The
faculty in the Department of Marine Science
vary in their teaching and research interests,
but they all share a common fervor for marine
and environmental science.
Dr.
Vernon Asper (Geological oceanography;
marine particle fluxes)
Dr.
Charlotte Brunner (Geological oceanography;
biostratigraphy; paleoceanography; taphonomy
of foraminifers)
Dr.
Jerald Caruthers (Acoustical oceanography;
acoustical scattering; ocean acoustic tomography)
Mr.
David Dodd (Instructor and Coordinator
of the Hydrographic Science Program)
Dr.
Ralph Goodman (Research professor:
Underwater acoustics; physical oceanography)
Dr.
Steve Lohrenz (Biological oceanography;
marine bio-optics; fine-scale pigment distributions;
microbial dynamics)
Dr.
Dmitri Nechaev (Physical oceanography;
data assimilation into numerical ocean models)
Dr.
Don Redalje (Biological oceanography;
marine phytoplankton ecology; physiology; bio-optics;
primary production; taxonomy)
Dr.
Alan Shiller (Aquatic biogeochemistry & chemical oceanography; trace elements
in natural waters; marine and estuarine chemistry;
geochemistry of rivers and weathering)
Dr.
David Wells (Hydrographic science;
multibeam echo sounding)
Dr. Kevin Yeager (Geological oceanography: sediment sourcing and transport dynamics in rivers, lakes, estuaries and the ocean; human impacts on surficial processes; fates and impacts of terrestrial and aquatic contaminants; and applications of radiochemistry in environmental science)
