Ocean IoT (internet-of-things), communications, sensor networks, underwater imaging, acoustics, ultra-low-power electronics, computer vision, machine learning, robotics, wireless sensing, radio frequency (RF), localization, signal processing

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

Computer vision, machine learning, camera trapping, remote sensing, bioacoustics, multimodal biodiversity monitoring, environmental monitoring, participatory human-AI systems, community science

Marine autonomy, unmanned marine vehicles, autonomous decision-making

sedimentology, clumped isotope geochemistry, geobiology, Precambrian Earth History

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

paleoceanography; trace element geochemistry; sediment geochemistry

phytoplankton

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

Global climate, atmospheric dynamics and radiation, idealized modeling

toxicology

upper ocean processes, mixing, stirring, geophysical fluid dynamics

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

ocean circulation, biogeochemical cycles, numerical modeling, observations

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

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

genetics

Renewable energy, environmental fluid mechanics, atmospheric boundary layer, turbulence, optimization, uncertainty quantification

geology

biomechanics, physiology

geophysical fluid dynamics, planetary sciences

robotics, control systems, transportation and logistics

dynamic optical materials formed from fluids and elastomers, bioinspired photonics, biological structure formation principles, light management in algae cultures, marine biological optics

sensor data fusion, autonomous underwater vehicles, adaptive echolocation

acoustical oceanography, underwater imaging, matched field tomography

ocean modeling, climate, biogeochemical cycles, geophysical fluid dynamics

paleoclimatology, isotope geochemistry, U-Th geochronology

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

turbulence, wave-breaking, estuaries

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

signal processing, geophysical signal processing, chaotic and fractal signals

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

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

environmental chemistry, environmentally and economically sustainable design

Bio-inspired propulsion, Numerical methods for fluids and
structures, and Shape-changing elastic structures

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

ecological networks

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

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

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

fluid-structure interactions, autonomous underwater vehicles

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

flow-induced vibration, dynamics of offshore structures

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

Neuroscience, behavior, jellyfish, cnidarian, evolution, development

vortex dynamics, wave kinematics, hydromechanics

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

sonar, ocean acoustics, adaptive arrays

global climate, tropical cyclone activity

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

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

developmental biology

proteins

climate, general ocean circulation, ecosystem models, data assimilation

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