Current Research

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Faculty Research Interests

Biological

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Assistant Professor & Cda Ocean & Earth Sciences
Professor
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Master Lecturer & Assistant Chair
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Professor
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Ecological physiology of marine photosynthesis, metabolic regulation of carbon and nutrient dynamics in marine ecosystems, radiative transfer and remote sensing of optically shallow waters, ecosystem productivity and numerical modeling.

Chemical

Professor & Eminent Scholar
Research Interests
Biogeochemistry;Aquatic chemistry;Geochemistry of marine sediments;Organic geochemistry;Chemical oceanography;Mathematical modeling of geochemical processes;
Professor & Eminent Scholar
Research Interests
Processes affecting trace element speciation and distributions in natural waters and sedimentsAir-sea transport and exchange of gases and trace elementsPaleoceanographic tracersAnalytical methods for aquatic chemistryComputer modeling of biogeochemical processes
Professor
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Organic Geochemistry and Biogeochemistry. The sources, transformation and fate of natural and anthropogenic organic compounds in aquatic environments and their linkages with climate. Natural product and organic contaminant chemistry.
Professor
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Chemical Oceanography, Marine Biogeochemistry, Antarctic Science

Physical

Professor
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Analytical and numerical modelling of physical and biological processes in oceanic, coastal and estuarine environments.
Professor & Eminent Scholar
Research Interests
Analysis and modeling of biological and physical interactions in marine ecosystems anddescriptive physical oceanography.
Professor, Ocean & Earth Sciences Academic Affairs
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Physical oceanography, climate change and sea level rise, numerical modeling of ocean circulation, physical-biological interactions
Professor
Research Interests
Sustainability of the anthropsphere, global and climate change mitigation and adaptation;Sea level fluctuations and impacts on humans and ecosystems;Monitoring, analyzing variations, and modeling physical parameters of the Earth system from global to local spatial scales andtemporal scales from minutes to millenia, including, but not limited to Earth rotation, displacements of the Earth surface, fluxes inthe global water cycle, sea level, atmospheric water content, air pressure, temperature, wind, etc.;General approach to studies of the Earth system;Rheology of the Earth mantle;Geophysical phenomena and geodetic observations related to global geodetic reference frames;Earth rotation studies and integration of the solid Earth into Earth system models;Deformations of the Earth due to exogenic forcing, particularly postglacial rebound and atmospheric, oceanic, hydrological andcryospheric loading;Inproving the global geodetic reference frame as a major utility for all Earth observation;Application of geodetic techniques to geohazards and early warning.