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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Wolfgang Bach, Associate Scientist
Marine Geochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: deep-sea hydrothermal processes, fluid-rock interaction, global element cycles, hard-rock geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, mantle geochemistry, mid-ocean ridges

Ken O. Buesseler, Senior Scientist
Chemical Oceanography, WHOI
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Cafe Thorium
Keywords, carbon cycle science, colloid chemistry, environmental biogeochemistry, geochemistry, global change, isotope geochemistry, nuclear and radioactive waste disposal, ocean tracers, particle fluxes, radiochemistry

Karen Casciotti, Associate Scientist
Marine Biogeochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: nitrogen cycle, stable isotopes, biological isotope fractionation, molecular ecology and physiology, nitrification, denitrification, nitrifier-denitrification, nitrous oxide

Matt Charette, Associate Scientist
Marine Geochemistry, WHOI
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Coastal Groundwater Geochemistry
Keywords: coastal groundwater, environmental biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, estuarine sciences, global change, nutrient chemistry, ocean tracers, radiochemistry

Marco Coolen, Assistant Scientist
Marine Biogeochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: sedimentary paleogenomics, ancient DNA, paleoecology, paleoenvironments, microbial ecology, microbial activities, lipid geochemistry, Quaternary climate change, Arctic, Antarctic, Black Sea, stratified anoxic ecosystems

Werner Deuser, Scientist Emeritus
Marine Geochemistry, WHOI
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Scott C. Doney, Senior Scientist
Marine Geochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: air-sea exchange, carbon cycle science, climate, computer simulation and modeling, ecosystem dynamics, global change, ocean circulation, ocean tracers, remote sensing

Timothy I. Eglinton, Senior Scientist and Department Chair
Organic Geochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: atmospheric deposition, carbon cycle science, diagenesis, environmental biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, geochemistry, geochronology, global change, isotope geochemistry, ocean tracers, organic chemistry, paleoceanography, petroleum science, quaternary geology, radiochemistry, sedimentary geochemistry

John W. Farrington, Scientist Emeritus
Organic Geochemistry, Environmental Chemistry, 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, Senior Research Specialist
Analytical Geochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: air-sea exchange, remote sensing, sea-surface microlayer

David M. Glover, Research Specialist
Chemical Oceanography, 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

Konrad Hughen, Associate Scientist
Geochronology and Radioisotopes, WHOI
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Keywords: carbon cycle science, geochemical modeling, geochemistry geochronology, global change, paleoceanography, quaternary geology, trace elements

William J. Jenkins, Senior Scientist
Director, NOSAMS
Chemical Oceanography, 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

Elizabeth B. Kujawinski, Assistant Scientist
Chemical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: organic geochemistry, microbial ecology, high-resolution mass spectrometry, biogeochemical cycles, bacterial-protozoan interactions

Mark D. Kurz, Senior Scientist
Geochronology and Radioisotopes, WHOI
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Keywords: hard-rock geochemistry

Phoebe J. Lam, Assistant Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: iron cycling, carbon cycle science, geochemistry of marine particulates, efficiency of biological pump (POC transfer efficiency), synchrotron x-ray techniques (U-XRF, XAS)

Carl H. Lamborg, Assistant Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: mercury biogeochemistry, marine particle dynamics, trace metal chemistry

William R. Martin, Associate Scientist
Chemical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: diagenesis, radiochemistry, sediment-seawater exchange, sedimentary geochemistry

Tracy Mincer, Assistant Scientist
Chemical Oceanography, WHOI
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Research Interests: Gaining a deeper understanding of the selective pressures on microorganisms in their environment. Determining how microbes force higher planetary processes through secondary metabolite production and enzyme adaptations.

Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink, Associate Scientist
Marine Geochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: geochemistry, global element cycles, hard-rock geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, mantle geochemistry, sedimentary geochemistry, trace elements

Chris Reddy, Associate Scientist
Organic Geochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: environmental biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, organic chemistry

Daniel J. Repeta, Senior Scientist
Organic 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

Laura Robinson, Assistant Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: geochronology, isotope geochemistry, trace metals, atmospheric deposition, carbon cycle science, diagenesis, low temperature geochemistry, ocean tracers, paleoceanography, radiochemistry, biomineralization, weathering, proxy development, global change, deep-sea corals

Olivier Rouxel, Assistant Scientist
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: isotope biogeochemistry

Mak Saito, Associate Scientist
Biogeochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: Trace element biogeochemistry, metal-microbes interactions, cyanobacteriology, marine metalloenzymes, environmental genomics and proteomics, evolution of biogeochemical cycles

Fred Sayles, Scientist Emeritus
Marine Geochemistry, WHOI
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Jeffrey S. Seewald, Senior Scientist
Experimental Petrology/Phase Equilibria, 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

Edward R. Sholkovitz, Senior Scientist
Chemical Oceanography, WHOI
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Buoy-mounted samplers/sensors
Keywords: atmospheric chemistry, coastal groundwater, estuarine sciences, geochemistry, remote sensing, sedimentary geochemistry, trace elements

Margaret K. Tivey, Senior Scientist
J. Seward Johnson Chair, Education Coordinator
Marine Geochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: deep-sea hydrothermal processes, geochemical modeling, geochemistry, mid-ocean ridges

Dierdre Toole, Assistant Scientist
WHOI
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Benjamin Van Mooy, Associate Scientist
Marine Biogeochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: organic geochemistry, molecular biology, global biogeochemical cycles, microbial ecology, planktonic nutrient dynamics, carbon export

Jean K. Whelan, Oceanographer Emeritus
Organic Geochemistry, WHOI
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Keywords: geochemistry, geomicrobiology, organic chemistry, organic geochemistry, petroleum science, remote sensing, trace elements

James A. Yoder, Senior Scientist
Vice President for Academic Programs and Dean
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Oliver C. Zafiriou, Scientist Emeritus
Chemical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: air-sea exchange, carbon dioxide, environmental biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, ocean chemistry, organic chemistry, photochemistry

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tanja Bosak, Cecil and Ida Green Assistant Professor of Geobiology
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
Marine Geochemistry, MIT
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Keywords: paleoceanography; trace element geochemistry; sediment geochemistry.

Philip M. Gschwend, Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT
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Keywords: environmental organic chemistry

Harold F. Hemond, Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT
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Keywords: biogeochemistry and hydrology of wetlands; chemical limnology; in-situ instrumentation

Shuhei Ono, Assistant Professor
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT
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Keywords: stable isotope, biogeochemical cycle, mass-independent fractionation, deep biosphere, hydrothermal deposit, Archean

Roger E. Summons, Professor
Geobiology, 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 extraterrestrial biogeochemical fossils