Subject Area
Chemical Oceanography
Limnology
Activities
Biogeochemical cycling of carbon, nutrients and trace elements in aquatic systems;
Role of colloids, nanoparticles, and biopolymers in the scavenging of radionuclides and trace elements in the ocean;
Fate and transport of oil and dispersant in the Gulf of Mexico;
Physicochemical processes at the land-ocean, particle-water, and biota-water interfaces;
Biogeochemical consequences of climate and environmental change.
Sea regions of study
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
North Atlantic Ocean
North Pacific Ocean
Skills
Organic carbon cycling, nutrient speciation, sampling and characterization of aquatic colloids and nanoparticles, applications of radionuclides and stable isotopes, colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM), dynamics of permafrost soil organic carbon.
