Dr. Sohn's research focuses on the nature of natural organic matter found in terrestrial and aquatic environments, including marine, estuarine and freshwater systems. A major emphasis of her work is to correlate chemical structural information of natural organic matter with differences in reactivity toward environmentally important metal ions organic and organometallics.
OTHER INTERESTS
Aquatic geochemistry
Analysis and geochemistry of trace metals and organics
Environmental chemistry
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy
ONGOING RESEARCH
Current research efforts are focused on a study of the adsorption and complexation of environmentally important metals onto naturally occurring solid organic fractions to better understand the partitioning of trace metals in aquatic systems.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Dr. Sohn has served as (1993) the Chairperson of the Geochemistry Division of the American Chemical Society. She has edited a book on Organic Marine Geochemistry and co-authored a textbook on Chemical Oceanography. She reviews and edits manuscripts for several professional journals and funding agencies.
