Department
of Marine Science faculty instruct a broad spectrum
of marine subdisciplines including physical
oceanography, data assimilation, ocean optics,
marine sediments, micropaleontology, ocean productivity,
remote sensing, acoustics, ocean modeling and
geochemistry.
Adjunct
faculty provide additional expertise in these
fields and others. Current faculty includes
scientists who have been educated at the top
oceanographic institutions in the world (Scripps
Institution of Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution, Shirshov Institute of Oceanology,
Texas A&M University, University of Hawaii,
University of Rhode Island).
This talented
faculty has proven competitive on a national
scale in obtaining research funds, allowing
faculty members to participate in a variety
of national and international projects. For
example, DMS faculty are involved in research
projects sponsored by the Ocean Drilling Program
and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
supported by the National Science Foundation
and the Naval Research Laboratory.
Projects deal
with environments as disparate as the ocean
near Antarctica and small streams in the Rocky
Mountains. DMS faculty includes a past winner
of the American Geophysical Union's Sverdrup
Prize and a recent recipient of a U.S. Department
of Interior Appreciation Award. A recent National
Science Foundation research grant to a DMS faculty
member has allowed the department to become
one of a select number of U.S. academic institutions
possessing specialized mass spectrometric equipment
for ultra-trace element determinations.
For further
specifics on faculty members, click
here. For more details on specialized
research equipment that is available at DMS,
click
here.
