2009 UNOLS
Council Slate
Elections will be held at the UNOLS Annual
meeting on 13 October to fill expiring Council terms. UNOLS Nominating Committee members Bruce
Corliss (Chair), Carin Ashjian, and Marcia McNutt have assembled a slate of
candidates for the UNOLS Council positions to be filled. This election will be held in accordance with
the UNOLS Charter as readopted 12 October 2007.
The slate and information about the candidates can be found below.
OPERATOR REPRESENTATIVE (3 year term) - Individual affiliated with any designated UNOLS Operator Institution
·
Dr. Robert Collier,
Oregon State University
·
AT-LARGE REPRESENTATIVE (3 year term) – Individual affiliated with any
UNOLS Member Institution
·
·
Dr. Ian McDonald,
Florida State University
NON-OPERATOR REPRESENTATIVE (3 year term) – Individual affiliated with
any designated UNOLS Non-Operator institution
·
Dr. Wilfred Gardner,
Texas A&M
·
Dr. Edward Boyle,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Candidates
for Council Operator
Representative Position
Dr.
Robert Collier, Oregon State University
Statement of Interest:
I would
like to express my interest in continuing with a second term on the UNOLS
Council, filling an operator's position.
Beyond my general background and dedication to facilitating the
operation and health of the research oceanographic fleet, I bring a needed
marine biogeochemistry background to the Council's discipline mix.
Statement: I recognize many challenges for UNOLS and the research
fleet. I have particular interest in
contributing to progress on understanding:
1) The short-term support for
science operations (how do agency fiscal issues and fleet management impact our
science?)
2) The evolving fleet renewal
needs and opportunities (essential replacement platforms, new
opportunities/needs such as HOV/ROV/AUVs and new propulsion/energy systems such
as fuel cells).
3) Preparing for the
character of new facility use over the upcoming decades (including observatory
science, ocean drilling, and major infrastructure support).
There are
many more issues, to be sure, and I am happy to contribute to these in
partnership with the other UNOLS Council members, operators, and funding
agencies to help assure that access for research in the oceans thrives. As a
new member of Council this past term, I have recognized the contrast between
the demands for Fleet Replacement contrasted with the difficulty of supporting
out current fleet science days at sea.
These issues are upon us now – they are no longer just vision
statements.
Background: Through previous committee work, I have
helped guide NSF on the operation and development of critical community
infrastructure enabling our research. These include the UNOLS, Deep Submergence
Steering Committee (5 years) and the CORE-DEOS committee (4 years), which
helped lay the groundwork for the ORION program. I remain involved in the OOI as a project
manager and draw from that experience as a contributor to UNOLS Council.
At the
University and College level, I have contributed extensively to committee work
which impacts UNOLS operations. I have
been on the University Radiation Safety Committee for over 20 years (including
2 years as its chair). In this capacity,
I have consistently worked with the Radiation Safety office to facilitate the
critical research needs for handling of radioactive materials on ships for all
users of the WECOMA and other ships visiting OSU facilities in Newport. The unique regulatory status of marine work
(NRC vs. state licenses) is most effectively approached by cooperating with
other institutional users, operators, and regulators.
~ I have
worked with colleagues to develop a significant education outreach program providing
professional development to the Adult Basic Education community. Our project, The Ocean Sciences and Math
Collaborative program, has operated over 6 years in Oregon and has received
funding from a variety of state and national sources. The program has included a successful
"teacher-at-sea" component (http://literacyworks.org/ocean/). This represents a model that could be
effectively transferred to other scientists and ship operators.
~ I've
worked with staff at OSU to produce an instructional DVD covering Piston Coring
and Mooring Deployment from the Research Icebreaker Healy.
~ As a
member of the OSU Provost's Sustainability Council, I recognize Jack Bash's
vision to develop more sustainable propulsion and/or power generation systems
on the research fleet. There may be a future leadership role through
NSF or industry (and a funding opportunity) for designers to consider providing
at least the hotel generation load by new technologies built around fuel
cells.
Biographical Sketch:
Recent
Professional Experience:
July 2006 – present:
Professor, College of
Oceanography, OSU
1992 – 2006: Associate Professor, College of
Oceanography, OSU
Oct. 1986-June 1992: Assistant
Professor, College of Oceanography, OSU
Education:
Ph.D., 1981, Chemical Oceanography, M.I.T.-Woods
Hole Joint Program
M.Sc., 1975,
Environmental Science and Engineering, California Institute of Technology
B.Sc., 1974, Civil Engineering/Water
Resources, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Interests: Trace element geochemistry of
dissolved and particulate materials in the marine environment; processes
controlling elemental fluxes at major marine interfaces/estuaries; surface
waters; sediments; suspended particles; ridgecrest hydrothermal systems;
nutrient and trace metal cycles in fresh water environments.
Seagoing
Experience: Over 30 field programs, many as Chief
Scientist. UNOLS vessels used include
R/V Wecoma, R/V New Horizon, R/V Thompson, R/V Knorr, and R/V Atlantis.
Investigator on more than 10 deep submergence programs using Alvin,
SeaCliff, Deep Rover, Delta, Jason, ROPOS, and several Phantom ROVs since
1977.
Professional Service & Memberships:
·
1996 – present:
Associate Editor, Marine Chemistry (Elsevier).
·
Member of NSF
National Steering Committees including: NSF RIDGE Steering Committee (1991-94);
CORE DEOS Steering Committee (2000-2004).
·
Active in
developing programs and guiding graduate students through the COAS
Interdisciplinary and Resource Management degree programs.
·
Design and offer
professional development programs for Adult Basic Skills Development teachers
at Oregon community colleges as part of a collaborative program.
·
Deputy Project
Manager, OOI-CGSN Implementing Organization, Endurance Array.
UNOLS
Activities:
2006-2009 UNOLS Council Member (Operators Rep.)
1994-1999 UNOLS Deep Submergence Science Committee member
Website: <http://chemoc.coas.oregonstate.edu/~bobcollier/>
Dr. Daniel J. Fornari, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Statement
of Interest:
Please consider this letter as a formal
application for your consideration to have me serve on the UNOLS Council.
I have been involved in oceanographic
research since 1970, beginning as an undergraduate who sailed on the maiden
voyage of the R/V Melville with Prof. G. Shor. Since then I have experienced marine
operations first hand at Scripps, Lamont and now WHOI, serving as a marine
technician at SIO, a graduate student and researcher at Lamont, and as a senior
scientist at WHOI. I have also served as the first Chief Scientist for Deep Submergence,
a Director of one of WHOI’s four internal institutes – the Deep Ocean Exploration
Institute, and am now the Ridge 2000 Program Chair until ~2012. I have
participated on nearly 70 cruises which have utilized nearly all classes of
UNOLS vessels, both as a participating scientist and chief scientist.
As the first Chief Scientist
for Deep Submergence at WHOI from 1993 to 2004, I instituted many programs and
wrote numerous proposals to help improve the National Deep Submergence Facility
(NDSF) vehicles and sensors used on those vehicles for the US academic
community. My activities ranged from helping improve lighting and cameras on
the vehicles, including helping to develop the first HMI lights on Alvin deployed
in 1993 (made by DeepSea Power & Light [DSPL], San Diego, CA), to a range
of video and digital still cameras that have revolutionized how deep-sea
scientists collect data and resolve geological, chemical and biological
processes at the seafloor, especially at hydrothermal vent sites which has been
a focus of my research. Improvements to the NDSF also included ushering in new
vehicle systems (ROVs and AUVs) in collaboration with federal agencies, scientists
and engineers which required significant consensus building and proposal
efforts to acquire funding to launch these systems into general use for
scientific studies.
I have also, for the past ~15
years, helped provide BGM-3 gyro-stabilized gravimeters to the US academic
community through a collaborative agreement with the US Navy, NSF and UNOLS,
which has improved access to this type of geophysical equipment for shipboard,
submersible and land use by a wide range of investigators. More recently, I led
an NSF-funded effort with collaborators at Univ. Alaska-Fairbanks and Scripps
to acquire and install 6 additional BGM-3 gravimeters on vessels in the UNOLS fleet
and the Arctic research vessel Healy.
I have been involved in K-12
curriculum enhancement though talks given at local schools and through establishment
of the Dive and Discover™ web site http://science.whoi.edu/DiveDiscover; an NSF-AFGE funded project to provide information about
deep submergence research and technology to middle school students and the
general public. I also helped compile and produce the educational CD “25th Anniversary
of Hydrothermal Vents” that was freely distributed to federal agencies and
teachers and students in April 2002. Over 15,000 copies of this CD have been
distributed nationally and internationally. I write articles and spend time informing
the research community, congressional and national committees, and the general
public about the importance of basic research and engineering as it pertains to
deep submergence vehicles, technology and research.
I believe that routine and well-managed
research ship access to the oceans for a broad cross-section of scientists from
all universities and institutions has been and should continue to be a hallmark
of US oceanographic research. UNOLS provides this umbrella and has effectively
managed the complex planning and scheduling tasks in collaboration with operating
institutions and funding agencies – always with the interests of the research scientist
at the forefront. This effective ombudsman role that UNOLS plays is unique in
the international oceanographic community, and it works because of the
objective and dedicated efforts of community members that offer their service.
I have a broad experience in oceanographic research, in-depth knowledge of the
synergy between marine operations and productive at-sea research, and a
willingness to contribute to the UNOLS effort on behalf of the community.
Biographical Sketch:
Professional Experience:
2008-present Chair, Ridge 2000 Program
2004 to 2008 Director- Deep Ocean Exploration Institute at WHOI
2002-present W. Van Alan Clark Senior Scientist Chair- WHOI
1998 to 2004 Senior Scientist, Geology & Geophysics Dept. Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution & Chief Scientist for Deep Submergence
1993 to 1998 Assoc. Scientist w/tenure & Chief Scientist for Deep
Submergence, WHOI
1973 to 1993 Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, graduate student, then
researcher
Education:
Ph.D., 1978, Columbia
University, Marine Geology
M.A., 1975, Columbia
University, Geology
M.Phil., 1975, Columbia
University, Marine Geology
B.S., 1972, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, Geology
Research Interests: Morphology and structure of mid-ocean ridges and
transform faults; mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal processes; collection and
interpretation of marine geophysical data including multibeam bathymetry and
high resolution side scan sonar; geochemistry and petrology of ocean floor
rocks, magmatic processes and petrochemical evolution of spreading centers,
ridge-transform intersections, and intra-transform spreading centers;
seamounts, their morphology, volcanic history, structure, and volcanic
products; Alvin submersible, ROV, and
AUV based deep sea research and technology development.
Seagoing Experience: A
seagoing scientist since 1970. Dan began his oceanographic experience on the
maiden voyage of the R/V Melville of
the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and participated on over 70 research
cruises in the past ~38 years, many as Chief Scientists or co-Chief.
Professional Memberships, Committees, and Community Service:
·
American
Geophysical Union
·
Alvin
Special Study Committee
·
A-II Replacement
Committee
·
RIDGE: Steering
Committee, Mapping and Sampling Subcommittee
·
JOIDES East
Pacific Rise Detailed Planning Group
·
U.S. Science
Advisory Committee (USSAC)
·
U.S.
Academic/NAVOCEANO Gravimeter Committee- Chair
·
BRIDGE Steering
Committee
·
President’s Ocean
Exploration Panel - 2000
·
Ridge 2000: EPR
Site Coordinator, Program Chair
·
REVIEWER FOR PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS:
Journal of Geophysical Research,
Earth & Planetary Science Letters, G3ed, Geophysical Research Letters,
Journal of Volcanology, Marine Geophysical Researches, Oceanography Journal,
Deep Sea Research, Marine Technology, Nature, Science, Ocean Studies Board, US
National Academies of Science
UNOLS Experience:
·
ALVIN Review
Committee
·
UNOLS Deep
Submergence Science Committee (ex-officio)
·
UNOLS Submersible
Science Committee
Publications: First or
co-author of 110 publications in refereed journals.
Website <http://www.whoi.edu/profile/dfornari/>
Candidates
for Council At-Large
Position
Dr. John Diebold, Lamont-Doherty Earth
Observatory
Statement of Interest:
I welcome the opportunity to continue to help to
support the UNOLS community during the increasingly difficult but interesting
times we are now experiencing. I am a team player, and have served in many
roles aboard many research ships over the past 40 years. Those roles have
included technical support, scientific research, equipment and survey design,
data processing and administration.
For the past 30 years I have been active in the
science of marine seismology and other underway geophysics. Although the tools
we use have steadily improved over this period, we are currently and relatively
suddenly riding the leading edge of a
new wave of progress – vastly increased access to data through
NSF-funded data capture and data base efforts, and I have greatly enjoyed a
small role in the active seismic end of this. UNOLS has an important role in
helping to guide these efforts.
Another crucial and difficult “revolution” is in
progress as many of our ships reach (and pass) maturity and need replacement.
The stimulus will soon have passed, and difficulty of funding will return. The
community needs cheerleaders – more active voices declaring the fundamental
values of our science and the need for new ships to support it. At the same
time, we must do our best to make all of the ships more capable, so that we can
continue to do more with less, if need be. The UNOLS council plays these roles.
I have greatly enjoyed what now seems
a fleeting three years on the Council. It’s quite a learning experience, and
I’d like to apply what I’ve learned to contributing my efforts during the next
three years.
Biographical
Sketch:
Recent Professional Experience:
·
July 1 2005 - present: Chief Scientist for Marine Operations, R/V Marcus G Langseth, Lamont-Doherty Earth
Observatory (LDEO), Columbia Univ., Palisades NY
·
Jan 2006 - present: Senior Research Scientist, LDEO
·
June 1, 1998 – June 2005: Marine Science Coordinator, R/V Ewing, LDEO
·
October 1997 - present: Alternate COMSEC custodian, LDEO
·
July 1, 1990 - Dec 2005: Research Scientist, LDEO
Education:
Ph.D.,
1980, Marine Geophysics, Columbia University
B.A.,
1974, Geophysics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
Seagoing Experience: 1967 - 2008: Technician – 24 Cruises,
Scientist – 33 Cruises, Chief or Co-Chief Scientist – 25 Cruises, including Langseth acceptances &
Shakedowns.
Memberships & Professional Service:
·
Marine Technology Society
·
American Geophysical Union
·
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
·
Sigma Xi
·
Phi Beta Kappa
·
August 1, 1998 – July 2002: Chairman, JOIDES Site Survey Panel
·
June 1996 – June 1998: ODP-Antarctic Drilling Detailed Planning Group
·
May 1996 – Jan. 2000: Science Oversight Panel; AMNH Hall of Planet
Earth
·
July 1995 – July 2002: Member JOIDES Site Survey Panel
·
Jan 1994 - Jan 1998: Vice Chairman Shipboard Science and Planning
Committee
·
1992 - 1994: Member GEOLOGY Editorial Board
·
March 1993 – July 1993: Co-Chairman Research Vessel Planning Committee
Special Training:
·
National Security Agency certification: COMSEC custodian (ND-112
completed, 9/97)
·
NSA - Security Clearance: "Secret"
·
U.S. NAVY NATOPS Flight Qualification, 1985, 1987
·
Explosives Ordnance Demolition, U.S. Combined Services Center, Indian
Head, MD., 1981
Publications: First or co-author of 45
publications in refereed journals
UNOLS Experience:
2006-2010
UNOLS Council
2006-present UNOLS
Marcus Langseth Science Oversight Committee (ex-officio)
Website: <http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/user/johnd>
Dr. Ian R. MacDonald, Florida State University
Statement
of Interest:
I have over twenty five years of experience as a
sea-going scientist and have participated in about 70 scientific cruises—often
as chief scientist. The majority of my
work has been in the Gulf of Mexico; however I have significant experience in
other oceans including the Arctic and the NE Pacific. My science has focused on submersible
applications, but I have also been involved with geophysical survey and
coordinating satellite remote sensing with marine operations. I am a scientific diver with an active scuba
program. I have sailed on many UNOLS
ships, but probably more frequently on non-UNOLS ships including those operated
by the Navy, the energy industry and foreign institutions from Mexico, Germany,
and Canada.
The Gulf of Mexico is a region somewhat underserved by
UNOLS but none-the-less very active with marine science and science-based
management involving the energy industry.
My research has been funded by NSF with UNOLS support, but more
frequently by MMS, NOAA, DOE and industry for projects where UNOLS support was
ancillary or unavailable. Concerns for
potential impacts of offshore energy production have probably motivated the
majority of marine research in the Gulf of Mexico—although the overall effort
has been productive of significant “pure” research. This interest seems certain to intensify and
shift focus from the western and central Gulf to the eastern region in response
to national energy needs—even as the UNOLS assets to support research,
monitoring, and urgent response have dwindled alarmingly.
I would very much like to increase the UNOLS profile
in the Gulf of Mexico and if I am selected for the council, this will be a
priority. In a larger sense, I am
passionate about the need for an updated national capability for marine
science. Public interest and concern for
the ocean has never been greater than it is now. Open questions about the ocean under climate
change create a compelling need for marine science. However, the assets we have for meeting these
concerns and needs date from the twentieth century and are rapidly
expiring. I want to work to leave the
next generation of marine scientist with a modern inventory of equipment to
face our clear and present challenges.
Composing this statement, I conclude that my
experience with UNOLS is broad enough to be useful for this committee, but also
includes the perspective of a scientist operating outside the UNOLS
umbrella. I think this is a valuable
combination and I hope the UNOLS membership agrees.
Biographical Sketch:
Recent
Professional Experience:
8/2009–present: Professor of Oceanography, Florida State
University
2002-2009: Professor of Environmental Science,
Physical and Life Science Dept., Texas A&M University
1992-2002: Research Scientist, Geochemical and
Environmental Research Group, Texas A&M University
1987-1991: Research Associate (Graduate
Student), Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
Education:
Ph.D., 1990, Texas A&M
University, Oceanography
M.S., 1983, Texas A&M
University, Fisheries Science
B.A., 1977, The Friends
World College, Environmental Studies
Underfag
(two-year degree), 1976, Telemark
Distrikshøgskole, Environmental Monitoring
Research Interests: I have studied hydrocarbon
seeps and shallow gas hydrate systems using biological communities as tracers
on flux properties. I have secondary
interests in coral reef ecology and fish community dynamics. Science has focused on submersible
applications, but has also included geophysical surveys and coordinating
satellite remote sensing with marine operations. Methodology includes underwater imaging and
in-situ instrumentation.
Seagoing
Experience: Over 70 scientific cruises since 1977, many
as Chief Scientist. At-sea experience
includes work aboard a broad variety of vessels including icebreakers (Healy, Lois S. St Laurant), foreign
ships, fishing vessels, and vessels of all UNOLS ship classes including
Atlantis II, Thompson, Atlantis,
Seward Johnson, Seward Johnson II, Gyre, Edwin Link, Pelican, and
Longhorn. Investigator on more than
30 submergence science programs using Alvin, Jason II, ROPOS, Johnson Sea Links, Pisces II, and
submarine NR-1.
Professional
Service & Memberships:
·
Scientific
Advisory Board for Research on Coastal Ocean Margins (RCOM), University of
Bremen, Germany. Appointed May 2005.
·
Scientific
Advisory Board for Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, NOAA.
Appointed November 2005.
·
Honors Council,
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, Appointed 2004.
·
Integrated Ocean
Drilling Program Expedition 311 review panel (Cascadia Margin Gas Hydrate)
·
Memberships:
Sigma Xi Research Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science,
American Society of Limnologists and Oceanographers, The Oceanographic Society,
American Geophysical Union.
Publications - First or co-author of 54 peer-reviewed articles
Web page: See <http://www.oso.tamucc.edu/ianmacd>. My web pages are in the process of being
migrated from Texas A&M University Corpus Christi.
Candidates
for Council Non-Operator
Representative Position
Dr.
Wilford Gardner, Texas A&M University
Statement
of Interest:
The availability of time on ships,
aircraft and other facilities has declined in recent years due to increased
costs of fuel, security, personnel, and compliance for these UNOLS facilities.
Current economic conditions have increased the challenges we face, but the
recent award for the Alaska Region Research Vessel (ARRV) under the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act and initiation of the OOI network construction
are positive indications of a renewed commitment to marine research in the US.
The 2009 UNOLS Fleet Improvement Plan provides documentation of national needs
and a roadmap for upgrading ships (including icebreakers) and of the role of
ships as new technologies/facilities (AUVs, gliders, drifters, floats and ocean
observatories) expand our arsenal of tools for exploring our Blue Planet and
predicting the natural and human-induced impacts on our future environment. The
tireless efforts of UNOLS must be continued to accomplish those goals. Having
spent nearly two years at sea on 23 different vessels and having served previously
on UNOLS Council, I am aware of the importance of these issues, the required
commitment of Council members, and of the role of UNOLS as an advisory board to
both the facilities operators and the federal funding agencies.
Biographical Sketch:
Professional
Experience:
1990-present Professor,
Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
2000-2005
Department
Head of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
1985-1990 Associate
Professor, Oceanography, Texas A&M University
1977-1985
Research
Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
Education:
Ph.D., 1978, Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution joint program.
S.B.,
1972, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Interests: Interdisciplinary
research interests in the dynamics and biogeochemistry of particle formation,
sinking, resuspension, and transport in the ocean. Presently developing
algorithms to estimate concentrations of particulate organic carbon from ocean
color for the study of carbon recycling and the impact of climate change.
Collecting data during CLIVAR Repeat Hydrography cruises and just completed
4-month Fulbright Scholar residence near Athens, Greece collating POC and ocean
color data from the eastern Mediterranean.
Seagoing
Experience: Participated on 43
cruises (652 days at sea) on 12 UNOLS vessels, plus 11 non-UNOLS vessels in 6
of the 7 seas, frequently as chief scientist.
Professional
Awards, Service & Memberships:
·
Fulbright
Fellowship, 2009; Hellenic Center for Marine Research, Athens, Greece
·
AGU, TOS (charter
member, council member), ASLO, JGOFS steering committee
Publications and Reviews –
·
First or
co-author of 70 publications in refereed journals, receiving more than 2700
citations.
·
Reviewed
over 200 proposals for biological, chemical, geological, and physical
oceanography at NSF and other agencies, plus panel proposal reviews. Reviewed
over 200 manuscripts for 35 journals.
UNOLS Experience:
·
UNOLS
Council member (2000-2006).
·
Chaired
the Science Mission Requirements committee for Regional Class vessels.
·
Actively
served on several other UNOLS subcommittees.
Web page: <http://ocean.tamu.edu/profile/WGardner>
Dr. Edward Boyle, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
Statement
of Interest:
The UNOLS system is an incredibly effective tool for
the US academic ocean research community (and in fact for the global ocean
research community) and it deserves our support and a positive response to
calls-to-duty such as the UNOLS Council. Obviously UNOLS has problems given the
age of the fleet, changing demands for the facilities needed at sea, and
perennial funding shortfalls. UNOLS can only do so much about many of these
issues, but it can act as an advocate for the importance of the oceanographic
fleet, manage the fleet as well as possible given the constraints, and help
modernize the fleet to serve 21st-century marine science.
I have been a sea-going oceanographer for 37 years and
have spent 21 months of my life out at sea (and will continue that practice in
2010 as chief scientist for a two-month cruise - US GEOTRACES). I have been
involved in the MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography for most of that time,
supervising 12 Ph.D. graduates and serving on 58 thesis committees, most of
whom are still active members of our community. My experience helps me
understand the needs and concerns of sea-going scientists. I would not come to
the UNOLS Council with any pre-formed agenda, but I will be happy to
communicate with you all to respond to the challenges facing our community.
Biographical Sketch:
Professional
Experience:
1990-present Professor,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1981-1990 Associate
Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1977-1981 Assistant
Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1976-1977 Postdoctoral
Fellow, University of Edinburgh
Education:
Ph.D., 1976,
Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
B.A., 1971, Chemistry,
University of California, San Diego, Highest Honors
Research Interests - Distribution of trace elements in the
ocean and their use as paleochemical tracers; response of the ocean to
anthropogenic lead emissions; relation between dust, iron in the ocean, and marine
biological activity.
Seagoing
Experience: Fifty scientific cruises since 1972, many as
Chief Scientist. At-sea experience
includes work aboard many UNOLS ships including Knorr, Chain, Alpha Helix, Oceanus, Gyre, Weatherbird, Endeavor,
Oceanus, Atlantis II, Weatherbird II, Moana Wave, Seward Johnson, Kilo Moana, and
Melville.
Honors,
Professional Service, and Memberships:
·
National Science
Foundation Graduate Fellow, 1971-1975
·
NATO Postdoctoral
Fellow, 1976-1777
·
Guggenheim
Fellow, 1991-1992
·
Fellow, American
Geophysical Union (1994)
·
Huntsman Award,
Bedford Institute of Oceanography (1994)
·
Geochemistry
Fellow, Geochemical Society and European Association for Geochemistry (1998)
·
Patterson Medal,
Geochemical Society (2000)
·
Honorary Fellow,
European Union of Geochemistry (2003)
·
Member, National
Academy of Sciences (2008)
·
GEOTRACES
planning committee
·
Advisory Board,
IFM-GEOMAR (1990-present)
·
Editor, EARTH AND
PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS (1999-2005)
·
Associate Editor,
MARINE CHEMISTRY
·
American
Geophysical Union, Geochemical Society, Oceanography Society, American
Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society.
Publications: First or
co-author of 146 publications.
Web page: <http://eapsweb.mit.edu/people/person.asp?position=Faculty&who=boyle>