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Sune Nielsen

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

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Oliver Hilde

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Hilde Oliver

Department: Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering
Institution: WHOI
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Polar & coastal physical-biological interactions. Environmental controls on Phaeocystis, diatoms, & coccolithophores. Coupled physical-biogeochemical numerical modeling. Trace metal cycling.

Interests: Biogeochemistry, Biophysical interactions, Coastal processes, Ecology & ecosystem modeling, Polar Ecosystems & Processes
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Shuhei Ono

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

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Alan Oppenheim

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signal processing, geophysical signal processing, chaotic and fractal signals

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Delia Oppo

Department: Geology & Geophysics
Institution: WHOI
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I study ocean & climate variability of the relatively recent past (especially the last 140,000 years, the last glacial maximum, the last deglaciation, the preindustrial Holocene, & last century).

Interests: Climate & paleoclimate, Global overturning circulation, Ocean Heat & Carbon Uptake

W. Brechner Owens

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

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Maria Pachiadaki

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

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Thomas Peacock

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Matej Pec

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

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Joseph Pedlosky

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equatorial jets and undercurrents, baroclinic instability, eddies and topography

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Taylor Perron

Department: Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences
Institution: MIT
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Taylor Perron’s group studies how geology, climate, & life shape the surface of Earth & the surfaces of other planets & moons.

Interests: Coastal processes, Planetary Sciences, Remote sensing
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Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink

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

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Robert S. Pickart

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western boundary currents, ventilation, deep convection

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Christopher Piecuch

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sea level change, ocean circulation, Bayesian methods, numerical modeling

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Jesús Pineda

Department: Biology (WHOI)
Institution: WHOI
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I study the processes that determine the fluctuations & distribution of coastal marine bottom organisms such as barnacles & lobsters, with emphasis on how biological-physical interactions.

Interests: Biophysical interactions
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Desiree Plata

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environmental chemistry, environmentally and economically sustainable design

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Albert Plueddemann

Department: Physical Oceanography
Institution: WHOI
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Research interests include: response of the upper ocean to surface forcing; structure of the oceanic surface boundary layer; coastal processes; oceanographic instrumentation.

Interests: Air-Sea Interactions, Coastal processes, Sensors & instrumentation
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Kurt L. Polzin

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internal waves, mixing, stirring, fine structure

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Lawrence J. Pratt

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deep overflows, chaos, meanders, hydraulic

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