Catherine A. Polik

Earth and Planetary Sciences · University of Michigan

Early career · publishing since 2018Rising activity

Marine and coastal ecosystems Isotope Analysis in Ecology Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Publications

Citations

158

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

Publishing since 2018

In context

Among 57 early career Earth and Planetary Sciences PIs within our index

Citations: 158cohort median 97

Publications / year (recent): 1.6cohort median 2.4

Typically publishes in teams of ~4 · 50% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 10 venues

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.6/year recently

Collaborators per year

Distinct co-authors at University of Michigan each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.

Recent publications

Effects of Total Suspended Solids on Photomineralization of Dissolved Organic Matter in the Peace‐Athabasca Delta, Canada
Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences · 2025
Opening the Black Box of Winter Through Immersive Public Art
Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin · 2025
The Western Lake Erie culture collection: A promising resource for evaluating the physiological and genetic diversity of Microcystis and its associated microbiome
Harmful Algae · 2023
Controls on the photochemical production of hydrogen peroxide in Lake Erie
Environmental Science Processes & Impacts · 2022
The Western Lake Erie Culture Collection: A promising resource for evaluating the physiological and genetic diversity of <i>Microcystis</i> and its associated microbiome
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2022
Linking diatom-diazotroph symbioses to nitrogen cycle perturbations and deep-water anoxia: Insights from Mediterranean sapropel events
Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2021
Nitrogen loss and carbon cycle feedbacks during past marine anoxia
AGUFM · 2019
Impacts of Paleoecology on the TEX<sub>86</sub> Sea Surface Temperature Proxy in the Pliocene‐Pleistocene Mediterranean Sea
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology · 2018
A novel method to measure the 13C composition of intact bacteriohopanepolyols
Organic Geochemistry · 2018
Stable carbon isotpic composition of biomarkers of Mediterranean Sapropels
Figshare · 2018
Geochemistry of Mediterranean Sapropels
Figshare · 2018
Biomarker composition of Mediterranean Sapropels
Figshare · 2018

Publishes in

Figshare×3
Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences×2
Environmental Science Processes & Impacts×2
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology×1
Organic Geochemistry×1

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Last updated Jul 25, 2026.

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