Presentations

Soil Science Society of America CANVAS, presentation, “Heightened potential for CH4 production in restored freshwater wetlands”

American Geophysical Union, Poster, “Distinct methanogen and methanotroph communities and a high potential for methane production in restored freshwater depressional wetlands”

American Geophysical Union, Poster, “¹³C-DNA stable isotope probing reveals active methanogens are more numerous and oxygen tolerant in a restored freshwater wetland”

International Society of Microbial Ecology, Presentation, “Active microbial Community of a restored freshwater wetland assessed using ¹³C-acetate and DNA-based stable isotope probing”
American Society of Microbiology National Meeting, Poster Talk, “Assessing Methanogen Community Composition and activity in a Restored Freshwater Mineral Wetland using ¹³C-DNA Stable Isotope Probing”
Society of Wetland Scientists; Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Poster, “Assessing Methanogen Community Composition and activity in a Restored Freshwater Mineral Wetland using ¹³C-DNA Stable Isotope Probing”

Society of Wetland Scientists, Invited Speaker, “Controls of Wetland Methane Biogeochemistry: Lessons for Restoration”

American Geophysical Union, Poster, “Assessing Methanogen Community Composition and activity in a Restored Freshwater Mineral Wetland using ¹³C-DNA Stable Isotope Probing”
American Geophysical Union, Poster, “Assessing Inequities Underlying Racial Disparities of COVID-19 Mortality in Louisiana”
The American Society for Microbiology D.C. Chapter, Poster, “Spatial Variability of Methane Oxidation in Natural and Restored Delmarva Bay Wetlands”