CURRICULUM VITAE

  

PATRICIA ANA MATRAI

 

May 2011

 

PRESENT POSITION:                       Senior Research Scientist

 

WORK ADDRESS:                             Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

                                                                180 McKown Point Rd.

                                                                West Boothbay Harbor, ME 04575

                                                                (207) 633-9614

 

BIRTH:                                                 4 April 1957

 

EDUCATION:                                      B.S., Marine Biology, 1981, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile

                                                                M.S., Oceanography, 1984, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), University of California, San Diego (UCSD).

Ph.D., Biological Oceanography, 1988, SIO, UCSD, (under Dr. Richard W. Eppley).

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 

1981-1982                                            Research Biologist, Dept. of Marine Biology and Technology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Talcahuano, Chile.

1984 - 1988                                          Research Assistant, SIO, UCSD.

1988                                                       Postdoctoral Researcher, SIO, UCSD.

1988 - 1989                                          Research Associate, Marine & Atmospheric Chemistry (MAC), Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS), University of Miami (UM)

1989 - 1993                                          Research Assistant Professor, MAC, RSMAS, University of Miami

1990 - 1995                                          Adjunct Scientist, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences (BLOS)

1994                                                       Research Associate Professor, MAC, RSMAS, University of Miami

1994 - 1997                                          Associate Professor, MAC, RSMAS, University of Miami

1995-                                                     Senior Research Scientist, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

1996 - 2005                                          Adjunct Faculty, Department of Biology, University of New England

2000 - 2005                                          Graduate Faculty, University of Maine, Orono

2007                                                       BLOS Interim Director, part time

 

EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

1984-1988,           Spanish Editor, California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI), SIO, UCSD.

Reviewer -             ACS Symposium Series, Australian Research Council, Biogeosciences, Deep-Sea Research, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research (Oceans and Atmospheric Sciences), Journal of Marine Systems, Journal of Plankton Research, Journal of Phycology, Limnology and Oceanography, Marine Biology, Marine Chemistry, Marine Ecological Progress Series, NSF, NASA, DOE, NOAA, NERC-UK, Canada Research Chairs Program, etc.

 

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS:

 

Biological underpinnings of air-sea exchange, precursors and production of marine primary aerosols, oceanic sulfur cycling, biological production and consumption of organic sulfur and halogenated compounds, physiological ecology of phytoplankton and atmospheric interactions, aquatic respiration, harmful algal blooms, Arctic system.

 

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

 

American Association of University Women

American  Geophysical Union

American Society of Limnology and Oceanography

Association of Women in Science

The Oceanography Society

 

HONORS:     

 

Tinker Foundation Scholarship, 1982-1984

California Edison Scholarship, 1982 and 1983

 

FUNDED RESEARCH:

2010-2015            NSF OPP AON “Collaborative Project: The O-Buoy Network of Chemical Sensors in the Arctic Ocean”, $1,075,621, PI with co-PIs F. Chavez, D. Perovich, P. Shepson, and W. Simpson.

2010-2013            NASA OBB “The Autonomous Polar Productivity Sampling System (APPSS)”, $445,141, co-PI with M. Steele.

2009-2012            NSF OPP ARC “Collaborative Research: Impacts of the Changing Seasonality of Wind-driven Mixing on the Arctic System”, $104,337, co-PI with L. Rainville, M. Wang, R. Woodgate, A. Mahadevan, and J. Overland.

2008-2011            NSF OCE “Collaborative Research: Biological and physical controls on DMS production and emission during VOCALS”, $320,000, PI with co-PI B. Huebert.

2007-2010            NSF OPP ANS “Collaborative Research: Marine Microgels: A Microlayer Source of Summer CCN in High Arctic Open Leads”, $502,656, PI with co-PI M. Orellana.

2007-2010            NSF OPP “SIRG- Collaborative Research: The O-Buoy Project: Engineering and Deployment of a Network of Arctic Ocean Chemical Sensors for the IPY and beyond”, $633,290, PI with co-PIs D. Perovich, P. Shepson, W. Simpson and J. Bottenheim.

2006-2009            NSF OPP ARCSS Collaborative Research: Producing an Updated Synthesis of the Arctic’s Marine Primary Production Regime and Its Controls”, $306,793, PI with co-PIs L. Codispoti, V. Hill, B. Light, and M. Steele.

2005-2008            NASA “Organic matter metabolism in a coastal ocean ecosystem”, $714,965, co-PI with M. Sieracki.

2004-2007            Maine/NASA DEPSCOR “Viral Control of Meso-scale Coccolithophore Blooms in the Gulf of Maine”, $ 145,400, co-PI, with J. Vaughn and J. Novotny (UNE), W. Balch (Bigelow).

2002-2003            NOAA ECOHAB “The ecology and oceanography of toxic Alexandrium blooms in the Gulf of Maine”, $25,000, PI.

2002-2003            NSF Biocomplexity “Changing Environmental Controls on Coupled Chemical Exchange Between the Ocean, Ice, and Atmosphere in the Arctic - a Workshop Request”, $0, PI.

2003-2007            NSF Biocomplexity “Complex molecular to global interactions and feedbacks in the marine DMS cycle”, $1,700,000, PI with 9 additional Senior Investigators.

2001-2004            NASA EPSCOR “Viral control of meso-scale coccolithophore blooms in the Gulf of Maine”, $252,804, co-PI.

2001-2002            NSF OCE “US SOLAS Workshop”. $20, 515, PI.

2001-2002            ONR “US SOLAS Workshop”. $20, 515, PI.

2000-2003            NSF OPP “Dimethylsulfide cycling in the summer leads of the central Arctic during AOE

                     2001”.  $416,590, PI.

2000-2001            NSF Biocomplexity “Biocomplexity Incubation Activity: Earth system regulation through biogenic sulfur- Molecular to global interactions”, $46,302, PI.

2000-2002            NOAA ECOHAB “The ecology and oceanography of toxic Alexandrium blooms in the

                     Gulf of Maine”, $104,000, PI.

1997-2001            NASA "A study of the impact of oceanic biological processes on the air-sea exchange of                                 methyl bromide: A collaborative proposal for the NASA’s MTPE NRA 97-MTPE-01",                                    $485,315,Co- PI.

1997-2000            NSF "Organic Carbon and Sulfur Cycling by Arctic Phytoplankton", $150,000, Co-PI.

1997-1999            NSF  “Methyl bromide production by marine phytoplankton”, $162,468, PI.

1997-1998            ONR “Optical and biochemical characteristics of pollen grains in coastal waters of the Gulf of

                                Maine”, $50,000, Co-PI.

1993-1995            NSF "Quantitative role of glycine betaine and DMSP in the cellular nitrogen and sulfur budgets of marine phytoplankton", $138,447, PI.

1993-1995            NASA "Physiological ecology of DMSP and DMS production by representative phytoplankton species", $380,150, PI.

1993-1995            ONR "An Assessment of the Effect of Particulate Scavenging of Radioactive Nuclides Released in the Barents Sea", $169,999, Co-PI.

1992-1995            NSF "Phytoplankton organic carbon and sulfur cycling at the marginal ice edge zone", $247,394, PI.

1992                       NOAA "Cycling of methyl iodide between ocean surface and atmosphere in the equatorial Pacific (IGAC/MAGE)", $40,000.

                                Norwegian Marshall Fund "The Role of Phaeocystis pouchetii in the sulfur cycling of arctic waters", $3,200, PI.

1991                       NOAA "Biogenic Sources and Sinks of DMS in the North Pacific", $40,000, PI.

1990                       University of Miami General Research Support Award "Halogen gas production by marine phytoplankton", $3,500, PI.

1989-1992            NASA "Marine Phytoplankton Productivity as a Source of Dimethylsulfide in Surface Ocean Waters and the Atmosphere", $309,179, PI.

1989                       ONR "BIOSYNOP:  Phytoplankton studies", $11,760, PI:  D. B. Olson.

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

1984                       Ahumada, R., R. Morales, A. Rudolph and P. A. Matrai.  "Coastal upwelling effects on the early diagenesis of sediments in Concepción Bay, Chile."  Bol. Soc. Biol., 55:135-146.

Ahumada, R., A. Rudolph and P. A. Matrai.  "Oxígeno disuelto y su relación con los nutrientes en la Bahía de Concepción durante un período de surgencia."  Invest. Mar., Valparaíso, 12:15-26.

1986                       Matrai, P. A.  "Distribution of the dinoflagellate Ceratium along 28oN in the eastern North Pacific."  J. Plankton Res., 8:105-118.

1988                       Matrai, P. A. and R. D. Vetter.  "Particulate thiols in coastal marine waters:  The effect of light and nutrient on planktonic production."  Limnol. Oceanogr., 33:624-631.

Napp, J. M., E. R. Brooks, F. M. H. Reid, P. A. Matrai and M. M. Mullin. "Vertical distribution of marine particles and grazers.  I. Vertical distribution of food quality and quantity."  Marine Ecol. Progr. Ser., 50:45-58.

Napp, J. M., E. R. Brooks, F. M. H. Reid, P. A. Matrai and M. M. Mullin.  "Vertical distribution of marine particles and grazers.  II. Relation of grazer distribution to food quality and quantity."  Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser., 50:59-72.

1989                       Vetter, R. D., P. A. Matrai, B. Javor and J. O'Brien.  "Reduced sulfur compounds in the marine environment:  Analysis by High-performance liquid chromatography."  In: E. Saltzman and W. Cooper [Eds.], Biogenic Sulfur in the Environment, American Chemical   Society, pp. 243-261.

Cooper, W. J. and P. A. Matrai.  "Distribution of dimethyl sulfide in the oceans:  A review." In: E. Saltzman and W. J. Cooper [Eds.], Biogenic Sulfur in the Environment, American Chemical Society, pp. 140-151

Matrai, P. A. and R. W. Eppley.  "Particulate organic sulfur in the waters of the Southern   California Bight."  Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 3:89-103.

Matrai, P. A.  "Determination of organic sulfur in ocean particulates by combustion- fluorescence."  Marine Chemistry, 26:227-238.

1991                       Matrai, P. A.  "Determination of organic sulfur in ocean particulates by combustion-          fluorescence."  In:  D. C. Hurd and D. W. Spencer (Eds.), Marine Particles:  Analysis and    Characterization, AGU Geophysical Monograph 63, pp. 83-86.

Keller, M. D., D. W. Townsend, S. G. Ackleson, P. M. Holligan, W. M. Balch and P. A.      Matrai.  "Observations of coccolithophore blooms in the Gulf of Maine."  In:  Gulf of Maine Scientific Workshop Report, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Ahumada, R., P. A. Matrai and N. Silva.  "Phytoplankton biomass distribution and relationship to nutrient enrichment during upwelling events off Concepción Bay, Chile." Bol. Soc. Biol. Concep.  62:1-13.

1993                       Matrai, P. A. and M. D. Keller.  "Dimethylsulfide in a large-scale coccolithophore bloom   in the Gulf of Maine."  Continental Shelf Research, 13:831-843.

Saltzman, E. S., S. A. Yvon, and  P. A. Matrai.  "Low-level Atmospheric sulfur dioxide measurement using HPLC/Fluorescence detection."  J. Atm. Chemistry, 17:73-90.

Matrai, P. A., W. M. Balch, D. J. Cooper and E. S. Saltzman.  "Ocean Color and Atmospheric DMS:  On Their Mesoscale Variability."  JGR-Atmospheres, 98:23469-23476.

1994                       Matrai, P. A. and M. D. Keller.  "Total organic sulfur and dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) in marine phytoplankton:  Intracellular variations."  Marine Biology, 119:61-68.

Bates, T., R. P. Kiene, G. Wolfe, P. A. Matrai, F. Chavez, K. R. Buck, B. Blomquist, R. Cuhel. "The Cycling of sulfur in surface seawater of the NE Pacific."  JGR-Oceans, 99:7835-7843.

1995                       Matrai, P. A., M. Vernet, R. Hood, A. Jennings, S. Samundsdottir and E. Brody.  "Light-   dependent production of DMS and carbon incorporation by polar strains of Phaeocystis spp." Mar. Biol, 124:157-167.

1996                       Matrai, P. A., D. J. Cooper, D. Olson and E. S. Saltzman.  "Oceanic DMS emissions associated with frontal condition across a Gulf Stream meander."  J. of Marine Systems, 7:1-8.

 1997                      Matrai P. A. and M. Vernet. “Dynamics of the vernal bloom in the marginal ice-zone of the Barents Sea:  DMS and DMSP budgets”. J. Geophysical Res., 102:22965-2297.

 1998                      Vernet, M., P. A. Matrai and I. Andreassen. “Synthesis of particulate and extracellular carbon by  phytoplankton in the Barents Sea”. J. Geophysical Res., 103:1023-1037.

Sæmundsdóttir, S. and P.A. Matrai. “Methyl bromide production by phytoplankton cultures”, Limnol. Oceanogr., 43:81-87.

1999                       Laroche, D., A.F. Vézina, M. Levasseur, M. Gosselin, J. Stefels, MD. Keller, PA Matrai, and RLJ Kwint. “Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and dimethylsulfide (DMS) exudation in phytoplankton: a Modeling Approach”, Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser., 180:37-49.

Keller, M.D., R. Kiene, and Matrai, P.A. “Production of glycine betaine (GBT) and dimethylsulfonio propionate (DMSP) in batch cultures of marine phytoplankton”. Mar.          Biol., 135:237-248.

Keller, M.D., R. Kiene, and Matrai, P.A.“Production of glycine betaine (GBT) and dimethylsulfonio propionate (DMSP) in nitrogen-limited chemostats cultures of marine phytoplankton”, Mar. Biol., 135:249-257.

Kettle, AJ, MO Andreae, D Amouroux, TW Andreae, TS Bates, H Berresheim, H Bingemer, R Boniforti, G Helas, C Leck, M Maspero, P Matrai, AR McTaggart, N Mihalopolous, BC Nguyen, A Novo, JP Putaud, S Rapsomanikis, G Roberts, G Schebeske, S Sharma, R Simo, R Staubes, S Turner, and Guher. “ A global data base of sea surface dimethyl sulfide (DMS) measurements and a simple model to predict sea surface DMS as a function of latitude, longitude, and month. Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 13(2):399-444. 

Gabric, A., P.A. Matrai, and M. Vernet. “Modelling the production and cycling of DMSP and DMS during the vernal bloom in the Barents Sea”.  Tellus, 51B: 919-937.

2001                             Gabric, A. Gregg, W., Najjar, R., Erickson, D. and Matrai, P.A. Modeling the biogeochemical cycle of dimethylsulfide in the upper ocean: A review. Global Change Science, 3(4):377-392

2002                       Yvon-Lewis S.A., Butler J.H., Saltzman E.S., Matrai P. A., King D.B., Tokarczyk R., Moore R.M., and Zhang J-Z. Methyl Bromide Cycling in a Warm-Core Eddy of the North Atlantic Ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 16 (4), 1141, doi:10.1029/2002GB001898.

2003                       Scholes, M., P.A. Matrai, and collaborators. “Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions”. In: Brasseur, G., R. Prinn, and L. Barrie [eds.].  “The IGBP Information  & Synthesis Series: Atmospheric Chemistry in a Changing World”, Springer-Verlag, 300 pp.

Shepson, P., P. Matrai, L. Barrie and J. Gottenheim. “Ocean-Atmosphere-Sea Ice-Snowpack Interactions in the Arctic and Global Change”, EOS 84 (36):349, 355.

2004                       Leck, C., M. Tjernström, P. Matrai, E. Swietlicki and K. Bigg. “Can marine micro-organisms influence melting of the Arctic pack-ice?” EOS 85(3): 25, 30, 32.

Keller, M.D., P.A. Matrai, R. Kiene, and W. Bellows. “Responses of Coastal Phytoplankton Populations to Nitrogen Additions: Dynamics of cell -associated Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), Glycine Betaine (GBT) and Homarine”, Canadian J Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 61:685-699.

2005                                       Matrai, P.A., B. Thompson and M.D. Keller. “ Alexandrium spp. from eastern Gulf of Maine populations: Circannual excystment of resting cysts”, Deep-Sea Res. II, 52, 2560-2568.

Anderson, D., C. Stock, B. Keafer, A. Bronzino, D. McGillicuddy, P.A. Matrai, M. D. Keller, and B. Thompson. “Alexandrium fundyense cyst dynamics in the Gulf of Maine”.  Deep-Sea Res. II, 52, 2522-2542.

Qu, B., A. Gabric and P.A. Matrai. “Spatial and temporal distribution of chlorophyll a and its relation to ice cover, radiation and sea surface temperature in the Barents Sea. Polar Biology, DOI 10.1007/s00300-005-0040-2.

Gabric, A.J., B. Qu, P.A. Matrai and A.C. Hirst. “A modeling analysis of the response of dimethylsulphide production in the Arctic Ocean to global warming”, In, Air Pollution XIII, 13th International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution, ed. C.A. Brebbia, 16 - 18 May 2005, Cordoba, 696pp.

Gabric, A.J., B. Qu, P.A. Matrai and A.C. Hirst. “The simulated response of dimethylsulphide production in the Arctic Ocean to global warming”, Tellus B57 (5), 391-403. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2005.00163.x

2007                                       Matrai, P.A., M. Vernet and P. Wassmann.  “Relating temporal and spatial patterns of DMSP in the Barents Sea to phytoplankton biomass and productivity”, J. Mar Systems 67(1-2): 87-101.

Olli K., P. Wassmann, M. Reigstad, T.N. Ratkova, E. Arashkevich, A. Pasternak, P.A. Matrai, J. Knulst, L. Tranvik, and R. Klais. 2006. The fate of production in the central Arctic Ocean – top-down regulation by zooplankton expatriates? Progress in Oceanography 72:84-113.

                                                Matrai, P.A., L. Tranvik, C. Lek, and J. Knulst. “Are high Arctic microlayers a potential source of aerosol organic precursors?” Mar. Chem., 108:109–122.

2008                                       Bailey K. E., Toole D. A., Blomquist B., Najjar R. G., Heubert B., Kieber D. J., Kiene R. P., Matrai P., Westby G., and Del Valle D. A. “Dimethylsulfide production in Sargasso Sea eddies”. Deep-Sea Research (II), 55:1491– 1504.

Gabric A.J., P.A., Matrai, R.P. Kiene, R. Cropp, J. Dacey, J DiTullio, R. Najjar, R Simo, D.A. Toole, D.A. delValle, and D. Slezak. “Factors determining the vertical profile of dimethylsulfide in the Sargasso Sea during summer” Deep-Sea Res. II 55:1505– 1518.

2010                                  Knepp, T. N., J. Bottenheim, M. Carlsen, D. Carlson, D. Donohoue, G. Friederich, P.A. Matrai , S. Netcheva, D.K. Perovich, R. Santini, P.B. Shepson, W. Simpson, R. Stehle, T. Valentic, C. Williams, and P.J. Wyss. “Development of an Autonomous Sea Ice Tethered Buoy for the Study of Ocean-Atmosphere-Sea Ice-Snow Pack Interactions: the O-buoy”. Atmos. Meas. Tech. 3, 249–261.

Orellana, M., P. Matrai, M. Janer, and C. Rauschenberg. “DMSP storage in Phaeocystis secretory vesicles”. J. Phycol., 22 DEC 2010, DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2010.00936.x.

Zhang, J., Y. H. Spitz, M. Steele, C. Ashjian, R. Campbell, L. Berline, and P.A. Matrai. “Modeling the Impact of Declining Sea Ice on the Arctic Marine Planktonic EcosystemJ. Geophys. Res. – Ocean 115, C10015, doi:10.1029/2009JC005387.

Apollonio, S. and P.A. Matrai. “Marine primary production in the Canadian Arctic, 1956, 1961-3”. Polar Biology, (2 December 2010), pp. 1-8. doi:10.1007/s00300-010-0928-3. 

2011                                       Hind, A.J., C.D. Rauschenberg, J. E. Johnson, M. Yang and P.A. Matrai. “The use of algorithms to predict surface seawater dimethyl sulphide concentrations in the SE Pacific, a region of steep gradients in primary productivity, biomass and mixed layer depth”. Biogeosciences 8, 1–16, 2011.

Orellana M.V., P.A. Matrai, C. Leck, C.D. Rauschenberg and E. Coz-Diego. “Marine microgels couple the sea surface microlayer with cloud formation in the high Arctic”.  PNAS, submitted.

Matrai, P., E. Olson, S. Suttle, V. Hill, L. Codispoti, B. Light, and M. Steele. “Synthesis of primary production in the Arctic Ocean: I. Surface waters, 1954-2007”. Progress in Oceanography, submitted.

Hill V.J., P. Matrai, E. Olsen, S. Suttles, M. Steele, L. Codispoti, and R. Zimmerman. “Synthesis of integrated primary production in the Arctic Ocean: II. In situ and remotely sensed estimates, 1999-2007”. Progress in Oceanography, submitted.

Codispoti, L., V. Kelly, V. Hill, B. Light, P. Matrai, and M. Steele “Synthesis of primary production in the Arctic Ocean: III Nitrate and phosphate based estimates of net community production”. Progress in Oceanography, submitted.

Bell, T., G. Malin, G. Lee, J. Stefels, S. Archer, M. Steinke and P.A. Matrai. “Global DMS Data Inter-Comparability”. Biogeochemistry, submitted.

Herrmann M. , R. Najjar, A. Neeley, M. Vila-Costa, J.W.H. Dacey, G. DiTullio, D. Kieber, R. Kiene, P. A. Matrai, R. Simó, and M. Vernet. “Diagnostic modeling of dimethylsulfide production in coastal water west of the Antarctic Pen insula”. Cont. Shelf Res., submitted

Hind, A., J. Johnson, and P.A. Matrai. “The influence of mesoscale features on the concentration of dimethyl sulphide (DMS) in the Southeast Pacific waters.” J. Mar. Systems, submitted

Arrigo K., P. A. Matrai, and G. van Dijken. “Primary productivity in the Arctic Ocean: Impacts of complex optical properties and subsurface chlorophyll maxima on large scale estimates”. J. Geophys. Res. - Oceans, subm.

Qu, B., A. Gabric, and P.A. Matrai. “Investigating the coupling between phytoplankton biomass, aerosol optical depth and sea-ice cover in the Greenland Sea”. Polar Biology, subm.

 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS:

 

1981                       Matrai, P. A.  "Distribution of the phytoplankton biomass and its relationship to the nutrient distribution during an upwelling event off Concepción Bay, Chile (36o 40'S; 73o   02' W in October 1979."  Thesis for Licenciatura (B.S.), Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile. 55p.

1988                       Matrai, P. A.  "Phytoplankton production of organic sulfur in the ocean surface waters." Ph.D. Thesis, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 147pp.

1992                       Townsend, D. W., M. D. Keller, T. L. Cucci, E. Haugen, W. K. Bellows, J. Brown, J. J. Cullen, W. M. Balch, P. A. Matrai, K. A. Kilpatrick, S. Cass and L. Custals.  "Results of    R/V Cape Hatteras Cruise 5-14 July 1991 Gulf of Maine."  Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Tech. Dept. No. 91.

1993                       Newell, R. E., A. M. Thompson, D. D. Davis, P. Lagos and P. A. Matrai.  "Pacific Exploratory Measurements-East (PEM-East), a natural complement to PEM-West for NASA/GTE."

Vernet, M. and P. A. Matrai.  Organic carbon and sulfur cycling in Phaeocystis pouchetii  blooms in northern Norwegian fjords.  Report for workshop "On the trophic fate of  Phaeocystis pouchetii", University of Tromsoe, Tromsoe, Norway, May 11-31, 1992.

1994                       Matrai, P.A.  Review of "Dimethyl Sulphide: Oceans, Atmosphere and Climate" G. Restelli and G. Angeletti [eds.], 1994  for Limnol. Oceanogr., 39:1497.

1996                       Matrai, P.A., J. Dacey, D. Erickson, E. Saltzman, T. Bates, J. Penner, and G. Wolfe.  DMS climatology: seasonal-to-interannual, regional-to-global natural variability.  A NASA-sponsored workshop on Ocean Biology, DMS, and the Earth’s radiative budget.  Held at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, August 19-20, 1996.

2002                       Burkhill, P., J. Hall, R. Constanza, R. Ganeshram, W. Jenkins, K-K. Liu, C. Marrase, P. Matrai, P. Monfray, B. Opdike, S. Sathyendranath, J. Steele and D. Wallace. A Draft Framework for Future research on Biological and Chemical Aspects of Global Change in the Ocean; an IGBP/SCOR Collaboration.  Internationally peer reviewed, evaluated by SCOR and IGBP, 61 pp. Can be found at http://www.igbp.kva.se/obe/.

Liss, P., P. Boyd, E. Cortijo, K. Denman, B. Huebert, T. Jickelss, T. Johannessen, G. Komen, D. Kumar, P. Matrai, W. Miller, U. Platt, K. Richardson, P. Schlosser, M. Uematsu,. I. Wainer, and D. Wallace. Surface Ocean – Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) Science Plan. Internationally peer reviewed and accepted by SCOR, IGBP, CACGP and WCRP, 88 pp. Can be found at http://www.solas-int.org.

Wanninkhof, R., R. Dickerson, D. Erickson, III, P. Falkowski, W. Keene, K. Johnson, D. Lenschow, P. Matrai, D. McGillicuddy, W. McGillis, J. Penner, A. Pszenny. The United States Surface Ocean – Lower Atmosphere Study (US SOLAS) Workshop Report and Recommendations.  Community reviewed, 34 pp. Can be found at http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/ocd/solas

2003                                       Codispoti L. and OAII SSC, including P. Matrai. Investigating the Arctic Marine Environment During a Period of Rapid Change: Development, Accomplishments and Outlook for OAII, Arctic Research of the United States

2004                                       Shepson, P., P. Matrai, J. Bottenheim. and OASIS Community.  Ocean-Atmosphere- Sea Ice- Snowpack (OASIS) Interactions Program Science Plan.  Community reviewed, 35 pp. Can be found at http://www.chem.purdue.edu/arctic/ OASISHomePage.htm

2005                                       Women in Oceanography. Oceanography 18(1):166.

2009                                       Czoski A., J. Olsonbaker, and T. Tanner. The Important Little Life of Dylan Diatom. Animation. Funded by NSF. Science advisors: L. Codispoti, V. Hill, B. Light, P. Matrai, and M. Steele.

 

 

MEDIA:

2001 North Pole articles in various papers

2002 “The smell of the sea”, DownEast Magazine, September, p. 47

2005  Women in Oceanography and Sciences, Boothbay Register, April

2006 Palmer Station, Antarctica, Coastal Journal, January

2006 “Bet’s Show” Boothbay Harbor Community TV, 1h show, February

2006 Café Cientifique “Arctic Ocean- Sea ice, clouds and microalgae”, Boothbay Harbor Community TV, 1h show, August

2008 Café Cientifique “Ocean Iron Fertilization”, Boothbay Harbor Community TV, 1h show, July

2010 www.heartheanswer.comWhat do microscopic ocean organisms have to do with cloud formation?

2010 www.heartheanswer.comHow do scientists study the relationship between clouds, the atmosphere, and marine organisms?

 

SEMINARS AND PRESENTED PAPERS:

 

1981                       “Fertilidad potencial en las aguas de la Bahía de Concepción", with R. Ahumada. Presented paper, Jornadas de Ciencias del Mar annual meeting, Montemar, Chile,                

1982                       "Driving processes of the dissolved oxygen distribution in Concepción Bay during the upwelling period", with R. Ahumada and A. Rudolph.  Presented paper, Jornadas de Ciencias del Mar annual meeting, Montemar, Chile, December.

1984                       "An upwelling event off Concepción Bay, Chile in October 1979", with R. Ahumada and N. Silva.  Presented paper, CalCOFI Conference annual meeting, Idyllwide, California, October.

"Distribution of the dinoflagellate Ceratium along 28oN in the eastern North Pacific." Presented paper, winter AGU/ASLO meeting, San Francisco, December.

1986                       "Sulfur-containing compounds in marine phytoplankton."  Presented paper, winter AGU/ASLO meeting, San Francisco, December.

1987                       "Marine phytoplankton production of reduced sulfur-containing compounds:  Metabolic and physiological insights."  Paper presented, ACS annual meeting, New Orleans, September.

1988                       "Particulate organic sulfur in the Southern California Bight."  Presented paper, Ocean          Sciences meeting, AGU/ASLO, New Orleans, January.

"Phytoplankton production of organic sulfur in marine waters."  Biology seminar, Florida    International University, October.

"Phytoplankton production of organic sulfur in ocean surface waters."  Presented paper, DISCO VIII (Dissertations Symposium in Chemical Oceanography), Honolulu, November.

"Particulate organic sulfur in the waters of the Southern California Bright."  Presented paper, winter AGU/ASLO meeting, San Francisco, December.

1990                       "Variability of phytoplankton productivity, and seawater and atmospheric concentrations of dimethylsulfide in shelf waters of the Western Atlantic."  Presented paper with E. S. Saltzman and W. M. Balch, winter AGU/ASLO meeting, New Orleans, February.

"Variations in intracellular amounts of total organic sulfur and dimethylsulfoniopropionate  (DMSP) in marine phytoplankton."  Presented paper with M. D. Keller, winter AGU/ASLO meeting, New Orleans, February.

1991                       "Measurements of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and dimethyl sulfonio propionate (DMSP) in mesoscale coccolithophore blooms in the Gulf of Maine."  Presented paper with M. D. Keller. American Chemical Society.

"Can we predict the local/global distribution of dimethylsulfide?"  Presented paper with W. M. Balch, D. J. Cooper and E. S. Saltzman.  Primary Productivity and Biogeochemical Cycles in the Sea, Brookhaven Symposia in Biology No. 37, June.

"Can we predict the local/global distribution of dimethylsulfide?"  Invited seminar, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, July.

"Biogenic sources and sinks of dimethylsulfide (DMS)-marine sulfur and climate." Presentation at the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS), RSMAS, University of Miami, November.

"The cycling of sulfur in surface seawater during PSI-3."  Presented paper with T. S. Bates, R. P. Kiene, G. V. Wolfe, B. W. Blomquist, F. P. Chavez and R. L. Cuhel, winter AGU meeting, San Francisco, December.

"DMS and DMSP in surface waters as a function of bacterioplankton and major protist groups."  Presented paper with F. P. Chavez, K. R. Buck, C. E. Zenker, J. Phinney, L. Richardson, R. Kiene and T. S. Bates, winter AGU meeting.  San Francisco, December.

"Particulate fluxes of reduced organic sulfur in the North Pacific during PSI-3."  Presented  paper with L. Custals, winter AGU meeting, San Francisco, December.

1992                       "Frontal enhancement of oceanic dimethylsulfide concentrations across the Gulf Stream."    Presented paper with D. J. Cooper, D. Olson and E. S. Saltzman.  ASLO, Santa Fe, February.

"DMS production during a Phaeocystis bloom."  Invited seminar, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, July.

"Oceanic phytoplankton:  Physiological and ecological aspects of DMS/DMSP."  Invited presentation, NASA's "Global Aerosols and Ocean Biogeochemistry Workshop", Orlando, September.

1993                       "Light-dependent production of DMS and carbon incorporation by polar Phaeocystis."  Presented paper with M. Vernet, R. Hood, A. Jennings, S. Sæmundsdóttir and E. Brody. TOS, Seattle, April.

1994                       "Organic Sulfur Cycling at the Marginal Ice Edge Zone."  Presented paper with A. Jennings, AGU/ASLO meeting in San Diego, February.

"Methyl  iodide in the Eastern Pacific Ocean."  Presented paper with E. S. Saltzman and D. King, AGU/ASLO meeting in San Diego, February.

"Physiological aspects of the production of the compounds glycine betaine (GBT) and its sulfur analog, dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) in marine phytoplankton".  Presented paper with M.D. Keller and R. Kiene, ASLO/PSA meeting in Miami, June.

"DMS-DMSP cycling during the vernal phytoplankton bloom at the marginal ice edge zone of the Barents Sea."  Invited seminar, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, August.

1995                       “Scavenging of radioactive nuclides by Phaeocystis pouchetii and Arctic diatoms.” Presented paper with D. Kadko, Arctic Nuclear Waste Assessment Program Workshop, ONR/Gore-Chernomyrdin Environmental Committee, WHOI, May.

"Light-dependent production of DMS and carbon incorporation by polar strains of  Phaeocystis spp." Presented paper, First International DMSP Symposium, Mobile, AL, June.

 “Phytoplankton production of methyl bromide: Agriculture to ocean connection”. Invited seminar, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, August.

  “Physiological Ecology of DMSP and DMS production by phytoplankton”. Presented paper, NASA Aerosol Interdisciplinary Program Workshop, Columbia, MD, October.

1996                       “Carbon and sulfur cycling at the ice edge in Arctic waters: Diatoms or Phaeocystis?”.  Presented paper with M. Vernet, ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences, San Diego, CA, February.

 “Particulate carbon cycling at the Marginal Ice Zone in the Barents Sea in late spring”. Presented paper with M. Vernet, P. Matrai, P. Wassmann, I. Andreassen, G. Pedersen, B. Hansen, ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences, San Diego, CA, February.

 “Scavenging of radioactive nuclides by Phaeocystis pouchetii and Arctic diatoms.” Presented paper with D. Kadko, Arctic Nuclear Waste Assessment Program Workshop (ANWAP), ONR, Snowbird, Utah, May.

 “Database of seasurface dimethylsulfide concentrations.” Presented multiauthored (15) paper, AGU, San Francisco, CA, December.

1997                       “Production of glycine betaine (GBT) and dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) in batch cultures of marine phytoplankton”. Presented paper with M.D. Keller and R. Kiene, ASLO Aquatic Sciences, Santa Fe, NM, February.

 “Production of glycine betaine (GBT) and dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) in nitrogen-limited chemostats cultures of marine phytoplankton”. Presented paper with M.D. Keller and R. Kiene, ASLO Aquatic Sciences, Santa Fe, NM, February.

 “Phytoplankton production of dimethylsulfide (DMS) and dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) as a function of irradiance and nitrate-limitation.  Presented paper, ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, February.

“Dynamics of the vernal bloom in the marginal ice-zone of the Barents Sea:  DMS and DMSP budgets”.  Invited seminar, Institut Maurice Lamontagne, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada, April.

 “Modeling of and dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and dimethylsulfide (DMS) production by arctic phytoplankton in the Barents Sea”.  Presented paper with D.J. Erickson and M. Vernet, NSF/ARCSS/OAII All Hands meeting and planning workshop, Virginia Beach, MD, May

“Biological production of hydrogen sulfide: Why do it?”.  Invited presentation, Chemical Oceanography Gordon Conference, Kimball Union Academy, Meridien, NH, August

“Modeling DMS production in the Barents Sea Region”.  Presented paper with D.J. Erickson, K.R. Rivera, C. Seuzaret, and M. Vernet,  Winter AGU meeting, San Francisco, December.

1998                                       “Production of the gas methyl bromide by marine phytoplankton: A survey”.  Presented paper, ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences meeting, San Diego, February.

“Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and dimethylsulfide (DMS) exudation in phytoplankton:  a Modeling Approach”.  Presented paper with D. Laroche, A.F. Vézina, M. Levasseur, and M. Gosselin, ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences meeting, San Diego, February.

“An Investigation into the use of SeaWiFS Data to Study the Biogeochemical Cycling of Methyl Bromide”. Invited paper with S A Yvon-Lewis, J H Butler, E S Saltzman, D B King, R Tokarczyk, K Sullivan, B Yocis, W Grosko3, and H Wright, Fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, December

1999                                       “Methyl bromide production during spring bloom in the Gulf of Maine, USA”. Presented paper with B Yocis, and W Groszko, ASLO, Santa Fe, February.

                                                “Oceanic biological production of methyl bromide”. Presented paper with Yocis, B., Groszko, W., and Wright, H., ASLO, Santa Fe, February.

“Physiological Responses of Phytoplankton populations in the Gulf of Maine to nitrogen additions: Dynamics of dymethyl sulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and glycine betaine (GBT) production”. Presented paper with Keller, M.D. and R. Kiene, ASLO, Santa Fe, February.

“Modeling biological DMS production in the Barents Sea during the vernal bloom”. Presented paper with A. Gabric and M. Vernet, Barents Sea and northern Norwegian Fjords Workshop, Tromsoe, Norway, April.

“The Interplay of Physics and Biology in DMS Production: Examples From The Southern Ocean And Barents Sea”. Presented paper with A. Gabric, PW Whetton, and  M Vernet, 2nd. International Symposium on Biological and Environmental Chemistry of DMS(P) and Related Compounds, Haren, The Netherlands, August. 

2000                                       “Methyl bromide production in coastal and open ocean waters”. Presented paper with B. Yocis and E. Loiseau, ASLO, San Antonio, January.

“Dimethyl sulfide: from phytoplankton to global climate”. Invited seminar, University of Southern Maine, March.

“Dimethyl sulfide: from phytoplankton to global climate”. Invited seminar, University of New England, October.

“Temperature-controlled germination of cysts of the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense from Bay of Fundy, Canada”. Presented paper with T. Armstrong, M. Harris, B. Thompson, and the late M. Keller, Symposium on Harmful Marine Algae, WHOI, December.

“Annual excystment of Alexandrium hypnozygotes from eastern Gulf of Maine populations”. Presented paper with B. Thompson, and the late M. Keller, Symposium on Harmful Marine Algae, WHOI, December.

Alexandrium cyst dynamics in the Gulf of Maine”. Presented paper with D.M. Anderson, B. A. Keafer and the late M. Keller, Symposium on Harmful Marine Algae, WHOI, December.

2002                                       “Ice-Edge Blooms in the Barents Sea”. Presented paper with M. Vernet and P. Wassmann, AGU/ASLO Ocean Sciences, Honolulu, Hawaii, February.

"Physiological responses of coastal phytoplankton populations to nitrogen addition dynamics of DMSP and GBT production". Presented paper with M. Keller, R. Kiene and W. Bellows, Third International Symposium on Biological and Environmental Chemistry of DMSP(P) and related Compounds, Rimouski, Quebec, September.

Water-to-air transfer of primary particles in the central Arctic in summer”, Presented paper with C. Leck and K. Bigg,  7th IGAC Conference, Crete, Greece, September

Alexandrium  fundyense from eastern Gulf of Maine populations:  Circannual excystment and temperature-controlled germination of resting cysts”. Presented paper with B. Thompson and M. Keller, 10th International Conference of Harmful Algae, St. Petersburg, October

“Production of dimethylsulfide in the Arctic Ocean and sensitivity to climate”. Invited paper presented at the “C flux and climate change: The Nordic contribution to a panarctic perspective” workshop, Sigulda, Latvia, November

“Role of the marine biota in releasing photochemically active species such as organo-halogens and DMS: those bugs! Invited paper presented at the “Arctic Ocean-sea ice-snowpack-atmosphere chemical exchange and links to climate change” workshop, W. Lafayette, Indiana, November.

2003                                       “AOE-01 Biology Highlights”. Presented paper with P. Wassmann, K. Olli, M. Reigstad, J. Ikalvako, L. Tranvik, T. Roine, J. Knulst, T. Ratkova and L. Maroney. AOE-01 PI workshop, Stockholm, January.

2004                                       “Phytoplankton and climate change: Beyond CO2”. Invited seminar, Maine Maritime Academy, Castine, Maine, April.

 “A modeling analysis of the response of dimethylsulphide production in the Arctic Ocean to global warming”. Presented paper with Gabric, A.J., B. Qu and A.C. Hirst. Envirosoft Conference, Ancona (Italy), June.

“Formation of atmospheric particles from biogenic precursors: Can we extrapolate from the Arctic to the world’s oceans?”  Invited paper to the 1st SOLAS Open Science Conference, Halifax, Canada, October.

2005                                       “Phytoplankton and climate change: Beyond CO2”. Invited seminar, UNE, Maine, February.

“Phytoplankton and climate change: Beyond CO2”. Invited seminar, Bowdoin College, Maine, February.

“Complex molecular to global interactions and feedbacks in the marine DMS cycle: I- Subtropical gyre”. Presented paper with J Dacey, G DiTullio, D Erickson, A Gabric, W Gregg, R Kiene, D Kieber, R Najjar, R Simo, NSF Biocomplexity All PI meeting, Arlington, VA, 3-5 March

“Complex molecular to global interactions and feedbacks in the marine DMS cycle: I- Subtropical gyre”. Presented paper with J Dacey, G DiTullio, D Erickson, A Gabric, W Gregg, R Kiene, D Kieber, R Najjar, R Simo, ASLO Summer meeting, Santiago de Compostela, June 18-25

2006                                       “Modeling the marine DMS/DMSP cycle in a subtropical gyre”. Presented paper with DiTullio G, A Gabric, D Kieber, R Kiene, R Simo, J Dacey, R Najjar, G Westby, D Slezak, and D Toole. AGU/ASLO/TOS/ERF 2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting, 20-24 February 2006, Honolulu, Hawaii, www.agu.org

“Biogeochemical cycling of DMSP and DMS in two contrasting mesoscale eddies in the Sargasso Sea near Bermuda”. Presented paper with Kiene RP, D Slezak, DA del Valle, DA Toole, G Westby, K Bailey, DJ Kieber, J Dacey, G DiTullio, R Najjar, and R Simó. AGU/ASLO/TOS/ERF 2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting, 20-24 February 2006, Honolulu, Hawaii, www.agu.org

“Diagnosis of dimethylsulfide production in Sargasso Sea Eddies”.  Presented paper with KE Bailey, RG Najjar, DA Toole, DA del Valle, G Westby, B Blomquist, DJ Kieber, Kiene RP, D Slezak, and G DiTullio. AGU/ASLO/TOS/ERF 2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting, 20-24 February 2006, Honolulu, Hawaii, www.agu.org

“Education and public outreach outside of traditional academic settings: Lessons from a small, independent research institution”. Presented paper with A DeCharon, D Fields, J Goes, A Manahan, P Matrai, N Poulton, C Roesler, M Sieracki, and R Wahle. AGU/ASLO/TOS/ERF 2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting, 20-24 February 2006, Honolulu, Hawaii, www.agu.org

“Organic carbon metabolism in a coastal ocean ecosystem”. Presented paper with M Sieracki, N Poulton and C Rauschenberg. AGU/ASLO/TOS/ERF 2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting, 20-24 February 2006, Honolulu, Hawaii, www.agu.org

“Isolation of Emiliania huxleyi viruses from the Gulf of Maine”. Presented paper with JM Vaughn, JF Novotny, CL Vining, WM Balch, P Matrai, JJ Goes, DT Drapeau and D Kneifel. AGU/ASLO/TOS/ERF 2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting, 20-24 February 2006, Honolulu, Hawaii, www.agu.org

“Microlayer organic composition in the high Arctic: Marine biogenic precursors of atmospheric particles? Presented paper with C Leck, K Bigg, L Tranvik and J Knulst. AGU/ASLO/TOS/ERF 2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting, 20-24 February 2006, Honolulu, Hawaii, www.agu.org

“Respiration in a coastal sea” Presented paper with M Sieracki, NASA Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Ocean Color meeting, 11-13 April 2006, Newport, RI.

“DMSP: An indicator of viral control of natural phytoplankton populations in the Gulf of Maine” Presented paper with WM Balch, JM Vaughn and JF Novotny, 3rd DMSP Conference, 2-5 May 2006, Norwich, UK.

 “Microlayer Organic Composition in the High Arctic: Marine Biogenic Precursors of Atmospheric Primary Particles?” Invited paper with C Leck, K Bigg, L Tranvik and J Knulst, Dutch National SOLAS/IMBER/Geotraces, 9 May 2006, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

“The nexus between sea-ice, DMS derived aerosols and climate change”, Presented paper with Gabric, AJ and Jones, G., SCAR Conference 2006, July 12-14, 2006, Hobart, Australia.

2007                                       “Carbon metabolism in a temperate coastal, river ecosystem”, Presented paper with N Poulton, C Rauschenberg and M Sieracki, U.S. North American Carbon Program (NACP) Investigators Meeting, 22-26 January 22-26, Colorado Springs, CO

“Evidence for mucous trapping of gaseous dimethylsulfide during blooms of colonial Phaeocystis antarctica in the Ross Sea”. Presented paper with D Slezak, RP Kiene, DJ Kieber, and A Relinger, ASLO Aquatic Sciences, 5-9 February 2007, Santa Fe, NM.

“Carbon metabolism in a temperate coastal, river ecosystem” Presented paper with N Poulton, C Rauschenberg and M Sieracki, NASA Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Ocean Color meeting, 11-13 April 2007, Seattle, WA.

 “Seasonal Cycling of DMSP, DMS and DMSO off the Western Antarctic Peninsula”, Presented paper with G Westby, M Vila-Costa, K McElroy, A Neely, J Dacey, G DiTullio, DJ Kieber, RP Kiene, R Najjar, R Simó, M Vernet and H Ducklow, 3rd SOLAS Conference, 6-9 March 2007, Xiamen, China.

“Collaborative Research: Producing an Updated Synthesis of the Arctic’s Marine Primary Production Regime and Its Controls”. Presented paper with L. Codispoti, M. Gosselin, V. Hill, B. Light, and M. Steele,  ARCSS Synthesis Workshop, 2-4 October 2007, Alexandria, VA

 “O-buoys: self-contained, autonomous buoys for long-term observations of atmospheric chemical species in the polar marine boundary layer.” Presented paper with JW Bottenheim, U Friess, PA Matrai, DK  Perovich, PB Shepson, and WR Simpson, European  Geosciences Union 2007 General Assembly, 2007, Vienna

"The Collaborative O-Buoy Project: Deployment of a Network of Arctic Ocean Chemical Sensors for the IPY and beyond", presentation by D. Perovich, Arctic Ocean Network workshop, Boulder, CO, March 2007

"The Collaborative O-Buoy Project: Deployment of a Network of Arctic Ocean Chemical Sensors for the IPY and beyond", poster, Arctic Science Summit Week, Hanover, NH, March 2007

2008                                       “Gross biological production of dimethylsulfide (DMS) at two coastal sites west of the Antarctic Peninsula”. Presented paper with M. Herrmann, R. Najjar, K. McElroy, A. Neeley, M. Vila-Costa, G. Westby, J. Dacey, G. DiTullio, D. Kieber, R. Kiene, P. Matrai, R. Simó, and M. Vernet, ASLO/AGU/TOS Ocean Sciences meeting, March 2008, Orlando, FL

“Primary productivity patterns in the Arctic: The 10 year SeaWIFS record”. Presented paper with V. Hill, E. Olsen, R. Zimmermann, ASLO/AGU/TOS Ocean Sciences meeting, March 2008, Orlando, FL

“Effects of environmental stressors and the response of and from dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP)”. Presented paper with MA Coffroth and G Jackson, 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, July 2008. Fort Lauderdale/Broward County, FL

“Microlayer Organic Composition in the High Arctic: Marine Biogenic Precursors of Atmospheric Primary Particles”? Invited seminar, Chemistry Department, April, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME

 “Organic Matter Metabolism in a Coastal Ocean Ecosystem” Presented paper with M Sieracki, N Poulton, C Rauschenberg, NASA Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Joint Science Workshop April 28 – May 2, 2008, Adelphi, MD

“Primary Productivity patterns in the Arctic: The 10 year SeaWiFS record”. Presented paper with V Hill, D Zimmerman, E Olson, NASA Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Joint Science Workshop April 28 – May 2, 2008, Adelphi, MD

“The influence of sea ice on Arctic Ocean primary production: Regional responses”. Presented paper with V Hill, E Olson, R Zimmerman, Ocean Optics Conference XIX, 6-10 October 2008, Castelvecchio Pascoli, Italy

“Development of an Autonomous Buoy for Year-Round Measurement of Ozone, CO2, and BrO Over the Arctic Ocean” Presented poster with T. Knepp, P. Shepson, R. Santini, P. Wyss, M. Carlson, J. Davison, J. Bottenheim, S. Netcheva, C. Williams, D. Perovich, W. Simpson, D. Carlson, R. Stehle, T. Valentic, F. Gernot, F. Chavez, C. Rauschenberg, Fall Agu, 6-10 December, San Francisco, CA.

"The Collaborative O-Buoy Project: Deployment of a Network of Arctic Ocean Chemical Sensors for the IPY and beyond", presentation by D. Perovich and all O-Buoy PIs, Arctic Ocean Network workshop, Boulder, CO, March 2008

2009                                       “Satellite-derived respiration vs. primary production in coastal waters”. Presented paper with C Rauschenberg, N Poulton, M Sieracki, ASLO Aquatic Sciences meeting, 26-30 January 2009, Nice, France

“Synthesis of Arctic Ocean primary production”.  Presented paper with Olson E, Hill V, Codispoti L, Kelly V, Light B, Steele M, Wermold W, Zimmerman R,  Matrai P, ASLO Aquatic Sciences meeting, 26-30 January, Nice, France

“Storage of DMS and DMSP in secretory granules of Phaeocystis antarctica” Presented paper with C Rauschenberg and M Orellana, ASLO Aquatic Sciences meeting, 26-30 January, Nice, France

”Development and Results from an Autonomous Buoy for Year-Round Measurement of Ozone, BrO and CO2 above the Arctic Ocean”. Poster with P. B. Shepson and the OBuoys Team, EGU General Assembly, 19-24 April, Vienna, Austria

“A synthesis of Arctic Ocean primary production". Invited seminar, U. Laval, 28 April Quebec, QB, Canada

“The Arctic Summer Cloud-Ocean Study - ASCOS” Presented paper with I M Brooks, M Tjernstrom, C Leck, P O G Persson, M Shupe, C E Birch, B J Brooks, T Mauritsen, J Sedlar, A Sirevaag, S Norris, UK Arctic Science Conference, 13-15 July, Southampton, UK

“An Atmospheric CO2 Measurement System for Arctic Buoy Deployments”. Presented paper with G Friederich and F Chavez,  8th International Carbon Dioxide Conference, 13-19 September, Jena, Germany http://www.igwagp.uni-jena.de/ICDC8/poster/t4/017/T4_017.pdf

“A microlayer source of summer CCN in high Arctic open leads”. Invited presentation, with M. Orellana, C. Rauschenberg, A. Hind, and C. Leck, Fall AGU, 14-18 December, San Francisco.

“Surface ocean production and emission of biogenic DMS and dissolved organic material in high arctic and sub-tropical regions”.  Invited presentation, with B. J. Huebert, C. Rauschenberg, A. Hind, C. Leck, T. S Bates, D. Covert, P. Quinn, M. Yang.  Fall AGU, 14-18 December, San Francisco.

“Development of an Autonomous Buoy for Year-Round Measurement of O3, CO2, and BrO Over the Arctic Ocean”. Poster with T. Knepp, J. Bottenheim, D. Carlson, M. Carlson, F. Chavez, J. Davison, F. Gernot, S. Netcheva, D. Perovich, C. Rauschenberg, R. Santini, P. Shepson, W. Simpson, R. Stehle, T. Valentic, C. Williams, P. Wyss. Arctic Ocean network (AON) Workshop, 30 Nov. - Dec. 2, Boulder, CO

“Production of Seawater DMS and Related Compounds, measurements from the NOAA Ship Ronald Brown”. Presentation with A. Hind and C. Rauschenberg. Second VOCALS Meeting,, July, Seattle.

“Application of Algorithms to Predict Seawater Dimethyl Sulfide (DMS) Concentration in the SE Pacific”. Poster with A.J. Hind, C.D. Rauschenberg, J. E. Johnson, M. Yang and P.A. Matrai. Fall AGU, December, San Francisco.

2010                                       “The Collaborative O-Buoy Project: Deployment of a Network of Arctic Ocean Chemical Sensors for the IPY and beyond “. Poster with D. Perovich, P. Shepson, W. Simpson, J. Bottenheim, State of the Arctic Conference, March 16-19, Miami, FL.

“Development of an Autonomous Buoy for Year-Round Measurement of O3, CO2, and BrO Over the Arctic Ocean”. Poster with T. Knepp, J. Bottenheim, D. Carlson, M. Carlson, F. Chavez, J. Davison, F. Gernot, S. Netcheva, D. Perovich, C. Rauschenberg, R. Santini, P. Shepson, W. Simpson, R. Stehle, T. Valentic, C. Williams, P. Wyss. State of the Arctic Conference, March 16-19, Miami, FL.

“Marine Microgels in a High Arctic Ice Core”. Poster with C. D. Rauschenberg, A. J. Hind, M. V. Orellana, P. A. Matrai. 22-26 February, Portland, OR.

The Autonomous Polar Productivity Sampling System during ICESCAPE in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas. Poster with M. Steele, D. Swift, and S. Riser, NASA OCRT Meeting, 11-13 May, New Orleans, LA

“Molecular Compositions of Exopolysaccharides in the High Arctic Open Lead Surface Microlayer in Summer – A Contribution to the Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study (ASCOS)”. Presentation with Q.J. Gao, C. Leck, P. Matrai, M. Orellana, U. Nilsson, IPY Oslo Conference, 8-11 June, Oslo, Norway.

“Long term Measurements of Ozone, Bromine Monoxide and Carbon Dioxide over the Frozen Arctic Ocean Surface: First data from O-Buoy Deployments”.  Poster with J. W. Bottenheim, P. A. Matrai, S. Netcheva, D. K. Perovich, P. B. Shepson, W. R. Simpson, and F. Chavez, Fall AGU, December, San Francisco.

2011                                       “Marine microgels and cloud formation in the high Arctic”. Invited talk with M.V. Orellana, C. Leck, C. Rauschenberg, A.M. Lee and E. Coz, ASLO Aquatic Sciences meeting, February, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

“The Autonomous Polar Productivity Sampling System for ICESCAPE”. Poster with M. Steele, P. Matrai, D. Swift, and S. Riser, ICESCAPES PI workshop, March, Palo Alto, CA.

“Production and prediction of DMS in SE Pacific surface waters”. Poster with AJ Hind, CR Rauschenberg, JE Johnson, M Yang, and B Huebert, VOCALS PI workshop, March, Miami, FL.

“Marine microgels and cloud formation in the high Arctic”. Invited talk with M.V. Orellana, C. Leck, C. Rauschenberg, A.M. Lee and E. Coz, Gordon Research Conference Polar Marine Sciences, March, Ventura, CA.

“On the significance of surface active polysaccharides in the high Arctic open lead surface Microlayer in summer”.  Presentation with Q.J. Gao, C. Leck, P. Matrai, M. Orellana, and U. Nilsson, EGU, 3-8 April, Vienna, Austria.

“Marine microgels and cloud formation in the high Arctic”. Invited talk with M.V. Orellana, C. Leck, C. Rauschenberg, A.M. Lee and E. Coz, COST Sea Ice Biogeochemistry workshop, 12-14 April, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

 

PARTICIPANT:

 

1993                       - U.S. JGOFS Arabian Sea Planning Meeting. Washington, D.C. November

1995                       - IGBP 1st Congress, Germany, May.

1996                       - Arctic Nuclear Waste Assessment Program Workshop (ANWAP), ONR, Snowbird, Utah,   May.

1997                       - NSF/ARCSS/OAII All Hands Meeting and Planning Workshop, Virginia Beach, VA, May

1998                       - GASEX-98 Planning Meeting, Miami, FL, February

- SOLAS organizing workshop, East Anglia, UK, December

1999                       - IGBP 2nd Congress, Japan, May.

- Bigelow Summer Course Series, “Phytoplankton Ecology”, taught by Dr. Ramon Margalef, August

- ARCSS/OAII All Hands Meeting, Virginia Beach, VA, October

2000                       - Gulf of Maine-ECOHAB PI workshop, UNH, Dover, New Hampshire, January.

                                - SOLAS Open Science Workshop, Damp, Germany, February

                                - IGAC Synthesis and Integration Workshop, Lead Author, Aspen, April

                                - CACGP Future of Atmospheric Chemistry Workshop, Aspen, May

                                - SCOR  Future of Ocean Biogeochemistry Workshop, Plymouth, UK, September.

- Dimethyl sulfide Biocomplexity Incubation Workshop, Lead Convenor, Boothbay Harbor, November.

- Arctic Ocean Expedition 2001- Cruise planning workshop, Landskrona, Sweden, November.

2001                       - Gulf of Maine-ECOHAB PI workshop, UNH, Dover, New Hampshire, January.

- SCOR-IGBP Future of Ocean Biogeochemistry Science Plan workshop, Baltimore, February.

                                - US SOLAS Open Science Workshop, Potomac, MD, May.

                                - Arctic Safety workshop, Stockholm, Sweden, May.

                                - Modeling of biogeochemical cycling of methyl bromide, Boothbay Harbor, ME, June.

- SCOR-IGBP Future of Ocean Biogeochemistry Science Plan workshop, Barcelona, December.

- International SOLAS SSC meeting, San Francisco, December.

2002                       - Gulf of Maine-ECOHAB PI workshop, UNH, Dover, New Hampshire, March.

- Arctic Ocean Expedition 2001- First PI workshop, Stockholm, April

- International SOLAS executive committee and National Representatives meeting,Amsterdam, June.

 - Invited Chair for presentation and discussion on SOLAS at the Third International Symposium on Biological and Environmental Chemistry of DMSP(P) and related Compounds, Rimouski, Canada, 26-28 September.

- Gulf of Maine-ECOHAB PI workshop, UNH, Dover, New Hampshire, October.

2003                       - Arctic Ocean Expedition 2001- Second PI workshop, Stockholm, January.

- International SOLAS Implementation Strategy writing and executive session, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, February.

- NSF Biocomplexity. First PI workshop, Arlington, VA, May.

- Gulf of Maine-ECOHAB PI workshop, U Maine, Orono, ME, July.

- Modeling of DMS/DMSP cycling in the Arctic working group, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, September

- Arctic Ocean Expedition 2001- Third PI workshop, Sweden, December.

2004                       - DMS Biocomplexity. First PI workshop, Charleston, SC, March.

- ARCSS/OAII SSC Meeting, Cambridge, MD, March

- Core Competencies Course, Society for Organizational Learning, Bedford, MA, April

2005                       - OASIS Implementation Plan workshop, Rome, January

                                - NSF Biocomplexity. Second PI workshop, Arlington, VA, March.

- ARCSS AC Meeting, Cambridge, MD, February

-  PAUC Meeting, Denver, July

2006                       - ASLO Board, Honolulu, HI, February

- SOLAS SSC Executive Committee, Honolulu, HI, February

- SOLAS SSC, Amsterdam, May

- Dutch SOLAS/IMBER/Geotraces workshop, Amsterdam, May

- ASLO Board, Victoria, CA, June

- PAUC Meeting, Denver, June

- NASA ESS Advisory Sub-committee, Washington, DC, July

- NSF Biocomplexity. Third PI workshop, Penn State, State College, PA, September

- NASA ESS Advisory Sub-committee, Adelphi, MD, September (by telecon)

- NSF Biocomplexity. PI modeling workshop, SIO, La Jolla, CA, December

2007                       - ASLO Board, Santa Fe, NM, February

- SOLAS SSC, Xiamen, China, March

- NSF OPP O-Buoy PI workshop, CRREL, Hanover, NH, March

- NSF OPP IPY Review panel, Arlington, June

- Maine State House, testimony for LD 793 for a State and Research Library consortia, May

- NASA ESS Advisory Sub-committee, Washington, DC, June

- NSF OPP Arctic primary production synthesis PI workshop, BLOS, Boothbay Harbor, ME, June

- ASLO Board, Montreal, Canada, August

- NSF ASCOS PI Workshop, U Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden, September

- The Island Institute, NSF ITEST Community of Rural Education, Stewardship, and Technology (CREST) project, 1-day advisory board workshop, Vinelhaven, ME

- ASLO Strategic Planning Ad-hoc committee, Chair, September-December (many telecons)

- NSF ARCSS SASS PI workshop, Alexandria, VA, October

- NSF ARCSS Arctic Human Dimension PI workshop, Alexandria, VA, October

- NSF OPP O-Buoy PI workshop, CRREL, Hanover, NH, October

- Maine R&D Bond Marine Coalition meeting, Belfast, ME, November

- Maine Seagrant, BLOS representative, annual advisory board meeting, Belfast, ME, October

2008                       - NASA ESS Advisory Sub-committee, Washington, DC, January

                                - NSF OPP Arctic primary production synthesis PI workshop, UW, Seattle, WA, January

- ASLO Board, Orlando, FL, March

- NSF OCE VOCALS PI workshop, Boulder, CO, March

- The Island Institute, NSF CREST Advisory Committee, March

- NOAA Postdoc in Climate and Global Change Review Panel, Boulder, CO, March

- NSF ASCOS PI Workshop, Landskrona, Sweden, April

- NASA OCRT and Carbon workshops, Maryland, May

- NSF OPP O-Buoy PI workshop, CRREL, Hanover, NH, May

- The Island Institute, NSF CREST Advisory Committee, December

2009                       - NASA ESS Advisory Sub-committee, Washington, DC, January

- ASLO Board, Nice, France, January

- NSF OPP O-Buoy PI workshop, CRREL, Hanover, NH, March

- NOAA Postdoc in Climate and Global Change Review Panel, Boston, MA, March

- NSF ASCOS All Hands Workshop, Lund, Sweden, April

- NSF OPP ANS, ARCSS Review panel, Arlington, April

- NASA OCRT workshop, NY, NY, May

- NSF VOCALS Rex Ocean Team workshop, BLOS, Boothbay Harbor, ME, May

- NASA ESS Advisory Sub-committee, Washington, DC, October

- NSF OCE CO Review panel, Arlington, VA, November

- NSF AON PI workshop, Boulder, CO, December

- NSF AON ADI workshop, Boulder, CO, December

2010                       - NOAA Postdoc in Climate and Global Change Review Panel, telecon, March

- ASLO Board, Portland, OR, February

- ASLO Board, Santa Fe, NM, June

- NASA Carbon Monitoring System, Boulder, CO, July

- The Island Institute, NSF GEO STORMS Advisory committee, September

- Hazardous Materials Shipping Training, Bigelow, September

- Bigelow Board of Trustees and Advisory Board, September

- NSF ASCOS All Hands Workshop, Leeds, UK, October

- NSF O-Buoy Chemical Networks All Hands Workshop, Purdue U., Lafayette, IN, November

2011                       - ASLO Board, San Juan, Puerto Rico, February

- IGBP SC, Washington, DC, March

- COST SOLAS Sea Ice Biogeochemistry Workshop, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, April

 

 

SERVICE:

International:

1994-1999            Member of  Scientific Steering Committee for the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project (IGAC) of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program  (IGBP). Vice-Chair during 1998-1999.

1998-2001            IGAC Synthesis and Integration Working Committee

1998-2000            Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere (SOLAS) International Planning Committee.

2000                       International SOLAS Prospectus Writing Committee

2001                       Subcommittee for Ocean Research (SCOR)/IGBP committee on Future of Ocean Biogeochemistry

2001-2007            Member and Vice-Chair of Scientific Steering Committee for International SOLAS

2006-2007            3rd International SOLAS Conference Organizing Committee

2005-2008            ASLO Member At Large

2008-2011            ASLO Treasurer

2011-                     IGBP Steering Committee member

                 

National: 

1990                                       Office of Naval Research (ONR) Dimethylsulfide meeting for a prospective research initiative, invited participant, September, Miami, FL.

1991                       Department of Energy (DOE)'s Ocean Margins Program, Panel Reviewer, October, Washington, DC.

1992-1995            NASA's GTE/PEM East ad hoc study committee member.  Organized first workshop at       RSMAS, December.

1993-1995            Arctic Research Consortium of the United States - UM/RSMAS alternate representative

1998                       National Science Foundation (NSF) Geochemistry and Biogeochemistry Review Panel.

1999- 2004           NSF Office of Polar Programs (OPP) Ocean-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions (OAII), Scientific Steering Committee

1999                       NSF Chemical Oceanography Review Panel.

2000-2009            U.S. SOLAS Planning Committee

2000-                     ARCSS/OAII Ocean Atmosphere Snowpack Ice Study (OASIS) Planning committee, now under SOLAS and IGAC

2005-2007            Palmer Area Users Committee (PAUC)

2006-2009            NASA Earth Sciences Division Advisory sub-committee

2006-2007            Grant management advisory panel to the NSF ITEST Community of Rural Education,   Stewardship, and Technology (CREST) project, The Island Institute, Rockland, ME

GasEx 3 Southern Ocean Ad-hoc Organizing Committee

2007                       NSF OPP IPY Review Panel

2007-                     NOAA Postdoctoral Program in Climate and Global Change Scientific Steering Committee

2008                       NSF OPP ARCSS and ANS Review Panel

2009-                     NASA Aerosol/Cloud/Ecosystems (ACE) mission Ocean-Aerosol Ocean Science Working Group (SWG)

2009                       NASA Geostationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events (GEOCAPE) mission SWG

2009                       NSF OCE CO Review Panel

2009                       NSF Arctic Ocean Network (AON) Design and Implementation (ADI) Task Force

 

Institutional Committee and Administrative Responsibilities:

 

1991                       UM/RSMAS MAC Search Committee for Organic Chemist

1991-1995            UM/RSMAS Library Committee

1991-1995            UM/RSMAS Coastal Ocean Science Task Group

1995-1996            Bigelow Search Committee for Director

1995-1998            Bigelow Policy Handbook Committee

1996-2002            Bigelow Facilities Committee

1996-2003            Bigelow/UNE MS program Committee

1997-1998            Bigelow Search Committee for Principal Investigator

1998-2001            Bigelow "PI" Committee

2000-2009            Bigelow Finance Committee

2000-                     Bigelow Building Committee

2001-2002            Bigelow Long Range Plan- Research- Committee, Chair

2003-2006            Bigelow Library Committee, Chair

2003-2004            Bigelow Research Implementation Committee

2003                       Bigelow Financial Officer Search Committee

2003-2005            Bigelow Seminar Series

2004-2005            Bigelow Search Committee for Principal Investigator

2004-2006            Bigelow ICOMS

2005-                     Bigelow Facilities Committee

2006-2007            Bigelow Facilities Manager and Construction Contractor

2007                       Bigelow Search Committee for Director, co-Chair

2007                       Bigelow Interim Director

2009-2010            Bigelow Library Committee

2009-                     Bigelow Personnel Committee, Chair

2010                       Bigelow Financial Accountant Search Committee

2010-                     Bigelow Education - Colby Semester Program Ad Hoc Committee

 

Community Activities:

 

1988-94                 Participating Scientist in the Boston Museum of Science. "Science-by-Mail" program with 4th and 5th graders; Florida students as of 1992.

1989                       Career Day at Pharr Kelsy Elementary School, Miami.

1994                       Council for Undergraduate Research, invited panelist for 2 sessions on Women in Science,  Bates College, June, Lewiston, ME

1995                       Maine Research and Internships for Teachers and Students (MERITS) Physics and Math     for 8th grade students, invited speaker, Bates College, July, Lewiston, ME

1996                       MERITS Teachers program, invited speaker, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science (BLOS), May, W. Boothbay Harbor, ME

1996                       MERITS High School Science Program (instructor), BLOS, May, W. Boothbay Harbor, ME

1998                       Nor’Easter Ocean Bowl, Science Judge, University of New England, BLOS, University of New Hampshire, Biddeford, ME

1998-00                 Board of Directors, Village Montessori Elementary School, independent, non-profit

1998                       Damariscotta Montessori School, 2nd grade, Sally Johns (teacher): At sea internet/web experience, March 13-21 and May 5-24.

1999                       Nor’Easter Ocean Bowl, Science Judge, University of New England, BLOS, University of New Hampshire, Dover, NH

1999                       Science teacher, Village Montessori Elementary School, 4-6th grade

2000                       Nor’Easter Ocean Bowl, Science Judge, University of Maine, BLOS, University of New Hampshire, Orono, ME

Hosting 5th grader in my lab from Great Salt Bay (GSB) Elementary School, Damariscotta, ME, Phoenix/Gifted and Talented Program

2000-2005            Committee member, Phoenix/Gifted and Talented Enrichment Program, Great Salt Bay Elementary School, Damariscotta, ME

2001                       Nor’Easter Ocean Bowl, Science Judge, University of New England, BLOS, University of New Hampshire, Biddeford, ME

2002                       Wavenock Power Squadron, invited speaker, Arctic Ocean Expedition 2001

Boothbay Harbor Congregational Church, invited speaker, Arctic Ocean Expedition 2001

GSB Elementary School, Damariscotta, ME, 2nd grade, Mrs. Sue Young teacher, invited speaker, Arctic life seen during the Arctic Ocean Expedition 2001

                                “The smell of the sea”, article in DownEast Magazine/ Along the waterfront, September

2003                       8th grade GSB Elementary School,”On the job” lab visits, May

Ask A Scientist 03, 8th grade Science Teacher Dan Chuhta, Massabesic Junior High School, MSAD #57, Waterboro, Maine; http://fc.sad57.k12.me.us/~dan_chuhta;  Projects; Ask a Scientist

2004                       8th grade GSB Elementary School,”On the job” lab visits, May

NASA Explorers Mentor with 4th graders, GSB Elementary School, Damariscotta, ME, Ms. Alison McMillan teacher, January- March 

Lincoln Academy Career Day, Invited Speaker, September

2005                       Nor’Easter Ocean Bowl, Science Judge, University of New England, BLOS, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

                                Mainely Women in Science High School Career Fair, Invited Speaker, Colby College, April

                                8th grade GSB Elementary School,”On the job” lab visits, May

                                8th grade Career Day at Maranacook Middle School, Readfield, ME, September

2006-                     Board member, Damariscotta Montessori School (K-8)

2006                       Edgecomb Unitarian Universalist Fellowship “Following science to Antarctica”, March

“Lunch Bunch In Antarctica”, K-4 and 5-8th grades, GSB Elementary School, Damariscotta, ME, Ms. Alison McMillan teacher, March

“Introduction to Oceanography” field visit, University of Maine, Augusta, Gretchen Hull, 3 groups of 9 students, March

8th grade GSB Elementary School,”On the job” lab visits, May

Bigelow’s Café Cientifique “Arctic Ocean- Sea ice, clouds and microalgae”, Opera House, Boothbay Harbor, ME, August

Coastal Club, “Complex molecular to global interactions and feedbacks in the marine DMS cycle: I- Subtropical gyre (Sargasso Sea, July- Aug 2004), II- Polar region (Antarctic Peninsula, Oct 05-March 06)”, September

GSB Elementary School, Lunch Bunch organizer (theme = Science), Ms. Alison McMillan teacher, October 06-March 07

2007                       “Introduction to Oceanography” field visit, University of Maine, Augusta, Gretchen Hull, 3 groups of 6 students, April

“Polar Ecosystems”, K-5 and 6-8th grades, Southport Elementary School, Southport, ME, Ms. Misty Marston teacher, November

2007-2010            Damariscotta Montessori School, Nobleboro, ME, Board of Directors

2008                       Bigelow’s Café Cientifique “Ocean iron fertilization as a way to reduce global carbon dioxide – what’s the controversy”, Opera House, Boothbay Harbor, ME, July

“Ocean iron fertilization as a way to reduce global carbon dioxide – what’s the controversy”, Icebreaker Oden crew and scientists, August

2010                                       www.heartheanswer.comWhat do microscopic ocean organisms have to do with cloud formation?

www.heartheanswer.comHow do scientists study the relationship between clouds, the atmosphere, and marine organisms?

Bigelow’s Café Cientifique O-Buoy: Chemistry on Ice”, Opera House, Boothbay Harbor, ME, June

STORMS - Teacher training; collaboration with Island Institute educators and Maine island/coastal school teachers, Darling Center, Walpole, ME, December

2010-                     Damariscotta Montessori School, Nobleboro, ME, Board of Directors, Chair

2011                       STORMS - Final teacher and student workshop and presentations, Orono, ME, May

 

REVIEWING (last 3 yrs. only):

Manuscripts and Proposals:

2008                       Aquat. Microb. Ecol.,Deep Sea Res., EUR-OCEANS, J. Geophys. Res. (Biogeosciences), Limnol. Oceanogr. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser., NSF, UK NERC

2009                       Antarctic Science, Cont. Shelf Res., FONCYT Chile, Griffith U.- Australia, Geophys. Res. Lett., Marine Chemistry, NASA, NOAA, NSF, Ocean Sciences Discussions, Protist

2010                       Cont. Shelf Res., , FONCyT-Argentina,  Geophys. Res. Lett., Global Biogeochem. Cycles, Global Change Biol., J. Geophys. Research (Oceans, Atmospheres), NOAA, NSF, UK NERC, Tellus, Science

2011                       JGR-Biogeosciences, NSF, Griffith U.- Australia, TOS-Oceanography, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans (flagged as reviewer of excellence by Senior Editor), ACPD, Biogeochemistry,

Advancement:

2008                 Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la nature et les technologies

2009                       Marie Curie Fellowships, Desert Research Institute, U. Hawaii, U. Maine

2010                       WHOI

 

TEACHING:

 

1990-1993            Biological Oceanography - Bio-Optics seminar, jointly with University of Miami Physics Department.  Weekly, non-credit.

1990                       UM/RSMAS MAC representative in Marine Biology and Fisheries comprehensive               examinations for first year graduate students.

1991-1995            Guest lecturer in Biological Oceanography for non-majors (MBF 503), 2 lectures, UM/RSMAS.

1992-1995            Guest lecturer in MBF 503 and Analytical Methods in Chemical Oceanography (MAC        610), 2 lectures each, UM/RSMAS.

1993                       Invited lecturer at the Center for Great Lakes Studies, University of Wisconsin at                Milwaukee, REU program, July 15-21.

1995                       General Oceanography (MSC 111) for Marine Sciences undergraduates, 2 lectures per         week, UM.

1995-2005            Oceanography (BI-360), 3 lectures and 1 lab per week, University of New England

1995-2005            Gulf of Maine Seminar Series, 1 lecture, University of New England

1997                                       “Phytoplankton of the Arctic Environment”, Graduate course in Bigelow Laboratory's Summer Course Series, taught jointly with Dr. Maria Vernet (SIO), 21 July- 1 August.

2000-2002            Ecology (BI-350), 3 lectures and 1 lab per week, University of New England. Taught in alternate years with Oceanography.

2002                       Invited lecturer at NSF/OPP “Teacher Experiencing the Arctic/Antarctic” Training workshop, August 8-10, CRREL, Hannover, NH

 

Thesis and Dissertation Advising/Post-doctoral student and K-12 Teacher Supervision:

 

1993-1996            Advisor for M.S. graduate student Stefanía Sæmundsdóttir, MBF, University of Miami (UM)

1993-1996            Ph.D. Thesis committee for Daniel King, MAC, UM

1994-1997            Ph.D. Thesis committee for Maia McGuire, MBF, UM

1994                       Advisor for Ph.D. graduate student Evan Howell, MAC, UM

1995                       Research experience for Andrew Tucker, undergraduate, UM

1996                       Undergraduate internship by Jessica Nelson, University of New England (UNE)

1997                       Undergraduate internships and REU by Heather Wright, UNE

1998                       Undergraduate internships by Jennifer Langille, Eileen Loiseau and Heather Wright, UNE

Post-doctoral advisor for Wayne Groszko, Bigelow Laboratory

1999                       Undergraduate internships and REU by Rebecca Quinn, Bates College

2000                       Undergraduate internships and REU by Matthew Harris and Tamieka Armstrong, UNE

2000- 2001           M.S. thesis committee for Stephanie Bennett, University of Maine, Orono

2001                       Undergraduate internship and REU by Kelly McCrum, UNE.

Teacher Experience in the Arctic (TEA) Supervision of Dena Rosenberger (Chemistry, El Capitan High School, Grossmont, CA) during I/B Oden cruise to the Arctic, June 29- August 29, 2001.

2002                       Undergraduate internship and REU by Kerry Weber, UNE.

Wiscassett High School senior-to-be, Andrew Theriault, internship working with ECOHAB samples, July- August.

TEA teacher training workshop, CCREL, Hanover, NH, August 5-7

2003                       Undergraduate internship and REU by Kerry Weber, UNE on DMSP biochemistry, May-June.

2004                       Undergraduate internship and REU by Kerry Weber, UNE on DMSP biochemistry at sea, June-July.

2005-2006            Undergraduate internship by Kerry McElroy, SUNY Syracuse on residency at Palmer Station, Antarctica, October-January.

2008                       High school internship by Jared Snell, Wiscasset HS, ME on macroalgal remediation of elevated seawater CO2 concentrations.

2009                       REU by Anna Czoski, University of Washington, Jan.-June

External Examiner Ph.D. thesis, Martine Lizotte, Universite de Laval, Quebec, QB, Canada

2009-10                 External Examiner, M.Sc. Thesis, Lennin Florez, Universidad de Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile

2010                       REU by Angel Mojarro, Brown University, June-August

Bigelow Post-Doctoral Mentoring Program: Presentation on Publication Ethics, March

Bigelow Post-Doctoral Mentoring Program: Presentation on data Management and Ownership, April

External Examiner Ph.D. thesis, Barbara Johnson, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia


FIELD TIME:

 

Year       Date                                       Area                                                       Research Vessel       Cruise Name

 

2008       Aug.1- Sept 9                        High Arctic                                            Icebreaker Oden        ASCOS

2008       3 cruises, 1 day                    Gulf of Maine                                      Gulf Challenger          Kennebec River

2007       4 cruises, 1 day                    Gulf of Maine                                      Gulf Challenger          Kennebec River

2006       monthly, 1 day                    Gulf of Maine                                      Gulf Challenger          Kennebec River

2005       Oct 20- Nov 24                    W Antarctic Peninsula                        L Gould/Palmer Stn.  B-048-P

2005       monthly, 1 day                    Gulf of Maine                                      Gulf Challenger          Kennebec River

2004       July 10-Aug 6                       Saragasso Sea                                      S. Johnson                   Matrai-07-04

2001       July 14- Aug.29                    High Arctic                                            Icebreaker Oden        AOE-2001

1999       Sept. 9-Oct.23                      North Pacific                                        Ron Brown                 RB-9906

1999       July 2-15                               Barents Sea                                          J. Mayen                     ALV 3

1999       June 28-July 5                      Gulf of Maine                                      E. Link                  

1999       March 16-May 24               Norwegian arctic fjords                      Hyas                            Balsfjord 99

1998       May 10-July 7                      North Atlantic                                      Ron Brown                 RB-98-02/4

1998       March 13-21                        Gulf of Maine                                      Cape Hatteras            CH-0498

1995       June 15-26                            Gulf of Maine                                      Cape Hatteras            CH-0795

1993       May 12 - 31                          Barents Sea                                          J. Hayen                                      Arctic 93

1992       Feb 12 - March 14               Eq. Pacific                                             Vickers                         IGAC/MAGE

1992       May 11 - 31                          Norwegian arctic fjords                      Hyas                            Arctic 92

1991       July 5 - 12                             Gulf of Maine                                      Cape Hatteras            GOM 91

1991       April 15 - 30                          N. Pacific                                               Discoverer                   PSI-3

1990       July 6 - 13                             Gulf of Maine                                      Cape Hatteras            GOM 90

1989       August 1 - 31                        N. Atlantic                                             Atlantis 2                     NASA-1

1989       April 19 - 28                          N. Atlantic                                             Iselin                           BIOSYNOP-2

1987       August                                   S. California Bight                               Sproul                         SCBS-28

1987       January                                 S. California Bight                               Sproul                         SCBS-27

1986       August                                   Saanich Inlet                                        Barnes                        Saanich

1986       September                             S. California Bight                               Sproul                         SCBS-26

1986       July                                         S. California Bight                               E. B. Scripps              Eumenides II

1986       July                                         S. California Bight                               E. B. Scripps              Eumenides I

1984       July                                         S. California Bight                               E. B. Scripps              Sea Mount-2

1984       August                                   S. California Bight                               D. S. Jordan

1983       June                                        S. California Bight                               D. S. Jordan               Sea Mount-1

1979       October                                  S. Pacific - Ba. Concepción               Tobago                       Surgencia

 
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