Joint Program Faculty
Neel Aluru, Assistant Scientist
Biology, WHOI
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Keywords: environmental biology, epigenetics, toxicology, molecular biology
Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Assistant Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: paleoclimatology, climate field reconstructions, forward modeling, dendroclimatology, stable isotope geochemistry, drought
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
Magdalena Andres, Assistant Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: observational oceanography, PIES, western boundary currents, wind driven circulation
Amy Apprill, Assistant Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: marine animal microbiomes, coral reef microbiology, microbial diversity, genomics, bioinformatics
Carin J. Ashjian, Senior Scientist
Biology, WHOI
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U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank Information
Keywords: zooplankton
Andrew D. Ashton, Associate Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: coastal processes, geomorphology
Arthur B. Baggeroer, Ford Professor of Engineering
Depts. of Electrical Engineering/Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering, MIT
Profile
Keywords: sonar, ocean acoustics, adaptive arrays
Mark Baumgartner, Associate Scientist
Biology, WHOI
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The Baumgartner Lab
Keywords: marine mammals, zooplankton
Robert C. Beardsley, Scientist Emeritus
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: coastal circulation, observations, tides, physical-biological coupling
Stace Beaulieu, Research Specialist
Biology, WHOI
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Keywords: benthic-pelagic coupling, benthic invertebrates, deep-sea biology
Mark D. Behn, Associate Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
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Keywords: geodynamics, geophysics
Joan M. Bernhard, Senior Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: biogeochemical sedimentology, foraminiferal ecology and paleoecology
Tanja Bosak, Cecil and Ida Green Assistant Professor of Geobiology
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT
Profile
Keywords: molecular and morphological biomarkers, molecular microbiology, fossilization, microbial and algal ecophysiology
Amy S. Bower, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Website
Keywords: dense overflows, Lagrangian floats, Gulf Stream
Edward A. Boyle, Professor; Joint Program Director
Marine Geochemistry, MIT
Research interests
Keywords: paleoceanography; trace element geochemistry; sediment geochemistry
Kenneth H. Brink, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: Coastal, topographic effects, SeaSoar
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, radiochemistry
Richard Camilli, Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI
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Juan Pablo Canales, Associate Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
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Keywords: marine seismic reflection/refraction
Hal Caswell, Senior Scientist
Biology, WHOI
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NO-HYPE: Nearshore/Offshore Hydrodynamics and Population Ecology
Keywords: mathematical ecology, population biology
Claudia Cenedese, Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Website
Keywords: geophysical fluid dynamics, laboratory experiments, eddies, coastal circulation
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
Alan D. Chave, Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: seafloor observatories, electromagnetic measurements, instrumentation
Sallie W. Chisholm, Professor
Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies
Civil and Environmental Engineering and Biology, MIT
Research interests
Chisholm Lab
Keywords: phytoplankton
Carol Anne Clayson, Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: energy and water cycles, air-sea fluxes, ocean and atmospheric boundary layers, air-sea feedbacks, turbulence modeling, remote sensing
Anne Cohen, Associate Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: biomineralization, ocean acidification, paleoceanography, low temperature geochemistry
John A. Collins, Research Specialist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
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Keywords: marine
Marco Coolen, Associate Scientist
Marine Biogeochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: sedimentary paleogenomics, ancient DNA, paleoecology, paleoenvironments, microbial ecology, microbial activities, lipid geochemistry, Quaternary climate change, Arctic, Antarctic, Black Sea, stratified anoxic ecosystems
John W.H. Dacey, Associate Scientist
Biology, WHOI
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CV
Keywords: biogeochemistry
Sarah B. Das, Associate Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
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Keywords: glaciology, paleoclimatology
Cabell S. Davis, Senior Scientist
Director, Ocean Life Institute
Biology, WHOI
Profile
U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank Information
Ocean Life Institute
Keywords: zooplankton
Peter Dedon, Professor
Chemistry, Toxicology and Biological Engineering, MIT
Profile
Keywords: toxicology
Edward F. DeLong, Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT
Profile
Keywords: Environmental genomics, microbial diversity, photobiology, integrating microbial systems biology with systems ecology
Werner Deuser, Scientist Emeritus
Marine Geochemistry, WHOI
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Henry J. B. Dick, Senior Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: igneous petrology & geochemistry
Scott C. Doney, Senior Scientist
Marine Geochemistry, WHOI
Profile
Website
Keywords: air-sea exchange, carbon cycle science, climate, computer simulation and modeling, ecosystem dynamics, global change, ocean circulation, ocean tracers, remote sensing
Jeffrey P. Donnelly, Associate Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: coastal processes; sedimentology
Timothy F. Duda, Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: ocean sound propagation, acoustic tomography, acoustic remote sensing, internal waves
Virginia Edgcomb, Research Specialist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
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Steve Elgar, Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: nearshore, surfzone, sediment, morphological processes
Kerry A. Emanuel, Professor
Tropical Meteorology and Climate, MIT
Profile
Keywords: global climate, tropical cyclone activity
John M. Essigmann, Professor
Chemistry, Toxicology and Biological Engineering, MIT
Profile
Keywords: toxicology
J. Brian Evans, Professor
Rock Mechanics, MIT
Profile
Keywords: effect of fluids and iimpurities on strength; interrelationships of porosity, permeability; and plastic flow
Rob. L Evans, Associate Scientist
Chair, Joint Committee of Marine Geology and Geophysics
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: geophysics; electromagnetics
J. Tom Farrar, Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: Air-sea interaction and exchange, dynamics and thermodynamics of the upper ocean, tropical dynamics and equatorial waves, oceanic internal waves and eddies, satellite oceanography, ocean observing and instrumentation
John W. Farrington, Scientist Emeritus
Organic Geochemistry, Environmental Chemistry, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: biogeochemistry of organic contaminants; marine organic geochemistry; science education; science-policy interactions; oil pollution; contaminated sediments; ocean environmental quality
Raffaele Ferrari, Associate Professor of Oceanography
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT
Profile
Website
Keywords: upper ocean processes, mixing, stirring, geophysical fluid dynamics
Glenn Flierl, Professor
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT
Research interests
Keywords: geophysical fluid dynamics, nonlinear waves, eddies, bio-physical interactions
Mick Follows, Principal Research Scientist
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT
Website
Keywords: ocean circulation, biogeochemical cycles, numerical modeling, observations
Kenneth G. Foote, Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: surveying marine organisms; acoustic scattering
Daniel J. Fornari, Senior Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: geologist; seafloor tectonics and volcanism
David M. Fratantoni, Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Glider Lab
Keywords: observational oceanography, eddies, autonomous floats
Nelson M Frew, Oceanographer Emeritus
Analytical Geochemistry, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: air-sea exchange, remote sensing, sea-surface microlayer
Glenn Gaetani, Associate Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: experimental petrology
Scott M. Gallager, Associate Scientist
Biology, WHOI
Profile
U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank Information
Keywords: zooplankton, larval ecology
Valier Galy, Assistant Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geology, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: global carbon cycle, organic carbon, rivers, erosion, paleoclimate, biomarkers, radiocarbon, stable isotopes
Rebecca J. Gast, Associate Scientist
J. Seward Johnson Chair, Education Coordinator
Biology, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: microzooplankton, symbiosis
Glen G. Gawarkiewicz, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: coastal circulation, polar oceanography, numerical modeling, SeaSoar
Jake Gebbie, Assistant Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile Website Keywords: climate dynamics, paleoceanography, interannual to multidecadal variability, numerical modeling, inverse methods
Chris R. German, Senior Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: geologic controls, hydrothermal activity, chemosynthetic ecosystems
W. Rockwell Geyer, Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI
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AOPE department overview
Keywords: estuaries, coastal hydrodynamics, dispersion, sediment transport, morphodynamics
Liviu Giosan, Associate Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: coastal processes; sedimentology
David M. Glover, Senior Research Specialist
Chemical Oceanography, WHOI
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Web page
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
Alan D. Grossman, Professor
Biology, MIT
Research interests
Keywords: microbiology
Timothy L. Grove, Professor
Geology, MIT
Research interests
Keywords: experimental phase equilibrium and kinetic studies to develop an understanding of the chemical evolution of the earth's mantle at ocean spreading centers; mantle melting processes that lead to the generation of mid-ocean ridge basalts and crystallization and chemical differentiation that accompanies the formation of oceanic crust
Philip M. Gschwend, Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT
Profile
Keywords: environmental organic chemistry
Weifu Guo, Assistant Scientist
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: clumped isotope geochemistry, paleoceanography, biomineralization, isotope biogeochemistry, global change
Bradford Hager, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Earth Sciences
Mantle Dynamics, MIT
Profile
Keywords: Numerical modelling of solid-state convection at high Rayleigh numbers; study of the Earth's gravity field; core-mantle coupling; space-geodetic observations of surface deformation; dynamical processes in the interiors of the terrestrial planets
Mark Hahn, Senior Scientist and Department Chair
Biology, WHOI
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The Hahn Lab
Keywords: environmental toxicology, biochemistry
Colleen Hansel, Associate Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geology, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: metal biogeochemistry, microbial redox-active metabolites, microbe-microbe and microbe-mineral interactions, biomineralization, environmental mineralogy, microbial production of reactive oxygen species, microbial (exo) proteomes
Karl R. Helfrich, Senior Scientist
Chair, Joint Committee for Physical Oceanography
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: geophysical fluid dynamics, stratified flows, hydraulics, laboratory experiments
Harold F. Hemond, Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT
Profile
Keywords: biogeochemistry and hydrology of wetlands; chemical limnology; in-situ instrumentation
Susumu Honjo, Scientist Emeritus
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: sedimentation
Nancy Hopkins, Professor
Biology, MIT
Research interests
Keywords: developmental biology
David E. Housman, Professor
Biology, MIT
Research interests
Keywords: genetics
Rui Xin Huang, Scientist Emeritus
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: energetics, thermocline structure, thermohaline, wind-driven circulation, climate
Konrad Hughen, Associate Scientist
Geochronology and Radioisotopes, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: carbon cycle science, geochemical modeling, geochemistry geochronology, global change, paleoceanography, quaternary geology, trace elements
Susan E. Humphris, Senior Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: marine geochemistry
Oliver Jagoutz, Assistant Professor
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT
Profile
Keywords: geology
Steve R. Jayne, Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
Website
Keywords: western boundary currents, remote sensing, climate
William J. Jenkins, Senior Scientist
Director, NOSAMS
Chemical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: air-sea exchange, carbon cycle science, climate, computer simulation and modeling, deep-sea hydrothermal processes, ecosystem dynamics, geochemical modeling, global change, global element cycles, isotope geochemistry, nutrient chemistry, ocean circulation, ocean tracers, particle fluxes, radiochemistry, sediment-seawater exchange
Stephanie Jenouvrier, Assistant Scientists
Biology, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: seabirds, climate change, population ecology
Rubao Ji, Associate Scientist
Biology, WHOI
Profile
Personal Webpage
U.S. Globec Georges Bank Information
Keywords: coupled biological-physical modeling, food web dynamics
Matt Johnson, Assistant Scientist
Biology, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: protists, mixotrophy, grazing, symbiosis
Terrence M. Joyce, Scientist Emeritus
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Website
Keywords: general circulation, oceanic variability, climate
Roger D. Kamm, Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Biological Engineering, MIT
Profile
Keywords: biomechanics, physiology
Kristopher Karnauskas, Assistant Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: large-scale climate dynamics, tropical ocean-atmosphere interaction
Lloyd D. Keigwin, Jr., Senior Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: paleoceanography; paleoclimatology
Julie Kellner, Assistant Scientist
Biology, WHOI
Profile
Homepage
Keywords: conservation biology and policy, theoretical ecology, spatial ecology, fisheries management
Darlene Ketten, Senior Scientist
Biology, WHOI
Profile
Research
Keywords: marine mammals, hearing
Jonathan King, Professor
Biology, MIT
Research interests
Keywords: proteins
Frieder Klein, Assistant Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geology, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: fluid-rock interactions, oceanic crust, hydrothermal systems
Elizabeth B. Kujawinski, Associate Scientist
Chemical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: organic geochemistry, microbial ecology, high-resolution mass spectrometry, biogeochemical cycles, bacterial-protozoan interactions
Mark D. Kurz, Senior Scientist
J. Seward Johnson Chair, Education Coordinator
Geochronology and Radioisotopes, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: hard-rock geochemistry
Young-Oh Kwon, Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: ocean's role in climate, climate variability, large-scale circulation, mode water
Phoebe J. Lam, Associate Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI
Profile
Website
Keywords: iron cycling, carbon cycle science, geochemistry of marine particulates, efficiency of biological pump (POC transfer efficiency), synchrotron x-ray techniques (U-XRF, XAS)
Carl H. Lamborg, Associate Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI
Profile
Website
Keywords: mercury biogeochemistry, marine particle dynamics, trace metal chemistry
Samuel Laney, Assistant Scientist
Biology, WHOI
Profile
Homepage
Keywords: phytoplankton ecology, marine photosynthesis, ocean instrumentation
Andone Lavery, Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: acoustic scattering processes
Gareth Lawson, Assistant Scientist
Biology, WHOI
Profile
Homepage
Keywords: pelagic ecology, zooplankton, fish, predator-prey interactions, acoustics
James R. Ledwell, Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: ocean circulation, tracer release experiments
Steven J. Lentz, Senior Scientist
J. Seward Johnson Chair, Education Coordinator
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: coastal oceanography, wind-driven circulation, buoyancy-driven circulation, boundary layer dynamics
John J. Leonard, Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering, MIT
Profile
Keywords: sensor data fusion, autonomous underwater vehicles, adaptive echolocation
Pierre Lermusiaux, Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Ocean Science
and Engineering, MIT
Profile
MODELSEAS lab
Jian Lin, Senior Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: geodynamics; marine geophysic
Ying-Tsong Lin, Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI
Profile
Daniel Lizarralde, Associate Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: marine seismology, geophysics
Joel Llopiz, Assistant Scientist
Biology, WHOI
Profile
Llopiz Lab home page
Keywords: fish, fish larvae, zooplankton, trophic interactions, larval ecology
James F. Lynch, Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: underwater acoustics, shallow water acoustics, arctic acoustics, acoustic tomography, high-frequency backscatter from particles
Laurence P. Madin, Senior Scientist, Executive Vice President and Director of Research
Biology, WHOI
Profile
Zooplankton Ecology working group
Keywords: zooplankton
Ole S. Madsen, Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT
Profile
Keywords: wave mechanics, sediment transport mechanics, turbulent boundary layers
Amala Mahadevan, Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Website
Keywords: Physical-biological interactions, upper ocean processes, fronts and eddies
Nicholas Makris, Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering, MIT
Profile
Keywords: acoustical oceanography, underwater imaging, matched field tomography
Ted Maksym, Assistant Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: sea ice, polar regions, ice-ocean-atmosphere interactions, polar technology
Olivier Marchal, Associate Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: paleoceanography; paleoclimatology
Horst Marschall, Assistant Scientist
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Website
Keywords: petrology, geochemistry, metamorphism, accessory minerals, isotopes, subduction
John Marshall, Professor
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT
Website
Keywords: ocean modeling, climate, biogeochemical cycles, geophysical fluid dynamics
William R. Martin, Senior Scientist
Chemical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: diagenesis, radiochemistry, sediment-seawater exchange, sedimentary geochemistry
Michael S. McCartney, Scientist Emeritus
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Website
Keywords: circulation, climate, water mass
Daniel C. McCorkle, Senior Scientist and Department Chair
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: benthic geochemistry
Judith E. McDowell, Scientist Emeritus
Biology, WHOI
Director, WHOI Sea Grant
Profile
Sea Grant Program
Keywords: physiology, environmental toxicology
David McGee, Assistant Professor
Paleoclimatology, MIT
Profile
Keywords: paleoclimatology, isotope geochemistry, U-Th geochronology
Dennis J. McGillicuddy Jr., Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: mesoscale dynamics, upper ocean processes, numerical modeling
Jeff McGuire, Associate Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: marine geophysics; geodetics
Ann McNichol, Senior Research Specialist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: radiocarbon, carbon cycle science, organic geochemistry
Chiang C. Mei, Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT
Profile
Keywords: bubble dynamics, wave processes, hydrodynamics
Anna Michel, Assistant Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: instrumentation, sensor development, trace gas sensing, laser spectroscopy
Jerome H. Milgram, Professor
Mechanical Engineering, MIT
Profile
Keywords: dynamics, numerical simulations, ocean measurements
Tracy Mincer, Assistant Scientist
Chemical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Research Interests: Gaining a deeper understanding of the selective pressures on microorganisms in their environment. Determining how microbes force higher planetary processes through secondary metabolite production and enzyme adaptations.
T. Aran Mooney, Assistant Scientist
Biology, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: sensory biology, hearing, physiology, bioacoustics, sensory ecology, marine mammals, squid
Michael J. Moore, Senior Research Specialist
Biology, WHOI
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Profile 2
Keywords: marine mammals
Lauren S. Mullineaux, Senior Scientist
Biology, WHOI
Profile
Mullineaux Lab home page
Keywords: larval ecology, benthic ecology
Heidi M. Nepf, Associate Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT
Profile
Keywords: turbulence, wave-breaking, estuaries
Michael G. Neubert, Associate Scientist
Chair, Joint Committee for Biological Oceanography
Biology, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: mathematical ecology
David (Roo) Nicholson, Assistant Scientist
Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: air-sea exchange, autonomous observations, biogeochemical cycles, carbon cycle science, ecosystem modeling, gas tracers, geochemical modeling, global change, isotope geochemistry, primary production
Sune Nielsen, Assistant Scientist
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: Isotope geochemistry, novel paleoclimate proxies, mantle geochemistry, subduction processes, thallium isotopes, vanadium isotopes
Robert J. Olson, Senior Scientist
Biology, WHOI
Profile
The Olson Lab: Plankton Ecology
Keywords: phytoplankton
Shuhei Ono, Assistant Professor
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT
Profile
Keywords: stable isotope, biogeochemical cycle, mass-independent fractionation, deep biosphere, hydrothermal deposit, Archean
Alan Oppenheim, Distinguished Professor
Electrical Engineering/Computer Science, MIT
Profile
Keywords: signal processing, geophysical signal processing, chaotic and fractal signals
Delia W. Oppo, Senior Scientist
J. Seward Johnson Chair, Education Coordinator
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: paleocenaography; paleoclimatology
Terry L. Orr-Weaver, Professor
Biology, MIT
Research interests
Keywords: cell cycles
W. Brechner Owens, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: large-scale circulation, climate, observations, floats, ice
Joseph Pedlosky, Scientist Emeritus
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: equatorial jets and undercurrents, baroclinic instability, eddies and topography
Taylor Perron, Assistant Professor
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT
Profile
Keywords: geomorphology, planetary surface processes, landscape evolution, self-organization
Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink, Senior Scientist
Marine Geochemistry, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: geochemistry, global element cycles, hard-rock geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, mantle geochemistry, sedimentary geochemistry, trace elements
Robert S. Pickart, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
R.S. Pickart Group
Keywords: western boundary currents, ventilation, deep convection
Jesús Pineda, Associate Scientist
Biology, WHOI
Profile
Benthic Ecology and Nearshore Oceanography Lab
NO-HYPE: Nearshore/Offshore Hydrodynamics and Population Ecology
Keywords: larval ecology, benthic ecology
Albert J. Plueddemann, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: air-sea interaction, upper ocean processes, surface boundary layer
Martin Polz, Associate Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT
Profile
Keywords: microbial ecology
Kurt L. Polzin, Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Website
Keywords: internal waves, mixing, stirring, fine structure
Lawrence J. Pratt, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: deep overflows, chaos, meanders, hydraulics
James C. Preisig, Associate Scientist
J. Seward Johnson Chair, Education Coordinator
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: acoustic propagation modeling, signal processing, numerical optimization, communications
James F. Price, Scientist Emeritus
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Website
Keywords: deep overflows, observations, upper ocean dynamics
Andrey Proshutinsky, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: arctic ocean, tides, numerical modeling, climate
David Ralston, Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: estuarine physics, sediment transport, physical-biological interactions
Britt Raubenheimer, Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: surf and swashzone processes, wave runup, alongshore currents
Chris Reddy, Associate Scientist
Director, Coastal Ocean Institute
Organic Geochemistry, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: environmental biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, organic chemistry
Daniel J Repeta, Senior Scientist
Organic Geochemistry, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: carbon cycle science, climate, colloid chemistry, diagenesis, ecosystem dynamics, environmental biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, estuarine sciences, geomicrobiology, global change, global element cycles, microbial biogeochemistry, nuclear and radioactive waste disposal
Paola Rizzoli, Professor
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT
Profile
Keywords: climate, general ocean circulation, ecosystem models, data assimilation
Daniel H. Rothman, Professor
Geophysics, MIT
Dan Rothman's Group
Keywords: numerical models of nonlinear dynamical systems, fluid dynamics, and pattern formation; theoretical models of rock physics; numerical methods for seismology
Leigh H. Royden, Professor
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT
Research interests
Keywords: regional geology and geophysics; plate tectonics, thermal effects of continental deformation; mechanics of large-scale continental deformation; lithospheric flexure; continental extensions and sedimentary basin formation; uplift and erosion in mountain belts
Irina I. Rypina, Assistant Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: transport, stirring and mixing in geophysical flows, ocean dynamics, dynamical systems theory, chaos, eddy, Hamiltonian dynamics
Mak Saito, Associate Scientist
Biogeochemistry, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: Trace element biogeochemistry, metal-microbes interactions, cyanobacteriology, marine metalloenzymes, environmental genomics and proteomics, evolution of biogeochemical cycles
Fred Sayles, Scientist Emeritus
Marine Geochemistry, WHOI
Profile
Rudolf S. Scheltema, Scientist Emeritus
Biology, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: larval ecology, benthic ecology
Henrik Schmidt, Professor
Chair, Joint Committee for Applied Ocean Science & Engineering
Mechanical Engineering, MIT
Profile
Keywords: numerical modeling, seismo-acoustic propagation
Raymond W. Schmitt, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: mixing, salt fingers, water cycle, observations
Hans Schouten, Scientist Emeritus
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: geophysics; marine magnetism
Jeffrey S. Seewald, Senior Scientist and Department Chair
Experimental Petrology/Phase Equilibria, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: deep-sea hydrothermal processes, fluid-rock interaction, geochemical modeling, geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, mid-ocean ridges, petroleum science, sedimentary geochemistry
Hyodae Seo, Assistant Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Website
Keywords: Air-sea interactions, Coupled climate dynamics and modeling, Regional climate variability and change
Timothy Shank, Associate Scientist
Biology, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: population genetics, hydrothermal vents
Nobumichi Shimizu, Scientist Emeritus
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: solid earth geochemistry
Edward R Sholkovitz, Scientist Emeritus
Chemical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Buoy-mounted samplers/sensors
Keywords: atmospheric chemistry, coastal groundwater, estuarine sciences, geochemistry, remote sensing, sedimentary geochemistry, trace elements
Stefan Sievert, Associate Scientist
Biology, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: microbiology
Hanumant Singh, Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI
Profile
Website
Keywords: computer vision, system architecture, algorithms for acoustic and optical imaging, underwater vehicle system architecture, communications, docking
Hazel L. Sive, Professor
Biology, MIT
Research interests
Keywords: developmental biology
Deborah K. Smith, Senior Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: geology; volcanology
Robert A. Sohn, Associate Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: geophysics; marine seismology
Heidi M. Sosik, Senior Scientist
Biology, WHOI
Profile
The Sosik Lab: Optical Oceanography and Phytoplankton Ecology
Keywords: phytoplankton, bio-optics
Adam Soule, Associate Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
Profile
Michael A. Spall, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Website
Keywords: numerical modeling, mesoscale flows, boundary currents
Amanda Spivak, Assistant Scientist
Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: sediment biogeochemistry, ecosystem functioning, trophic dynamics, carbon cycling, estuary
Rachel Stanley, Assistant Scientist
Chemical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: air-sea exchange, biogeochemical cycles, carbon cycle science, ecosystem dynamics, gas tracers, geochemical modeling, global change, isotope geochemistry, mass spectrometry, photosynthesis
Timothy K. Stanton, Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI
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Keywords: acoustic scattering, marine organisms, sea ice, scattering models
Victoria Starczak, Research Specialist
Biology, WHOI
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Benthic Ecology and Nearshore Oceanography Lab
Keywords: benthic ecology, statistics
John J. Stegeman, Senior Scientist
Biology, WHOI
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John Stegman's Lab home page
Keywords: biochemistry, environmental toxicology
Ralph A. Stephen, Senior Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
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Keywords: marine seismology; geoacoustics
Fiamma Straneo, Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: convection, thermohaline circulation, interannual-decadal variability, high-latitudes
Roger E. Summons, Professor
Geobiology, MIT
Research interests
Keywords: biogeochemistry and geobiology with the following themes: lipid chemistry of geologically significant microbes and microbially dominated ecostsyems; organic and isotopic indicators of climate change, biotic evolution and mass extinction; age- and environment-diagnostic biomarkers in sediments and petroleum; Archean, Proterozoic and extraterrestrial biogeochemical fossils
Ann M. Tarrant, Associate Scientist
Biology, WHOI
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Personal home page
Keywords: endocrine disruption, comparative physiology
Craig D. Taylor, Associate Scientist
Biology, WHOI
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Rinehart Coastal Research Center
Keywords: biogeochemistry, microbiology
John M. Teal, Scientist Emeritus
Biology, WHOI
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Keywords: salt marsh ecology, biogeochemistry
Alexandra H. Techet, Associate Professor
Mechanical and Ocean Engineering, MIT
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Seth Teller, Professor
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
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Gene Terray, Research Specialist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI
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Keywords: upper ocean dynamics, air-sea interaction, surface waves, boundary layer mechanics, acoustic remote sensing, signal processing
Janelle R. Thompson, Assistant Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT
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William G. Thompson, Assistant Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
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Simon Thorrold, Senior Scientist
Biology, WHOI
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The Fish Ecology Lab
Keywords: fish ecology
Jessica Tierney, Assistant Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
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Keywords: paleoclimatology, paleocenography, organic geochemstry, climate science
Margaret K. Tivey, Senior Scientist
Associate Dean
Marine Geochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: deep-sea hydrothermal processes, geochemical modeling, geochemistry, mid-ocean ridges
Maurice A. Tivey, Senior Scientist
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
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Keywords: geophysics; marine magnetism
John M. Toole, Senior Scientist and Department Chair
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: mixing, general circulation, instrumentation
Peter A. Traykovski, Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI
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Keywords: hydrodynamics, sediment dynamics, bedform processes
Michael Triantafyllou, Professor
Mechanical Engineering, MIT
Director, Center for Ocean Engineering
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Keywords: fluid-structure interactions, autonomous underwater vehicles
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
Brian E. Tucholke, Scientist Emeritus
Geology and Geophysics, WHOI
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Keywords: geophysics; tectonics
Caroline Ummenhofer, Assistant Scientist
Physical Oceanongraphy, 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
Robert Dirk van der Hilst, Professor
MIT
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Keywords: seismic tomography; studies of earth structure with emphasis on mantle beneath convergent plate boundaries; tectonic evolution of subduction systems; mantle dynamics; structure and evolution of continental lithosphere; field studies with portable seismometers
J. Kim Vandiver, Professor
Mechanical Engineering, MIT
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Keywords: flow-induced vibration, dynamics of offshore structures
Benjamin Van Mooy, Associate Scientist
Marine Biogeochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: organic geochemistry, molecular biology, global biogeochemical cycles, microbial ecology, planktonic nutrient dynamics, carbon export
Graham C. Walker, Professor
Biology, MIT
Research interests
Keywords: DNA repair, cell cycles
Zhaohui Aleck Wang, Assistant Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: carbonate system, CO2 system, inorganic carbon, pH, pCO2, DIC, alkalinity, chemical sensors, CO2 flux, nutrients, carbon cycle, chemical oceanography, coastal biogeochemistry, marine chemistry
Scott Wankel, Assistant 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
John B. Waterbury, Scientist Emeritus
Biology, WHOI
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Keywords: microbiology
Benjamin Weiss, Associate Professor of Planetary Sciences
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT
Research interests
Keywords: planetary history, paleomagnetism, early Earth, dynamo, Mars, Moon, asteroids, meteorites, planetary habitability and climate
Robert A. Weller, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Upper Ocean Processes Group
Keywords: upper ocean processes, boundary layer meteorology, observations
Jean K. Whelan, Oceanographer Emeritus
Organic Geochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: geochemistry, geomicrobiology, organic chemistry, organic geochemistry, petroleum science, remote sensing, trace elements
John A. Whitehead, Scientist Emeritus
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: laboratory studies, geophysical fluid dynamics, convection
Peter H. Wiebe, Scientist Emeritus
Biology, WHOI
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U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank Information
Keywords: zooplankton
Albert J. Williams III, Scientist Emeritus
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI
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Keywords: ocean mixing processes, boundary layer measurements, modeling, sediment/fluid interaction, oceanographic instrumentation
Carl O. Wirsen, Oceanographer Emeritus
Biology, WHOI
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Keywords: microbiology
Carl Wunsch, Cecil and Ida Green Professor
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT
Research interests
Keywords: global ocean circulation, altimetry, inverse methods and state estimation, mixing processes, tides, internal waves, paleoclimate
John Wyatt, Professor
Electrical Engineering/Computer Science, MIT
Keywords: noise systems, nonlinear circuits
Jiayan Yang, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: Arctic ocean, marginal seas, ocean modeling, climate
James A. Yoder, Senior Scientist and Vice President for Academic Programs and Dean
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI
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Dana R. Yoerger, Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI
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Keywords: robotics, Autonomous Benthic Explorer, deep sea observatories
Lisan Yu, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: climate, equatorial dynamics
Dick K.P. Yue, Professor
Ocean Engineering, MIT
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Keywords: vortex dynamics, wave kinematics, hydromechanics
Oliver C. Zafiriou, Scientist Emeritus
Chemical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: air-sea exchange, carbon dioxide, environmental biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, ocean chemistry, organic chemistry, photochemistry
W. Gordon Zhang, Assistant Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering
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Keywords: Coastal ocean dynamics, biophysical interaction
Maria T. Zuber, Professor
Geology and Geophysics, MIT
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Keywords: theoretical modeling of geophysical processes; models of lithosphere deformation and the physics of volcanism; relationships between gravity, topography, and tectonic features in determining the mechanical structures and states of stress in planetary lithospheres; development and implementation of space-based laser ranging systems
