Faculty
Amy Apprill, Assistant Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: marine animal microbiomes, coral reef microbiology, microbial diversity, genomics, bioinformatics
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
Edward A. Boyle, Professor, Joint Program Director
Marine Geochemistry, MIT
Research interests
Keywords: paleoceanography; trace element geochemistry; sediment geochemistry
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
Matt Charette, Senior Scientist
Marine Geochemistry, WHOI
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Coastal Groundwater Geochemistry
Keywords: coastal groundwater, environmental biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, estuarine sciences, global change, nutrient chemistry, ocean tracers, radiochemistry
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
Werner Deuser, Scientist Emeritus
Marine Geochemistry, WHOI
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Scott C. Doney, Senior Scientist
Marine Geochemistry, WHOI
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Web site
Keywords: air-sea exchange, carbon cycle science, climate, computer simulation and modeling, ecosystem dynamics, global change, ocean circulation, ocean tracers, remote sensing
John W. Farrington, Scientist Emeritus
Organic Geochemistry, Environmental Chemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: biogeochemistry of organic contaminants; marine organic geochemistry; science education; science-policy interactions; oil pollution; contaminated sediments; ocean environmental quality
Nelson M Frew, Oceanographer Emeritus
Analytical Geochemistry, WHOI
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Web page
Keywords: air-sea exchange, remote sensing, sea-surface microlayer
Valier Galy, Assistant Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geology, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: global carbon cycle, organic carbon, rivers, erosion, paleoclimate, biomarkers, radiocarbon, stable isotopes
Philip M. Gschwend, Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT
Profile
Keywords: environmental organic chemistry
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
Colleen Hansel, Associate Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geology, WHOI
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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
Harold F. Hemond, Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT
Profile
Keywords: biogeochemistry and hydrology of wetlands; chemical limnology; in-situ instrumentation
Konrad Hughen, Associate Scientist
Geochronology and Radioisotopes, WHOI
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Keywords: carbon cycle science, geochemical modeling, geochemistry geochronology, global change, paleoceanography, quaternary geology, trace elements
William J. Jenkins, Senior Scientist
Director, NOSAMS
Chemical Oceanography, WHOI
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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
Frieder Klein, Assistant Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geology, WHOI
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Keywords: fluid-rock interactions, oceanic crust, hydrothermal systems
Elizabeth B. Kujawinski, Assosciate 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
Phoebe J. Lam, Assistant 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
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Website
Keywords: mercury biogeochemistry, marine particle dynamics, trace metal chemistry
William R. Martin, Senior Scientist
Chemical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Keywords: diagenesis, radiochemistry, sediment-seawater exchange, sedimentary geochemistry
David McGee, Assistant Professor
Paleoclimatology, MIT
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Keywords: paleoclimatology, isotope geochemistry, U-Th geochronology
Tracy Mincer, Assistant Scientist
Chemical Oceanography, WHOI
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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.
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
Shuhei Ono, Assistant Professor
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT
Profile
Keywords: stable isotope, biogeochemical cycle, mass-independent fractionation, deep biosphere, hydrothermal deposit, Archean
Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink, Senior Scientist
Marine Geochemistry, WHOI
Profile
Website
Keywords: geochemistry, global element cycles, hard-rock geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, mantle geochemistry, sedimentary geochemistry, trace elements
Chris Reddy, Associate Scientist
Director, Coastal Ocean Institute
Organic Geochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: environmental biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, organic chemistry
Daniel J. Repeta, Senior Scientist
Organic Geochemistry, WHOI
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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
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
Fred Sayles, Scientist Emeritus
Marine Geochemistry, WHOI
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Jeffrey S. Seewald, Senior Scientist and Department Chair
Experimental Petrology/Phase Equilibria, WHOI
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Keywords: deep-sea hydrothermal processes, fluid-rock interaction, geochemical modeling, geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, mid-ocean ridges, petroleum science, sedimentary geochemistry
Edward R. Sholkovitz, Scientist Emeritus
Chemical Oceanography, WHOI
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Buoy-mounted samplers/sensors
Keywords: atmospheric chemistry, coastal groundwater, estuarine sciences, geochemistry, remote sensing, sedimentary geochemistry, trace elements
Amanda Spivak, Assistant Scientist
Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: sediment biogeochemistry, ecosystem functioning, trophic dynamics, carbon cycling, estuary
Rachel Stanley, Assistant Scientist
Chemical Oceanography, WHOI
Profile
Website
Keywords: air-sea exchange, biogeochemical cycles, carbon cycle science, ecosystem dynamics, gas tracers, geochemical modeling, global change, isotope geochemistry, mass spectrometry, photosynthesis
Roger E. Summons, Professor
Chair, Joint Committee for Chemical Oceanography 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
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
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
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
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
James A. Yoder, Senior Scientist
Vice President for Academic Programs and Dean
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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
