Harriet Alexander, Assistant Scientist | |
Biology, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | phytoplankton, microbial ecology, computational biology, bioinformatics |
Neel Aluru, Associate Scientist | |
Education Coordinator | |
Biology, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | environmental biology, epigenetics, toxicology, molecular biology |
Donald M. Anderson, Senior Scientist | |
Biology, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | phytoplankton, harmful algal blooms |
Magdalena Andres, Associate Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | observational oceanography, PIES, western boundary currents, wind driven circulation |
Amy Apprill, Associate Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | marine microbiology, contribution of microbes to marine organism health |
Andrew D. Ashton, Associate Scientist | |
Education Coordinator | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | coastal processes, geomorphology |
Andrew Babbin, Assistant Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | global biogeochemical cycles, nitrogen metabolisms, microfluidics, chemical-microbial interactions |
Peter Barry, Assistant Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | Noble Gases, Isotope Geochemistry, Fluids and Volatiles, Volcanoes, Crustal Processes |
Mark Baumgartner, Senior Scientist | |
Biology, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | marine mammals, zooplankton |
Stace Beaulieu, Senior Research Specialist | |
Biology, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | benthic-pelagic coupling, benthic invertebrates, deep-sea biology |
Tom Bell, Assistant Scientist | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | Remote sensing, marine biology, ecology, nearshore oceanography |
Michael Benjamin, Principal Research Scientist | |
Mechanical Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | Marine autonomy, unmanned marine vehicles, autonomous decision-making |
Kristin Bergmann, Assistant Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | sedimentology, clumped isotope geochemistry, geobiology, Precambrian Earth History |
Joan M. Bernhard, Senior Scientist | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | biogeochemical sedimentology, foraminiferal ecology and paleoecology |
Julien Bonnel, Associate Scientist | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
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Website | |
Keywords: | ocean acoustics, signal processing, passive acoustic monitoring, sonar |
Tanja Bosak, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | molecular and morphological biomarkers, molecular microbiology, fossilization, microbial and algal ecophysiology |
Amy S. Bower, Senior Scientist | |
Department Chair | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Website | |
Keywords: | dense overflows, Lagrangian floats, Gulf Stream |
Edward A. Boyle, Professor | |
Joint Program Director | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | paleoceanography; trace element geochemistry; sediment geochemistry |
Camrin Braun, Assistant Scientist | |
Biology, WHOI | |
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Website | |
Keywords: | biophysical interactions, pelagic ecology, animal movement, marine predators, oceanography, sensors and ocean technologies |
Michael Brosnahan, Assistant Scientist | |
Biology, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | Harmful algal blooms; life cycles, physiology and ecology of microbial eukaryotes; phytoplankton sensors and networks |
Ken O. Buesseler, Senior Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Website | |
Keywords: | carbon cycle science, colloid chemistry, environmental biogeochemistry, geochemistry, global change, isotope geochemistry, nuclear and radioactive waste disposal, ocean tracers, particle fluxes, radiochemistry |
Juan Pablo Canales, Associate Scientist | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | geophysics, marine seismic reflection/refraction |
Claudia Cenedese, Senior Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Website | |
Keywords: | geophysical fluid dynamics, laboratory experiments, eddies, coastal circulation |
Matt Charette, Senior Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and 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 | |
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Keywords: | seafloor observatories, electromagnetic measurements, instrumentation |
Ke Chen, Associate Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | Coastal Ocean Dynamics, Coastal and Large-Scale Connections, Physical-Biological Interactions, Mesoscale Eddies, Numerical Modeling |
Sallie W. Chisholm, Professor | |
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | phytoplankton |
Carol Anne Clayson, Senior 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 & Geophysics, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | biomineralization, ocean acidification, paleoceanography, low temperature geochemistry |
Sylvia Cole, Associate Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | eddies and stirring, internal wave dynamics, ice-ocean interactions, observations |
John A. Collins, Senior Research Specialist | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | marine seismology |
Alan Condron, Assistant Scientist | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | climate modeling, paleoclimate, icebergs, sea ice, abrupt climate change |
Otto Cordero, Associate Professor | |
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | Microbial community ecology, microbial interactions, marine particles, genomics, theoretical ecology |
Kassandra Costa, Assistant Scientist | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | Paleoceanography, Sediment Geochemistry, Paleo-proxies |
Timothy Cronin, Assistant Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | Global climate, atmospheric dynamics and radiation, idealized modeling |
Andrew Cross, Assistant Scientist | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | Experimental rock/ice mechanics, plate boundary deformation and strain localization, microstructural evolution, electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) |
Sarah B. Das, Associate Scientist | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | glaciology; paleoclimatology |
Henry J. B. Dick, Senior Scientist | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | igneous petrology & geochemistry |
Jeffrey P. Donnelly, Senior Scientist | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | coastal processes; sedimentology |
Timothy F. Duda, Senior Scientist | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | ocean sound propagation, acoustic tomography, acoustic remote sensing, internal waves |
Ann Dunlea, Assistant Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Website | |
Keywords: | Biogeochemistry of marine sediment, paleoceanography/paleoclimatology, cycling of elements between seawater and sediment, monsoon variability, dust and volcanic ash fluxes, multivariate statistics |
Virginia Edgcomb, Senior Scientist | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | marine microbial ecology, symbioses, OMZs, deep biosphere |
James Edson, Senior Scientist | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | air-sea interaction, marine meteorology, boundary-layer turbulence |
Steve Elgar, Senior Scientist | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | nearshore, surfzone, sediment, morphological processes |
Kerry A. Emanuel, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | global climate, tropical cyclone activity |
John M. Essigmann, Professor | |
Chemistry, Toxicology and Biological Engineering, MIT | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | toxicology |
Rob. L Evans, Senior Scientist | |
Department Chair | |
Geology & 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 |
Raffaele Ferrari, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Website | |
Keywords: | upper ocean processes, mixing, stirring, geophysical fluid dynamics |
John Fisher, Senior Research Scientist | |
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, MIT | |
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Glenn Flierl, Professor | |
Chair, Joint Committee for Physical Oceanography | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | geophysical fluid dynamics, nonlinear waves, eddies, bio-physical interactions |
Mick Follows, Professor | |
Chair, Joint Committee for Biological Oceanography | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
Profile | |
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 |
Nicholas Foukal, Assistant Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | Physical Oceanography, Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), Gulf Stream, Subpolar Gyre, Beaufort Gyre, Lagrangian methods, North Atlantic Oscillation |
Gregory P. Fournier, Associate Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Glenn Gaetani, Associate Scientist | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | experimental petrology |
Valier Galy, Associate Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | global carbon cycle, organic carbon, rivers, erosion, paleoclimate, biomarkers, radiocarbon, stable isotopes |
Jake Gebbie, Associate Scientist | |
Education Coordinator | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | climate dynamics, paleoceanography, interannual to multidecadal variability, numerical modeling, inverse methods |
Chris R. German, Senior Scientist | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | geologic controls, hydrothermal activity, chemosynthetic ecosystems |
W. Rockwell Geyer, Senior Scientist | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | estuaries, coastal hydrodynamics, dispersion, sediment transport, morphodynamics |
Liviu Giosan, Associate Scientist | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | coastal processes; sedimentology |
Yogesh Girdhar, Associate Scientist | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | computer vision, machine learning, marine robotics, adaptive exploration and sampling algorithms |
Timothy L. Grove, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
Profile | |
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 | |
Associte Director of the Joint Program | |
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | environmental organic chemistry |
Weifu Guo, Associate Scientist | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | clumped isotope geochemistry, paleoceanography, biomineralization, isotope biogeochemistry, global change |
Bradford Hager, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, 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 | |
Biology, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | environmental toxicology, biochemistry |
Colleen Hansel, Senior Scientist | |
Chari, Joint Committee for Chemical Oceanography | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, 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 |
Sophie Hines, Assistant Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | paleoceanography, paleoclimate, marine geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, Climate dynamics |
Tristan Horner, Assistant Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | Isotope geochemistry, Chemical oceanography, Trace-element biogeochemistry, Paleoceanography, Biological carbon pump |
Forrest Horton, Assistant Scientist | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | mantle geochemistry, hotspot volcanism, noble gas systematics, petrochronology, ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism |
Michael Howland, Assistant Professor | |
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | Renewable energy, environmental fluid mechanics, atmospheric boundary layer, turbulence, optimization, uncertainty quantification |
Julie Huber, Senior Scientist | |
Biology, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | microbial ecology, deep sea, subseafloor, hydrothermal vents, biogeochemistry, genomics, astrobiology |
Konrad Hughen, Senior Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | carbon cycle science, geochemical modeling, geochemistry geochronology, global change, paleoceanography, quaternary geology, trace elements |
Oliver Jagoutz, Professor | |
Chair, Joint Committee for Marine Geology and Geophysics | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | geology |
Steve R. Jayne, Senior Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | western boundary currents, remote sensing, climate |
Stephanie Jenouvrier, Associate Scientist | |
Biology, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | seabirds, climate change, population ecology |
Rubao Ji, Senior Scientist | |
Biology, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | coupled biological-physical modeling, food web dynamics |
Houshuo Jiang, Senior Scientist | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
Profile | |
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 |
Di Jin, Senior Scientist | |
Marine Policy Center, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | integrated economic and ecological models, integrated economic and geological models |
Matt Johnson, Associate Scientist | |
Biology, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | protists, mixotrophy, grazing, symbiosis |
Sertac Karaman, Associate Professor | |
Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | robotics, control systems, transportation and logistics |
Hyewon Heather Kim, Assistant Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | microbial oceanography, numerical modeling, physical-biological coupling, global carbon and biogeochemical cycles, climate change, and polar research |
Anthony Kirincich, Associate Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | coastal oceanography, ocean physics, exchange and mixing, remote sensing/HF radar, off-shore wind |
Frieder Klein, Associate Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | fluid-rock interactions, oceanic crust, hydrothermal systems |
Mathias Kolle, Associate Professor | |
Mechanical Engineering, MIT | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | dynamic optical materials formed from fluids and elastomers, bioinspired photonics, biological structure formation principles, light management in algae cultures, marine biological optics |
Elizabeth B. Kujawinski, Senior Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | organic geochemistry, microbial ecology, high-resolution mass spectrometry, biogeochemical cycles, bacterial-protozoan interactions |
Mark D. Kurz, Senior Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | hard-rock geochemistry |
Young-Oh Kwon, Senior Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | ocean’s role in climate, climate variability, large-scale circulation, mode water |
Samuel Laney, Associate Scientist | |
Biology, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | phytoplankton ecology, marine photosynthesis, ocean instrumentation |
Susan Q. Lang, Associate Scientist | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | water-rock-microbe interactions; aqueous biogeochemistry; stable and radioisotopes (13C, 14C, 15N, 34S) |
Andone Lavery, Senior Scientist | |
Department Chair | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | acoustic scattering processes |
Isabela Le Bras, Assistant Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | large-scale ocean circulation, Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, Arctic, observations, western boundary current dynamics |
Veronique Le Roux, Associate Scientist | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | petrology, geochemistry, experiments, 3-D imaging, deep Earth |
John J. Leonard, Professor | |
Associte Director of the Joint Program | |
Mechanical Engineering, MIT | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | sensor data fusion, autonomous underwater vehicles, adaptive echolocation |
Yang Liao, Assistant Scientist | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | Physical Volcanology, Hydrothermal circulation, Geophysical Fluids Dynamics, Turbulence, and Analogue experiments. |
Ying-Tsong Lin, Associate Scientist | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | ocean acoustics; computational acoustics; passive acoustic localization; array signal processing |
Yaqin Liu, Assistant Scientist | |
Marine Policy Center, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | Economic model on coupled human and natural systems, climatic impact on marine resources, mitigation strategies and conservation measures |
Daniel Lizarralde, Associate Scientist | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | marine seismology, geophysics |
Joel Llopiz, Associate Scientist | |
Biology, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | fish, fish larvae, zooplankton, trophic interactions, larval ecology |
Matt Long, Assistant Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | Benthic biogeochemistry, carbon cycling, eutrophication, turbulent exchange, eddy covariance, air-sea exchange, in-situ chemical sensor and instrument development, coastal ecosystem dynamics |
Amala Mahadevan, Senior Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | Physical-biological interactions, upper ocean processes, fronts and eddies |
Nicholas Makris, Professor | |
Mechanical Engineering, MIT | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | acoustical oceanography, underwater imaging, matched field tomography |
Ted Maksym, Associate Scientist | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | sea ice, polar regions, ice-ocean-atmosphere interactions, polar technology |
Olivier Marchal, Senior Scientist | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | paleoceanography; paleoclimatology |
John Marshall, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | ocean modeling, climate, biogeochemical cycles, geophysical fluid dynamics |
Daniel C. McCorkle, Senior Scientist | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | benthic geochemistry |
David McGee, Associate Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, 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 |
Ann McNichol, Senior Research Specialist | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | radiocarbon, carbon cycle science, organic geochemistry |
Kirstin Meyer-Kaiser, Assisant Scientist | |
Biology, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | Larval biology, benthic ecology, dispersal, polar biology, island biogeography, invertebrate zoology, deep-sea biology |
Anna Michel, Associate Scientist | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | instrumentation, sensor development, trace gas sensing, laser spectroscopy |
Brent Minchew, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | geophysics, glaciology, ice-sheet dynamics, remote sensing observations of ice flow, fluid and solid mechanics |
T. Aran Mooney, Associate Scientist | |
Biology, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | sensory biology, hearing, physiology, bioacoustics, sensory ecology, marine mammals, squid |
Lauren Mullineaux, Senior Scientist | |
Department Chair | |
Biology, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | larval ecology, benthic ecology |
Heidi M. Nepf, Professor | |
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | turbulence, wave-breaking, estuaries |
David (Roo) Nicholson, Associate Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and 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, Associate Scientist | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | Isotope geochemistry, novel paleoclimate proxies, mantle geochemistry, subduction processes, thallium isotopes, vanadium isotopes |
Shuhei Ono, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | stable isotope, biogeochemical cycle, mass-independent fractionation, deep biosphere, hydrothermal deposit, Archean |
Alan Oppenheim, Professor | |
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | signal processing, geophysical signal processing, chaotic and fractal signals |
Delia W. Oppo, Senior Scientist | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | paleoceanography; paleoclimatology |
Maria Pachiadaki, Assistant Scientist | |
Biology, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | metagenomics, single cell genomics, metatranscriptomics, dark ocean, oxygen minimum zones, microbial ecology, microbial function, chemoautotrophy, nitrogen cycle, sulfur cycle |
Matej Pec, Assistant Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | experimental rock deformation, melting and melt migration, semi-brittle flow, fault rocks |
Taylor Perron, Professor | |
Associate Department Head | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | geomorphology, planetary surface processes, landscape evolution, self-organization |
Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink, Senior Scientist | |
Department Chair | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Website | |
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 | |
Website | |
Keywords: | western boundary currents, ventilation, deep convection |
Christopher Piecuch, Assistant Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | sea level change, ocean circulation, Bayesian methods, numerical modeling |
Jesús Pineda, Senior Scientist | |
Biology, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | larval ecology, benthic ecology |
Desiree Plata, Professor | |
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | environmental chemistry, environmentally and economically sustainable design |
Albert J. Plueddemann, Senior Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | air-sea interaction, upper ocean processes, surface boundary layer |
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, hydraulic |
Andrey Proshutinsky, Senior Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | arctic ocean, tides, numerical modeling, climate |
David Ralston, Associate Scientist | |
Chair, Joint Committee for Applied Ocean Science & Engineering | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | estuarine physics, sediment transport, physical-biological interactions |
Britt Raubenheimer, Senior Scientist | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | surf and swashzone processes, wave runup, alongshore currents |
Chris Reddy, Senior Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | environmental biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, organic chemistry |
Wim van Rees, Professor | |
Mechanical Engineering, MIT | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | Bio-inspired propulsion, Numerical methods for fluids and |
Daniel J. Repeta, Senior Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and 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 |
Daniel H. Rothman, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | numerical models of nonlinear dynamical systems, fluid dynamics, and pattern formation; theoretical models of rock physics; numerical methods for seismology |
Nicholas Roy, Professor | |
Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | autonomy, planning, machine learning |
Leigh H. Royden, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
Profile | |
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, Associate Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | transport, stirring and mixing in geophysical flows, ocean dynamics, dynamical systems theory, chaos, eddy, Hamiltonian dynamics |
Serguei Saavedra, Assistant Professor | |
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT | |
Profile | |
Website | |
Keywords: | ecological networks |
Mak Saito, Senior Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | Trace element biogeochemistry, metal-microbes interactions, cyanobacteriology, marine metalloenzymes, environmental genomics and proteomics, evolution of biogeochemical cycles |
Themistoklis Sapsis, Associate Professor | |
Mechanical Engineering, MIT | |
Profile | |
Keywords: | 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 |
Mei Sato, Assistant Scientist | |
Biology, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | zooplankton, fish, biological-physical interactions, predator-prey interactions, bioacoustics |
Henrik Schmidt, Professor | |
Mechanical Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | numerical modeling, seismo-acoustic propagation |
Malcolm Scully, Associate Scientist | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | coastal and estuarine circulation; turbulent mixing; sediment transport; hypoxia/anoxia |
Jeffrey S. Seewald, Senior Scientist | |
Education Coordinator | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, 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 |
Alan Seltzer, Assistant Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | paleoclimate, air-sea gas exchange, hydroclimate, groundwater, isotope geochemistry, hydrology, noble gas geochemistry |
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 |
Timothy Shank, Associate Scientist | |
Biology, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | population genetics, hydrothermal vents |
Michelle R. Shero, Assistant Scientist | |
Biology, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | marine mammal, physiology, reproduction, behavior |
Alexander Slocum, Professor | |
Mechanical Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | precision machine design, symbiotic systems, sargassum sequestration, ocean mining |
Robert A. Sohn, Senior Scientist | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | geophysics; marine seismology |
Heidi M. Sosik, Senior Scientist | |
Biology, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | plankton ecology, time series observations |
Michael A. Spall, Senior Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | numerical modeling, mesoscale flows, boundary currents |
John Stegeman, Senior Scientist | |
Biology, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | biochemistry, environmental toxicology |
Adam V. Subhas, Assistant Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | carbon cycle, calcium carbonate, biomineralization, sediment geochemistry |
Roger E. Summons, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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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 extraterrestrialbiogeochemical fossils |
Ann M. Tarrant, Senior Scientist | |
Associate Dean | |
Biology, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | endocrine disruption, comparative physiology |
Carolyn Tepolt, Associate Scientist | |
Biology, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | Species invasions, ecological genomics, adaptation, ecophysiology |
Margaret K. Tivey, Senior Scientist | |
Vice President for Academic Programs and Dean | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | deep-sea hydrothermal processes, geochemical modeling, geochemistry, mid-ocean ridges |
Maurice A. Tivey, Senior Scientist | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | geophysics; marine magnetism |
Robert Todd, Associate Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | coastal processes, upper ocean processes, coastal and boundary current systems, thermohaline structure, autonomous observations |
John M. Toole, Senior Scientist | |
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 | |
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Keywords: | fluid-structure interactions, autonomous underwater vehicles |
John H. Trowbridge, Senior Scientist | |
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 |
Robert van der Hilst, Professor | |
Department Head | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, 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 |
Benjamin Van Mooy, Senior Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | organic geochemistry, molecular biology, global biogeochemical cycles, microbial ecology, planktonic nutrient dynamics, carbon export |
J. Kim Vandiver, Professor | |
Mechanical Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | flow-induced vibration, dynamics of offshore structures |
Zhaohui Aleck Wang, Associate 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, Associate Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, 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 |
Collin Ward, Assistant Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | aquatic photochemistry, biogeochemistry, and organic geochemistry |
Benjamin Weiss, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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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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Keywords: | upper ocean processes, boundary layer meteorology, observations |
Jiayan Yang, Senior Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | Arctic ocean, marginal seas, ocean modeling, climate |
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 | |
Mechanical Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | vortex dynamics, wave kinematics, hydromechanics |
W. Gordon Zhang, Associate Scientist | |
Education Coordinator | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | Coastal ocean dynamics, biophysical interaction |
Seth Zippel, Assistant Scientist | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | Waves, Wave-Ice Interactions, Wave-Current Interactions, Turbulence, Ocean and Atmospheric Boundary Layers, Air-Sea Interactions |
Daniel P. Zitterbart, Assistant Scientist | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | collective behavior, bioacoustics, species distribution modelling, remote observation systems, polar research, passive acoustics monitoring, ocean acoustics |
Maria T. Zuber, Professor | |
Vice President for Research | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, 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 |
Retired/Emeritus Faculty
Arthur B. Baggeroer, Professor Emeritus | |
Mechanical Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | sonar, ocean acoustics, adaptive arrays |
Robert C. Beardsley, Scientist Emeritus | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | coastal circulation, observations, tides, physical-biological coupling |
Kenneth H. Brink, Emeritus Research Scholar | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | coastal, topographic effects, SeaSoar |
Hal Caswell, Scientist Emeritus | |
Biology, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | mathematical ecology, population biology |
J. Brian Evans, Professor Emeritus | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | effect of fluids and iimpurities on strength; interrelationships of porosity, permeability; and plastic flow |
John W. Farrington, Dean Emeritus | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, 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 |
Daniel J. Fornari, Emeritus Research Scholar | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | geologist; seafloor tectonics and volcanism |
Nelson M Frew, Oceanographer Emeritus | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | air-sea exchange, remote sensing, sea-surface microlayer |
David M. Glover, Emeritus Research Scholar | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, 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 |
Karl R. Helfrich, Scientist Emeritus | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | geophysical fluid dynamics, stratified flows, hydraulics, laboratory experiments |
Harold F. Hemond, Professor Emeritus | |
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | biogeochemistry and hydrology of wetlands; chemical limnology; in-situ instrumentation |
Rui Xin Huang, Scientist Emeritus | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | energetics, thermocline structure, thermohaline, wind-driven circulation, climate |
Susan E. Humphris, Scientists Emeritus | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | marine geochemistry |
William J. Jenkins, Emeritus Research Scholar | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, 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 |
Terrence M. Joyce, Scientist Emeritus | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | general circulation, oceanic variability, climate |
Lloyd D. Keigwin, Jr., Emeritus Research Scholar | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | paleoceanography; paloeclimatology |
James R. Ledwell, Emeritus Research Scholar | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | ocean circulation, tracer release experiments |
Steven J. Lentz, Scientist Emeritus | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | coastal oceanography, wind-driven circulation, buoyancy-driven circulation, boundary layer dynamics |
Jian Lin, Scientist Emeritus | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | geodynamics; marine geophysics |
James F. Lynch, Scientist Emeritus | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | underwater acoustics, shallow water acoustics, arctic acoustics, acoustic tomography, high-frequency backscatter from particles |
William R. Martin, Scientist Emeritus | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | diagenesis, radiochemistry, sediment-seawater exchange, sedimentary geochemistry |
Michael S. McCartney, Emeritus Research Scholar | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | circulation, climate, water mass |
Judith E. McDowell, Scientist Emeritus | |
Biology, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | physiology, environmental toxicology |
W. Brechner Owens, Emeritus Research Scholar | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | large-scale circulation, climate, observations, floats, ice |
Joseph Pedlosky, Scientist Emeritus | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | equatorial jets and undercurrents, baroclinic instability, eddies and topography |
James C. Preisig, Scientist Emeritus | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | acoustic propagation modeling, signal processing, numerical optimization, communications |
James F. Price, Scientist Emeritus | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | deep overflows, observations, upper ocean dynamics |
Paola Rizzoli, Professor Emeritus | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | climate, general ocean circulation, ecosystem models, data assimilation |
Raymond W. Schmitt, Scientist Emeritus | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | mixing, salt fingers, water cycle, observations |
Nobumichi Shimizu, Scientist Emeritus | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | solid earth geochemistry |
Edward R. Sholkovitz, Scientist Emeritus | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | atmospheric chemistry, coastal groundwater, estuarine sciences, geochemistry, remote sensing, sedimentary geochemistry, trace elements |
Andrew R. Solow, Senior Scientist | |
Marine Policy Center, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | environmental statistics, statistical ecology |
Timothy K. Stanton, Scientist Emeritus | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | acoustic scattering, marine organisms, sea ice, scattering models |
Ralph A. Stephen, Emeritus Research Scholar | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | marine seismology; geoacoustics |
Brian E. Tucholke, Scientist Emeritus | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | geophysics; tectonics |
Jean K. Whelan, Oceanographer Emeritus | |
Marine Chemistry and 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 |
Carl Wunsch, Professor Emeritus | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | global ocean circulation, altimetry, inverse methods and state estimation, mixing processes, tides, internal waves, paleoclimate |
Oliver C. Zafiriou, Scientist Emeritus | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | air-sea exchange, carbon dioxide, environmental biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, ocean chemistry, organic chemistry, photochemistry |