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Member Since 2018
Xin Sun
Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania
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Professional Experience
University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor
2025 - Present
Carnegie Institution for Science Stanford
Simons Postdoc Fellow
2022 - 2025
Education
Princeton University
Doctorate
2020
Xin's AGU Research
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Niche Partitioning of Modular Denitrification Explains N2O Distributions and Cycling in Marine Oxygen Minimum Zones
MARINE NITROGEN CYCLING ACROSS SCALES AND ENVIRONMENTS III ORAL
ocean biology and biogeochemistry | 26 february 2026
Microbial Interactions Matter for Biogeochemistry: Nitrite Consumers Induce Nitrite Accumulation
FROM MOLECULES TO FOOD WEBS: NITROGEN CYCLING PROCESSES IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS POSTER
biogeosciences | 15 december 2025
Revisiting the Global Methane Cycle Through Expert Opinion
EARTH'S FUTURE
22 june 2024
Microbial functional diversity and nitrogen dynamics in marine oxygen minimum zones explained by novel theoretical and modeling frameworks
THE CHANGING MARINE NITROGEN CYCLE IN THE ANTHROPOCENE I ORAL
ocean biology and biogeochemistry | 21 february 2024
Nitrite Oxidation Across the Full Oxygen Spectrum in the Ocean
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
30 march 2023
Nitrous Oxide Consumption in Oxygenated and Anoxic Estuarine Waters
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
28 october 2022
URGE Pod Outcomes for the AGU EPSP Section
UNLEARNING RACISM IN GEOSCIENCE: POSTER SESSION
innovations | 15 december 2021
Lessons learned from the AGU EPSP URGE pod on how to structure an equitable, inclusive, and safe committee space
UNLEARNING RACISM IN GEOSCIENCE: POSTER SESSION
innovations | 15 december 2021
Honors & Awards
Ocean Sciences Early Career Award
Received December 2026