Faculty
Chemical Oceanography
Amy Apprill, Associate Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | marine microbiology, contribution of microbes to marine organism health, coral reefs |
Andrew Babbin, Associate Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | global biogeochemical cycles, nitrogen metabolisms, microfluidics, chemical-microbial interactions, marine particles |
Peter Barry, Associate Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | Noble Gases, Isotope Geochemistry, Fluids and Volatiles, Volcanoes, Crustal Processes |
Tanja Bosak, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | molecular and morphological biomarkers, molecular microbiology, fossilization, microbial and algal ecophysiology |
Edward A. Boyle, Professor | |
Chair, Joint Committee for Chemical Oceanography | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | paleoceanography; trace element geochemistry; sediment geochemistry |
Ken O. Buesseler, Senior Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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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 Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | coastal groundwater, environmental biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, estuarine sciences, global change, nutrient chemistry, ocean tracers, radiochemistry |
Ann Dunlea, Assistant Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | Biogeochemistry of marine sediment, paleoceanography/paleoclimatology, cycling of elements between seawater and sediment, monsoon variability, dust and volcanic ash fluxes, multivariate statistics |
Valier Galy, Associate Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | global carbon cycle, organic carbon, rivers, erosion, paleoclimate, biomarkers, radiocarbon, stable isotopes |
Philip M. Gschwend, Professor | |
Associate Director of the Joint Program | |
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | environmental organic chemistry |
Colleen Hansel, Senior Scientist | |
Education Coordinator | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, 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 |
Sophie Hines, Assistant Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | paleoceanography, paleoclimate, marine geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, Climate dynamics |
Tristan Horner, Associate Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | Isotope geochemistry, Chemical oceanography, Trace-element biogeochemistry, Paleoceanography, Biological carbon pump |
Julie Huber, Senior Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | microbial ecology, deep sea, subseafloor, hydrothermal vents, biogeochemistry, genomics, astrobiology |
Konrad Hughen, Senior Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | paleoclimatology, paleoceanography, geochemistry, geochronology, global carbon cycle, climate change, coral reefs |
Heather H. Kim, Assistant Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | microbial oceanography, numerical modeling, physical-biological coupling, global carbon and biogeochemical cycles, climate change, and polar research |
Frieder Klein, Associate Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | fluid-rock interactions, oceanic crust, hydrothermal systems |
Elizabeth B. Kujawinski, Senior Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | organic geochemistry, microbial ecology, high-resolution mass spectrometry, biogeochemical cycles, bacterial-protozoan interactions |
Matt Long, Associate Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | Benthic biogeochemistry, carbon cycling, eutrophication, turbulent exchange, eddy covariance, air-sea exchange, in-situ chemical sensor and instrument development, coastal ecosystem dynamics |
David McGee, Associate Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | paleoclimatology, isotope geochemistry, U-Th geochronology |
Laura Motta, Assistant Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | Stable Isotopes, Mercury, Photochemistry, Biogeochemical Cycles, Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, Theoretical Chemistry, Relativistic Quantum Chemistry |
David (Roo) Nicholson, Associate Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and 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, marine carbon dioxide removal, sensor development |
Shuhei Ono, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | stable isotope, biogeochemical cycle, mass-independent fractionation, deep biosphere, hydrothermal deposit, Archean |
Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink, Senior Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | geochemistry, global element cycles, hard-rock geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, mantle geochemistry, sedimentary geochemistry, trace elements, Globa Rivers Observatory |
Desiree Plata, Associate Professor | |
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | environmental chemistry, environmentally and economically sustainable design |
Chris Reddy, Senior Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | environmental biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, organic chemistry |
Daniel J. Repeta, Senior Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and 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, Senior Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | Trace element biogeochemistry, metal-microbes interactions, cyanobacteriology, marine metalloenzymes, environmental genomics and proteomics, evolution of biogeochemical cycles |
Jeffrey S. Seewald, Senior Scientist | |
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 |
Adam V. Subhas, Associate 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 |
Benjamin Van Mooy, Senior Scientist | |
Department Chair | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | organic geochemistry, molecular biology, global biogeochemical cycles, microbial ecology, planktonic nutrient dynamics, carbon export |
Zhaohui Aleck Wang, Associate Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | carbonate system, inorganic carbon, marine CO2 removal, Monitoring Recording and Verification (MRV), ocean acidification, chemical sensors, Blue Carbon, wetlands, carbon cycle, 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, Associate Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | aquatic photochemistry, biogeochemistry, and organic geochemistry |
Retired/Emeritus Faculty
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Mark D. Kurz, Senior Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | hard-rock geochemistry |
William R. Martin, Scientist Emeritus | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | diagenesis, radiochemistry, sediment-seawater exchange, sedimentary 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 |
Margaret K. Tivey, Senior Scientist | |
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | deep-sea hydrothermal processes, geochemical modeling, geochemistry, mid-ocean ridges |
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 |
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 |