# Publications

For a complete, up-to-date list, see my [Google Scholar profile](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_pUWmukAAAAJ). <!-- TODO: add ORCID link -->

## Peer-reviewed articles

1. **Kelly, C. L.**, Chang, B. X., Emmanuelli, A. F., Park, E. R., Macdonald, A. M., & Nicholson, D. P. (2026). Low-pressure storms drive nitrous oxide emissions in the Southern Ocean. *Nature Communications*, 17, 2037. [doi:10.1038/s41467-026-68744-2](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-68744-2)

1. Bif, M. B., **Kelly, C.**, Altabet, M. A., Bourbonnais, A., Elbon, C., Flores, E., Mnich, A., Plant, J., & Johnson, K. S. (2026). BGC-Argo float reveals shifts in nitrogen-carbon cycling in an oxygen-deficient zone. *Communications Earth & Environment*, 7, 294. [doi:10.1038/s43247-026-03410-5](https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03410-5)

1. Sun, X., Frey, C., McCoy, D., Spieler, M. B. A., **Kelly, C. L.**, Maloney, A. E., Garcia-Robledo, E., Lehmann, M. F., Ward, B. B., & Zakem, E. J. (2025). Mechanistic understanding of nitrate reduction as the dominant production pathway of nitrous oxide in marine oxygen minimum zones. *Nature Communications*, 16, 8916. [doi:10.1038/s41467-025-63989-9](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63989-9)

1. **Kelly, C. L.**, Travis, N. M., Baya, P. A., Frey, C., Sun, X., Ward, B. B., & Casciotti, K. L. (2024). Isotopomer labeling and oxygen dependence of hybrid nitrous oxide production. *Biogeosciences*, 21, 3215–3238. [doi:10.5194/bg-21-3215-2024](https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-3215-2024)

1. Travis, N. M., **Kelly, C. L.**, & Casciotti, K. L. (2024). Testing the influence of light on nitrite cycling in the eastern tropical North Pacific. *Biogeosciences*, 21, 1985–2004. [doi:10.5194/bg-21-1985-2024](https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-1985-2024)

1. **Kelly, C. L.**, Manning, C., Frey, C., Kaiser, J., Gluschankoff, N., & Casciotti, K. L. (2023). Pyisotopomer: A Python package for obtaining intramolecular isotope ratio differences from mass spectrometric analysis of nitrous oxide isotopocules. *Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry*, 37(11), e9513. [doi:10.1002/rcm.9513](https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.9513)

1. McMonigal, K., Evans, N., Jones, D., Brett, J., James, R. C., Arroyo, M. C., Gong, A. Y., Miller, L. C., **Kelly, C.**, Middleton, J., et al. (2023). Navigating gender at sea. *AGU Advances*, 4(4), e2023AV000927. [doi:10.1029/2023AV000927](https://doi.org/10.1029/2023AV000927)

1. Frey, C., Sun, X., Szemberski, L., Casciotti, K. L., Garcia-Robledo, E., Jayakumar, A., **Kelly, C. L.**, Lehmann, M. F., & Ward, B. B. (2023). Kinetics of nitrous oxide production from ammonia oxidation in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific. *Limnology and Oceanography*, 68(2), 424–438.

1. Cinay, T., Dumit, D., Woosley, R. J., Boles, E. L., Kwiecinski, J. V., Mullen, S., Tamasi, T. J., Wolf, M. J., **Kelly, C. L.**, Travis, N. M., et al. (2022). Coincident biogenic nitrite and pH maxima arise in the upper anoxic layer in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific. *Global Biogeochemical Cycles*, 36(12), e2022GB007470. [doi:10.1029/2022GB007470](https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GB007470)

1. Monreal, P. J., **Kelly, C. L.**, Travis, N. M., & Casciotti, K. L. (2022). Identifying the sources and drivers of nitrous oxide accumulation in the eddy-influenced eastern tropical North Pacific oxygen-deficient zone. *Global Biogeochemical Cycles*, 36(6), e2022GB007310. [doi:10.1029/2022GB007310](https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GB007310)

1. **Kelly, C. L.**, Travis, N. M., Baya, P. A., & Casciotti, K. L. (2021). Quantifying nitrous oxide cycling regimes in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific Ocean with isotopomer analysis. *Global Biogeochemical Cycles*, 35(2), e2020GB006637. [doi:10.1029/2020GB006637](https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GB006637)

1. Sun, X., Jayakumar, A., Tracey, J. C., Wallace, E., **Kelly, C. L.**, Casciotti, K. L., & Ward, B. B. (2021). Microbial N₂O consumption in and above marine N₂O production hotspots. *The ISME Journal*, 15(5), 1434–1444.

1. Damgaard, L. R., **Kelly, C.**, Casciotti, K., Ward, B. B., & Revsbech, N. P. (2020). Amperometric sensor for nanomolar nitrous oxide analysis. *Analytica Chimica Acta*, 1101, 135–140.

1. Haque, E., Mailloux, B. J., De Wolff, D., Gilioli, S., **Kelly, C.**, Ahmed, E., Small, C., Ahmed, K. M., van Geen, A., & Bostick, B. C. (2018). Quantitative drinking water arsenic concentrations in field environments using mobile phone photometry of field kits. *Science of the Total Environment*, 618, 579–585.

## Dissertation

- **Kelly, C. L.** (2023). *Quantifying Pacific Ocean Nitrous Oxide Cycling Using Intramolecular Isotope Measurements and Modeling.* Ph.D. dissertation, Stanford University.

## Other writing

- **Kelly, C. L.** (2017). Dancing up the glass escalator: Institutional advantages for men in ballet choreography. *Columbia Undergraduate Research Journal*, 2(1).

## Software & data

- **ml-argo-n2o**: ML-based N₂O flux estimation in the Southern Ocean (v1.0.0, 2025). [GitHub](https://github.com/ckelly314/ml-argo-n2o)
- **pyisotopomer**: Python package for N₂O isotopocule calculations (v1.0.4, 2023). [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/pyisotopomer/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/ckelly314/pyisotopomer)
- **isotopomer-soup**: N₂O isotopocule model code. [GitHub](https://github.com/ckelly314/isotopomer-soup)
- Monreal, P., **Kelly, C.**, Travis, N., & Casciotti, K. *ETNP 2016 Time-Dependent N₂O Isotopocule Model.* Zenodo.
- Sun, X., **Kelly, C. L.**, et al. *ChemostatModel_clean_N2O: Modular denitrification N₂O model.* Zenodo.

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## Selected conference presentations

- Bif, M. B., **Kelly, C. L.**, et al. (2026). BGC-Argo floats capture microbial transformations and oxygen dynamics in a rapidly evolving oxygen-deficient zone. *Ocean Sciences Meeting*.
- **Kelly, C. L.**, Chang, B. X., Bullister, J. L., Warner, M. J., et al. (2024). A comprehensive global marine nitrous oxide dataset from the Global Ocean Ship-Based Hydrographic Investigations Program. *Ocean Sciences Meeting*.
- Bif, M. B., Johnson, K. S., Altabet, M. A., Bourbonnais, A., **Kelly, C. L.**, et al. (2024). Strong linkages between nitrogen and carbon cycles in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific oxygen deficient zone revealed by high spatio-temporal resolution profiles from a biogeochemical float. *Ocean Sciences Meeting*.
- Sulaiman, H., **Kelly, C. L.**, & Casciotti, K. L. (2024). Nitrous oxide accumulation pathways in the Central Equatorial Pacific Ocean using isotopocule analysis. *Ocean Sciences Meeting*.
- Jones, D., McMonigal, K., et al., incl. **Kelly, C. L.** (2023–2024). Navigating gender at sea / Improving the experiences of transgender and gender diverse scientists at sea. *AGU Fall Meeting*; *Ocean Sciences Meeting*.
- Culha, C., Gellman, R., & **Kelly, C.** (2021). Deceptive Crystals. *AGU Fall Meeting*.
- **Kelly, C. L.**, Travis, N. M., Baya, P. A., Frey, C., Ward, B. B., & Casciotti, K. L. (2020). Determining rates of hybrid archaeal N₂O production in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific Ocean with intramolecular isotope measurements. *Ocean Sciences Meeting*.
- **Kelly, C. L.**, Chang, B. X., Buchwald, C., Forbes, M. S., Babbin, A. R., & Casciotti, K. L. (2018). Using isotopomer analysis to determine drivers of nitrous oxide cycling in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific Ocean. *Ocean Sciences Meeting*.