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WHOI Based Faculty

Harriet Alexander,  Assistant Scientist
Biology,  WHOI
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phytoplankton, microbial ecology, computational biology, bioinformatics

Neel Aluru,  Associate Scientist
Education Coordinator
Biology,  WHOI
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environmental biology, epigenetics, toxicology, molecular biology

Donald M. Anderson,  Senior Scientist
Biology,  WHOI
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phytoplankton, harmful algal blooms

Magdalena Andres,  Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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observational oceanography, PIES, western boundary currents, wind driven circulation

Amy Apprill,  Associate Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,  WHOI
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marine microbiology, contribution of microbes to marine organism health, coral reefs

Carin J. Ashjian,  Senior Scientist
Department Chair
Biology,  WHOI
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zooplankton

Andrew D. Ashton,  Associate Scientist
Education Coordinator
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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coastal processes, geomorphology

Gil Averbuch,  Assistant Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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seismo-acoustics, underwater and atmospheric acoustics, planetary acoustics, signal processing, numerical modeling

Peter Barry,  Associate Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,  WHOI
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Noble Gases, Isotope Geochemistry, Fluids and Volatiles, Volcanoes, Crustal Processes

Mark Baumgartner,  Senior Scientist
Biology,  WHOI
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marine mammals, zooplankton

Stace Beaulieu,  Senior Research Specialist
Biology,  WHOI
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biodiversity, data science, deep-sea ecology, marine invertebrates, ocean informatics, seafloor observatories

Tom Bell,  Assistant Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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Remote sensing, marine biology, ecology, nearshore oceanography

Joan M. Bernhard,  Senior Scientist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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biogeochemical sedimentology, foraminiferal ecology and paleoecology

Julien Bonnel,  Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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ocean acoustics, signal processing, passive acoustic monitoring, sonar

Amy S. Bower,  Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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dense overflows, Lagrangian floats, Gulf Stream

Camrin Braun,  Assistant Scientist
Biology,  WHOI
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biophysical interactions, pelagic ecology, animal movement, marine predators, oceanography, sensors and ocean technologies

Gregory Britten,  Assistant Scientist
Biology,  WHOI
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Ecosystem modeling, primary productivity, fisheries, climate change, applied statistics

Michael Brosnahan,  Assisstant Scientist
Biology,  WHOI
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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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carbon cycle science, colloid chemistry, environmental biogeochemistry, geochemistry, global change, isotope geochemistry, nuclear and radioactive waste disposal, ocean tracers, particle fluxes, radiochemistry

Richard Camilli,  Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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Juan Pablo Canales,  Senior Scientist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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geophysics, marine seismic reflection/refraction

Claudia Cenedese,  Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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geophysical fluid dynamics, laboratory experiments, melting glaciers and icebergs, microplastic transport and burial, buoyancy driven currents, turbulent mixing and mesoscale vortices

Matt Charette,  Senior Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,  WHOI
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coastal groundwater, environmental biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, estuarine sciences, global change, nutrient chemistry, ocean tracers, radiochemistry

Ke Chen,  Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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Coastal Ocean Dynamics, Coastal and Large-Scale Connections, Physical-Biological Interactions, Mesoscale Eddies, Numerical Modeling

Carol Anne Clayson,  Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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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
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biomineralization, ocean acidification, paleoceanography, low temperature geochemistry

Sylvia Cole,  Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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Polar oceanography, ice-ocean interactions, ocean circulation, observations

John A. Collins,  Senior Research Specialist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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marine seismology

Alan Condron,  Associate Scientist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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climate modeling, paleoclimate, icebergs, sea ice, abrupt climate change

Kassandra Costa,  Assistant Scientist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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Paleoceanography, Sediment Geochemistry, Paleo-proxies

Andrew Cross,  Assistant Scientist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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rock rheology, ice dynamics, laboratory experiments, microstructure characterization

Sarah B. Das,  Associate Scientist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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glaciology; paleoclimatology

Jeffrey P. Donnelly,  Senior Scientist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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coastal processes; sedimentology

Timothy F. Duda,  Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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ocean sound propagation, acoustic tomography, acoustic remote sensing, internal waves

Ann Dunlea,  Assistant Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,  WHOI
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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
Biology,  WHOI
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marine microbial ecology, symbioses, deep biosphere, marine protists, genetic tools, oxygen-depleted water columns and sediments

James Edson,  Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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air-sea interaction, marine meteorology, boundary-layer turbulence

Steve Elgar,  Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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nearshore, surfzone, sediment, morphological processes

Rob. L Evans,  Senior Scientist
Interim Vice President Academic Programs/ Dean
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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geophysics; electromagnetics

J. Tom Farrar,  Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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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

Kenneth G. Foote,  Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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surveying marine organisms; acoustic scattering

Nicholas Foukal,  Assistant Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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Physical Oceanography, Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), Gulf Stream, Subpolar Gyre, Beaufort Gyre, Lagrangian methods, North Atlantic Oscillation

Glenn Gaetani,  Associate Scientist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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experimental petrology

Valier Galy,  Associate Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,  WHOI
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global carbon cycle, organic carbon, rivers, erosion, paleoclimate, biomarkers, radiocarbon, stable isotopes

Rebecca J. Gast,  Associate Scientist
Biology,  WHOI
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microzooplankton, symbiosis

Glen G. Gawarkiewicz,  Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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Jake Gebbie,  Senior Scientist
Education Coordinator
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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climate dynamics, paleoceanography, interannual to multidecadal variability, numerical modeling, inverse methods

Chris R. German,  Senior Scientist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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geologic controls, hydrothermal activity, chemosynthetic ecosystems

Liviu Giosan,  Associate Scientist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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coastal processes; sedimentology

Yogesh Girdhar,  Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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computer vision, machine learning, marine robotics, adaptive exploration and sampling algorithms

Alex O. Gonzalez,  Assistant Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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tropical meteorology, climate modeling, air-sea interactions, and geophysical fluid dynamics

Julia Guimond,  Assistant Scientist
Civil and Environmental Engineering/Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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Coastal groundwater dynamics, permafrost hydrology, saltwater intrusion, submarine groundwater discharge, coastal wetland hydrology, climate change impacts on coastal ecosystems, hydrological-biogeochemical interactions, cryohydrogeology, numerical modeling, temperate and polar field work.

Weifu Guo,  Associate Scientist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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clumped isotope geochemistry, paleoceanography, biomineralization, isotope biogeochemistry, global change

Mark Hahn,  Senior Scientist
Biology,  WHOI
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environmental toxicology, biochemical adaptation, gene-environment interactions, oceans and human health

Colleen Hansel,  Senior Scientist
Education Coordinator
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,  WHOI
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metal biogeochemistry, microbial redox-active metabolites, microbe-microbe and microbe-mineral interactions, biomineralization, environmental mineralogy, microbial production of reactive oxygen species, microbial (exo) proteomes

Nick Harmon,  Research Specialist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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A marine geophysicist and seismologist interested in plate tectonics and mantle dynamics

Sophie Hines,  Assistant Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,  WHOI
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paleoceanography, paleoclimate, marine geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, Climate dynamics

Tristan Horner,  Associate Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,  WHOI
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Isotope geochemistry, Chemical oceanography, Trace-element biogeochemistry, Paleoceanography, Biological carbon pump

Forrest Horton,  Associate Scientist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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mantle geochemistry, hotspot volcanism, noble gas systematics, petrochronology, ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism

Julie Huber,  Senior Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,  WHOI
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microbial ecology, deep sea, subseafloor, hydrothermal vents, biogeochemistry, genomics, astrobiology

Konrad Hughen,  Senior Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,  WHOI
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paleoclimatology, paleoceanography, geochemistry, geochronology, global carbon cycle, climate change, coral reefs

Steve R. Jayne,  Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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western boundary currents, remote sensing, climate

Stephanie Jenouvrier,  Senior Scientist
Biology,  WHOI
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seabirds, climate change, population ecology

Rubao Ji,  Senior Scientist
Biology,  WHOI
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coupled biological-physical modeling, food web dynamics

Houshuo Jiang,  Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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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
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integrated economic and ecological models, integrated economic and geological models

Matt Johnson,  Associate Scientist
Biology,  WHOI
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protists, mixotrophy, grazing, symbiosis

Nare Karapetyan,  Assistant Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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exploration, path planning, marine robotics, multi-robot systems, autonomous systems

Heather H. Kim,  Assistant Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,  WHOI
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microbial oceanography, numerical modeling, physical-biological coupling, global carbon and biogeochemical cycles, climate change, and polar research

Anthony Kirincich,  Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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coastal oceanography, ocean physics, exchange and mixing, remote sensing/HF radar, off-shore wind

Frieder Klein,  Associate Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,  WHOI
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fluid-rock interactions, oceanic crust, hydrothermal systems

Elizabeth B. Kujawinski,  Senior Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,  WHOI
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organic geochemistry, microbial ecology, high-resolution mass spectrometry, biogeochemical cycles, bacterial-protozoan interactions

Young-Oh Kwon,  Senior Scientist
Department Chair
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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ocean’s role in climate, climate variability, large-scale circulation, mode water

Susan Q. Lang,  Associate Scientist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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water-rock-microbe interactions; aqueous biogeochemistry; stable and radioisotopes (13C, 14C, 15N, 34S)

Andone Lavery,  Senior Scientist
Department Chair
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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acoustic scattering processes

Isabela Le Bras,  Assistant Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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large-scale ocean circulation, Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, Arctic, observations, western boundary current dynamics

Veronique Le Roux,  Associate Scientist
Chair, Joint Committee for Marine Geology and Geophysics
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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petrology, geochemistry, experiments, 3-D imaging, deep Earth

Yang Liao,  Assistant Scientist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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Physical Volcanology, Hydrothermal circulation, Geophysical Fluids Dynamics, Turbulence, and Analogue experiments.

Yaqin Liu,  Assistant Scientist
Marine Policy Center,  WHOI
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Economic model on coupled human and natural systems, climatic impact on marine resources, mitigation strategies and conservation measures

Daniel Lizarralde,  Associate Scientist
Department Chair
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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marine seismology, geophysics

Joel Llopiz,  Associate Scientist
Biology,  WHOI
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fish, fish larvae, zooplankton, trophic interactions, larval ecology

Matt Long,  Associate Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,  WHOI
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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
Chair, Joint Committee for Physical Oceanography
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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Physical-biological interactions, upper ocean processes, fronts and eddies

Ted Maksym,  Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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sea ice, polar regions, ice-ocean-atmosphere interactions, polar technology

Olivier Marchal,  Senior Scientist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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paleoceanography; paleoclimatology

Seth McCammon,  Assistant Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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Field Robotics, Multirobot Systems, Adaptive Exploration and Sampling Algorithms

Dennis J. McGillicuddy Jr.,  Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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mesoscale dynamics, upper ocean processes, numerical modeling

Kirstin Meyer-Kaiser,  Associate Scientist
Biology,  WHOI
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Larval dispersal, benthic ecology, invertebrates, island-like habitats, maritime heritage ecology

Anna Michel,  Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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instrumentation, sensor development, trace gas sensing, laser spectroscopy

T. Aran Mooney,  Associate Scientist
Biology,  WHOI
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sensory biology, hearing, physiology, bioacoustics, sensory ecology, marine mammals, squid

Michael J. Moore,  Senior Scientist
Biology,  WHOI
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marine mammals

Laura Motta,  Assistant Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,  WHOI
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Stable Isotopes, Mercury, Photochemistry, Biogeochemical Cycles, Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, Theoretical Chemistry, Relativistic Quantum Chemistry

Lauren Mullineaux,  Senior Scientist
Biology,  WHOI
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Benthic community resilience, larval ecology, deep-sea ecology

Michael Neubert,  Senior Scientist
Biology,  WHOI
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mathematical ecology, theoretical population biology, community ecology

David (Roo) Nicholson,  Associate Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,  WHOI
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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

Sune Nielsen,  Associate Scientist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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Isotope geochemistry, novel paleoclimate proxies, mantle geochemistry, subduction processes, thallium isotopes, vanadium isotopes

Hilde Oliver,  Assistant Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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Delia W. Oppo,  Senior Scientist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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paleoceanography; paleoclimatology

Maria Pachiadaki,  Associate Scientist
Biology,  WHOI
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metagenomics, single cell genomics, metatranscriptomics, dark ocean, oxygen minimum zones, microbial ecology, microbial function, chemoautotrophy, nitrogen cycle, sulfur cycle

Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink,  Senior Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,  WHOI
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geochemistry, global element cycles, hard-rock geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, mantle geochemistry, sedimentary geochemistry, trace elements, Globa Rivers Observatory

Robert S. Pickart,  Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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western boundary currents, ventilation, deep convection

Christopher Piecuch,  Assistant Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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sea level change, ocean circulation, Bayesian methods, numerical modeling

Jesús Pineda,  Senior Scientist
Chair, Joint Committee for Biological Oceanography
Biology,  WHOI
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larval ecology, benthic ecology

Albert J. Plueddemann,  Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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air-sea interaction, upper ocean processes, surface boundary layer

Kurt L. Polzin,  Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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internal waves, mixing, stirring, fine structure

Lawrence J. Pratt,  Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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deep overflows, chaos, meanders, hydraulic

David Ralston,  Senior Scientist
Chair, Joint Committee for Applied Ocean Science & Engineering
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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estuarine physics, sediment transport, physical-biological interactions

Britt Raubenheimer,  Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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surf and swashzone processes, wave runup, alongshore currents, morphology, hurricane impacts, groundwater-ocean-beach interactions

Chris Reddy,  Senior Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,  WHOI
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environmental biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, organic chemistry

Daniel J. Repeta,  Senior Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,  WHOI
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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

Svenja Ryan,  Assistant Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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Meso-scale to large-scale oceanography, observational oceanography, coastal oceans and open ocean connections, ocean-ice(shelf) interaction, North Atlantic, Southern Ocean/Antarctica

Catherine Rychert,  Associate Scientist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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geophysics, seismology, earthquake, body wave, receiver function, converted phase, scattered phase, sensitivity kernel, SS precursor, lithosphere, asthenosphere, marine geophysics, subduction, mantle dynamics, transform fault, mid-ocean ridge, ocean lithosphere, ocean bottom seismology, hot spot, plume, rift, DAS, fiber optics, geodesy, big data, machine learning, inversion, waveform modelling, volcanoes, hazard, sea level change, oceanography, climate change, mantle transition zone, partial melt, volatile cycle

Irina I. Rypina,  Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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transport, stirring and mixing in geophysical flows, ocean dynamics, dynamical systems theory, chaos, eddy, Hamiltonian dynamics

Mak Saito,  Senior Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,  WHOI
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Trace element biogeochemistry, metal-microbes interactions, cyanobacteriology, marine metalloenzymes, environmental genomics and proteomics, evolution of biogeochemical cycles

Mei Sato,  Assistant Scientist
Biology,  WHOI
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zooplankton, fish, biological-physical interactions, predator-prey interactions, bioacoustics

Malcolm Scully,  Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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coastal and estuarine circulation; turbulent mixing; sediment transport; hypoxia/anoxia

Jeffrey S. Seewald,  Senior Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,  WHOI
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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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paleoclimate, air-sea gas exchange, hydroclimate, groundwater, isotope geochemistry, hydrology, noble gas geochemistry

Hyodae Seo,  Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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Air-sea interactions, Coupled climate dynamics and modeling, Regional climate variability and change

Sarah Shackleton,  Assistant Scientist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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paleoclimate, glaciology, and geochemistry

Timothy Shank,  Associate Scientist
Biology,  WHOI
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population genetics, hydrothermal vents

Michelle R. Shero,  Associate Scientist
Biology,  WHOI
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marine mammal, physiology, reproduction, behavior

Elizabeth Sibert,  Assistant Scientist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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Paleoecology, biological oceanography, marine ecosystem evolution, fish, sharks, paleobiology, paleoceanography, ocean drilling, microfossil, ichthyoliths

Stefan Sievert,  Associate Scientist
Biology,  WHOI
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marine microbiology, microbial ecology, microbial physiology, cultivation, hydrothermal vents, sulfur cycle, chemolithoautotrophy, carbon fixation, dark ocean

Madison Smith,  Assistant Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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sea ice, ice-ocean interactions, polar regions, surface waves, climate modeling, Arctic Ocean

Robert A. Sohn,  Senior Scientist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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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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biochemistry, environmental toxicology

Adam V. Subhas,  Associate Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,  WHOI
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carbon cycle, calcium carbonate, biomineralization, sediment geochemistry

Ann M. Tarrant,  Senior Scientist
Associate Dean
Biology,  WHOI
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Ecophysiology, Dormancy, Invertebrates, Circadian Rhythms

Carolyn Tepolt,  Associate Scientist
Biology,  WHOI
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Evolutionary biology, ecological genomics, rapid adaptation, ecophysiology, species invasions, thermal biology, host-parasite interactions, invertebrate biology, larval dispersal

Simon Thorrold,  Senior Scientist
Biology,  WHOI
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fish ecology

Robert Todd,  Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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coastal processes, upper ocean processes, coastal and boundary current systems, thermohaline structure, autonomous observations

Masako Tominaga,  Associate Scientist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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Marine and rock magnetics, Deep submergence geophysics (high-resolution, near-source), Autonomous platforms and potential field sensor technology, oceanic lithosphere, Pacific plate evolution, Middle Jurassic – Early Cretaceous GPTS, Time Series

John M. Toole,  Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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polar oceanography, mixing, general circulation, air-sea interaction, instrument development

Peter A. Traykovski,  Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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Keywords:

hydrodynamics, sediment dynamics, bedform processes

Caroline Ummenhofer,  Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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Keywords:

climate variability and change, hydrological cycle, monsoons, extreme events, Indian Ocean, Southern Hemisphere extratropics, paleoclimate, historical climatology, bio-physical interactions

Benjamin Van Mooy,  Senior Scientist
Department Chair
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,  WHOI
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organic geochemistry, molecular biology, global biogeochemical cycles, microbial ecology, planktonic nutrient dynamics, carbon export

James Wainaina,  Assistant Scientist
Biology,  WHOI
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Computational Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Microbiology, Virology,Global Oceans

Catherine Walker,  Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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Zhaohui Aleck Wang,  Associate Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,  WHOI
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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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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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aquatic photochemistry, biogeochemistry, and organic geochemistry

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
Profile
Keywords:

robotics, Autonomous Benthic Explorer, deep sea observatories

Lisan Yu,  Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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Website
Keywords:

climate, equatorial dynamics

W. Gordon Zhang,  Associate Scientist
Education Coordinator
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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Coastal ocean dynamics, biophysical interaction, Polar oceanography, coral reef hydrodynamics, adaptive sampling

Daniel P. Zitterbart,  Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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collective behavior, bioacoustics, species distribution modelling, remote observation systems, polar research, passive acoustics monitoring, ocean acoustics

WHOI Emeritus Faculty

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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Website
Keywords:

mathematical ecology, population biology

Alan D. Chave,  Scientist Emeritus
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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Keywords:

seafloor observatories, electromagnetic measurements, instrumentation

Cabell S. Davis,  Scientist Emeritus
Biology,  WHOI
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Keywords:

zooplankton

Werner Deuser,  Scientist Emeritus
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,  WHOI
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Henry J. B. Dick,  Senior Scientist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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Keywords:

igneous petrology & geochemistry

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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geologist; seafloor tectonics and volcanism

Nelson M Frew,  Oceanographer Emeritus
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,  WHOI
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Website
Keywords:

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

W. Rockwell Geyer,  Emeritus Research Scholar
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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Keywords:

estuaries, coastal hydrodynamics, dispersion, sediment transport, morphodynamics

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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Website
Keywords:

geophysical fluid dynamics, stratified flows, hydraulics, laboratory experiments

Porter Hoagland,  Oceanographer Emeritus
Marine Policy Center,  WHOI
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Susumu Honjo,  Scientist Emeritus
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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Keywords:

sedimentation

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

Mark D. Kurz,  Senior Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,  WHOI
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Keywords:

hard-rock geochemistry

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

Laurence P. Madin,  Senior Science Advisor
Biology,  WHOI
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Keywords:

zooplankton

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

Daniel C. McCorkle,  Senior Scientist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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Keywords:

benthic geochemistry

Judith E. McDowell,  Scientist Emeritus
Biology,  WHOI
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Keywords:

physiology, environmental toxicology

Ann McNichol,  Senior Research Specialist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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Keywords:

radiocarbon, carbon cycle science, organic geochemistry

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

Andrey Proshutinsky,  Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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Keywords:

arctic ocean, tides, numerical modeling, climate

Fred Sayles,  Scientist Emeritus
Marine Geochemistry,  WHOI
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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

William G. Thompson,  Scientist Emeritus
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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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

Maurice A. Tivey,  Senior Scientist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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Keywords:

geophysics; marine magnetism

John H. Trowbridge,  Scientist Emeritus
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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Keywords:

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

Brian E. Tucholke,  Scientist Emeritus
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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Keywords:

geophysics; tectonics

John B. Waterbury,  Scientist Emeritus
Biology,  WHOI
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Keywords:

microbiology

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

Peter H. Wiebe,  Scientist Emeritus
Biology,  WHOI
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Keywords:

zooplankton

James A. Yoder,  Dean Emeritus
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,  WHOI
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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