Publications

Publications#

For a complete, up-to-date list, see my Google Scholar profile.

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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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.

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. 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

  • pyisotopomer: Python package for N₂O isotopocule calculations (v1.0.4, 2023). PyPI · GitHub

  • isotopomer-soup: N₂O isotopocule model code. GitHub

  • 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.

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.