Joint Program Faculty

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

phytoplankton, microbial ecology, computational biology, bioinformatics

environmental biology, epigenetics, toxicology, molecular biology

phytoplankton, harmful algal blooms

observational oceanography, PIES, western boundary currents, wind driven circulation

marine microbiology, contribution of microbes to marine organism health, coral reefs

zooplankton

coastal processes, geomorphology

seismo-acoustics, underwater and atmospheric acoustics, planetary acoustics, signal processing, numerical modeling

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

Noble Gases, Isotope Geochemistry, Fluids and Volatiles, Volcanoes, Crustal Processes

marine mammals, zooplankton

biodiversity, data science, deep-sea ecology, marine invertebrates, ocean informatics, seafloor observatories

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

Remote sensing, marine biology, ecology, nearshore oceanography

Marine autonomy, unmanned marine vehicles, autonomous decision-making

sedimentology, clumped isotope geochemistry, geobiology, Precambrian Earth History

biogeochemical sedimentology, foraminiferal ecology and paleoecology

ocean acoustics, signal processing, passive acoustic monitoring, sonar

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

dense overflows, Lagrangian floats, Gulf Stream

paleoceanography; trace element geochemistry; sediment geochemistry

biophysical interactions, pelagic ecology, animal movement, marine predators, oceanography, sensors and ocean technologies

Ecosystem modeling, primary productivity, fisheries, climate change, applied statistics

Harmful algal blooms; life cycles, physiology and ecology of microbial eukaryotes; phytoplankton sensors and networks

carbon cycle science, colloid chemistry, environmental biogeochemistry, geochemistry, global change, isotope geochemistry, nuclear and radioactive waste disposal, ocean tracers, particle fluxes, radiochemistry

geophysics, marine seismic reflection/refraction

geophysical fluid dynamics, laboratory experiments, melting glaciers and icebergs, microplastic transport and burial, buoyancy driven currents, turbulent mixing and mesoscale vortices

coastal groundwater, environmental biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, estuarine sciences, global change, nutrient chemistry, ocean tracers, radiochemistry

Coastal Ocean Dynamics, Coastal and Large-Scale Connections, Physical-Biological Interactions, Mesoscale Eddies, Numerical Modeling

phytoplankton

energy and water cycles, air-sea fluxes, ocean and atmospheric boundary layers, air-sea feedbacks, turbulence modeling, remote sensing

biomineralization, ocean acidification, paleoceanography, low temperature geochemistry

Polar oceanography, ice-ocean interactions, ocean circulation, observations

marine seismology

climate modeling, paleoclimate, icebergs, sea ice, abrupt climate change

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

Paleoceanography, Sediment Geochemistry, Paleo-proxies

Global climate, atmospheric dynamics and radiation, idealized modeling

rock rheology, ice dynamics, laboratory experiments, microstructure characterization

glaciology; paleoclimatology

coastal processes; sedimentology

ocean sound propagation, acoustic tomography, acoustic remote sensing, internal waves

Biogeochemistry of marine sediment, paleoceanography/paleoclimatology, cycling of elements between seawater and sediment, monsoon variability, dust and volcanic ash fluxes, multivariate statistics

marine microbial ecology, symbioses, deep biosphere, marine protists, genetic tools, oxygen-depleted water columns and sediments

air-sea interaction, marine meteorology, boundary-layer turbulence

nearshore, surfzone, sediment, morphological processes

toxicology

geophysics; electromagnetics

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

upper ocean processes, mixing, stirring, geophysical fluid dynamics

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

ocean circulation, biogeochemical cycles, numerical modeling, observations

surveying marine organisms; acoustic scattering

Physical Oceanography, Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), Gulf Stream, Subpolar Gyre, Beaufort Gyre, Lagrangian methods, North Atlantic Oscillation

experimental petrology

global carbon cycle, organic carbon, rivers, erosion, paleoclimate, biomarkers, radiocarbon, stable isotopes

microzooplankton, symbiosis

climate dynamics, paleoceanography, interannual to multidecadal variability, numerical modeling, inverse methods

geologic controls, hydrothermal activity, chemosynthetic ecosystems

coastal processes; sedimentology

computer vision, machine learning, marine robotics, adaptive exploration and sampling algorithms

tropical meteorology, climate modeling, air-sea interactions, and geophysical fluid dynamics

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

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.

clumped isotope geochemistry, paleoceanography, biomineralization, isotope biogeochemistry, global change

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

environmental toxicology, biochemical adaptation, gene-environment interactions, oceans and human health

metal biogeochemistry, microbial redox-active metabolites, microbe-microbe and microbe-mineral interactions, biomineralization, environmental mineralogy, microbial production of reactive oxygen species, microbial (exo) proteomes

paleoceanography, paleoclimate, marine geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, Climate dynamics

Isotope geochemistry, Chemical oceanography, Trace-element biogeochemistry, Paleoceanography, Biological carbon pump

mantle geochemistry, hotspot volcanism, noble gas systematics, petrochronology, ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism

genetics

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

microbial ecology, deep sea, subseafloor, hydrothermal vents, biogeochemistry, genomics, astrobiology

paleoclimatology, paleoceanography, geochemistry, geochronology, global carbon cycle, climate change, coral reefs

geology

western boundary currents, remote sensing, climate

seabirds, climate change, population ecology

coupled biological-physical modeling, food web dynamics

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

integrated economic and ecological models, integrated economic and geological models

protists, mixotrophy, grazing, symbiosis

biomechanics, physiology

geophysical fluid dynamics, planetary sciences

robotics, control systems, transportation and logistics

exploration, path planning, marine robotics, multi-robot systems, autonomous systems

microbial oceanography, numerical modeling, physical-biological coupling, global carbon and biogeochemical cycles, climate change, and polar research

coastal oceanography, ocean physics, exchange and mixing, remote sensing/HF radar, off-shore wind

fluid-rock interactions, oceanic crust, hydrothermal systems

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

organic geochemistry, microbial ecology, high-resolution mass spectrometry, biogeochemical cycles, bacterial-protozoan interactions

ocean’s role in climate, climate variability, large-scale circulation, mode water

phytoplankton ecology, marine photosynthesis, ocean instrumentation

water-rock-microbe interactions; aqueous biogeochemistry; stable and radioisotopes (13C, 14C, 15N, 34S)

acoustic scattering processes

large-scale ocean circulation, Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, Arctic, observations, western boundary current dynamics

petrology, geochemistry, experiments, 3-D imaging, deep Earth

sensor data fusion, autonomous underwater vehicles, adaptive echolocation

Physical Volcanology, Hydrothermal circulation, Geophysical Fluids Dynamics, Turbulence, and Analogue experiments.

Economic model on coupled human and natural systems, climatic impact on marine resources, mitigation strategies and conservation measures

marine seismology, geophysics

fish, fish larvae, zooplankton, trophic interactions, larval ecology

Benthic biogeochemistry, carbon cycling, eutrophication, turbulent exchange, eddy covariance, air-sea exchange, in-situ chemical sensor and instrument development, coastal ecosystem dynamics

Physical-biological interactions, upper ocean processes, fronts and eddies

acoustical oceanography, underwater imaging, matched field tomography

sea ice, polar regions, ice-ocean-atmosphere interactions, polar technology

paleoceanography; paleoclimatology

ocean modeling, climate, biogeochemical cycles, geophysical fluid dynamics

Field Robotics, Multirobot Systems, Adaptive Exploration and Sampling Algorithms

paleoclimatology, isotope geochemistry, U-Th geochronology

mesoscale dynamics, upper ocean processes, numerical modeling

Larval dispersal, benthic ecology, invertebrates, island-like habitats, maritime heritage ecology

instrumentation, sensor development, trace gas sensing, laser spectroscopy

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

sensory biology, hearing, physiology, bioacoustics, sensory ecology, marine mammals, squid

marine mammals

Stable Isotopes, Mercury, Photochemistry, Biogeochemical Cycles, Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, Theoretical Chemistry, Relativistic Quantum Chemistry

Benthic community resilience, larval ecology, deep-sea ecology

turbulence, wave-breaking, estuaries

mathematical ecology, theoretical population biology, community ecology

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

Isotope geochemistry, novel paleoclimate proxies, mantle geochemistry, subduction processes, thallium isotopes, vanadium isotopes

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

signal processing, geophysical signal processing, chaotic and fractal signals

paleoceanography; paleoclimatology

metagenomics, single cell genomics, metatranscriptomics, dark ocean, oxygen minimum zones, microbial ecology, microbial function, chemoautotrophy, nitrogen cycle, sulfur cycle

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

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

geochemistry, global element cycles, hard-rock geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, mantle geochemistry, sedimentary geochemistry, trace elements, Globa Rivers Observatory

western boundary currents, ventilation, deep convection

sea level change, ocean circulation, Bayesian methods, numerical modeling

larval ecology, benthic ecology

environmental chemistry, environmentally and economically sustainable design

air-sea interaction, upper ocean processes, surface boundary layer

internal waves, mixing, stirring, fine structure

deep overflows, chaos, meanders, hydraulic

estuarine physics, sediment transport, physical-biological interactions

surf and swashzone processes, wave runup, alongshore currents, morphology, hurricane impacts, groundwater-ocean-beach interactions

environmental biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, organic chemistry

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

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

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

Meso-scale to large-scale oceanography, observational oceanography, coastal oceans and open ocean connections, ocean-ice(shelf) interaction, North Atlantic, Southern Ocean/Antarctica

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

transport, stirring and mixing in geophysical flows, ocean dynamics, dynamical systems theory, chaos, eddy, Hamiltonian dynamics

ecological networks

Trace element biogeochemistry, metal-microbes interactions, cyanobacteriology, marine metalloenzymes, environmental genomics and proteomics, evolution of biogeochemical cycles

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

zooplankton, fish, biological-physical interactions, predator-prey interactions, bioacoustics

numerical modeling, seismo-acoustic propagation

coastal and estuarine circulation; turbulent mixing; sediment transport; hypoxia/anoxia

deep-sea hydrothermal processes, fluid-rock interaction, geochemical modeling, geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, mid-ocean ridges, petroleum science, sedimentary geochemistry

paleoclimate, air-sea gas exchange, hydroclimate, groundwater, isotope geochemistry, hydrology, noble gas geochemistry

Air-sea interactions, Coupled climate dynamics and modeling, Regional climate variability and change

population genetics, hydrothermal vents

marine mammal, physiology, reproduction, behavior

Paleoecology, biological oceanography, marine ecosystem evolution, fish, sharks, paleobiology, paleoceanography, ocean drilling, microfossil, ichthyoliths

marine microbiology, microbial ecology, microbial physiology, cultivation, hydrothermal vents, sulfur cycle, chemolithoautotrophy, carbon fixation, dark ocean

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

sea ice, ice-ocean interactions, polar regions, surface waves, climate modeling, Arctic Ocean

geophysics; marine seismology

plankton ecology, time series observations

numerical modeling, mesoscale flows, boundary currents

biochemistry, environmental toxicology

carbon cycle, calcium carbonate, biomineralization, sediment geochemistry

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

Ecophysiology, Dormancy, Invertebrates, Circadian Rhythms

Evolutionary biology, ecological genomics, rapid adaptation, ecophysiology, species invasions, thermal biology, host-parasite interactions, invertebrate biology, larval dispersal

fish ecology

coastal processes, upper ocean processes, coastal and boundary current systems, thermohaline structure, autonomous observations

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

polar oceanography, mixing, general circulation, air-sea interaction, instrument development

hydrodynamics, sediment dynamics, bedform processes

fluid-structure interactions, autonomous underwater vehicles

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

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

organic geochemistry, molecular biology, global biogeochemical cycles, microbial ecology, planktonic nutrient dynamics, carbon export

flow-induced vibration, dynamics of offshore structures

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

nitrogen cycling, links between redox cycling of metals and nitrogen/carbon, biogeochemistry of coastal and seafloor vent/seep systems, stable isotope biogeochemistry

aquatic photochemistry, biogeochemistry, and organic geochemistry

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

Neuroscience, behavior, jellyfish, cnidarian, evolution, development

upper ocean processes, boundary layer meteorology, observations

Arctic ocean, marginal seas, ocean modeling, climate

robotics, Autonomous Benthic Explorer, deep sea observatories

climate, equatorial dynamics

vortex dynamics, wave kinematics, hydromechanics

Coastal ocean dynamics, biophysical interaction, Polar oceanography, coral reef hydrodynamics, adaptive sampling

collective behavior, bioacoustics, species distribution modelling, remote observation systems, polar research, passive acoustics monitoring, ocean acoustics

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

coastal circulation, observations, tides, physical-biological coupling

coastal, topographic effects, SeaSoar

mathematical ecology, population biology

seafloor observatories, electromagnetic measurements, instrumentation

zooplankton

igneous petrology & geochemistry

global climate, tropical cyclone activity

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

biogeochemistry of organic contaminants; marine organic geochemistry; science education; science-policy interactions; oil pollution; contaminated sediments; ocean environmental quality

geologist; seafloor tectonics and volcanism

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

estuaries, coastal hydrodynamics, dispersion, sediment transport, morphodynamics

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

geophysical fluid dynamics, stratified flows, hydraulics, laboratory experiments

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

sedimentation

developmental biology

energetics, thermocline structure, thermohaline, wind-driven circulation, climate

marine geochemistry

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

general circulation, oceanic variability, climate

paleoceanography; paloeclimatology

proteins

hard-rock geochemistry

coastal oceanography, wind-driven circulation, buoyancy-driven circulation, boundary layer dynamics

geodynamics; marine geophysics

underwater acoustics, shallow water acoustics, arctic acoustics, acoustic tomography, high-frequency backscatter from particles

zooplankton

diagenesis, radiochemistry, sediment-seawater exchange, sedimentary geochemistry

circulation, climate, water mass

benthic geochemistry

physiology, environmental toxicology

radiocarbon, carbon cycle science, organic geochemistry

large-scale circulation, climate, observations, floats, ice

equatorial jets and undercurrents, baroclinic instability, eddies and topography

acoustic propagation modeling, signal processing, numerical optimization, communications

deep overflows, observations, upper ocean dynamics

arctic ocean, tides, numerical modeling, climate

climate, general ocean circulation, ecosystem models, data assimilation

mixing, salt fingers, water cycle, observations

solid earth geochemistry

atmospheric chemistry, coastal groundwater, estuarine sciences, geochemistry, remote sensing, sedimentary geochemistry, trace elements

environmental statistics, statistical ecology

acoustic scattering, marine organisms, sea ice, scattering models

marine seismology; geoacoustics

deep-sea hydrothermal processes, geochemical modeling, geochemistry, mid-ocean ridges

geophysics; marine magnetism

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

geophysics; tectonics

microbiology

geochemistry, geomicrobiology, organic chemistry, organic geochemistry, petroleum science, remote sensing, trace elements

laboratory studies, geophysical fluid dynamics, convection

zooplankton

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

air-sea exchange, carbon dioxide, environmental biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, ocean chemistry, organic chemistry, photochemistry