Faculty
Climate and Marine/Terrestrial Ecosystems
Donald M. Anderson, Senior Scientist
Biology, WHOI
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Laboratory of Don Anderson
Red Tide and Harmful Algal Blooms
Ecology of Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB), Gulf of Maine Project
Keywords: phytoplankton, harmful algal blooms
Carin J. Ashjian, Senior Scientist
Biology, WHOI
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Keywords: polar oceanography, polar ecosystems, zooplankton
Joan M. Bernhard, Senior Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
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Keywords: ocean acidification, hypoxia, biogeochemical sedimentology, foraminiferal ecology and paleoecology
Scott C. Doney, Senior Scientist and Department Chair
Marine Geochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: air-sea exchange, carbon cycle science, climate, computer simulation and modeling, ecosystem dynamics, global change, ocean circulation, ocean tracers, remote sensing
Virginia P. Edgcomb, Associate Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
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Keywords: protists, microbial ecology, oxygen depletion, sulfidic water columns and sediments, symbioses
Mick Follows, Associate Professor
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT
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Keywords: ocean circulation, biogeochemical cycles, numerical modeling, observations
Stéphanie Jenouvrier, Assistant Scientist
Biology, WHOI
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Keywords: seabirds ecology, demographic models
Houshuo Jiang, Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI
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Keywords: Small-scale biological-physical interactions in plankton; Behavioral, physical and sensory ecology of marine organisms; Plankton fluid dynamics; Bio-fluid dynamics; Environmental fluid dynamics; Applied computational fluid dynamics; Atmospheric mesoscale numerical modeling over the Red Sea
Gareth Lawson, Associate Scientist
Biology, WHOI
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Keywords: zooplankton, ocean acidification, pelagic ecology, fish, predator-prey interactions, acoustics
Dennis J. McGillicuddy Jr., Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI
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Keywords: physical-biological interactions in the open ocean and coastal margins, mesoscale dynamics, biogeochemical cycling, zooplankton population dynamics, harmful algal blooms, larval transport, numerical modeling
T. Aran Mooney, Associate Scientist
Biology, WHOI
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Keywords: ecophysiology, sensory biology, hearing, physiology, bioacoustics, sensory ecology, marine mammals, squid
Michael G. Neubert, Associate Scientist
Biology, WHOI
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Keywords: mathematical ecology, population dynamics, bioeconomics
Jesús Pineda, Senior Scientist
Biology, WHOI
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Benthic Ecology and Nearshore Oceanography Lab
NO-HYPE: Nearshore/Offshore Hydrodynamics and Population Ecology
Keywords: larval ecology, benthic ecology
Andrew R. Solow, Senior Scientist
Marine Policy Center, WHOI
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Keywords: environmental statistics, statistical ecology
Heidi M. Sosik, Senior Scientist
Biology, WHOI
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Keywords: plankton ecology, time series observations
Climate Reconstructions/Paleoclimate
Andrew D. Ashton, Associate Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
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Keywords: coastal processes, geomorphology
Edward A. Boyle, Professor; Joint Program Director
Marine Geochemistry, MIT
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Keywords: paleoceanography; trace element geochemistry; sediment geochemistry
Sarah B. Das, Associate Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
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Keywords: glaciology, paleoclimatology, polar climate, cryosphere processes
Virginia P. Edgcomb, Associate Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
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Keywords: marine subsurface biosphere, microbial ecology of microbialites
Jake Gebbie, Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: climate dynamics, paleoceanography, interannual to multidecadal variability, numerical modeling, inverse methods
Liviu Giosan, Associate Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
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Keywords: sedimentary systems dynamics, climate-landscapes-civilizations, tertiary-quaternary geology and paleoceanography, deltas and river mouth processes, coastal morphodynamics, marginal seas (Black Sea)
Weifu Guo, Assistant Scientist
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI
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Keywords: clumped isotope geochemistry, paleoceanography, biomineralization, isotope biogeochemistry, global change
Konrad Hughen, Senior Scientist
Geochronology and Radioisotopes, WHOI
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Keywords: carbon cycle science, geochemical modeling, geochemistry, geochronology, global change, paleoceanography, quaternary geology, trace elements
Lloyd D. Keigwin, Jr., Senior Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
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Keywords: paleoceanography; paleoclimatology
Mark D. Kurz, Senior Scientist
Geochronology and Radioisotopes, WHOI
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Keywords: quaternary geochronology, geomorphology, paleoclimate, cosmogenic nuclides
Olivier Marchal, Associate Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
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Keywords: large-scale ocean circulation, inverse methods, state estimation in (paleo-)oceanography, numerical and laboratory models, non-conservative processes and chemical tracers
David McGee, Assistant Professor
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT
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Keywords: paleoclimatology, isotope geochemistry, U-Th geochronology
Delia W. Oppo, Senior Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
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Keywords: paleocenaography; paleoclimatology
Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink, Senior Scientist
Marine Geochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: geochemistry, global element cycles, hard-rock geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, mantle geochemistry, sedimentary geochemistry, trace elements
William G. Thompson, Associate Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
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Keywords: sea level, paleoclimate
Dynamics of the Climate System (Ocean, Atmosphere, Cryosphere)
Magdalena Andres, Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: PDO, iceberg tracking, observational oceanography, PIES, western boundary currents, wind driven circulation
Mark D. Behn, Associate Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
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Keywords: geodynamics, geophysics
Amy S. Bower, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: meridional overturning circulation, dense overflows, Lagrangian observations
Claudia Cenedese, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: Arctic Ocean, high-latitudes, deep overflows, mixing, eddies, boundary currents, geophysical fluid dynamics
Matt Charette, Senior Scientist
Marine Geochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: coastal groundwater, environmental biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, estuarine sciences, global change, nutrient chemistry, ocean tracers, radiochemistry
Carol Anne Clayson, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: energy and water cycles, air-sea fluxes, ocean and atmospheric boundary layers, air-sea feedbacks, turbulence modeling, remote sensing
Sarah B. Das, Associate Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
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Keywords: glaciology, paleoclimatology, polar climate, cryosphere processes
Scott C. Doney, Senior Scientist and Department Chair
Marine Geochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: air-sea exchange, carbon cycle science, climate, computer simulation and modeling, ecosystem dynamics, global change, ocean circulation, ocean tracers, remote sensing
Steve Elgar, Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI
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Keywords: nearshore, surfzone, sediment, morphological processes
Kerry A. Emanuel, Professor
Tropical Meteorology and Climate, MIT
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Keywords: global climate, tropical cyclone activity
Raffaele Ferrari, Associate Professor of Oceanography
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT
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Keywords: upper ocean processes, mixing, stirring, geophysical fluid dynamics
Glen G. Gawarkiewicz, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: impact of hurricanes/typhoons, recent shelf/slope circulation in NE, coastal circulation, polar oceanography, numerical modeling, SeaSoar
Jake Gebbie, Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: climate dynamics, paleoceanography, interannual to multidecadal variability, numerical modeling, inverse methods
Steve R. Jayne, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: western boundary currents, remote sensing, climate
Young-Oh Kwon, Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: ocean's role in climate, climate variability, large-scale circulation, mode water
Amala Mahadevan, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: Physical-biological interactions, upper ocean processes, fronts and eddies
Ted Maksym, Assistant Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, WHOI
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Keywords: sea ice, polar regions, ice-ocean-atmosphere interactions, polar technology
Olivier Marchal, Associate Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
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Keywords: large-scale ocean circulation, inverse methods, state estimation in (paleo-)oceanography, numerical and laboratory models, non-conservative processes and chemical tracers
John Marshall, Professor
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT
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Keywords: ocean modeling, climate, biogeochemical cycles, geophysical fluid dynamics
Robert S. Pickart, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: boundary current dynamics, shelf-basin interaction, water mass formation/transformation at high latitudes
David Ralston, Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI
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Keywords: estuarine physics, sediment transport, physical-biological interactions
Hyodae Seo, Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: Air-sea interactions, Coupled climate dynamics and modeling, Regional climate variability and change
Hanumant Singh, Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI
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Keywords: computer vision, system architecture, algorithms for acoustic and optical imaging, underwater vehicle system architecture, communications, docking
Michael A. Spall, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: numerical modeling, mesoscale flows, boundary currents, thermohaline circulation, buoyancy-driven flows
Ralph A. Stephen, Senior Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
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Keywords: marine seismology, geoacoustics, seismic observations of ice-shelf stability
Fiamma Straneo, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: ice sheet/ocean interactions, overturning/thermohaline circulation, dense water formation, ocean circulation and climate of the high latitude North Atlantic, Arctic
John M. Toole, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: mixing, general circulation, instrumentation
John H. Trowbridge, Senior Scientist and Department Chair
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI
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Keywords: geophysical boundary layers, mechanics of sediment transport, shelf and nearshore processes
Caroline Ummenhofer, Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: climate variability, hydrological cycle, monsoon systems, extratopical climate dynamics, hydroclimate paleo reconstructions of the last millennium, droughts and agriculture
Jiayan Yang, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: general ocean circulation and its role in climate, atmosphere-ice-ocean interactions in the Arctic, interactions between marginal seas and the open ocean
Lisan Yu, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: satellite remote sensing of ocean surface wind, temperature, and salinity, radiant energy balance and air-sea heat fluxes, ocean water cycle, air-sea interactions, and climate dynamics
Dick K.P. Yue, Professor
Mechanical Engineering, MIT
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Keywords: vortex dynamics, wave kinematics, hydromechanics
Carbon Cycle and Biogeochemistry
Ken O. Buesseler, Senior Scientist
Chemical Oceanography, WHOI
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Cafe Thorium
Keywords, carbon cycle science, colloid chemistry, environmental biogeochemistry, geochemistry, global change, isotope geochemistry, nuclear and radioactive waste disposal, ocean tracers, particle fluxes,
Matt Charette, Senior Scientist
Marine Geochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: coastal groundwater, environmental biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, estuarine sciences, global change, nutrient chemistry, ocean tracers, radiochemistry
John W.H. Dacey, Associate Scientist
Biology, WHOI
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Keywords: biogeochemistry
Scott C. Doney, Senior Scientist and Department Chair
Marine Geochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: air-sea exchange, carbon cycle science, climate, computer simulation and modeling, ecosystem dynamics, global change, ocean circulation, ocean tracers, remote sensing
Mick Follows, Associate Professor
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT
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Keywords: ocean circulation, biogeochemical cycles, numerical modeling, observations
Valier Galy, Associate Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geology, WHOI
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Keywords: global carbon cycle, organic carbon, rivers, erosion, paleoclimate, biomarkers, radiocarbon, stable isotopes
David M. Glover, Senior Research Specialist
Chemical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: air-sea exchange, carbon cycle science, carbon dioxide, computer simulation and modeling, geochemical modeling, global change, nutrient chemistry, ocean chemistry, ocean tracers, particle fluxes, remote sensing, seawater properties
Weifu Guo, Assistant Scientist
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI
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Keywords: clumped isotope geochemistry, paleoceanography, biomineralization, isotope biogeochemistry, global change
Konrad Hughen, Senior Scientist
Geochronology and Radioisotopes, WHOI
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Keywords: carbon cycle science, geochemical modeling, geochemistry, geochronology, global change, paleoceanography, quaternary geology, trace elements
Elizabeth B. Kujawinski, Associate Scientist
Chair, Joint Committee for Chemical Oceanography
Chemical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: marine organic carbon cycle, biological-chemical interactions, organic geochemistry, microbial ecology, high-resolution mass spectrometry, biogeochemical cycles, bacterial-protozoan interactions
Ann McNichol, Senior Research Specialist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
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Keywords: radiocarbon, carbon cycle science, organic geochemistry
Tracy Mincer, Associate Scientist
Chemical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: volatile organic compound production, phytoplankton, methanol production and consumption, natural products chemistry, infochemical, chemical signaling, microbial interactions
David (Roo) Nicholson, Assistant Scientist
Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: air-sea exchange, autonomous observations, biogeochemical cycles, carbon cycle science, ecosystem modeling, gas tracers, geochemical modeling, global change, isotope geochemistry, primary production
Mak Saito, Associate Scientist
Biogeochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: Trace element biogeochemistry, metal-microbes interactions, cyanobacteriology, marine metalloenzymes, environmental genomics and proteomics, evolution of biogeochemical cycles
Amanda Spivak, Associate Scientist
Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: sediment biogeochemistry, ecosystem functioning, trophic dynamics, carbon cycling, estuary, wetlands
Zhaohui Aleck Wang, Associate Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: carbonate system, CO2, inorganic carbon, pH, DIC, alkalinity, chemical sensors, CO2 flux, nutrients, carbon cycle, chemical oceanography, coastal biogeochemistry, marine chemistry
Scott Wankel, Associate Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geology, WHOI
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Keywords: nitrogen cycling, links between redox cycling of metals and nitrogen/carbon, biogeochemistry of coastal and seafloor vent/seep systems, stable isotope biogeochemistry, dynamics of nitrous oxide, in situ instrumentation, numerical modeling of stable isotope systems
Emeritus/Retired Faculty
Hal Caswell, Scientist Emeritus
Biology, WHOI
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NO-HYPE: Nearshore/Offshore Hydrodynamics and Population Ecology
Keywords: mathematical ecology, population biology
Timothy K. Stanton, Scientist Emeritus
Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, WHOI
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Press release: http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=7545&tid=282&cid=70786&ct=162
Keywords: fish
Peter H. Wiebe, Scientist Emeritus
Biology, WHOI
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U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank Information
Keywords: zooplankton