Joint Program Faculty

phytoplankton, microbial ecology, computational biology, bioinformatics

environmental biology, epigenetics, toxicology, molecular biology

phytoplankton, harmful algal blooms

observational oceanography, PIES, western boundary currents, wind driven circulation

marine microbiology, contribution of microbes to marine organism health

zooplankton

coastal processes, geomorphology

global biogeochemical cycles, nitrogen metabolisms, microfluidics, chemical-microbial interactions

sonar, ocean acoustics, adaptive arrays

Noble Gases, Isotope Geochemistry, Fluids and Volatiles, Volcanoes, Crustal Processes

marine mammals, zooplankton

benthic-pelagic coupling, benthic invertebrates, deep-sea biology

sedimentology, clumped isotope geochemistry, geobiology, Precambrian Earth History

biogeochemical sedimentology, foraminiferal ecology and paleoecology

ocean acoustics, signal processing, passive acoustic monitoring, sonar

molecular and morphological biomarkers, molecular microbiology, fossilization, microbial and algal ecophysiology

dense overflows, Lagrangian floats, Gulf Stream

paleoceanography; trace element geochemistry; sediment geochemistry

carbon cycle science, colloid chemistry, environmental biogeochemistry, geochemistry, global change, isotope geochemistry, nuclear and radioactive waste disposal, ocean tracers, particle fluxes, radiochemistry

geophysics, marine seismic reflection/refraction

geophysical fluid dynamics, laboratory experiments, eddies, coastal circulation

coastal groundwater, environmental biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, estuarine sciences, global change, nutrient chemistry, ocean tracers, radiochemistry

seafloor observatories, electromagnetic measurements, instrumentation

Coastal Ocean Dynamics, Coastal and Large-Scale Connections, Physical-Biological Interactions, Mesoscale Eddies, Numerical Modeling

phytoplankton

energy and water cycles, air-sea fluxes, ocean and atmospheric boundary layers, air-sea feedbacks, turbulence modeling, remote sensing

biomineralization, ocean acidification, paleoceanography, low temperature geochemistry

eddies and stirring, internal wave dynamics, ice-ocean interactions, observations

marine seismology

climate modeling, paleoclimate, icebergs, sea ice, abrupt climate change

Microbial community ecology, microbial interactions, marine particles, genomics, theoretical ecology

Global climate, atmospheric dynamics and radiation, idealized modeling

biogeochemistry

glaciology; paleoclimatology

igneous petrology & geochemistry

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

coastal processes; sedimentology

ocean sound propagation, acoustic tomography, acoustic remote sensing, internal waves

marine microbial ecology, symbioses, OMZs, deep biosphere

air-sea interaction, marine meteorology, boundary-layer turbulence

nearshore, surfzone, sediment, morphological processes

global climate, tropical cyclone activity

toxicology

effect of fluids and iimpurities on strength; interrelationships of porosity, permeability; and plastic flow

geophysics; electromagnetics

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

upper ocean processes, mixing, stirring, geophysical fluid dynamics

Autonomy, acoustics, AUV, ASV, robotics, sensing, underwater navigation

geophysical fluid dynamics, nonlinear waves, eddies, bio-physical interactions

ocean circulation, biogeochemical cycles, numerical modeling, observations

surveying marine organisms; acoustic scattering

experimental petrology

zooplankton, larval ecology

global carbon cycle, organic carbon, rivers, erosion, paleoclimate, biomarkers, radiocarbon, stable isotopes

microzooplankton, symbiosis

climate dynamics, paleoceanography, interannual to multidecadal variability, numerical modeling, inverse methods

geologic controls, hydrothermal activity, chemosynthetic ecosystems

estuaries, coastal hydrodynamics, dispersion, sediment transport, morphodynamics

coastal processes; sedimentology

computer vision, machine learning, marine robotics, adaptive exploration and sampling algorithms

microbiology

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

environmental organic chemistry

clumped isotope geochemistry, paleoceanography, biomineralization, isotope biogeochemistry, global change

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

environmental toxicology, biochemistry

metal biogeochemistry, microbial redox-active metabolites, microbe-microbe and microbe-mineral interactions, biomineralization, environmental mineralogy, microbial production of reactive oxygen species, microbial (exo) proteomes

geophysical fluid dynamics, stratified flows, hydraulics, laboratory experiments

biogeochemistry and hydrology of wetlands; chemical limnology; in-situ instrumentation

marine policy, marine resource economics, policy analysis, ecosystem services, ocean zoning, coastal and marine spatial planning, ocean twilight zone, shoreline change, fishery management, harmful algal blooms, law of the sea

Isotope geochemistry, Chemical oceanography, Trace-element biogeochemistry, Paleoceanography, Biological carbon pump

mantle geochemistry, hotspot volcanism, noble gas systematics, petrochronology, ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism

genetics

microbial ecology, deep sea, subseafloor, hydrothermal vents, biogeochemistry, genomics, astrobiology

carbon cycle science, geochemical modeling, geochemistry geochronology, global change, paleoceanography, quaternary geology, trace elements

marine geochemistry

geology

western boundary currents, remote sensing, climate

seabirds, climate change, population ecology

coupled biological-physical modeling, food web dynamics

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

integrated economic and ecological models, integrated economic and geological models

protists, mixotrophy, grazing, symbiosis

biomechanics, physiology

robotics, control systems, transportation and logistics

proteins

marine robotics, state estimation, dynamics and control, nonlinear systems, geophysical sensing, autonomous systems

fluid-rock interactions, oceanic crust, hydrothermal systems

soil and aqueous biogeochemistry

organic geochemistry, microbial ecology, high-resolution mass spectrometry, biogeochemical cycles, bacterial-protozoan interactions

hard-rock geochemistry

ocean’s role in climate, climate variability, large-scale circulation, mode water

phytoplankton ecology, marine photosynthesis, ocean instrumentation

acoustic scattering processes

petrology, geochemistry, experiments, 3-D imaging, deep Earth

sensor data fusion, autonomous underwater vehicles, adaptive echolocation

Physical Volcanology, Hydrothermal circulation, Geophysical Fluids Dynamics, Turbulence, and Analogue experiments.

geodynamics; marine geophysics

ocean acoustics; computational acoustics; passive acoustic localization; array signal processing

marine seismology, geophysics

fish, fish larvae, zooplankton, trophic interactions, larval ecology

Benthic biogeochemistry, carbon cycling, eutrophication, turbulent exchange, eddy covariance, air-sea exchange, in-situ chemical sensor and instrument development, coastal ecosystem dynamics

zooplankton

Physical-biological interactions, upper ocean processes, fronts and eddies

acoustical oceanography, underwater imaging, matched field tomography

sea ice, polar regions, ice-ocean-atmosphere interactions, polar technology

paleoceanography; paleoclimatology

ocean modeling, climate, biogeochemical cycles, geophysical fluid dynamics

benthic geochemistry

paleoclimatology, isotope geochemistry, U-Th geochronology

mesoscale dynamics, upper ocean processes, numerical modeling

marine geophysics; geodetics

radiocarbon, carbon cycle science, organic geochemistry

instrumentation, sensor development, trace gas sensing, laser spectroscopy

geophysics, glaciology, ice-sheet dynamics, remote sensing observations of ice flow, fluid and solid mechanics

sensory biology, hearing, physiology, bioacoustics, sensory ecology, marine mammals, squid

marine mammals

larval ecology, benthic ecology

turbulence, wave-breaking, estuaries

mathematical ecology

air-sea exchange, autonomous observations, biogeochemical cycles, carbon cycle science, ecosystem modeling, gas tracers, geochemical modeling, global change, isotope geochemistry, primary production

Isotope geochemistry, novel paleoclimate proxies, mantle geochemistry, subduction processes, thallium isotopes, vanadium isotopes

stable isotope, biogeochemical cycle, mass-independent fractionation, deep biosphere, hydrothermal deposit, Archean

signal processing, geophysical signal processing, chaotic and fractal signals

paleocenaography; paleoclimatology

metagenomics, single cell genomics, metatranscriptomics, dark ocean, oxygen minimum zones, microbial ecology, microbial function, chemoautotrophy, nitrogen cycle, sulfur cycle

experimental rock deformation, melting and melt migration, semi-brittle flow, fault rocks

geomorphology, planetary surface processes, landscape evolution, self-organization

geochemistry, global element cycles, hard-rock geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, mantle geochemistry, sedimentary geochemistry, trace elements

western boundary currents, ventilation, deep convection

sea level, ocean circulation, Bayesian methods, numerical modeling

larval ecology, benthic ecology

environmental chemistry, environmentally and economically sustainable design

air-sea interaction, upper ocean processes, surface boundary layer

microbial ecology

internal waves, mixing, stirring, fine structure

deep overflows, chaos, meanders, hydraulic

arctic ocean, tides, numerical modeling, climate

estuarine physics, sediment transport, physical-biological interactions

surf and swashzone processes, wave runup, alongshore currents

environmental biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, organic chemistry

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

numerical models of nonlinear dynamical systems, fluid dynamics, and pattern formation; theoretical models of rock physics; numerical methods for seismology

autonomy, planning, machine learning

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

transport, stirring and mixing in geophysical flows, ocean dynamics, dynamical systems theory, chaos, eddy, Hamiltonian dynamics

ecological networks

Trace element biogeochemistry, metal-microbes interactions, cyanobacteriology, marine metalloenzymes, environmental genomics and proteomics, evolution of biogeochemical cycles

Reduced order modeling of chaotic and turbulent flows, quantification of extreme events in nonlinear systems, targeted energy transfer in mechanical systems, engergy harvesting from stochastic sources

numerical modeling, seismo-acoustic propagation

coastal and estuarine circulation; turbulent mixing; sediment transport; hypoxia/anoxia

deep-sea hydrothermal processes, fluid-rock interaction, geochemical modeling, geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, mid-ocean ridges, petroleum science, sedimentary geochemistry

Air-sea interactions, Coupled climate dynamics and modeling, Regional climate variability and change

population genetics, hydrothermal vents

marine mammal, physiology, reproduction, behavior

microbiology

precision machine design, symbiotic systems, sargassum sequestration, ocean mining

geophysics; marine seismology

environmental statistics, statistical ecology

plankton ecology, time series observations

volcanology, marine geology, geophysics, mapping, deep submergence

numerical modeling, mesoscale flows, boundary currents

biochemistry, environmental toxicology

carbon cycle, calcium carbonate, biomineralization, sediment geochemistry

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 extraterrestrialbiogeochemical fossils

endocrine disruption, comparative physiology

Species invasions, ecological genomics, adaptation, ecophysiology

fish ecology

deep-sea hydrothermal processes, geochemical modeling, geochemistry, mid-ocean ridges

geophysics; marine magnetism

coastal processes, upper ocean processes, coastal and boundary current systems, thermohaline structure, autonomous observations

mixing, general circulation, instrumentation

hydrodynamics, sediment dynamics, bedform processes

fluid-structure interactions, autonomous underwater vehicles

geophysical boundary layers, mechanics of sediment transport, shelf and nearshore processes

climate variability, hydrological cycle, monsoon systems, extratopical climate dynamics, hydroclimate paleo reconstructions of the last millennium, droughts and agriculture

organic geochemistry, molecular biology, global biogeochemical cycles, microbial ecology, planktonic nutrient dynamics, carbon export

flow-induced vibration, dynamics of offshore structures

carbonate system, CO2 system, inorganic carbon, pH, pCO2, DIC, alkalinity, chemical sensors, CO2 flux, nutrients, carbon cycle, chemical oceanography, coastal biogeochemistry, marine chemistry

nitrogen cycling, links between redox cycling of metals and nitrogen/carbon, biogeochemistry of coastal and seafloor vent/seep systems, stable isotope biogeochemistry

aquatic photochemistry, biogeochemistry, and organic geochemistry

planetary history, paleomagnetism, early Earth, dynamo, Mars, Moon, asteroids, meteorites, planetary habitability and climate

upper ocean processes, boundary layer meteorology, observations

Arctic ocean, marginal seas, ocean modeling, climate

robotics, Autonomous Benthic Explorer, deep sea observatories

climate, equatorial dynamics

vortex dynamics, wave kinematics, hydromechanics

Coastal ocean dynamics, biophysical interaction

collective behavior, bioacoustics, species distribution modelling, remote observation systems, polar research, passive acoustics monitoring, ocean acoustics

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

coastal circulation, observations, tides, physical-biological coupling

coastal, topographic effects, SeaSoar

mathematical ecology, population biology

zooplankton

biogeochemistry of organic contaminants; marine organic geochemistry; science education; science-policy interactions; oil pollution; contaminated sediments; ocean environmental quality

geologist; seafloor tectonics and volcanism

air-sea exchange, remote sensing, sea-surface microlayer

utilization of elemental and isotopic abundances to understand evolution of the earth’s mantle and the petrogenesis of igneous rocks in different tectonic settings; ongoing projects include studies of Indian ocean ridge basalts (plate divergence), Andean volcanism (plate convergence), and intraplate basaltic volcanism in oceanic (Hawaii, Iceland) and continental settings (China).

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

sedimentation

developmental biology

energetics, thermocline structure, thermohaline, wind-driven circulation, climate

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

general circulation, oceanic variability, climate

paleoceanography; paloeclimatology

ocean circulation, tracer release experiments

coastal oceanography, wind-driven circulation, buoyancy-driven circulation, boundary layer dynamics

underwater acoustics, shallow water acoustics, arctic acoustics, acoustic tomography, high-frequency backscatter from particles

diagenesis, radiochemistry, sediment-seawater exchange, sedimentary geochemistry

circulation, climate, water mass

physiology, environmental toxicology

dynamics, numerical simulations, ocean measurements

large-scale circulation, climate, observations, floats, ice

equatorial jets and undercurrents, baroclinic instability, eddies and topography

acoustic propagation modeling, signal processing, numerical optimization, communications

deep overflows, observations, upper ocean dynamics

climate, general ocean circulation, ecosystem models, data assimilation

mixing, salt fingers, water cycle, observations

solid earth geochemistry

atmospheric chemistry, coastal groundwater, estuarine sciences, geochemistry, remote sensing, sedimentary geochemistry, trace elements

acoustic scattering, marine organisms, sea ice, scattering models

marine seismology; geoacoustics

geophysics; tectonics

microbiology

geochemistry, geomicrobiology, organic chemistry, organic geochemistry, petroleum science, remote sensing, trace elements

laboratory studies, geophysical fluid dynamics, convection

zooplankton

global ocean circulation, altimetry, inverse methods and state estimation, mixing processes, tides, internal waves, paleoclimate

air-sea exchange, carbon dioxide, environmental biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, ocean chemistry, organic chemistry, photochemistry