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Assistant Professor

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Cryosphere and Polar Science, Isotopic Geochemistry, Low Temperature Geochemistry, Marine, Atmospheric, and Aqueous Tracers, Atmospheric Aerosols and Chemistry, Climate Sciences, Past Climate Change

ABURTO OROPEZA, OCTAVIO

Associate Professor

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Coastal Ecology, Conservation Ecology, Ecosystem Dynamics and Theory, Genomics, Metagenomics, and Bioinformatics, Population and Community Ecology

ANDERSSON, ANDREAS

Associate Professor

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Biogeochemistry, Coastal Processes, Low Temperature Geochemistry, Marine Chemistry, Ocean Acidification

ANDREAE, M. O. "ANDI"

Research Affiliate

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Biogeochemistry, Archaeology, Atmospheric Aerosols and Chemistry, Climate Sciences, Cloud Physics and Boundary Layer Processes, Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions

BAUMANN-PICKERING, SIMONE

Associate Researcher

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Biological Impacts of Climate Change, Conservation Ecology, Deep-Sea Biology, Ecosystem Dynamics and Theory, Fisheries Biology and Management, Life History Strategies and Behaviors, Marine Mammal Biology, Polar Ecology, Population and Community Ecology, Ocean Acoustics

BENMARHNIA, TARIK

Assistant Professor

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Climate Change and Health, Public Health and Epidemiology, Environmental Justice

Assistant Professor

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Biological Impacts of Climate Change, Genomics, Metagenomics, and Bioinformatics, Marine Microbiology, Polar Ecology

Researcher

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Climate Sciences, Land Surface Hydrology, Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions

Professor

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Global Hydrography and Circulation, Modeling and State Estimation of the Oceans, Atmosphere, and Climate

Assistant Professor

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Environmental Toxicology, Deep-Sea Biology, Ecosystem Dynamics and Theory

CORNUELLE, BRUCE

Researcher

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Coastal Oceanography, Modeling and State Estimation of the Oceans, Atmosphere, and Climate, Ocean Acoustics, Physical Oceanography, Tropical Meteorology and Oceanography

D'ALPOIM GUEDES, JADE

Assistant Professor

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Biological Impacts of Climate Change, Ecosystem Dynamics and Theory, Phylogenetics, Systematics and Biogeography, Population and Community Ecology, Numerical Modeling, Paleoceanography and Paleoecology, Sedimentary Processes, Past Climate Change, Southern Ocean and High-Latitude Climate Studies

Research Oceanographer

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Acoustics and Infrasound, Applied Ocean Sciences, Nonlinear and Surface Waves

DICKSON, ANDREW

Professor

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Marine Chemistry, Biogeochemistry and Greenhouse Gases, Climate Sciences, Ocean Acidification, Ocean Instrumentation and Technology

Professor

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Coastal Processes, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Tectonics and Structural Geology

Associate Professor

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Climate Sciences, Ice in the Climate System, Modeling and State Estimation of the Oceans, Atmosphere, and Climate, Past Climate Change, Physical Oceanography

Associate Professor

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Atmospheric Aerosols and Chemistry, Climate Sciences, Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions, Remote Sensing and Satellite Oceanography, Tropical Meteorology and Oceanography

FRICKER, HELEN AMANDA

Professor

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Cryosphere and Polar Science, Remote Sensing, Climate Sciences, Ice in the Climate System

GERSHUNOV, ALEXANDER

Research Meteorologist

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Climate Sciences, Cloud Physics and Boundary Layer Processes, Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions, Climate Change and Health

Emeritus

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Coastal Oceanography, Internal Waves and Ocean Mixing, Modeling and State Estimation of the Oceans, Atmosphere, and Climate, Nonlinear and Surface Waves, Physical Oceanography

Researcher

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Biological Impacts of Climate Change, Plankton Ecology and Food-Web Interactions, Remote Sensing and Satellite Oceanography, Southern Ocean and High-Latitude Climate Studies

Professor

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Atmospheric Aerosols and Chemistry, Climate Sciences, Past Climate Change

Professor

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Biological Impacts of Climate Change, Coastal Ecology, Conservation Ecology, Deep-Sea Biology, Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, Life History Strategies and Behaviors, Marine Benthic Ecology, Population and Community Ecology

LUTSKO, NICHOLAS

Assistant Professor

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Modeling and State Estimation of the Oceans, Atmosphere, and Climate

MERRIFIELD, MARK

Professor

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Nonlinear and Surface Waves, Internal Waves and Ocean Mixing, Coastal Oceanography

Researcher

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Biological Impacts of Climate Change, Ecosystem Dynamics and Theory, Climate Sciences, Coastal Oceanography, Modeling and State Estimation of the Oceans, Atmosphere, and Climate, Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions, Physical Oceanography, Tropical Meteorology and Oceanography, Upper Ocean and Submesoscale Processes

MURRAY, SAMANTHA

Exec Dir/MAS-MBC

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Fisheries Biology and Management, Conservation Ecology, Environmental Justice

Professor

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Climate Sciences, Cloud Physics and Boundary Layer Processes, Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions

Associate Researcher

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Biological Impacts of Climate Change, Coastal Ecology, Conservation Ecology, Ecosystem Dynamics and Theory, Environmental Toxicology, Fisheries Biology and Management, Life History Strategies and Behaviors, Marine Benthic Ecology, Population and Community Ecology

Professor Emeritus

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Acoustics and Infrasound, Coastal Processes, Instrumentation and Observational Networks, Remote Sensing, Applied Ocean Sciences, Autonomous Ocean Platforms and Global Observing Systems, Ice in the Climate System, Internal Waves and Ocean Mixing, Nonlinear and Surface Waves, Ocean Acoustics, Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions, Ocean Instrumentation and Technology, Physical Oceanography, Southern Ocean and High-Latitude Climate Studies, Upper Ocean and Submesoscale Processes

PRATHER, KIMBERLY

Professor

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Marine Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Marine Microbiology, Atmospheric Aerosols and Chemistry, Climate Sciences, Cloud Physics and Boundary Layer Processes

Assistant Professor

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Autonomous Ocean Platforms and Global Observing Systems, Climate Sciences, Global Hydrography and Circulation, Physical Oceanography, Remote Sensing and Satellite Oceanography, Southern Ocean and High-Latitude Climate Studies

RAMANATHAN, RAM

Professor

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Atmospheric Aerosols and Chemistry, Climate Sciences, Cloud Physics and Boundary Layer Processes, Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions, Tropical Meteorology and Oceanography

RIVERA-COLLAZO, ISABEL

Assistant Professor

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Coastal Ecology, Ecosystem Dynamics and Theory, Archaeology, Coastal Processes, Acoustics and Infrasound, Geomorphology, Sedimentary Processes, Paleoceanography and Paleoecology, Climate Sciences, Environmental Justice, Coastal Oceanography, Past Climate Change, Tropical Meteorology and Oceanography

Professor

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Autonomous Ocean Platforms and Global Observing Systems, Climate Sciences, Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions, Ocean Instrumentation and Technology, Physical Oceanography, Remote Sensing and Satellite Oceanography

Professor

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Coral Reef Biology and Ecology

SCHARTUP, AMINA

Assistant Professor

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Environmental Toxicology, Biogeochemistry

SEVERINGHAUS, JEFFREY

Professor

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Biogeochemistry and Greenhouse Gases, Climate Sciences, Ice in the Climate System, Past Climate Change, Southern Ocean and High-Latitude Climate Studies

SMITH, JENNIFER

Professor

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Coastal Ecology, Conservation Ecology, Coral Reef Biology and Ecology, Marine Benthic Ecology, Ocean Acidification

SOMERVILLE, RICHARD

Emeritus

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Climate Sciences, Cloud Physics and Boundary Layer Processes, Ice in the Climate System, Modeling and State Estimation of the Oceans, Atmosphere, and Climate, Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions