Oceanographic Research - School of Earth Sciences
Faculty within the School of Earth Sciences are currently involved in a wide range of interdisciplinary oceanographic research projects:
Dr. Kevin Arrigo is a biological oceanographer investigating the cycling of carbon and other materials within marine ecosystems. His research combines laboratory studies and field research with data collected using satellite remote sensing technologies. These research results are synthesized within numerical models which permit the assessment of our understanding of the underlying processes as well as the development of predictive capabilities. The website of the Ocean Biogeochemistry Lab is at ocean.stanford.edu.
Dr. Robert Dunbar: His research interests involve oceanography, climate dynamics, and geochemistry. His research group is currently investigating a variety of topics related to global environmental change, with a focus on the coastal ocean, air-sea interactions,and polar processes. They have also started to engage in interdisciplinary studies of global change in collaboration with environmental scientists, economists, and policy specialists at Stanford's Center for Environmental Science and Policy at the Institute of International Studies.
Chris Francis: His research interests center on the molecular, biochemical, and ecological aspects of the microbial geochemical cycling of nitrogen and metals in the environment. He is particularly interested in determining the key organisms, functional genes, and molecular mechanisms underlying these biogeochemical processes through both laboratory and field studies.
Leif Thomas: His research involves theoretical geophysical fluid dynamics specializing in upper ocean circulation, frontogenesis and subduction, generation of mesoscale and submesoscale flow by wind forcing, nonlinear Ekman dynamics, symmetric instability, and potential vorticity generation/destruction by atmospheric forcing.
"The Oceans" Curriculum
The highly successful Earth Systems Program within the School of Earth Sciences soon is offering a new curricular track called "The Oceans". Like the other tracks within the Earth Systems Program, "The Oceans" is highly interdisciplinary, drawing upon the expertise of faculty here at Stanford as well as from other local oceanographic institutions. [more info]
Stanford Oceans' Seminar Series
The schedule is available here. Tuesdays, 3:30PM, Building 380, Room 380C (see map, enter from Math Corner).
Courses
At Stanford Main Campus:
Advanced Biological Oceanography, Kevin Arrigo, GP233
Advanced Oceanography, Robert Dunbar, GES205
Antarctic Marine Geology & Geophysics, Robert Dunbar, GES206
Application of Isotopes to Geological and Environmental Research, GES225
Biogeochemistry of the Southern Ocean, Robert Dunbar, GES155
Biological Oceanography, Kevin Arrigo, GP130/231 ES130/230, [course website]
