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Oceanography
Department of
2008 Academic
Program Review
Oceanography
Department of
2008 Academic
Program Review
Department of Oceanography
Dr. Piers Chapman
Professor and Department Head
Texas A&M University
1204 O&M Building
3146 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3146
979-845-7211 (phone)
979-845-6331(fax)
http://ocean.tamu.edu
Table of Contents
1.
Introduction
1.1
Welcome from the Department Head................................................................... 1
1.2
Charge to the Review Committee......................................................................... 2
1.3
Schedule of Review.............................................................................................. 4
2.
The Department of Oceanography
2.1
Brief History of the Department........................................................................... 6
Texas A&M University ................................................................................. 6
The Department of Oceanography................................................................. 6
2.2
Department Mission ............................................................................................. 9
2.3
Results from the 1999 Review ............................................................................. 9
2.4
The Department Since 2000 ............................................................................... 10
2.5
Administrative Profile and Departmental Structure ........................................... 13
Standing Committees................................................................................... 14
2.6
Faculty Profile .................................................................................................... 16
2.7
Research Scientists/Professor Profile ................................................................. 20
3.
Vision and Goals
3.1
Strategic Plan...................................................................................................... 21
Background.................................................................................................. 21
Goals ............................................................................................................ 23
Education ..................................................................................................... 23
Research Foci............................................................................................... 23
3.2
Departmental Goals and Mission as Related to Vision 2020 ............................. 24
4.
Research
4.1
Research Funding ............................................................................................... 28
4.2
Research Areas ................................................................................................... 28
Strengths ...................................................................................................... 28
Issues............................................................................................................ 31
4.3
National and International Reputation................................................................ 32
5.
Graduate Education
5.1
Graduate Degrees, Administration, and Course Curricula................................. 35
5.2
Graduate Student Profile .................................................................................... 36
5.3
Course Curricula................................................................................................. 41
5.4
Graduate Student Support................................................................................... 42
5.5
Course Enhancements and Seminars.................................................................. 43
Graduate Course Enhancements .................................................................. 43
Seminars....................................................................................................... 46
5.6
5.7
Post-Graduation Placement ................................................................................ 49
Assessment of the Program ................................................................................ 50
Graduate Education Assessment.................................................................. 50
Ongoing Challenges..................................................................................... 51
Learning-Based Outcomes........................................................................... 54
6.
Undergraduate Education
6.1
General Courses.................................................................................................. 55
6.2
Undergraduate Minor Degree/Super Minor ....................................................... 58
6.3
Environmental Geosciences Courses ................................................................. 59
Assessment of the Undergraduate Program
in Environmental Geosciences..................................................................... 60
6.4
Undergraduate Research/Competition with Galveston ...................................... 61
7.
Financial Information
7.1
Department Operations Budget .......................................................................... 63
7.2
Development....................................................................................................... 66
8.
Instructional Support
8.1
Faculty Reinvestment Program .......................................................................... 67
8.2
Faculty Professional Development..................................................................... 67
8.3
Facilities Improvement....................................................................................... 68
8.4
New Ship ............................................................................................................ 69
8.5
Staff and Services ............................................................................................... 71
Departmental Staff Support ......................................................................... 71
Technical Support ........................................................................................ 71
Information Technology .............................................................................. 72
Communications and Outreach.................................................................... 73
Internal Communications ....................................................................... 73
External Communications...................................................................... 74
Communication Goals............................................................................ 76
Library/Information Resources.................................................................... 76
9.
Affiliations
9.1
Texas A&M University at Galveston (TAMUG)............................................... 78
9.2
Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (GERG) .............................. 79
9.3
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) ....................................................... 80
9.4
Offshore Technology Research Center (OTRC) ................................................ 81
9.5
SeaGrant ............................................................................................................. 82
9.6
Geology and Geophysics Department (GEPL) .................................................. 83
9.7
Atmospheric Sciences Department (ATMO) ..................................................... 83
9.8
Geography Department (GEOG)........................................................................ 84
9.9
Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Department (WFSC) ....................................... 85
9.10 Mexico................................................................................................................ 85
9.11 China................................................................................................................... 87
9.12 Ecuador............................................................................................................... 88
9.13
9.14
10.
France ................................................................................................................. 89
Oman .................................................................................................................. 89
Summary of Department Strengths and Issues Requiring Attention
10.1 Strengths and Opportunities ............................................................................... 91
10.2 Issues Requiring Attention ................................................................................. 92
Appendices
Appendix A – Strategic Plan ......................................................................................... 97
Appendix B – Faculty and Research Scientists’ Curricula Vitae ................................ 118
Appendix C – Graduate Courses ................................................................................. 215
Appendix D – Undergraduate Courses ........................................................................ 219
Appendix E – Funded Research Projects (2005 to Present) ........................................ 221
Appendix F – Refereed Publications (2000 to Present)............................................... 225
Appendix G – Dissertations for the Period .................................................................. 263
2008 Academic Program Review
1.
Introduction
1.1
Welcome from the Department Head
The Department of Oceanography welcomes you to Texas A&M University (TAMU)
and thanks you for your service as external reviewers of our academic program. We are
pleased to have this opportunity to showcase the Department, which has been operating
for more than 50 years but which we are endeavoring to enhance. We realize that strong
research and graduate programs, and in particular a strong doctoral program, are key
parts to creating and maintaining excellence and in establishing and enhancing our
academic reputation. While undergraduate teaching has not been as important in the past,
we realize that one of the functions of a modern university is to strive to improve the
public’s understanding of science and its role in society. Thus, we have been building our
role in this area and are grateful for your help in this process.
This self-study report was prepared for this review and reflects an evaluation of the
teaching and research programs within the Department. It includes a brief overview of
TAMU, an introduction to the origin and organization of the Department of
Oceanography at TAMU, together with information on our faculty, students and
facilities. It provides details of the academic curricula and information about the different
programs that we offer. Research areas within the Department are presented, as these
underpin the academics. An internal assessment and overview of future plans also are
provided.
We look forward to your feedback and await your recommendations about how to
improve our program as we strive for excellence. We realize this is a time-consuming
task and thank you again for your service. We will be glad to answer any questions you
may have and provide any additional information you may need.
Piers Chapman
Professor and Department Head
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1.2
Charge to the Review Committee
August 16, 2007
Charge to the Peer Review Team
Written By: Robert Webb
Interim Dean, Office of Graduate Studies
This letter provides you with background on the Oceanography Program at Texas A&M
University and explains the expectations for the external review. Oceanography research
and training has been recognized as a distinct program at Texas A&M since 1949. The
University received approval to offer masters and doctoral programs in 1950, and also
maintains an undergraduate minor program as of 1993. The Department of Oceanography
participates in the interdisciplinary Masters of Geoscience program. Research in the
Department is truly global in scope, with a good deal of activity centered on the Gulf of
Mexico.
This activity is part of a periodic review of all Texas A&M University academic
programs, and it offers an excellent opportunity to assess the standards of the programs
and to learn from review team members’ experiences with similar programs. I request
that the review team examine the academic programs within the Department of
Oceanography using the materials that will be provided, along with any additional
information that you might request. While evaluating the existing program, please
consider the allocation of resources, (i.e., human and fiscal) within the Department, the
absolute level of support the Department receives from the University, and comment as
appropriate on current and potential leveraging of these resources.
Also, please address the issue of learning-based outcomes:
•
Does the Department have ongoing and integrated planning and evaluation
processes that incorporate a systematic review of its program(s) and services that
(a) results in continuing improvement, and (b) demonstrates that the Department
is effectively accomplishing its mission?
•
Has the Department identified expected outcomes for its educational program(s):
does it assess whether it achieves these outcomes; and does it provide evidence of
improvement based on analysis of those results?
•
Does the Department demonstrate that each educational program for which
academic credit is awarded (a) is approved by the faculty and the administration,
and (b) establishes and evaluates program(s) and leaning outcomes?
In addition, I ask that you address the impact of the Faculty Reinvestment Program,
started by Texas A&M University in 2003. The reinvestment program has resulted in the
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hiring of almost 500 new faculty members dispersed throughout the University. The goal
is to improve the quality of education for Texas A&M students by having more faculty
available for mentoring and advising, whether more courses and sections are available or
by being more responsive to student needs. Through this review we plan to track and
measure real increases and improvements in the quality of the graduate and
undergraduate experiences across all dimensions. We ask that you assess the success of
the Department in moving their teaching and research agendas forward with these hires.
Enclosed are “guidelines” for the format of suggested report for the academic program
review. I look forward to meeting with you and the entire committee in May of 2008. If
you have any questions or require additional information, please contact me.
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1.3
Schedule of Review
Travel/Welcome (Sunday – May 11, 2008)
2:00-5:00 p.m.
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Review team arrives in College Station, picked up at Easterwood
and escorted to Reveille Inn by Department Head, Piers Chapman.
Chapman hosts welcome dinner for team at local restaurant
(orientation/background of Department).
Day 1 (Monday – May 12, 2008)
7:30-8:30 a.m.
9:00-10:15 a.m.
10:15-11:30 a.m.
11:30-1:15 p.m.
1:15-3:00 p.m.
3:00-5:00 p.m.
5:30-7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
Entry interview at Reveille Inn with Provost, Jerry R. Strawser;
Dean of Graduate Studies, Robert C. Webb; Assistant Dean of
Graduate Studies, John Vitek; Dean of Undergraduate Studies, J.
Martyn Gunn; Interim Vice President for Research, James Calvin.
Continental breakfast served. Provost provides charge to reviewers
and provides institutional perspective. Picked up at Reveille Inn
by Chapman and driven to the O&M Building.
Meet with Dean of College of Geosciences, Björn Kjerfve
(202 O&M).
Meet with Chapman (1204 O&M).
Lunch with Department Heads or their representatives: Gerald
North (ATMO), Andreas Kronenberg (GEPL) and Jonathan Smith
(GEOG) within same college. Escorted to local restaurant by
North.
Tour departmental facilities with Chapman.
Meet with faculty (203 O&M).
Reception with faculty and research scientists at Stark Gallery,
Memorial Student Center.
Dinner and work session for review team. Escorted to Reveille Inn
by Chapman.
Day 2 (Tuesday – May 13, 2008)
7:00-8:00 a.m.
8:30-10:30 a.m.
Reviewers eat breakfast on their own at hotel. Escorted to O&M
Building by Chapman.
Meet with faculty committees (202 O&M).
8:30 Recruiting and Academic Advising Committee – Shari
Yvon-Lewis (Chair), Jana Corley, Patrick Louchoarn,
Matthew Schmidt, Achim Stössel, Daniel Thornton,
Lindsey Visser.
9:00 Tenure and Promotion Committee – John Morse (Chair),
Doug Biggs, Ping Chang, Mitch Lyle, Mary Jo Richardson,
Peter Santschi.
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9:30
10:30-12:00 noon
12:00-1:30 p.m.
1:30-2:30 p.m.
2:30-3:30 p.m.
3:30-5:00 p.m.
5:30-6:30 p.m.
6:00-9:00 p.m.
Curriculum Committee – John Wormuth (Chair), Thomas
Bianchi, David Brooks, Jana Corley, Tim Dellapenna,
Wilford Gardner.
10:00 Research Committee – Thomas Bianchi and Ping Chang
(Co-Chairs), Jack Baldauf, David Brooks, Norman
Guinasso, Antonietta Quigg, Niall Slowey, Terry Wade.
Meet with graduate students (203 O&M).
Lunch at local restaurant with Norman Guinasso, Director of the
Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (GERG), and
Robert Stickney (SeaGrant). Escorted to lunch by either Guinasso
or Stickney.
Meet with research staff (203 O&M).
Revisit items with faculty (203 O&M).
Open time for Department-specific tours, meetings, or for team to
work on their report. Escorted to Reveille Inn by Chapman.
Dinner catered to reviewers’ hotel workroom.
Reviewers’ work session, preparation of draft report for exit
interview, faculty debriefing.
Day 3 (Wednesday – May 14, 2008)
7:30-9:00 a.m.
9:00-10:00 a.m.
10:00-11:00 a.m.
11:00-12:00 noon
12:00-1:00 p.m.
1:00-3:00 p.m.
Exit interview at Reveille Inn with Provost, Dean of College, Dean
of Graduate Studies, Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies, Dean of
Undergraduate Studies, Interim Vice President for Research, and
reviewers. Reviewers present summary of their on-site review.
Picked up at Reveille Inn by Chapman and escorted to the O&M
Building.
Reviewers debrief Department Head (202 O&M).
Reviewers make final changes to draft report, as necessary
(202 O&M).
Reviewers brief faculty, research staff and students on final report
(112 O&M).
Lunch with Department Head at local restaurant.
Reviewers depart College Station. Escorted to Easterwood by
Chapman.
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2.
2.1
Brief History of the Department
Texas A&M University (TAMU) was the first public college in Texas. Established in
1876, it is now among the largest institutions of higher learning in the nation, with a
student body of about 46,500 (undergraduates and graduates). The University offers
degrees in more than 150 courses of study and has awarded more than 320,000 degrees in
total, including more than 70,000 graduate and professional degrees. It ranks consistently
among the top five universities in attracting high-achieving National Merit Scholars. The
student body includes men and women of many races, religions and backgrounds from all
50 states and more than 100 other countries. TAMU is one of the nation’s best-endowed
universities, a factor that helps it attract and retain top faculty members and provide stateof-the-art facilities in areas that coincide with its goals and strengths. The University’s
endowment places it among the top 10 nationally.
Teaching and research go hand in hand at TAMU as it carries out its commitments as a
land-, sea- and space-grant institution–one of a select few universities to hold all three
federal mandates. Its investment in research places it high in rankings by the National
Science Foundation (NSF). The University’s research endeavors are complemented by a
strong and growing graduate education program.
Each year TAMU's 2,500 faculty conduct approximately $500 million worth of
sponsored research projects, assisted by about 9,000 graduate students. Additionally,
roughly 3,000 undergraduates each year conduct independent research with faculty
supervision. Research at TAMU is about faculty and students, driven by the spirit of
discovery, committed to pushing back the boundaries of knowledge. At the same time,
the majority of the work is dedicated to solving real-world problems and improving the
lives of the public we serve.
The Department of Oceanography at TAMU was established (with four professors) in
1949 during the golden research era that followed World War II. This made it the first
university department of oceanography in the country. Dale Leipper was the first
Department Head. During this era, oceanography as a discipline enjoyed abundant
funding and student interest, and it was empowered by emerging research areas based on
technical developments. The Department flourished under these conditions, with 35
faculty and approximately 125 graduate students at its peak in the 1970s. Since that time,
both populations have declined. Presently, the Department has 29 full-time faculty
members, 74 graduate students, and research grants averaging about five million dollars
per year. This last figure has been fairly constant for the past 15 years.
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The Department added meteorology to its program early in the 1950s and officially
became the Department of Oceanography and Meteorology. Professorial ranks in the
latter area swelled to the point that in 1966 the Department of Meteorology was
established as a separate department in the new College of Geoscience. The Texas Sea
Grant College Program also was added around this time. The College of Geosciences is
comprised of the departments of Geology and Geophysics, Geography, Atmospheric
Sciences, and Oceanography—a total of about 115 faculty.
The Department has produced 369 Ph.D. and 507 Master’s graduates from its inception
through December 2007, with the former Department Head William Bryant (95 students)
and Professor Emeritus Robert Reid, (107 students – who joined the Department one year
after its foundation and is still active) being particularly prolific in their tutelage. The
Department also is noted for its contribution to industry, with many TAMU graduates
going into the oil sector.
Early work in the Department focused on the Gulf of Mexico and practical problems
dealing with oyster diseases, coastal disasters, and oil platform and pipeline design. The
Department long had research programs in Galveston; in the 1960s the Texas Maritime
Academy was formed there. Shortly after, a separate college was founded for
undergraduate marine studies in Galveston—now known as Texas A&M University at
Galveston (TAMUG). Ocean engineering studies also initially were taught in the
Department of Oceanography, but that discipline ultimately developed into a separate
program in the Department of Civil Engineering at TAMU.
During the 1970s, TAMU expanded into more global studies, in step with the
International Decade of Ocean Exploration (IDOE). For example, the Department of
Oceanography has had long-standing programs on the physical and biological
oceanography of the Southern Ocean. Worth Nowlin (now Distinguished Professor
Emeritus) directed the international Southern Ocean Studies of the IDOE, while Sayed
El-Sayed was the co-director of the Biological Investigation of Marine Antarctic Systems
and Stocks. This program provided the background for the Antarctic Convention on
Marine Living Resources. In 1983 the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) moved its
headquarters to TAMU, as later did the U.S. Office for the World Ocean Circulation
Experiment (WOCE), under the leadership of Nowlin.
The Department’s first research vessel (R/V) was the sailing ship R/V Jakkula. In the
mid-1950s, it was replaced by the R/V Hidalgo, a converted mine sweeper, and in the
early 1960s a second naval vessel was completely converted and renamed the R/V
Alaminos. The intermediate class R/V Gyre (Figure 1) was built in 1973 and was retired
in December 2005. The Department is presently working to acquire access to another
ship on a regular basis.
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Figure 1 – The R/V Gyre, which was retired in December 2005.
The Department also has cooperated with the Offshore Technology Research Center
(OTRC), a NSF Science and Technology Center established jointly with industry support
to address problems related to drilling and oil production. The Geochemical and
Environmental Research Group (GERG) was established in the 1980s. This group is
heavily involved in geochemical analyses in the Gulf of Mexico, off Africa, in the Arctic
regions and elsewhere. Among other projects, deep-sea submersible measurements have
made discoveries about the seepage of methane from the seafloor to the ocean and
atmosphere.
During the 1980s and 1990s, faculty and students continued to work in oceans throughout
the world, partly through funding from the WOCE, Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
(JGOFS), ODP, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), and other large programs as
well as through independent contracts and grants. In addition, there was a special
emphasis on the Gulf of Mexico funded largely by the U.S. Minerals Management
Survey (MMS). New integrated research efforts examined marine mammals, the
interactions between biogeochemical cycling and benthic communities (including marine
scavenging and metal-organic interactions), and high-resolution studies of the coastal
circulation and its relationship with atmospheric forcing. The establishment of the Texas
Center for Climate Studies in the 1990s led to an increased emphasis on global climate
studies (Southern Ocean, El Nino, decadal scale variations, and paleoclimatology).
TAMU has been the home of the U.S. Office for the Global Ocean Observing System
(GOOS) and currently houses the office for the Gulf Coast Ocean Observing System
(GCOOS), under Ann Jochens.
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2.2
Department Mission
The Department of Oceanography discovers and disseminates knowledge about the
oceans. We prepare students for careers in ocean sciences in the 21st century through
classroom study and through research ashore and aboard ships in the world oceans. We
collect, analyze and interpret large data sets. In addition, we model the oceans to study
processes and interactions among the oceans, atmosphere, biosphere, and geosphere and
their potential impacts on man.
2.3
Results from the 1999 Review
The report of the 1999 review team concluded that the Department ranked among the top
oceanography programs in the U.S., with high-quality faculty and a prestigious
international reputation. Provision of state-funded ship time for student research was
considered an exceptional support tool. Despite these accolades, several areas of potential
concern were identified
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
A need to keep positions lost through retirements within the Department, rather
than having them revert to the College.
A need to improve the status and morale of research scientists within the
Department.
A justifiable need for more state support for studentships and fellowships.
A justifiable need for a new formula (within the University as a whole) when
reviewing departments that considers research as well as student credit hours,
together with an increased return of indirect costs (IDC) to researchers.
A need for better communications between TAMU and Galveston, both as regards
teaching (facilities) and research (personnel).
A need to replace aging facilities, including both the building and the ship.
Additionally, the review panel recommended that the Department should do the
following.
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
Focus on a few key interdisciplinary topics, that could promote integration
between faculty in the traditional sections (biological, chemical, geological and
physical) and lead to new courses for the curriculum.
Take the lead within the college in establishing a program in environmental
sciences.
Make better use of the exceptional offsite facilities (GERG, IODP and OTRC).
Be more aggressive as regards fund raising and development.
These points are all discussed in more detail elsewhere in this document. Briefly, of the
areas of potential concern, items (i) through (iii) are still unresolved. Item (iv) has been
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recently reviewed by the University administration and should lead to higher IDC returns
in the future, although there is currently considerable short-term pain as the new system
is being implemented. Communications with Galveston (v) are thriving on a personal
level, with considerably more interaction between faculty at the two campuses. However,
despite upgrades to the Trans-Texas Video Network (TTVN) system, it is still less than
an ideal tool for distance teaching. Laboratories are being upgraded within the O&M
Building as new faculty members are hired (vi), but the lack of ready access to a suitable
research ship remains a major issue.
Regarding the review panel’s recommendations, although individual researchers are still
free to work on any topics of interest, the Department is now focusing on fewer fields of
study (i). A new program on environmental sciences also has been instituted (ii),
although this is being led by the Geography Department rather than Oceanography.
Additionally, a development council has been established (iv). Relations with the offcampus facilities (iii) are continuing; those with IODP have been improved by the
addition of new faculty hires, although there could still be more cooperative work with
GERG and OTRC.
2.4
The Department Since 2000
Since the 1999 review, the Department has been in somewhat of a state of flux with five
different leaders. William Bryant was Department Head during the early portion of the
period, followed by Wilford Gardner, who was Head for five-and-a-half years. When
Gardner stepped down, a search was initiated, and John Morse was appointed Interim
Head in January 2006. A second Interim Head, Robert Stickney, was appointed in
September 2006 and served until October 2007 when Piers Chapman assumed the
position.
Soon after Robert M. Gates assumed the presidency of TAMU in August 2002, he
announced a reinvestment plan that called for hiring 450 new faculty over a period of
four years. Each college was allotted a number of new positions, following collective
faculty input across the College. Within Geosciences, the focus was on the areas of
environmental and human health, climate change, the environmental program, and
hydrological science. Simultaneously, TAMU was in the process of re-competing for the
IODP, funded by NSF. The IODP incorporated a novel element called the Ocean Drilling
and Sustainable Earth Sciences (ODASES). This involved the creation of a number of
new faculty positions in several departments across the University, including four in
Oceanography. Including reinvestment, ODASES and departmental matching,
Oceanography was given the opportunity to hire eight new faculty, a process that was
completed in 2007. These new hires and other personnel changes are discussed in Section
2.5.
A departmental strategic plan was written in 2001 and was used in the College Strategic
Plan of 2002. Three hires were made on the basis of the departmental plan. With the
arrival of a new dean in the College of Geosciences in August 2004, three future hires
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were placed on hold until a new strategic plan could be approved. Development
proceeded over a period of several months with considerable faculty input, and a plan
was submitted in April 2005. Revisions were requested and the Oceanography
Development Council (ODC) assisted in the next version that was submitted in
November 2005 (see Section 3.1 and Appendix A). There has been no further action
since then.
Although there have been few large, multi-party programs in the last decade, faculty
continue to carry out research across the globe. Climate studies (Section 4.2) through
programs such as the Climate Variability Research Program (CLIVAR) are an important
facet of research funding for observationalists, paleo-oceanographers and oceanatmosphere modelers over a continuum of scales. TAMU oceanographers also lead multinational programs as part of the International Polar Year. A major program to study
hypoxia in the Gulf, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), began in 2003 and will continue at least through 2010. Future research
possibilities include cooperative work with China, Ecuador and Oman, as discussed in
Sections 9.11, 9.12 and 9.14, respectively.
As stated above, TAMU is one of the homes of the IODP, and we also house the office
for GCOOS as well as the GCOOS data facility. GCOOS is a group of organizations and
individuals concerned with sustained observations and/or products and services based on
such observations from the estuaries and Exclusive Economic Zone of the Gulf of
Mexico. A Memorandum of Agreement for the GCOOS Regional Association became
effective on 25 January 2005. The first goal was to integrate existing observing system
elements and then share non-commercial and non-proprietary data and products. This
regional system will be a part of the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System.
The R/V Gyre was retired in 2005, leaving the Department without a ship for the first
time in its history. This has not only had a significant impact on the ability of many of the
faculty and students to conduct their research, but it also has affected our ability to attract
graduate students and provide every graduate student with a seagoing experience. In
addition, most of the marine technical staff (three in Galveston and four in College
Station) either left or were transferred to GERG, and the machine shop was dismantled,
leaving no support for seagoing or laboratory work within the Department
Our Department’s faculty, staff and former students have garnered 44 awards from the
College, University and various other organizations since the last program assessment.
Many others were nominated for competitive awards. The award recipients are listed in
Table 1. The recent award of a Chair to William Bryant is notable in that it was funded
by contributions from his former students.
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Table 1 – Honors and awards received by Oceanography faculty, research scientists,
staff* and alumni• members since 1999.
Name
*Laura Caldwell
*Edwin Shaar
*Carol Smith
*G. Englebretson
William Bryant
*Dennis Guffy
Chuck Kennicutt
George Jackson
*Mark McCann
*Edwin Shaar
•Donald Durham
Jay Pinckney
•Les Shephard
William Sager
William Sager
•Gary Hall
Alejandro Orsi
William Bryant
Niall Slowey
Ann Jochens
Niall Slowey
Deborah Thomas
Matthew Howard
Ping Chang
William Bryant
Jay Pinckney
Niall Slowey
Paul Jeff Fox
Worth Nowlin
•Alberto Vasquez
Ping Chang
*Sandra Drews
George Jackson
Roy Miller
*Sandra Drews
•Chao-Shing Lee
Mary Jo Richardson
William Bryant
Gilbert Rowe
Award
Department
Oceanography Staff Appreciation Award
College
College Dean’s Award-teaching
College Dean’s Award-technical staff
College Dean’s Award-Research Scientist
College Dean’s Award-research
College Dean’s Award-admin. staff
College Dean’s Award-support staff
GERAC Medal
College AFS Award-teaching
GERAC Medal to Outstanding Alumni Award
Williams Chair of Ocean Drilling Science
Halbouty Medal to Outstanding Alumni
College AFS Award-teaching
University
University Faculty Fellow
University AFS Award-teaching
CTE Montague Award
University Faculty Fellow
University Lecture Series
University AFS Award-research
AFS Outstanding International Alumni Award
University AFS Award-student relations
President’s Meritorious Service Award
President’s Meritorious Service Award
AFS Outstanding International Alumni Award
Regents Professor
University AFS Award-student relations
Regents Professor
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Year Awarded
2001
2002
2004
2004
2000
2000
2000
2001
2001
2002
2002
2003
2003
2003
2003
2004
2005
2005
2005
2006
2006
2007
2007
2000
2001
2001
2001
2001
2002
2003
2003
2003
2004
2004
2004
2005
2006
2007
2007
Mary Jo Richardson
William Bryant
William Bryant
William Bryant
Paul Jeff Fox
Robert Duce
Worth Nowlin
John Morse
Robert Stewart
Gerald North
Women’s Faculty Network Mentoring Award
William R. Bryant Oceanography Chair for
Teaching, Research and Mentoring Excellence
University Distinguished Lecturer
Outside
Enron Oil & Gas Professorship
AAAS Fellow
Fellow of The Oceanography Society
AGU Ocean Sciences Award
Geological Society of America Fellow
Geoscience Information Society best website
Jules G. Charney Award of AMS
2007
2008
2008
2003
2004
2006
2006
2007
2007
2008
In recent years, there has been pressure from University administration to increase
student credit hours (SCH). In 2006, it was indicated that the Department should double
its SCH over a three-year period. Some of this demand is being met by faculty
participation in the Environmental Geoscience program (see Section 6.2), while the
addition of new graduate students from China (Section 9.11), Ecuador (Section 9.12) and
Oman (Section 9.14) will further improve matters. There are also plans to increase our
interactions with TAMUG and TAMU Corpus Christi (Section 9.1) and increase SCH via
distance learning. Doubling the SCH, however, will be extremely difficult.
The O&M Building, which houses the Department, was built in 1972 and is showing its
age. Several renovation projects have been completed since 2000, mainly with
reinvestment funding or faculty start up, and more are planned (see Section 8.3). These
improvements are mainly to laboratories, where new safety regulations have come into
effect, but also include classroom upgrades.
As it enters its 59th year, the Department faces several serious challenges from changing
conditions: faculty demographics (many faculty are nearing retirement), graduate student
enrollment is declining (as it is nationally), College funding for staff support has
diminished, and the Department has no research vessel at this time. There also have been
major changes in technical support staff. So we are at a crossroads. While acknowledging
these difficulties, however, faculty (particularly the new, younger members), research
scientists and students are fully engaged in all aspects of the Department. There is a sense
that the Department has the strengths to take advantage of existing opportunities, move
forward and flourish with aid from the College and University administrators.
2.5
Administrative Profile and Departmental Structure
The Department administration consists of a Department Head, Assistant Department
Head and Academic Business Administrator. The Department Head oversees all aspects
of the Department’s operations and the faculty within the Department as well as directly
supervising some of the research staff. The Assistant Department Head assists with
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departmental curriculum issues, coordinates all lab classes associated with OCNG
251/252 courses, and serves as acting Department Head when the Department Head is
absent. The Academic Business Administrator oversees the academic, clerical and
business support staff. The support staff includes one Office Associate, two Business
Associates and one Academic Advisor. Figure 2 is a diagram of the Department’s
organization and its relationship to the other entities within the College of Geosciences.
Figure 2 – Diagram of the Department’s organization and its relationship to the other entities
within the College.
Standing Committees, 2008
A number of standing committees exist within the Department. Committee members are
selected on a rotational basis by the Department Head, with the chair serving a two-year
term.
Executive Committee
Members: Chapman (C), Bianchi, Chang, Jochens, Marrs (staff), Morse, Orsi,
Wormuth, Yvon-Lewis.
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Function:
• Executive advisory body for the Department. It is made up of the chairs from
all other standing committees and the academic business administrator to
advise the Department Head on matters of policy and planning for all aspects
of departmental activities.
Curriculum Committee
Members: Wormuth (C), Bianchi, Brooks, Corley (academic advisor), Dellapenna
(TAMUG), Gardner.
Function:
• Advises Department Head on long-term planning for scheduling and teaching
assignments of all courses.
• Reviews the existing curriculum and proposed courses.
• Provides oversight and standards for core courses as well as oversight and
development of undergraduate courses, especially the University 2nd tier
course, OCNG251/252.
• Oversees safety education and training for lab courses.
• Carries out evaluation, introduction and review of innovative teaching
techniques (e.g., distance learning, summer curricula, K-12 education).
• Develops and evaluates the Honors program and the new super minor in
Oceanography.
Instruction and Graduate Program Enhancement and Equipment Fund
Members: Orsi (C), Campbell, Giese, graduate student representative, McCann (IT
Tech), Scott, Thomas, Wormuth.
Function:
• Recommends expenditures of college classroom/lab fees to support teaching
classes/labs.
• Approves expenditures of the Department’s Graduate Program Enhancement
Funds.
Honors and Awards
Members: Jochens (C), Amon (TAMUG), Biggs, Bryant, graduate student
representative.
Function:
• Nominates and reviews nomination packets for various Department, College
and University awards for teaching, research and service.
• Suggests possible outside awards.
Recruiting and Academic Advisory Committee
Members: Yvon-Lewis (C), Corley (Academic Advisor), graduate student
representative, Louchouarn (TAMUG), Schmidt, Stossel, Thornton.
Function:
• Directs recruiting activities for graduate students and undergraduate minor
students; processes and reviews graduate and undergraduate minor
applications; recommends departmental TAs and fellowships.
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Provides guidance to incoming graduate and undergraduate minor students
and general advice on academic matters; tracks student progress.
Research Committee
Members: Bianchi (C), Chang, Baldauf (IODP), Brooks, Guinasso, Quigg (TAMUG),
Slowey, Wade (GERG).
Function:
• Seeks potential research opportunities and attempts to “pre-position”
departmental researchers for interdisciplinary research.
• Helps coordinate large research proposals and examines the relationship
between strategic plan research objectives and actual activities.
Tenure and Promotion Committee
Members: Morse (C), Biggs, Chang, Lyle, M., Richardson, Santschi (TAMUG).
Function:
• Advises on when faculty members should be put forward for promotion or
tenure.
• Assists candidates with package preparation and reviews applications for
promotion and tenure.
• Reviews research scientists for promotion.
2.6
Faculty Profile
There have been a considerable number of changes to the faculty since the last review.
New hires are listed in Table 2, while faculty who have resigned or retired are listed in
Table 3. Of the 23 new hires during this period, eight are based at Galveston but hold
joint appointments within Oceanography. Gil Rowe transferred from TAMU to
Galveston in August 2002 to head the new Department of Marine Biology, but he
retained his joint appointment. He recently has been promoted to Associate Vice
President for Academic Affairs so should probably be counted as a net loss to the
Department. A similar “loss” occurred at TAMU by the promotion of Luis Cifuentes to
the position of Vice Provost. Both these scientists retain their positions within the
Department.
Despite the new hires, 15 faculty have either resigned, retired or been promoted to
positions within the administration where they have much less contact with the
Department (Table 3). This appears to be a net gain of eight positions during the period.
However, by subtracting the seven new hires at Galveston and the eight new positions
resulting from either reinvestment or ODASES hires, this actually can be construed as a
net loss of seven positions within the Department of Oceanography at TAMU. At best, it
is a break-even situation. Of particular concern is the fact that three assistant professors
left before achieving tenure (for personal or professional reasons). This has meant a
considerable loss to the Department in terms of both new ideas and the funds expended
on startup support.
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Table 2 – Faculty hires and rank at time of hire in the Department of Oceanography
from 2000-present. Names in italics are jointly appointed faculty members located on
the Galveston campus.
Name
Ayal Anis
Tim Dellapenna
Robert Hetland
Gilbert Rowe
Barbara Smallwood
Richard Long
Rainer Amon
Beth Mullenbach
Antonietta Quigg
Deborah Thomas
Daniel Thornton
Steven DiMarco
Shari Yvon-Lewis
Alejandro Orsi
Thomas Bianchi
Patrick Louchouarn
Anya Schultz
Robin Brinkmeyer
Mitch Lyle
Annette Lyle
Mathew Schmidt
Piers Chapman
Heath Mills
Rank
Start Date
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Department Head and Professor
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor (ODASES)
Assistant Professor
Associate Professor (Reinvestment)
Assistant Professor (Reinvestment)
Associate Professor
Professor (Reinvestment)
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Professor (Reinvestment/ODASES)
Research Associate Professor
Assistant Professor (Reinvest./ODASES)
Professor (Reinvestment)
Assistant Professor (Reinvest./ODASES)
August 2000
August 2000
September 2000
August 2002
September 2002
November 2002
June 2003
September 2003
September 2003
January 2004
January 2004
August 2004
October 2004
October 2005
February 2006
June 2006
August 2006
September 2006
November 2006
November 2006
September 2007
October 2007
January 2008
There have been a number of promotions during the period. At Galveston, Rainer Amon,
Ayal Anis and Tim Dellapenna have been promoted to Associate Professor, all with
tenure. At TAMU, Dan Roelke (a joint appointment between Oceanography and Wildlife
and Fisheries Science) and Robert Hetland were promoted to Associate Professor with
tenure in 2004 and 2005, respectively; Lisa Campbell was promoted to Professor in 2005.
As shown earlier in Table 1, William Bryant was awarded the Enron Oil and Gas
Professorship in 2003, and was presented earlier this year with a personal Endowed Chair
by his former students. John Morse retains the Scherck Chair, while Will Sager holds the
Williams Chair of Ocean Drilling Science. Two faculty members, Mary Jo Richardson
and Gil Rowe, were awarded Regents Professorships by the University in recognition of
their long-time performance in 2006 and 2007, respectively.
Apart from the joint appointments of faculty located at Galveston, Oceanography also has
links to other departments at TAMU. Phil Rabinowitz (Geology and Geophysics), Jerry
North (Atmospheric Sciences) and Dan Roelke (Wildlife and Fisheries Science) all hold
joint appointments within Oceanography, although they are based in other departments.
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Lisa Campbell similarly has a joint appointment with Biology, while Mary Jo
Richardson, Will Sager and Deborah Thomas have joint appointments in Geology and
Geophysics.
Table 3 – Faculty who have left the Department of Oceanography or retired from
TAMU since 1999. Changes at Galveston are shown in italics
Name
James Ammerman
Thomas Crowley
Gilbert Rowe
Luis Cifuentes
James Pinckney
Barbara Smallwood
Gary Gill
Beth Mullenbach
Richard Long
David Prior
Gil Rowe
Stefan Gartner
Bobby Joe Presley
Robert Duce
Worth Nowlin
Rank
Status and Date
Associate Professor
Professor
Professor
Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Professor
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Professor and Provost
Professor
Professor
Professor
Distinguished Professor
Departed 2001
Departed 2001
Departed 2002
Promoted to AVP
Departed 2004
Departed 2005
Departed 2005
Departed 2006
Departed 2007
Departed 2007
Promoted to AVPAA
Retired 2002
Retired 2004
Retired 2006
Retired 2007
The structure of the Department has been top heavy for several years. At present, the
Department has 26 Professors (one a Distinguished Professor), of whom eight are
supported in research or administrative positions (Table 4). Additionally, there are six
Associate Professors and five Assistant Professors. A new position in Chemical
Oceanography was approved in 2007, and the search was completed early in 2008. John
Kessler (currently at Princeton) has accepted an offer and will join the faculty later in
2008. When one adds in the nine faculty at Galveston holding joint appointments, the
ratio changes to 28 Professors, 10 Associate Professors, and eight Assistant Professors.
Several faculty members are close to retirement, so it is likely that the demographics will
change considerably in the next few years as faculty retire or seek new opportunities and
as new faculty are hired. Curricula vitae for all active faculty are given in Appendix B.
Table 4 – Faculty positions at TAMU and TAMUG and their major sectional interests,
including administrative faculty.
TAMU
Jack Baldauf
Thomas Bianchi
Doug Biggs
David Brooks
William (Bill) Bryant
Professor
Professor
Professor
Professor
Professor
IODP Deputy Director
Chemical Oceanography
Biological Oceanography
Physical Oceanography
Geological Oceanography
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Lisa Campbell
Ping Chang
Piers Chapman
Luis Cifuentes
Steven DiMarco
Jeffery Paul Fox
Wilford Gardner
Benjamin Giese
Robert Hetland
George Jackson
Chuck Kennicutt
Bjorn Kjerfve
Annette Lyle
Mitch Lyle
Heath Mills
John Morse
Gerald North
Alejandro Orsi
Phil Rabinowitz
Mary Jo Richardson
Daniel Roelke
William Sager
Matthew Schmidt
Martha Scott
Niall Slowey
Bob Stewart
Robert Stickney
Achim Stössel
Deborah Thomas
Dan Thornton
Andrew Vastano
John Wormuth
Shari Yvon-Lewis
Professor
Professor
Professor
Professor
Associate Professor
Professor
Professor
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Professor
Professor
Professor
Research Professor
Professor
Assistant Professor
Professor
Associate Professor
Professor
Regents Professor
Associate Professor
Professor
Assistant Professor
Associate Professor
Professor
Professor
Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Professor
Professor
Assistant Professor
Head of Department
Interim Vice Provost
IODP Director
Director of Sustainable Development
Dean of Geosciences
Joint appointment with ATMO
Joint appointment with Geology
Joint appointment with WFSC
Director, Texas Sea Grant
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Regents Professor
Professor
Assistant Professor
Associate Vice President
TAMUG
Rainer Amon
Ayal Anis
Robin Brinkmeyer
Tim Dellapenna
Patrick Louchouarn
Antonietta Quigg
Gilbert Rowe
Peter Santschi
Anja Schulze
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2.7
Research Scientists/Professor Profile
The Department of Oceanography currently employees 17 research professionals: one
Research Associate, five Assistant Research Scientists, three Associate Research
Scientists, five Research Scientists, and three Postdoctoral Researchers. Several are
employed by GERG (Bender, Guinasso, Sericano and Wade) while others work for IODP
(Klaus and Malone). Details of all such professionals are given in Table 5; curricula vitae
are in Appendix B. The research professionals in the Department have made major
contributions to the research program through their intellectual vigor, research funding,
mentoring of students, and lectures. Their activities also have brought significant funds to
the Department over the years.
Table 5 – Research professionals employed by the Department.
Research Scientist
Title and Discipline
Affiliation
Steven Baum
Leila Belabbassi
Leslie Bender
Norman Guinasso
Troy Holcombe
Matthew Howard
Jen-Shan Hsieh
Chan Joo Jang
Link Ji
Ann Jochens
Adam Klaus
Mitch Malone
Howard Seidel
Jose Sericano
David Smith
Marion Stössel
Terry Wade
Assistant Research Scientist, Physical
Post-Doc. Research Associate, Physical
Research Scientist, Physical
Research Scientist, Geological
Associate Research Scientist, Physical
Research Scientist, Physical
Associate Research Scientist, Geological
Research Scientist, Geological
Associate Research Associate, Chemical
Research Associate, Physical
Research Scientist, Chemical
Department
Department
GERG
GERG
Department
Department
Department
Department
Department
Department
IODP
IODP
Department
GERG
Department
Department
GERG
Although the University has had research professors in other colleges, the advent of the
first research professor in the College of Geosciences has revealed some underlying
disparities in the way research professionals are treated by the University, the College
and the individual departments. This led to the Department rewriting its criteria for
evaluating research scientists in December 2005. In May of 2007, the Geosciences
Research Professionals Committee met to consider the issues associated with research
professionals within the College. A white paper has been submitted to the Dean that
defines the distinction between Research Scientists and Research Professors. This is
currently under review, and a policy discussion is expected shortly.
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3.
Vision and Goals
3.1
Strategic Plan
Background
The latest version of the Department’s Strategic Plan (Appendix A) was discussed by
faculty, the departmental Advisory Council, and the administration during 2005, and it
was submitted to the Dean on 23 November 2005. Because there was no permanent
Department Head from January 2006 through October 2007, there has been little
development of the plan itself since this time, and various items therein have been
superseded by events. It is, however, fair to say that the document still represents much of
the thinking within the Department, even though it has some significant gaps. For
example, it has not been updated to cover the proposed societal research themes and nearterm priorities to be supported by the U.S. federal funding agencies, as listed in the
document Charting the Course for Ocean Science in the United States for the Next
Decade (NSTC, 2007). While several research strands presently being pursued within
Oceanography will fit these themes, this is more serendipitous than planned.
Themes and priorities for the NSTC Ocean Research Priorities Plan include the
following.
A. Societal Themes
• Stewardship of natural and cultural ocean resources.
• Increasing resilience to natural hazards.
• Enabling marine operations.
• The ocean’s role in climate.
• Improving ecosystem health.
• Enhancing human health.
B. Near-Term Priorities
• Forecasting the response of coastal ecosystems to persistent forcing and extreme
events.
• Comparative analysis of marine ecosystem organization.
• Sensors for marine ecosystems.
• Assessing meridional overturning circulation variability: implications for rapid
climate change.
It is important to consider the background to the Department’s 2005 Strategic Plan. Since
the mid 1990s, there has been a general decline in federal funding for oceanography,
coupled with declining interest in science among the American public, high school, and
college students. The rate of funding decline has accelerated following the tragic events
of September 2001, as more resources have gone toward homeland security and the
global war on terror. However, TAMU was provided a unique opportunity to expand as a
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result of the reinvestment program initiated by President Gates, and this has resulted in
the hiring of eight new faculty members (see Section 2.5).
The 1999 self-assessment identified various areas of concern regarding future
development, as discussed in Section 2.3. These included increasing student contact
hours, focusing on a shared vision of a limited number of research efforts, increasing
endowments to support graduate students, improving relations with TAMUG and other
oceanographic research centers, determining how much effort to put into undergraduate
teaching, and ensuring future research vessel needs and space for teaching and
laboratories. The 1999 review team generally agreed with these identified problem areas,
and most of these have been addressed to some extent since the review (with the notable
exception of a replacement for the R/V Gyre).
At the beginning of 2005, the Department considered a matrix of data regarding most
United States' oceanographic institutions. Three institutions (i.e., State University New
York-Stony Brook, University of South Florida, and University of Rhode Island) were
considered as peer institutions for TAMU. The faculty reviewed perceived strengths and
weaknesses during three full-day retreats in 2005. Major strengths were identified as:
• The vitality of the faculty and the strong connections available to other
academic disciplines and facilities at the University.
• State salary support for the faculty, graduate teaching assistants and tuition
payment for graduate students.
• The proximity and association with IODP.
Weaknesses identified included:
• An imbalance among faculty in research funding and support of graduate
students.
• Deterioration of infrastructure and facilities;
• Loss of the R/V Gyre.
• Recent significant loss of staff support.
Despite the problems faced by the Department at this time, faculty felt that “opportunities
for the future are bright with the faculty reinvestment hiring program, the potential
association with federal agencies and industry, increasing endowment, a collaboration to
secure a new ship and new long-term, large-scale initiatives in ocean observing. The
weaknesses are significant, and the threats are formidable, but the opportunity presented
by being able to recruit and hire a set of eight new faculty members is unprecedented.
This is probably a one-time opportunity in the existence of any department. This plan will
allow us to take advantage of this opportunity.”
The mission statement for the Department has been given in Section 2.2. While
confirming this mission for the Department, faculty also adopted the following vision:
“Our vision is to be one of the top graduate oceanography departments within the
United States' public universities by 2020, and the premier oceanography
department in the Gulf of Mexico region. We will play a leading role in moving the
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University toward the primary goal of Vision 2020—to become by 2020 one of the
top ten public universities in the United States.”
Goals
A brief summary of the goals in the areas of education and research is given here. For
developments in each of these areas since the plan was issued, readers are referred to
specific paragraphs in the rest of this document.
Education
In terms of education (efforts to reach these goals are described in Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3,
and 6), the Department agreed to continue to:
a. Strengthen the curriculum to ensure the present broad-based program of graduate
education.
b. Increase the quantity and, in some cases, the quality of graduate students,
especially Ph.D. candidates, to a total of 100 by 2015.
c. Expand its involvement with undergraduate teaching, particularly through the
Environmental Geoscience degree.
No desire was shown to establish an undergraduate major in oceanography. Rather, the
faculty proposed administering the Environmental Geoscience degree program for the
College. Additionally, there was acceptance of the need to play an active role in the
University’s assessment and evaluation of the core curriculum and to create new and
additional oceanography and geoscience courses within the University’s Honors program
as well as the Environmental Geosciences and Environmental Studies degrees.
Research Foci
The Strategic Plan identified four main foci for research, with a fifth, more peripheral
research area that needed input from another department. These areas were:
1. Climate variability and impacts.
2. Coastal Ecosystem processes and health.
3. Particulate dynamics.
4. Dynamics of continental margins.
5. Archeological Oceanography (with assistance from the College of Liberal Arts).
Note that these topics do not represent all the research being carried out in the
Department, only the main research groups. Additional programs in biological,
geological and physical oceanography are run by individual researchers. Given the
interest in underwater archeology, an attempt was made to establish a new Ph.D. degree
course in archeological oceanography. However, despite much effort by Oceanography
faculty, the College of Liberal Arts eventually withdrew support.
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3.2
Department Goals and Mission as Related to Vision 2020
In 1997, the then President of TAMU, Ray Bowen, proposed that the University should
“strive to be recognized as one of the ten best public universities in the nation by the year
2020, while at the same time maintaining and enhancing our distinctiveness.” This effort,
known as Vision 2020, was summarized in the following 12 Imperatives:
1. Elevate our faculty and their teaching, research and scholarship.
2. Strengthen our graduate programs.
3. Enhance the undergraduate academic experience.
4. Build the letters, arts and sciences core.
5. Build on the traditions of professional education.
6. Diversify and globalize the A&M community.
7. Increase access to knowledge resources.
8. Enrich our campus.
9. Build community and metropolitan connection.
10. Demand enlightened governance and leadership.
11. Attain resource parity with the best public universities.
12. Meet our commitment to Texas.
In 2003, President Bowen’s successor, Robert Gates, proclaimed an additional
imperative:
13. Improve space.
As may be expected, Vision 2020 as originally conceived has undergone considerable
revision in the past decade, and a recent draft report has suggested many changes to the
original subheadings for the 13 imperatives given above. These imperatives are not all
applicable to every facet of university life. This section of the self-assessment document,
therefore, concentrates on those that most greatly affect the Department of Oceanography
(i.e., Imperatives 1, 2, 3 and 6).
Imperative 1 includes goals such as improving the faculty-student ratio and encouraging
research, particularly multi-disciplinary research. Under this Imperative, the Department
has made a number of hires as listed in Section 2.4. These hires have included new
positions funded through President Gates’ reinvestment program, through the ODASES
program jointly with IODP, and following the retirement of older faculty members.
Several new hires have been made at TAMUG, and these new hires have been given joint
appointments within the Department of Oceanography. However, despite these new
positions, one can interpret the gains and losses in faculty as showing an overall net loss
of several positions at TAMU relative to the status in 2000.
Much of the research work accomplished by the Department is already multi-disciplinary
(see Section 4.1 and Appendix D). Thus, we have research programs that link physical,
chemical, biological and geological studies under one umbrella, such as the NOAAfunded program on hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. Faculty members also are strongly
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involved in international programs such as the International Polar Year program and the
IODP. More could certainly be done in this area; Woods Hole, for instance, has an active
technology design group that develops new oceanographic instrumentation. TAMU has
the OTRC on the west campus, but there is currently very little interaction between them
and the Department. Given the need for oceanographic data for oil and gas exploration
and production, we should be at the forefront of developing new technology to provide
these data. Similarly, the fact that Oceanography hosts the U.S. GOOS Office and the
GCOOS Office could be used to develop instrumentation for ocean monitoring in
association with both OTRC and GERG.
One aim of this Imperative (currently under review) is to increase both research funding
and publications by 15 percent on average per faculty member over the next four years;
how this is to be accomplished in the prevailing economic conditions is not stated,
however.
Graduate programs are the heart of the Department’s academic activity, and this is
covered in Imperative 2. Goals here include recruitment of top students, increasing the
number of post-doctoral fellows, developing more Master’s degree programs, improving
distance learning capabilities for students, and providing more opportunities for students
to practice teaching and proposal writing skills. The variability in graduate student
numbers has been discussed in Section 2.6; after reaching a nadir at the beginning of
2006, overall numbers are climbing slowly and the attrition of Master’s level students
since 2001 appears to have stopped. We anticipate that numbers will continue to improve
as we develop new courses, such as the non-thesis certificate course in ocean observing.
It also will enhance our relationship with the Ocean University, Qingdao, China (Section
9.11), from which we should begin admitting five Ph.D. students per year from late 2008.
Students admitted under this program are interviewed in China (in English) prior to being
accepted; it is anticipated that this will ensure a high caliber of students who will be able
to interact well with other students and faculty once they arrive at TAMU.
Texas A&M at Galveston and Corpus Christi are developing a new postgraduate degree
program in Marine Biology. While it may be thought that this will compete with
Oceanography for students, in fact it should be beneficial to the Department. At present,
the biological oceanography component of Oceanography is rather weak, and it is felt
that encouraging interaction between our faculty and those involved in the new program
will be a means of enhancing student contact hours. At present, several courses do not
“make” because there are not enough students to fill them; the new pool of students
associated with this program should improve the situation considerably, although there
will likely be a need for additional investment in closed-circuit equipment to allow
teaching to be carried out at a distance among the three campuses.
The Department attempts to ensure the quality of graduate students by providing funds
for faculty to bring candidates to College Station for interview before they register. The
sum available for this has been increased over the years, so this program is being
extended. The overall standard of graduate students within Oceanography is shown by
the number who gain University or other awards (Section 5.2).
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The Department tries to ensure opportunities for graduate students in teaching, proposal
writing and publishing research results before they graduate. Many of our students
receive Graduate Assistantships Teaching (GATs) during some part of their graduate
studies. These are mainly for teaching introductory oceanography in laboratory classes.
Oceanography graduates also are permitted to act as GATs in other departments, such as
Biology and Geology and Geophysics, when they have the requisite prior qualifications.
Distance learning (understood here as meaning courses provided electronically, rather
than the use of TTVN or other closed-circuit systems) has not been of major importance
to the Department until recently. However, the new non-thesis certificate in ocean
observing is being converted to a distance learning course and will be made available via
the web for students, particularly those already employed and who are using the course to
improve their qualifications. This again should result in an increased enrollment for this
course.
Although Oceanography Professor Richardson chaired the University’s Task Force for
Enhancing the Undergraduate Experience in 2004-05 for President Gates, undergraduate
academics, the subject of Imperative 3, have traditionally been less important than
graduate academics within the Department. The most important change here is the
increase in the number of undergraduate courses being taught by faculty (Section 6) and
hence an increase in SCHs. This includes courses within the Department and those taught
by Oceanography personnel as part of the Environmental Studies programs (Section 6.2).
The Department of Oceanography Honors course is being extended (goal 9), with
additional sections of both lecture and laboratory work scheduled for fall 2008, once the
new laboratory on the second floor of the building is complete. Most lower level courses
taught within Oceanography are fairly large (>40 students); reducing the size of these
classes is probably not warranted given the large number of students wishing to gain
credits. For Honors courses, however, the class size is generally below 25. Classroom
size and availability are currently limiting factors for offering additional undergraduate
courses.
Diversification and globalization (Imperative 6) have always been important to the
oceanographic community, as befits a subject that takes its practitioners all over the
world. Of the faculty, five at TAMU and six of those at Galveston holding joint positions
are foreign-born. Many of our research scientists and students are also from overseas.
The new joint degree program with the Ocean University in Qingdao, the agreement with
the Ecuadorian Navy, and a potential new link to Oman have provided and will continue
to provide foreign students, who bring an international outlook to the Department.
Focusing more on TAMU’s definition of diversity, more than 50 percent of our graduate
students are female. However, the number of “minority” students (black, Hispanic or
Asian-Pacific Islander) remains very small, as it is throughout the marine sciences.
While there are many scholarships available for such students, without their interest in
applying to study oceanography, it is unclear how to increase their numbers.
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In summary, it appears that the Department is making progress in several areas discussed
in Vision 2020. Can we do more? Undoubtedly. There is continuing pressure, for
example, for more contact with students at both undergraduate and graduate levels, some
of which is being met by the introduction of new courses and the expansion of others.
However, without the necessary accompanying investments in infrastructure (e.g.,
provision of adequate classroom space to allow class expansion, improvements in our
ability to support distance learning or even closed-circuit teaching), we will not be able to
achieve the results that are expected by the University administration.
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4.
Research
4.1
Research Funding
Since 2000, the Department has continued to win considerable research funding from
federal, state and private sources, despite the continuing downward trend in federal
funding during this period. From FY93-FY98, we gained about $5 million per year in
research funds (range $4.2 – 6.2 million). This mean figure has been maintained since
then (Table 6), although the last two years have been somewhat lower than the rest,
possibly because of the general difficulty in securing a federal budget.
The main source of funds continues to be the federal government, particularly the MMS,
NSF and NOAA. Although the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funding
apparently ceased in FY04, this was for routine nutrient analyses and is currently
continuing via a contract to GERG following the transfer of our technical staff to that
institution. There also have been various contracts from private industry, mainly related
to oil and gas exploration and its environment. The most notable of these was the multimillion dollar contract from Okeanos Gas Company in FY05. “Other federal” in Table 6
generally denotes sub-contracts from joint proposals with other universities; it is thought
that most of these are from NSF.
State and local funding has been rather small during this period, particularly during the
past four years. This is an obvious area where additional funding could, perhaps, be
sought.
4.2
Research Areas
Strengths
The Department of Oceanography enjoys considerable reputation in four major research
areas: Climate Variability/Change, Marine Biogeochemistry, Coastal Processes and
Observing Systems, and Dynamics of Continental Margins.
Climate Variability/Change
Over the past decades, we have built considerable strength in studies of coupled climate
variability/predictability in the tropics and tropical ocean dynamics, of polar ocean
circulation and its interactions with sea-ice, and of paleo-ocean circulation and its role in
past climate variability. We have expertise in modern observational studies (Kennicutt,
Nowlin, Orsi, Yvon-Lewis), reconstructions of past ocean conditions (Lyle, Schmidt,
Slowey, Thomas), global ocean data assimilation studies (Giese), numerical model
studies of coupled ocean-atmosphere (Chang) and of coupled sea-ice-ocean circulation
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IDC returned to
PIs
State/Local
Private
FWS
TAES
TEES
Internal
Total
Source
NSF
MMS
NAVY
EPA
NOAA
NASA
DOE
Other Fed
State, Local,
Private, TAES
Total
2508
442,834
*
46907
24052
300,358
*
43879
7,100
1,066,147
221,000
838,047
1,066,147
5,978,147
591,000
FY02
1,555,000
1,396,000
675,000
12,000
532,000
151,000
* TEES data not available for these years.
*
300,358
4,423,352
442,834
4,857,956
$29,482
$246,824
168,883
580,432
$184,102
$256,224
FY01
1,748,755
893,591
799,429
73,398
310,583
128,355
FY00
1,750,385
749,145
753,516
98,882
354,408
128,355
Table 6 – Departmental Funding FY2000-FY2007.
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38660
699,538
428
932,241
102,568
129,707
932,241
5,546,430
426,762
FY03
982,923
2,302,432
313,810
33,997
402,806
151,459
30,305
$3,322,927
3,310,981
6,963,720
58974
78062
*
48,498
605,047
5,000
$551,549
605,047
4,420,786
1,740,121
75,929
149,458
90,919
FY07
1,601,521
73,773
84,018
72149 not available
424,673
$424,673
424,673
4,328,645
1,189,670
48,000
157,130
53,474
416,528
181,558
298,315
FY06
921,907
1,399,222
134,569
FY05
999,317
1,627,780
129,241
51152 *
*
127,028
(42,251)
825,098
3,310,981
8,365
$638,553
825,098
5,296,851
37,148
FY04
1,047,821
2,149,321
267,130
37,671
810,640
122,022
338,631
580,822
6,408,504
0
0
750,690
167,363
7,907,379
7,907,379
41,815,887
Total
10,607,629
10,591,264
3,156,713
255,948
5,756,756
986,678
306,588
2,246,933
(Stössel). We have maintained a leadership role in Atlantic climate studies, Southern
Ocean climate studies, as well as in both Pleistocene and Cenozoic paleoceanography.
Research in these areas is well supported and has produced a large number of graduate
students.
A number of our faculty chair and serve on national and international climate research
panels, such as CLIVAR. This current strength and our commitment to continuing our
investment in these areas, along with the resources available in the IODP and ODASES
programs, as well as the recent growth in climate studies in the Atmospheric Sciences,
provides us with a unique ability to study a spectrum of climate processes using models,
observations and reconstructions. Examples include the role of the oceans in past and
future abrupt climate changes, the effect of tropical-extratropical exchange/interaction on
the tropical coupled system, carbon cycle feedbacks under warm climate conditions, and
the impact of climate variability and change on ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico. Key
elements for our future success involve enhancing interactions between climate modelers
and observationalists and between modern and paleo climate researchers, developing
joint research and educational programs with other universities in the U.S. (e.g., the
Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas at Austin), as well as building
a strong ties with major institutions/universities overseas.
Marine Biogeochemistry
The Department of Oceanography at TAMU has a long history of strength in Marine
Biogeochemisty. Research has been well supported (e.g., in addition to numerous
individual projects there have been large multi-investigator projects such as CHEMO,
Deep Gulf of Mexico Benthos, JGOFS and on-going Louisiana and Texas shelf research
on hypoxia) and has produced a significant fraction of the graduate students. However,
the period since 2000 has been tumultuous for this area of research. Several faculty went
to other institutions (Ammerman, Gill, Long, Pinkney, Smallwood ), retired (Presley), or
went into administration (Cifuentes, Kennicutt, Rowe). These losses have been partially
offset by new hires including Amon, Bianchi, Chapman, Kessler, Louchouarn, Mills,
Quigg, and Thornton. The “active” core that remained includes Campbell, Gardner,
Jackson, Morse, Richardson, and Santschi. Consequently, about half of the active
research faculty in the Department fall directly in this area of strength. The loss of the
Gyre and lack of readily available small to intermediate sized boats and seaside shore
facilities are major impediments to this area of research rising to a higher national
standing and in teaching graduate students. The loss of funds to put graduate students “on
the ocean” is having an especially negative influence on recruiting and their research
experience in marine biogeochemistry.
Coastal Processes and Observing System
TAMU oceanography faculty have diverse expertise in coastal research. They have led
many major research programs (e.g., LATEX, North East Gulf of Mexico Program,
Harmful Algal Blooms (HABS), hypoxia) within and along the coast of the Gulf of
Mexico, plus the Coastal Mixing and Optics program south of Martha’s Vineyard. The
Department has played a leadership role in coastal ocean observing systems and has
trained generations of ocean professionals knowledgeable in the development, design and
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implementation of real-time oceanographic systems. Several recent efforts made by the
Department, including new faculty hires, a new Master of Geosciences degree, enhanced
facilities (Texas Automated Buoy System), and new consortia (GCOOS), have helped to
strengthen TAMU's leading position in this area of research. The coastal group (Bianchi,
Biggs, Brooks, Campbell, Chapman, DiMarco, Gardner, Hetland, Jackson, Nowlin,
Richardson) is expected to work closely with the climate study group to develop major
research programs on the investigation of the impact of global climate change on coastal
environments and ecosystems.
Dynamics of Continental Margins
The evolution of ocean continental margins has been and will continue to be a strong
research focus in the Department. Recent research initiatives on sedimentary processes
have the goal of predicting whole system responses to forcing mechanisms (e.g., sea level
change, climate variability, salt tectonics) over multiple timescale (present day to
geologic past) and from sources to sinks. Our Department members are uniquely situated
to study margin evolution using complementary tools that tie modern processes to
preserved strata (and vice versa). We have the capability to link high-resolution seismics
and seafloor mapping, geochronologic records, physical and geochemical properties of
sediments, and isotopic and elemental records – a powerful combination when attempting
to interpret the stratigraphic record. Many of our scientific interests coincide with those
of the offshore energy industry, and we have a long history of working with the oil and
gas industry, the Offshore Technology Research Center, and the College of Engineering
on problems related to continental slope processes and deep-water drilling. We will
continue to foster our strong ties to that sector, which offers opportunities for effective
collaborative research and employment for our graduates.
Issues
1. The loss of the research vessel and the associated state funding for seatime for the
students has had a significant negative impact on the Department sea-going research
and graduate student recruiting capability.
2. In certain areas, there is a lack of critical mass of faculty due to either their moving to
other universities or retirements, making it difficult to respond to large-scope research
initiatives and programs.
3. The Department has lost a significant amount of infrastructure support, including
technician and machinist support and staff support. This has a negative impact on the
productivity of our faculty.
4. The latest financial structures (Section 7) resulting from a change in the way research
is administered by the University is having a major effect on faculty morale and
research input.
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4.3
National and International Reputation
TAMU Oceanography has traditionally been ranked near the top of oceanography
departments within the U.S. However, the National Research Council ranking list of
1995 has not yet been updated, so it is hard to gauge where TAMU stands presently in
relation to other programs. To try and remedy this, and to estimate how others see TAMU
Oceanography, an informal survey was conducted among a number of academic and
private sector individuals. Questionnaires (120) were sent to people at various stages of
their career in universities and industry. Twenty-six people responded, split evenly
between industry and academia. While the study is not truly scientific, and may not be
objective, it provides an interesting insight into how we are perceived elsewhere.
1. Of U.S. oceanographic institutions/departments, what overall standing would you
give the Department of Oceanography at TAMU?
In top
Academic
Industrial
10%
2
5
25%
8
4
50%
3
2
75%
0
2
>75%
0
0
Has our standing changed in your opinion during the last decade?
Academic
No
8
Increased
4
Decreased
1
2. Do you view the research of the Department of Oceanography at TAMU as being
primarily regional (Gulf of Mexico) or global?
Academic
Industrial
Regional
4
5
Global
0
4
Balanced
9
4
3. Do you view the research of the Department of Oceanography at TAMU as primarily
basic or applied in nature?
Academic
Industrial
Basic
4
0
Applied
2
3
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Balanced
7
10
4. How has the fact that about three years ago the Department of Oceanography at
TAMU ceased to be a ship operator influenced its standing in the oceanographic
community?
No Change
Increased
Decreased
4
6
1
0
8
4
Academic
Industrial
Severely
Decreased
0
4
5. How would you rate students receiving the M.S. and Ph.D. Degrees from the
Department of Oceanography at TAMU?
Academic
Academic
Industrial
MS
Ph.D.
Combined
No
Opinion
4
0
0
Top10%
Top25%
Top50%
0
0
3
5
8
4
4
4
4
Top75% Bottom
25%
0
0
1
0
2
0
6. How would you rank the contributions of the faculty of the Department of
Oceanography at TAMU to professional activities (e.g., national/international
scientific committees, review groups, journal editing, etc.)?
Academic
Top10%
1
Top25%
10
Top50%
2
Top75%
0
Bottom 25%
0
7. What areas of marine research do you associate with TAMU?
All
2
4
4
Biogeochemistry
1
2
3
Geophysics
2
8. What areas of graduate marine
TAMU?
Biogeochemistry
Gulf of Mexico
All (balanced)
None
expertise (regarding teaching) do you associate with
1
1
5
1
3
1
3
1
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Specific comments received included the following:
•
It looks like the Department has made some great hires in the last few years.
However, location, lack of space and a program split between sites are difficulties
that likely make it hard to recruit the highest caliber graduate students.
•
I know many of the faculty in my specialties and have found them to be excellent
scientists, teachers and mentors. These faculty are among the best in their subdisciplines based on their publication record and their impact on the field. They have
been involved with major national and international projects requiring
significant collaborations. As a result, they have national and international reputations
and are well regarded in the field.
•
I looked over the publications listed in the web pages of your faculty. I was struck by
the fact that many of your older faculty who have been at TAMU for most of their
careers have become rather unproductive from a scientific point-of-view. If they are
not making this deficit up with teaching or administration, they should retire. A
faculty position is not a sinecure, even if mandatory retirement is not legal. All they
are doing is hurting young people.
•
When I joined the Oceanography Department at TAMU, it was a vibrant exciting
place to work. I no longer have this opinion of the Department. It is distressing to me
that many of the good scientists have not been supported internally, have not been
given resources, and have been actively discouraged by the administration. As a
result, the people who could have made a difference have left and have gone on to
have productive careers at other institutions. The net result is that the Department of
Oceanography at TAMU has declined in reputation and stature for the past 20 to 25
years. I am not sure that this downward spiral can be stopped and redirected. From
the outside, it does not appear that the attitudes of the administration and the
remaining faculty have changed to allow this to happen or that new hires have
improved the faculty or administration.
As may be expected, there is considerable range of conclusions in both the “quantitative”
scores and in the comments received (from academics only). As a zero order estimate, it
seems that we presently rank roughly within the upper quartile of university
oceanography departments, with a relatively well-balanced program. The interesting
thing is that four respondents felt the Department’s standing had increased during the last
decade, as against one who felt it had declined. This contrasted with their opinion
regarding the loss of ship access, where a majority felt that the Department’s standing
had either decreased or severely decreased. We certainly agree with this last statement.
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5.
Graduate Education
5.1
Graduate Degrees, Administration and Course Curricula
The Department offers both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. The M.S. degree may include a
written thesis, but there is also a non-thesis option leading to a Master of Geoscience
degree. There is a new program leading to a certificate in Ocean Observing Systems
(Section 5.4). Since September 2000, the Department has awarded 78 M.S. and 35 Ph.D.
degrees, an average of 11 Masters and five Ph.Ds per year. This compares with 8.6 M.S.
and 9.8 Ph.D. degrees per year during 1994-1999. The complete list of dissertations
awarded since 2000 is provided in Appendix G. These include degrees awarded to
students based both in College Station and Galveston, since all graduate degrees from
TAMUG presently have to be certified by the main campus.
Recruiting new students is a year-round activity (at student expos, professional meetings,
seminars, on research cruises, and in TAMU and other university classrooms). All faculty
members have a responsibility to help recruit new students with coordination being
provided through the Graduate Recruiting and Academic Advisory Committee to ensure
that students are given a consistent recruiting message.
Print and electronic
communications reflective of current departmental activities are essential tools in this
effort.
Sources of graduate students include our own College Station and Galveston
undergraduate student bodies, targeted student bodies at other TAMU System schools
and other universities, and international students. Recruitment of the best students
graduating from Galveston would be enhanced by increased interaction of College
Station faculty with Galveston's undergraduate population. One approach is to hold open
house days for Galveston students in College Station to give them better ideas of
possibilities in oceanography. Recruiting Galveston undergraduates also would be
facilitated if College Station faculty were better represented on the Galveston campus
(which will be more feasible when Galveston obtains its new science building, currently
being designed). International recruiting of graduate students will be pursued further
through connections to Central and South American universities and select Chinese
universities where sponsored students, with their own funding, can be recruited.
With the general declining interest in science within the U.S., there is considerable
competition for new students among university oceanography departments. TAMU is
currently at a disadvantage to most since we are not on the coast and we no longer have
our own research vessel. Thus, our ability to attract good students depends a
considerable extent on the support we can offer them.
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5.2
Graduate Student Profile
One of the issues highlighted in the 1999 review was the decline in the number of
graduate students from about 100 in the early 1990s to 80 in the mid and late 1990s. As
shown in Figure 3, enrollment continued to fall steadily until early 2006, when it reached
a nadir of 61. Since then, numbers have increased again to 70 in Spring 2008. Of these
70, 37 are female and 33 are male. During the period since 2000, Ph.D. numbers have
stayed roughly consistent at about 30±3, while M.S. graduate numbers declined about
three students/year through early 2007. During this period, the proportion of graduate
students that are Ph.D. students as opposed to M.S. students has increased from about 40
percent to 50 percent. Despite the drop in numbers, however, Oceanography students
continue to gain outside awards and recognition of their research and abilities (Table 7).
Texas A&M University Enrollment
Masters
Doctoral
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Figure 3 – TAMU Department of Oceanography enrollment history.
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Table 7 – Student Awards.
Recent Student
Awards
2008
2008
2008
2007
2007
2004-2007
Daniel Murphy
Masako Tominaga
Xiaoqian Zhang
Masako Tominaga
Amy Wagner
Amy Wagner
2004-2007
Brian Brookshire
2005
Tatum Neely
Schlanger Fellowship from JOI
Schlanger Fellowship from JOI
Best Student Paper Ocean Sciences
Best Student Paper Fall AGU
NOAA Knauss Fellowship
Climate Change Graduate Student
Fellowship from the Department of Energy
Science and Engineering Graduate Student
Fellowship from Department of Education
2nd Place, Best Student Paper, Texas Bays
and Estuaries Conference
The 1999 self-assessment report stated that mean GPA scores had decreased by eight
percent during 1997-1999, related to a comparable drop in analytical GRE scores (Figure
4), and suggested that this meant unqualified students were accepted. The latest data
suggest that GPAs have varied by about 0.4 over this interval, but no trend is apparent.
While verbal GREs have varied somewhat, there appears to be no significant trend.
Quantitative GREs, on the other hand, have shown an increase over the past five years.
Average GRE Scores for New Graduate Students
Verbal
Quantiative
Total
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Figure 4 – Average GRE scores for graduate students over the past 10 years.
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2007
The gender diversity of the graduate students (Figure 5) in the Department has changed
from 57 percent male in 2001 to 53 percent female in 2008. The Department now has
more women than the average in both the TAMU College of Geosciences (39.6 percent
female students in Spring 2008) and the University as a whole (41.3 percent in Spring
2008).
Gender by Fall and Spring Semesters
Female
Male
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
01C 02A 02C 03A 03C 04A 04C 05A 05C 06A 06C 07A 07C 08A
Figure 5 – Gender distribution of Oceanography graduate students.
A demographic breakdown of the graduate student’s ethnicity is shown in Figure 6. The
majority of graduate students are white or international. There is a small minority
presence (1 Black, 3 Hispanic, 1 Asian or Pacific Islander). Domestic students comprise
62.5 percent of the graduate student population in the Department. It has been
traditionally difficult to attract non-hispanic minority students to oceanography; this
problem is not confined to TAMU but is a national concern. As shown in Figure 7, 43
percent of our students are aged 26-30, with 34 percent falling in the 31-39 age range.
Although the trend, particularly in M.S. students, has been downward, continued
deterioration can be averted if our new courses attract new graduates. These courses, such
as the Master of Geosciences and the non-thesis program in Coastal Ocean Observing
(Section 5.2), should help reverse the trend. Additionally, new relationships (e.g., the
Ocean University of China in Qingdao and the Ecuadorian Navy) also should help
recruitment.
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Ethnicity, Fall and Spring Semesters
Ethnicity White
Ethnicity Black
Ethnicity Hispanic
Ethnicity Asian/PI
Ethnicity International
Ethnicity Unknown
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
01C 02A 02C 03A 03C 04A 04C 05A 05C 06A 06C 07A 07C 08A
Figure 6 – Ethnicity of Oceanography graduate students.
Age Distribution by Fall and Spring
Semesters
22-25
26-30
31-39
40+
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
08A 07C 07A 06C 06A 05C 05A 04C 04A 03C 03A 02C 02A 01C
Figure 7 – Age distribution of Oceanography graduate students.
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TAMU enrollment over the past few years compared to two of our peer institutions is
shown in Figures 3, 8 and 9. As a comparison, the University of Rhode Island (URI),
with about 25 M.S. and 55-60 Ph.D. students annually, lists 37 faculty on their website.
The University of South Florida (USF), with about 50 M.S. and 60 Ph.D. students at any
one time, lists 23 faculty. Thus, TAMU and URI are annually supporting about two
students per full-time faculty member, while USF faculty members are supporting about
four students each. We could, and should, be doing considerably better.
University of Rhode Island Enrollment
Masters
Doctoral
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Figure 8 – URI Department of Oceanography enrollment history.
University of South Florida Enrollment
Masters
Doctoral
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Figure 9 – USF Department of Oceanography enrollment history.
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5.3
Course Curricula
A strong educational program helps to both recruit and retain students. To ensure that we
continue to offer broad-based graduate training in oceanography, the Department has
separate curricular requirements for biological, chemical, geological and physical
oceanography. This structure and grouping is needed to ensure that our core curriculum
remains broad-based and current. We are continuously refining our adaptive educational
curriculum to produce creative graduates prepared for careers in ocean sciences in the
21st century.
Degree programs, prerequisites, available courses, committee composition and
requirements for the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees are detailed in our Graduate Student
Handbook. Each incoming student receives one of these to guide them through the
process. The required credit hours for both degrees are shown below.
Credit Hours Required
for Doctor of Philosophy Degree
Courses
Seminar
Research hours
Total
WithM.S.
17-23
2
39-45
64
Without M.S.
39-55
2
39-55
96
Students entering the program are expected to have a strong background in the physical
and/or biological sciences as well as a good foundation in mathematics. Students lacking
preparation in a particular subject area, but who are otherwise well-qualified to enter the
graduate program, are required to take appropriate leveling course work in addition to
that specified for the degree. These courses are not credited as part of the degree plan.
As with all graduate degrees at TAMU, the academic program is tailored to the
background and educational goals of each degree candidate in consultation with his or
her student advisory committee, utilizing courses provided by the faculty (a list of
courses currently available is given in Appendix C). As with all TAMU degrees, final
degree plan approval resides in the Office of Graduate Studies, but with recommendation
from the Department.
While not specifying individual courses, all students are required to demonstrate
competence in, and understanding of, general principles of oceanography. Assessment of
this body of knowledge for an individual-student is through course work completed, the
dissertation proposal, the preliminary examination, the written dissertation on the
student’s original research, and the dissertation defense.
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Prescribed courses for M.S. and Ph.D. degrees:
OCNG 608 Physical Oceanography (3 hrs)
OCNG 620 Biological Oceanography (3 hrs)
OCNG 630 Geological Oceanography (3 hrs)
OCNG 640 Chemical Oceanography (3 hrs)
OCNG 681 Seminar (1 hour; must be taken twice for a total of 2 hours)
OCNG 691 Research (total hours varies)
Other required courses include the following.
Biological Students (M.S. and Ph.D.)
OCNG 625 Current Topics in Biological Oceanography (1 hour; must be taken
twice for a total of 2 hours), plus three of the following five courses:
OCNG 610 Ecological Modeling
OCNG 622 Benthic Ecology
OCNG 627 Continental Shelf
OCNG 650 Aquatic Microbial Ecology
OCNG 654 Plankton Ecology
Chemical Students (M.S. and Ph.D.)
OCNG 641 Marine Chemistry
Geological Students
No additional requirements
Physical Students
Two (M.S.) or three (Ph.D.) of the following seven courses:
OCNG 609 Dynamical Oceanography
OCNG 612 Elements of Ocean Wave Theory
OCNG 614 Dynamics of Oceans and Atmospheres
OCNG 615 Numerical Modeling of Ocean Circulation I
OCNG 616 Numerical Modeling of Ocean Circulation II
OCNG 617 Theories of Ocean Circulation
OCNG 651 Meteorological Oceanography
5.4
Graduate Student Support
While it is possible for students to pay their way through the program, most of our
students are covered through Assistantships or Fellowships. All of the Assistantships
include the stipend (M.S. or Ph.D.), tuition and fringe benefits. The fellowships vary in
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the amount and type of support. The student committee chair is responsible for covering
what the fellowship does not to ensure that all students receive standard stipends, tuition
coverage and benefits.
The GAT is offered to qualified domestic students. The Department currently has 14
GATs. Occasionally, a Graduate Assistant Non-Teaching becomes available; we had one
student supported in this way last summer. The Graduate Assistant Research (GAR) is
the most common type of support given to our graduate students. These are funded from
research grants; currently, there are 21 GARs.
The University Merit Fellowship and the University Diversity Fellowship are competitive
University fellowships. Until recently, there was no concerted effort to ensure that a
nominee was recommended for each of these fellowships every year. Beginning last
year, the Recruiting and Academic Advising Committee decided to make sure that
Oceanography nominates a prospective student for each of these fellowships every year.
The Regent’s Fellowship is offered by the College of Geosciences each year. However,
the amount of support varies. Typically, the Department nominates one prospective
student for this fellowship with Principal Investigator (PI) support covering what the
fellowship does not.
There are two departmental fellowships offered. The Scherck Fellowship covers 50
percent of student expenses (stipend, tuition, fringe, and medical) per year (12 months)
for full-time domestic students. The Department gives two awards per year, with each
award renewable for up to one additional year as long as the student remains in good
academic standing and remains enrolled full time. The Sharp Fellowship covers 50
percent of student expenses (stipend, tuition, fringe, and medical) per year (12 months)
for full-time domestic or international students. The Department awards one fellowship
every other year, with each award renewable for up to one additional year as long as the
student remains in good academic standing and remains enrolled full time
5.5
Course Enhancements and Seminars
Graduate Course Enhancements
Although the motto of the Department is “Teaching through Research,” classroom
courses are still necessary for solid grounding of students in all disciplines of
oceanography. However, classroom settings can be enhanced by various laboratory and
outside activities. A 2008 survey of students highlighted the strength and reputation of
many of our faculty, but it had suggestions for how courses could be improved.
A growing number of classes are taught via TTVN between College Station and
Galveston. Since its inception about 20 years ago, it has been a battle to keep TTVN
functional throughout a class period. There have been upgrades in the audio and video
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quality over time. However, frequent disconnects or other problems disrupt the class,
decreasing class time and denigrating the quality of material that can be presented and
discussed. Installing a dependable, quality system is a high priority, especially with the
need to reach Corpus Christi or Galveston in the future.
In years past, the Oceanography core courses (Biological, Chemical, Geological, and
Physical Oceanography) had separate classes for students who were majoring in each
subdiscipline and those who were not. Students could opt into a “majors” course in
another discipline if they had a solid background and desired to go into more depth in that
subdiscipline. In recent years there has been only one class for all students in each core
class. In the 2008 student survey, a frequent suggestion was to separate out the “majors”
from “non-majors” in order to allow greater depth in each subject and to better prepare
students. This would allow students to go into greater quantitative detail and potentially
provide a practicum for the material presented. With more faculty, this is again a
possibility and should be re-examined, but it will depend on student numbers. There also
should be an examination of the core courses to minimize overlap of basic principles,
while maximizing integration between disciplines for understanding the intricacies of
oceanography.
The following are some of the additional enhancements that are presently offered.
The Biological Oceanography core course (OCNG 620) and Ecology of the Continental
Shelf course (OCNG 627) include a joint three-day field trip to UTMSI, Port Aransas.
This includes an aquaculture lab session and a half-day trip on the R/V Katy. When
possible, this has been coupled with OCNG 420 (the undergraduate biological
oceanography course).
Sampling trips to Galveston Bay are part of two chemical oceanography graduate classes:
Estuarine Biogeochemistry (OCNG 649) and Marine Organic Chemistry (OCNG 645).
The TAMUG campus also recently has purchased a van to allow students and faculty to
come up to College Station for classes and other departmental events (e.g., seminars).
There was discussion about a van purchase by College Station for similar purposes, but
no plan has been developed. In the past, Oceanography had a long-term lease on a
TAMU van for this purpose; however, its use dwindled, and the lease was no longer cost
effective. With changing needs and opportunities in Galveston, the options need to be
reevaluated. TAMU vans are still available for rent at any time. Use of these vans will
clearly enhance access for TAMUG students to the College Station campus (e.g.,
libraries, research equipment, seminars) and for College Station students to reach the
coast more frequently for classes, research sampling and direct interactions with TAMUG
faculty.
Several years ago the Chemical Oceanography core course included a lab. It was then
decided to create a Biogeochemistry lab course (OCNG 642) to integrate biology and
chemistry. After a couple of years, it was decided to review the lab curriculum, but this is
still on hold. The Department must evaluate this lab course to provide students with more
hands-on experiences with equipment and techniques.
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The international scientific community is fully aware of the urgent need to better
understand the causes, evolution and predictability of climate change as well as the
crucial role played by the oceans in moderating global climate variability through its
multiple boundary processes, interbasin exchanges, regional circulation patterns, and
interactions with the atmosphere, cryosphere and land masses. Realizing the need for
formal courses in observational oceanography and climate at global to regional scales, the
Department initiated a Global Scale Oceanography course (OCNG 611) and a Directed
Studies course (OCNG 685) on Changes in the Global Thermohaline Circulation. Such
courses attract students, both domestic and international, from a broad pool of
multidisciplinary interests.
Several courses use departmental computer labs to collect and analyze data with different
commercial and custom software packages. These are used in physical oceanography for
analysis of several types of data and for modeling, in geological/geophysical courses for
seismic and geophysical analysis and presentation, and in some biological courses. A new
3-D immersion lab in the Halbouty Building was originally promoted as being useful for
geological and physical oceanography data presentation, but to date it appears that no one
in Oceanography has used it. Students have emphasized the need to upgrade and
standardize the workstations on the O&M Building’s 3rd floor (geological modeling and
data processing) as well as computers on the 6th floor (data storage and processing).
Students are also concerned with the slow upgrades to current software, which inhibit
research efforts and coursework completion. In reality, the computers on both floors
must be used for general purposes as they replace a former computer lab on the 11th floor.
However, neither lab is set up for classroom instruction because of the small number of
computers, their age, and their level of software. In the past two years, proposals have
been submitted to the College to acquire University Computer Access Fee matching
funds to upgrade both labs to increase teaching capabilities, but the proposals have not
been forwarded from the College. A further attempt to obtain second-hand, but far
younger, computers from elsewhere in the University is presently in progress. In years
past, Oceanography has teamed with Atmospheric Sciences (ATMO) to fund a classroom
computer lab, but the needs of the two departments diverged and ATMO took over the
labs. With the development of the Ocean Observing course (OCNG 657) and possibly
others, we have a renewed need for a computer classroom. At this point OCNG 657 is
being taught in one of the ATMO labs.
As stated above, in 2005 we implemented a certificate-granting program in Ocean
Observing Systems as an option through the Master of Geosciences degree or any other
Oceanography or other degree program at TAMU to train students in ocean data
collection, data management, and production and distribution of products and services.
This is a new thrust for the Department that allows interaction with other departments
both within and outside the College. This has received strong support from industry as
well as local, state and federal government agencies. Students benefit from the range of
training and facilities available at TAMU including in situ ocean observations, remote
sensing technologies, data analysis techniques and display, geographic information
systems, modeling, and an existing ocean observing system – the Texas Automated Buoy
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System (TABS). To date, three students have graduated with this degree, and other
students are now enrolled in this track. Strong ties with industry suggest that this program
will increase in popularity, particularly if it can be moved to a distance-learning regime.
TAMU is one of only two universities (Rutgers being the other) to offer such a program.
A circulating racetrack flume in the O&M basement is used for demonstrating fluid flow
characteristics and sediment transport in two courses: Coastal and Marine Sedimentary
Processes (OCNG 662) and Particle Dynamics and Fluxes (OCNG 663). Its
instrumentation is severely dated, but the opportunity for up-close student observation is
valuable. The flume work in OCNG 662 is part of the two-hour lab that contributes to the
four-hour course and includes weekly hands-on measurements with optical and electrical
particle sensors and analyzers. This course has not been taught for three years and should
be offered to provide students with another hands-on experience.
The IODP repository and lab is a valuable resource for interpreting Earth’s history.
Faculty from our Department have a long history of participating on and leading
expeditions back to the beginning of ocean drilling (Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP)
and ODP). With the ODASES program, we have brought in new faculty who participate
on IODP cruises and use the samples and data from drilling programs in their research.
Some faculty have taken classes to the IODP building to familiarize themselves with
opportunities, and the IODP personnel are always very accommodating. Due to
budgetary constraints, the opportunities for students (graduate or undergraduate) at IODP
are more limited than they have been in the past, but the director of IODP is anxious to
find ways for students to participate in ways that will provide both exploration (to entice
students into oceanography) and research opportunities (where students can contribute
directly to science and their education).
Seminars
Research seminars provide an important opportunity for faculty, research staff and
students to be introduced to new developments. The Department presently has two
seminar series in College Station. The Oceanography seminar is held weekly; students
are required to attend seminars for at least two semesters for credit, and they are
encouraged to attend continuously throughout their residence in the program (See Table 8
for the Spring and Fall 2007 listing). The seminar series invites speakers from both
outside and inside the University to present current research; sometimes it plays a double
role in providing a forum for prospective faculty candidates to speak. Either way,
whenever outside speakers are brought in, they are expected to spend at least one day
visiting with students, faculty and research staff. All faculty/researchers/students are
encouraged to suggest speakers in order to diversify the research presented and to
increase the percentage of speakers from outside the University (within budgetary
constraints) who bring in new ideas. While telecasting the seminars to Galveston would
be highly desirable, to date this has not proven feasible due to lack of a sufficiently large
room in the building with telecasting capabilities. Adding this capability to O&M room
112 would fulfill that need. The Galveston campus also has a weekly seminar series that
serves several departments there (Marine Biology, Marine Sciences, Marine Resources
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Management, and Marine Engineering). It would be valuable to students in College
Station if the technical difficulties can be overcome.
The second seminar series is CORALS – Current Oceanographic Research At Lunch
Seminar. The original intent was for a weekly forum to give students an informal
opportunity to present their research to an interested and supportive audience. The idea
was for them to obtain constructive feedback at all stages of their research (background to
data collection to analysis and interpretation), to practice oral presentations of their ideas,
and to educate others in the Department about research being conducted. Students often
used it as a practice run for talks at meetings or for their defense. Students can receive
travel funds to present their work at national meetings, but to qualify they have to present
their work in CORALS first. The seminar series has morphed into a “once-a-semester”
meeting of students to quickly present their work so they can qualify for funds for travel.
A survey of students indicates that many would like to see the original intent of an
informal seminar restored to better prepare our students for jobs in any sector, because
everyone has to be able to present their ideas coherently and persuasively to succeed.
The Department needs to revisit this issue collectively in order to provide appropriate
opportunities for this vital aspect of student development in the best possible format.
TABLE 8 – Spring and Fall 2007 seminar listing.
OCEANOGRAPHY SEMINAR SERIES
112 O&M Building, Mondays 4:00 pm
SPRING 2007
22 January
Orientation: Worth Nowlin, Distinguished Professor, Department of
Oceanography, Texas A&M University
29 January
Indonesian Seaway Closure and the Early History of the Western
Pacific Warm Pool during the Middle to Late Miocene: Broader
Implications about Tectonic Gateways and Changes in Ocean
Circulation: Mark Lecke, Professor, Department of Geosciences,
University of Massachusetts
5 February
Do Hotspots Blow in the Wind? Perspectives from Paleomagnetism
and Pacific Seamounts: William Sager, Professor, Department of
12 February
Karenia Brevis – Bloom detection and forecasting in the Gulf of
Mexico: Richard Stumpf, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
19 February
The Evolution of Atlantic Deep-Water Circulation over the Past 55
Million Years: Deborah Thomas, Assistant Professor, Department of
26 February
Production and Consumption in Sublittoral Marine Sands Affected
by Flow: Markus Huettel, Professor, Department of Oceanography,
Florida State University
5 March
Deep Gulf of Mexico Benthos – Community Structure and Function:
Gilbert Rowe, Department Head and Professor, Department of Marine
Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston
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19 March
26 March
2 April
9 April
16 April
23 April
30 April
FALL 2007
27 August
3 September
10 September
17 September
24 September
1 October
8 October
15 October
Surface Current Mapping Using Wellen Radars: Lynn Shay,
Professor, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science,
University of Miami
Detection of Decadal-Scale Oxygen Variability in the World's Deep
Ocean in Response to Recent Climate Change: Few Examples from
Marginal Seas to Open Oceans: Dong-Ha Min, Assistant Professor,
Department of Marine Sciences, University of Texas Marine Sciences
Institute
Ocean Observing along the Texas Coast: Past, Present and Future:
Norman Guinasso, Director, Geochemical and Environmental Research
Group and Research Scientist, Department of Oceanography, Texas
A&M University
Regional Variability in the Ages and Reactivities of River and
Estuarine DOM and POM Exported to the Coastal Ocean: James
Bauer, Professor, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, College of
William and Mary
JCOMM (WMO-IOC Joint Technical Commission for
Oceanography and Marine Meteorology) Status and OceanObserving Satellite Elements: Worth Nowlin, Distinguished Professor,
Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
Halocarbons in the Ocean: From Ozone Depletors to Tracers: Shari
Yvon-Lewis, Assistant Professor, Department of Oceanography, Texas
A&M University
Contemporary Cyberstructure in Marine Sciences: Matthew Howard,
Worth Nowlin, Associate Research Scientist, Department of
Orientation: William Bryant, Professor, Department of Oceanography,
Oceanic Control of Abrupt Changes in the African Monsoon:
Evidence from the Past and Implications for Future Climate: Ping
Chang, Professor, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
A Tectonic-Climate Connection? The Eocene-Oligocene Boundary
and the Glaciation of Antarctica: Mitch Lyle, Professor, Department of
Diversity of Bacterial Communities in Arctic versus Antarctic Sea
Ice: A Tale of Two Poles: Robin Brinkmeyer, Assistant Professor,
Department of Marine Sciences, Texas A&M University at Galveston
The Effects of Mobile Scatterers on Horizontal ADCP Current
Speeds: Leslie Bender, Assistant Research Scientist, Geochemical and
Environmental Research Group and Department of Oceanography, Texas
A&M University
Mardi Gras Shipwreck Project: Peter Hitchcock, Graduate Assistant
Research, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
Burial of Organic Matter in Marine Sediments: How, Where and
When: Lawrence Mayer, Agatha B. Darling Professor of Oceanography,
University of Maine
Biological Impacts of Hypoxia on Estuarine Fish: Ann Oliver Cheek,
Assistant Professor, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health
Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center
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22 October
29 October
5 November
12 November
19 November
5.6
North American Continental Margin Records of the PaleoceneEocene Thermal Maximum: Implications for Global Carbon and
Hydrological Cycling: Cedric John, Staff Scientist, Integrated Ocean
Drilling Program, Texas A&M University
ExxonMobil's Energy Outlook: Mary Feeley, Chief Scientist,
ExxonMobil
Glacial-Interglacial Variations in Ostracod Assemblage Composition
at IODP Site U1314 in the North Atlantic: Carlos Alzerez-Zarikian,
Staff Scientist, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M
University
Oceanic Methane Clathrate Hydrates and their Response to Climate
Change: John Kessler, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of
Geosciences, Princeton
Fluid Flow and Pore Pressure Generation in Accretionary
Complexes: Kusali Gamage, Staff Scientist, Integrated Ocean Drilling
Program, Texas A&M University
Post-Graduation Placement
Recent Oceanography students have been successful in gaining employment in a number
of fields once they graduate. Many Masters’ students continue their studies for Ph.Ds
either at TAMU or elsewhere. While the majority of students stay in College Station, not
all of them remain in Oceanography; graduates have moved into medical and veterinary
science as well as to the Bush School of Government and Public Service. In the past few
years, our graduates also have moved on to Ph.Ds in institutions such as Dalhousie
(Canada), the Universities of Alaska, Southern Mississippi and South Carolina, Georgia
Tech, Oregon State University, and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the
University of California, San Diego. Others have gone to post-doctoral study at places as
diverse as the University of California at Berkeley, Michigan State University, the
Universities of North Dakota and Washington, the University of Nagasaki (Japan), and
elsewhere.
The ultimate aim for many students is to continue in marine research. Again, our students
are scattered widely, occupying faculty positions at institutions such as Mississippi State
University, the University of South Florida, and the Institute of Physics in Montivideo,
Uruguay, or research positions (e.g., the Bigelow Marine Laboratory, the Universities of
Maryland or North and South Carolina, Rensselaer Polytechnic, and the Universidade
Federale in Rio Grande – Brazil). Government organizations (state and national) account
for others. These range from the Texas Parks and Wildlife and Water Development
Boards as well as state departments in Florida and New York to national laboratories and
federal agencies (e.g., the Department of Energy, EPA, NOAA, National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA), National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Naval
Research (ONR), U.S. Coast Guard). Since we have many international students, it is not
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surprising that many of them return to government positions in their own countries, such
as the Chinese Academy of Science in Qingdao, the Navy and KORDI (Korea), the Navy
in Ecuador, or the Instituto Mexicano de Petroleo (Mexico).
Others go into industry, either as consultants (mainly to the oil and gas industry) or to
companies such as C & C Technologies, NSC Subsea, Fugro, Anadarko, British
Petroleum, Shell and Exxon-Mobil. At present there is a dearth of qualified people for the
oil patch, and graduates are being picked up by industry almost before the ink is dry on
their diplomas.
Finally, there are graduates who choose very different career paths after graduation. In
the past five years or so we have had several who went into high school teaching, one
who joined the Heinz Center for Science and the Environment in D.C., one who became a
Knauss Fellow (also in D.C.), and one who is currently in the financial industry. Taken
overall, our students generally seem able to find suitable positions without too much
trouble in a variety of fields.
5.7
Assessment of the Program
Graduate Education Assessment
Although our motto is “Teaching through Research,” several changes have made that
claim more challenging to maintain since our 1999 program review. A 2008 survey of
graduate students (input obtained anonymously by the president of the Oceanography
Graduate Council) highlighted the superior level of the faculty as a big strength of the
Department. It also highlighted the way faculty care about their students, the quality of a
degree from TAMU, the flexibility of the courses allowed in the degree plan, and the
degree of control students have on expenditure of graduate enhancement fees. Some of
the concerns of students included communication, student funding options (stipend,
insurance, tuition), timely scheduling of courses, weak interactions between the College
and research entities (GERG, IODP, OTRC), weakened bonding and interaction within
the Department, lack of a research vessel or ship time for training and research, and the
inability to follow through on commitments to various opportunities (e.g.,
Ecuador/Galapagos, ship).
It is gratifying that students recognize the superior quality of the faculty in this
Department, which in many cases is what attracted them to TAMU in the first place. In
the National Research Council (NRC)/National Academy of Sciences rankings of
doctoral program, last issued in 1995 (Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States
- Continuity and Change), the Department of Oceanography ranks as 12th overall and 9th
among public oceanography doctoral programs. The 1996 Gourman report ranks the
Department of Oceanography graduate program as 8th among public universities,
although the informal survey of academic and industrial sources discussed in Section 4.3
suggests we have slipped since then. This speaks well of the quality of the degree from
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TAMU. The new NRC ranking of doctoral programs is soon to be released. There is a
sense by the students that their faculty advisors care about them, which is important in
any program. The enthusiasm of the faculty about their field of oceanography and its
impact on society has to be passed on to the next generation of scientists, consultants,
teachers, etc.
Ongoing Challenges
Communication
Some of the challenge of communication within the Department comes from the layout
of the O&M Building. The Department has offices, labs and classrooms from the
basement to the 7th floor, 9th floor and 12th floor. This reduces the likelihood of chance
encounters with colleagues/students. The Department sponsors occasional group birthday
celebrations or other social activities to bring people together. We have long sought an
area where people could meet more frequently and informally, but space has become a
problem within the building. The observatory would be ideal, but the three flights of
stairs are a barrier to some and present a logistical problem for social events with food.
The lack of a second exit also presents a potential safety hazard.
Another challenge to communication is the separation of entities around College Station
(i.e., O&M, GERG, IODP, OTRC, Sea Grant). The lack of parking for “visitors” at some
of these entities inhibits exchange. The separate campuses (College Station and
Galveston) present an even larger distance/time obstacle. The issue of distance is not as
great as the necessity to drive through or around the fourth largest city in the U.S. –
Houston. It is difficult not to hit rush hour traffic either coming or going. Galveston has
purchased a van for commuting to College Station for classes, meetings, etc. Obtaining
access to a van in College Station for transportation to Galveston also has been discussed,
but the insurance implications remain rather murky.
Our main method of communication with Galveston (other than the internet) is via TTVN
for classes and departmental meetings. There were upgrades in the audio and video
quality in 2001 and 2002, but a continuing major issue is that it too frequently
disconnects or has other problems that disrupt the meetings or classes. Installing a
dependable, quality system must be a high priority. An alternative may be to reschedule
classes so that several can be taught the same day, if this is feasible. This would reduce
the amount of traveling required.
The Department established an internal newsletter (Waterways) in summer 1998 that
serves as a report to the Dean of the College of Geosciences and a newsletter for
oceanography faculty, staff and students. The newsletter focuses on faculty and student
research. Articles do more than just report that a conference has occurred; the
contributors are asked to delve into some of the science discussed at the event. A few
personal notes (arrivals and departures, awards, etc.) are included. The goal for the future
of Waterways is to publish on a more timely basis. It is our hope that the publication
informs its audience of important events and research being conducted in the Department.
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Student Funding Support
This is always a challenge and concern to students and faculty. One major improvement
since 1999 is that, at the direction of former TAMU President Bob Gates, the University
(Office of Graduate Studies) now pays tuition for all teaching assistants and fellowship
holders (where the fellowship will not pay tuition). PIs, however, must include tuition in
all proposals where allowed by the funding agency. The biggest financial challenge is
with insurance for the first 90 days for all students. The state will not pay for this period,
as is typical of many employers. Some professors are able to pay it from their grants.
Insurance for students on fellowships is problematic because fellowship recipients are not
state employees, and the University will therefore not cover them. As a result, fellowship
students must pay for insurance from their fellowship, which is somewhat ironic in that
while it is an honor to receive a fellowship, the benefits may not be as good as a teaching
or research assistantship. Also, students who change from a fellowship to state funding
still go through a 90-day transition period for insurance premiums. The rules are
confusing, constantly changing, and therefore frustrating for all involved. We need to
find better options to make student funding equitable and also to communicate what
finances students need upon arrival in College Station (since students do not receive a
pay check until a month after they arrive). Letters are sent to students before they
matriculate, and we will review those letters to ensure they contain all pertinent
information
plus
a
link
to
the
Student
Information
web
page
(http://ocean.tamu.edu/studentinfo.html) and the Department’s Graduate Student
Handbook
(http://ocean.tamu.edu/Handbook/OCNG%20Student%20Handbook.pdf),
which contain an abundance of information.
Course Schedule
A general issue with the upper level graduate courses is that they frequently do not have
the minimum number of students (five) required by the University without special
approval. So while there are many courses in the curriculum, students can not always
count on them being available when they need them. Sometimes professors will teach a
special class to a smaller number of students as a 685 designation, but it does not appear
on the student’s transcript with the true course title. Also, students are limited in the
number of 685 courses that can be listed on their degree, and it does not count as much in
the required faculty workload. The best remedy, of course, is to have more students,
which is happening slowly. In any case, we need to schedule classes better – a perennial
suggestion and effort that requires two-way communication.
A practical issue with class enhancement is that we have lost classrooms with the
renovation of the Dean’s office space and creation of research labs on upper floors of the
O&M Building. Many of our classrooms are cramped and have inadequate black/white
board space or projection facilities. More and more rooms are being “jury-rigged” into
classrooms, forcing smaller courses to use nontraditional communication techniques,
such as computer/video chat networks.
There is a desire on the part of some students for a career development course, such as a
grant proposal course. While the University regularly offers seminars on grant proposal
writing, and graduate students are often invited (the Department has paid the fees for
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students for these courses), students have not been satisfied with University seminars.
They are offered at inconvenient times and do not focus specifically on science
(especially the unique needs in oceanography for ships and remote travel for research).
There has been a one-hour course offering in the past, but students wish to have a full
three-hour credit course to focus on multiple aspects of academic writing, presentations
and grantsmanship in oceanography. This requires further discussion.
Interactions Between College And Research Entities
This was a concern of the 1999 assessment committee, which noted that we have
exceptional off-campus facilities, but we could and should make much better use of them
for teaching and research. It is impossible for any single individual to be aware of all of
the interactions with these different groups, as many of the interactions are forged oneon-one with little fanfare. Some of these interactions are discussed in Section 9.
Weakened Bonding and Interaction Within the Department
In addition to the structural challenges of a tall building, factors such as having two
different interim Department Heads over the last two years, a new Dean, a near complete
turnover in Departmental and College staff, and a large turnover in faculty has
undoubtedly lengthened the time required to develop the bonds that everyone desires.
With a permanent Department Head, we anticipate that interactions will improve as new
courses are charted.
Lack of a Research Vessel or Ship Time for Training and Research
A repeated theme in the 2008 student survey was the need for the Department to have a
ship or somehow provide shipboard experience. This same theme is echoed regularly in
faculty meetings. Going to sea provides “hands-on” experience of the difficulties inherent
in obtaining marine data, and for many the cruises provide the data they need for their
thesis or dissertation work. In a 2005 survey of students in our Department, 70 percent
said they would not have come to TAMU without an opportunity for ship experience, and
nearly 50 percent of ship days experienced by students at that time had been on the R/V
Gyre on either faculty research or training cruises. At that time the state of Texas
provided $219,000 each year for the training of students and operation of the ship. These
funds were often leveraged to obtain research grants that provided even more shipboard
opportunities for students. Now, the Dean’s Office has control of the funds but provides
only a small amount for sending students on research cruises of opportunity.
The other 50 percent of student ship days were on research cruises on other University –
National Oceanography Laboratory System (UNOLS) vessels funded through
faculty/research scientists’ grants. Until the sale of the Gyre, the Department taught a
course in Ocean Research and Operational Techniques, which included a cruise on the
Gyre to conduct research and training. Without the ship, it has not been practical to teach
this class, and student ship opportunities have greatly decreased.
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Learning-Based Outcomes
As part of the procedure for re-accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools, the University is now requiring departments to provide metrics for determining
whether students are meeting the expected outcomes of their programs. The process was
announced in late 2003, but it generally has not been completed by the departments.
Initial discussions on the topic were held in late 2003/early 2004, resulting in the
following statement:
“We expect our graduates to conduct independent research on important,
tractable, scientific problems in oceanography and related fields. We expect
students to describe the results of their work in scientific papers published in
respected scientific journals, and that they can describe their work in talks in
English to general audiences. We also expect our graduates to have mastered
the scientific ideas and concepts in a subfield of oceanography, and to know
how their work fits within the broader fields of oceanography, the
geosciences, and sometimes public policy.”
It was agreed also that incoming students would be required to take and pass an English
writing test before they begin their studies, and all students would receive training in
scientific writing and in how to give an oral presentation. However, the actual
implementation of these requirements has not been decided since then.
At the beginning of 2008, all departments were informed by the University’s Office of
Graduate Studies that identification of such metrics will be required before the end of the
summer, and departments will be required to begin using them during the 2008-2009
academic year. We have reinitiated the process within Oceanography, but it may not be
complete by the time of the review. We hope to be able to update the review team on
progress during their visit.
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6.
Undergraduate Education
6.1
General Courses
The Department does not offer an undergraduate degree, but itdoes offer a pair of service
courses (OCNG 251 and OCNG 252), which offers an introduction to oceanography class
and laboratory. These courses were first introduced in 1993 with the objective of:
• Increasing awareness of ocean science among undergraduates at TAMU.
• Inserting an oceanography class and lab into the core.
• Providing teaching experience for graduate students in the Department.
• Providing an opportunity for graduate students to obtain teaching experience as
well as funding from teaching assistantships.
The number of units of OCNG 251 and OCNG 252 offered has been increasing during
the years (Figure 10), and now 13 OCNG 251 classes and 35 OCNG 252 lab classes are
given each semester. Two Honors classes in each course also are offered. Over 800
students presently take OCNG 251, and about as many are taking OCNG 252. The total
number of students who have taken these courses over the years is approaching 14,000
for OCNG 251 and 11,000 for OCNG 252. These two classes provide the majority of
SCHs for the Department, OCNG 251 being a three-hour class and OCNG 252 a onehour class.
OCNG251/OCBG252 Enrollments
OCNG252
OCNG251
900
800
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In OCNG 251, the lecture course, we have large sections (98 students), intermediatesized sections (60 students) and one small section (20-25 students). The smaller sections
are either Honors groups or sections that are “Aggie Access” (made up mostly of
freshman who are the first members of their families to go to college). The aim is to give
them a low student to teacher ratio for a positive learning experience.
In OCNG 252, the lab course, concurrent registration in the lecture course is not required
and, at present, we have no effective way to monitor what percent of the students take
OCNG 252 during their tenure at TAMU. As can be seen in Figure 11, the requirement
for teaching assistants (TAs) has increased over the period. The budget for our TAs is just
over $200K this year, supporting 21 percent of our graduate students this semester
(Spring 2008). Lab fees paid by the students ($60 each) bring in about $45K per
semester, which we use to buy new equipment and maintain old equipment. With these
funds we will have 30 dissecting and 30 compound microscopes by the end of Spring
2008 for use in our Sedimentation lab and our Plankton lab exercises. We recently have
purchased a wave generator for each lab, and we have large flat screen LCD HD TVs for
viewing edited videos in several of our labs.
OCNG252 TA'S
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F00
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Figure 11 – TAs used to teach OCNG 252.
As these classes grew and more faculty were needed to teach, faculty pooled their notes,
and they have been made available electronically by the webmaster, who has added links
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to many figures and graphs so professors teaching the class for the first time have an
outline from which to expand rather than each one starting from scratch. At about the
same time, publishers began making their text figures available on CDs and created
Power Point lectures available to teachers. These developments have made it much easier
for faculty to teach these classes. Faculty members have been generous in sharing their
electronic resources so that more and more students are attracted to these courses. All
sections of these two classes fill very quickly during registration, so there is still room to
grow, as student evaluations of these classes are very good.
To date there has been little sign of saturating the demand for these two courses, which
satisfy the University requirement for science electives for those taking non-science
majors. However, there are limitations on classroom space, especially at times popular
with the students. This will likely require a cap on how many units we can offer.
(Classes at 8:00 a.m. and after 3:00 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday or Friday are not
generally popular, but even the 8:00 a.m. sections do fill to capacity.) The upgrade of the
lab used for OCNG 252 is planned for this summer; this undoubtedly will help the
situation as well as increasing SCHs and allowing us to support more graduate students
through GATs.
Our other 200 level course (OCNG 205, a one-hour course in general oceanography) has
shown a continuous decline in enrollment, and we seriously are considering its
elimination (Figure 12). While the Honors classes OCNG 401 and OCNG 410 have been
fairly popular and have shown steadily increasing enrollment, the other Honors classes
have been less well frequented. The frequency with which these courses have been
offered is shown in Table 9.
OCNG205, 401 AND 410 ENROLLMENTS
OCNG205
OCNG401
OCNG410
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
00C
01C
02C
03C
04C
05C
SEMESTER
Figure 12 – Enrollment history for OCNG 205, 401 and 410.
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07C
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OCNG Undergraduate Courses
Semester
Spring 2008
Fall 2007
Summer 2007
Spring 2007
Fall 2006
Summer 2006
Spring 2006
Fall 2005
Summer 2005
Spring 2005
Fall 2004
Summer 2004
Spring 2004
Fall 2003
Summer 2003
Spring 2003
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Undergraduate Minor Degree/Super Minor
The oceanography minor requires a total of 15 hours of study with at least six hours in
upper division courses and has two tracks – all courses (15 credit hours) or a combination
of course work (nine credit hours) and a Minor thesis (six credit hours).
The all-course track offers undergraduates the opportunity to devote 15 hours of study to
broaden their oceanographic perspective or to focus and increase their knowledge of a
specific ocean topic. There are eight undergraduate courses available in the classroom as
well as course credits for individual pursuits of special topics, directed studies, and
research with a member of the Department's faculty.
The thesis track provides nine hours of courses coupled with six hours of individual work
for the completion of a documented oceanographic study with a faculty member. A minor
thesis is a stand-alone, unique individual achievement for an undergraduate and can
further serve to prepare a student for graduate study.
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The following courses may count toward a Minor in Oceanography:
OCNG 251 (3 cr.) – Oceanography
OCNG 252 (1 cr.) – Oceanography Laboratory
OCNG 291 (1-4 cr.) – Research
OCNG 401 (3 cr.) – Introduction to Oceanography
OCNG 410 (3 cr.) – Introduction to Physical Oceanography
OCNG 420 (3 cr.) – Introduction to Biological Oceanography
OCNG 430 (3 cr.) – Introduction to Geological Oceanography
OCNG 440 (3 cr.) – Introduction to Chemical Oceanography
OCNG 451 (3 cr.) – Mathematical Modeling of Ocean Climate
OCNG 485 (1-4 cr.) – Directed Studies
OCNG 489 (1-4 cr.) – Special Topics in Oceanography
OCNG 491 (1-4 cr.) – Research
In the fall of 2007, the University began implementing its new University Studies Degree
program. During the first year, it is only available to juniors, seniors and transfer
students. This program allows a student to design a more interdisciplinary course of study
than is offered by some of the traditional majors. Students in the program are required to
concentrate in one field for 21-24 credits and minor in two subjects, with one of these
minors being in a different college from their area of concentration. A minor can be
anywhere from 15-18 credits depending on the requirements of the Department offering
it.
This new degree affords the Department of Oceanography the opportunity to increase its
undergraduate contact hours through increasing enrollment in the oceanography minor.
There have been 14 students who graduated with a minor in oceanography since 2001.
The Department anticipates increased enrollment in the minor beginning in the Fall 2008
as the new degree program becomes available to all students.
It is anticipated that as enrollment increases, the number of undergraduate courses will
increase. Many of these courses also serve as electives for the College of Geosciences
undergraduate degree programs, Environmental Geosciences and Environmental Studies.
6.3
Environmental Geosciences Courses
The Department of Oceanography is an integral part of the Environmental Programs in
the College of Geosciences. This Program currently comprises two B.S. courses in
Environmental Geoscience and Environmental Studies with two tracks (i.e., climate
change, coastal studies) that are closely related to oceanography. Faculty currently
committed to teaching these degrees are R. Stewart (who has been lead instructor on
GEOS 105, Introduction to Environmental Geosciences, since the Program’s inception in
2002), B. Giese (who has taught GEOS 405 Global Change since the program’s
inception) and M. Lyle (who has started to teach a second offering of GEOS 405 each
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year). In addition, M. Kennicutt is lead instructor on GEOS 489/689 (a stacked course on
the International Polar Year). This was taught last year and will be taught next year for
the second time. Additionally, all the OCNG 400 level Honors courses can count toward
these two degrees. There are approximately 80 undergraduates pursuing a degree in the
Program, and about 25 new students are now entering the Program each year. Credit for
teaching any class goes to the department of which the instructor is a member; thus,
considerable scope exists to increase SCHs through this Program.
R. Stewart is departmental representative on the Executive Committee of Environmental
Programs, while M. J. Richardson was a key person in establishing this Program and
taught GEOS 101 (for students in all majors). The following faculty members are student
advisors: B. Geise, M. J. Richardson, R. Stewart and D. Thomas. The Environmental
Programs are in the midst of a review; a significant number of Oceanography faculty
attended an open meeting in December 2007 and are now engaged in reviewing and
proposing improvements to the Environmental Geoscience degree. It is anticipated that
Oceanography faculty will be offering a number of additional modules in the near future.
These may perhaps also be added to the course offering for the Oceanography minor.
Assessment of the Undergraduate Program in Environmental Geosciences
In 2006, the University administration indicated that the Department should double the
number of SCHs generated over a three-year period. While some of that goal can be met
through active participation of departmental faculty in the Environmental Geosciences
Program, it is not clear how we can hope to double the total number of credit hours in this
short period. Even agreeing to support this program generated considerable debate
among the faculty, who remain opposed to introducing a similar undergraduate program
in Oceanography at TAMU.
Our decision to support the Environmental Geosciences Programs rather than offer an
undergraduate oceanography degree was based on several factors:
1. Oceanography, meteorology, and geology are becoming ever more closely tied to
earth system science and environmental studies. We note that the Scripps offers
an undergraduate degree in Earth Sciences but not oceanography.
2. Prospective undergraduates are much more interested in an environmental science
degree than an oceanography degree.
3. Oceanography has historically been taught at the graduate level, since mastery of
oceanographic topics requires a strong understanding of the basic sciences as well
as mathematical skills.
In support of Environmental Geosciences we propose to:
1. Expand our teaching of environmental geosciences courses.
2. Develop new courses. The first new courses proposed are: a) analysis of
environmental data, b) coastal oceanography, c) coastal pollution, and d) coastal
ecology. We also are considering offering coastal courses with a regional focus
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(concentrating on the Gulf of Mexico) that explore scientific policy and
management issues.
3. Work with the faculty of Environmental Geosciences, when it is established, to
improve the degree in Environmental Geosciences. We recognize that the coastal
studies track especially needs to be strengthened.
4. “Stack” courses (graduate/400-level undergraduate) to offer more options in the
degree and expose undergraduates to opportunities for graduate education in
oceanography.
With regard to other undergraduate teaching within Oceanography, the continued interest
in OCNG 251 and OCNG 252 suggests we can continue to introduce additional sections
in both courses. This will be helped by the improvements to the infrastructure of the
O&M Building planned for this summer. The loss of classrooms (noted previously)
hampers the Department in earning more credit hours and improving undergraduate core
curriculum course availability.
Honors classes and the Oceanography minor can and should also be promoted more than
at present. However, the lack of available ship time has definitely damaged the Honors
program. Students previously could take part in a program-specific overnight cruise and
possibly assist PIs in their at-sea research. This is currently not possible, and we have
lost the opportunity to give students what, for many, is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. It
may be possible to reinstate such cruises when the new NOAA vessel, the R/V Manta,
arrives in Galveston this summer (Section 8.4).
One other aspect is worthy of mention here. At the time of the last review, the College
supported a full-time program coordinator for recruitment and retention of undergraduate
students within the Geosciences. We no longer have such an individual, and his
replacement could perhaps make a considerable difference to undergraduate recruitment
and retention rates.
6.4
Undergraduate Research/Competition with Galveston
The Department currently has undergraduates from other departments conducting
research under the supervision of some of our faculty. Most of these students are
involved in either the Honors program or the undergraduate oceanography minor.
TAMUG currently hosts two departments with close contacts to Oceanography, Marine
Sciences (MARS) and Marine Biology (MARB). Both these departments offer
undergraduate degrees, with about 100 students in MARS and about 500 in MARB.
Some of their students come to TAMU for graduate studies, while others remain at
Galveston. In either case, the graduate degree is awarded by TAMU.
There has been some discussion regarding TAMU faculty assisting in teaching
undergraduate courses for Galveston students. This could theoretically occur either
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through TAMU faculty going to Galveston to conduct courses (possibly short, intense
specialty courses during the summer or inter-sessional periods) or through Galveston
students coming to College Station for one or two semesters. Either would make a
considerable difference to the total SCH count. There are, however, logistical problems
that need to be overcome first. The presence of Houston has already been noted;
additional issues include housing (at both institutions) and tuition and fee payments.
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7.
Financial Information
7.1
Department Operations Budget
The College of Geosciences operates on a centralized employee and budget plan for State
Academic Funding. The College of Geosciences receives all state funds and uses
formulae to assess the amount of funding Oceanography and the other departments will
receive for operations each year. The amount of funding for faculty and staff support is
set in the overall University budget. Funds saved from vacant positions return to the
Dean’s Office centralized employee pool. All requests for replacing or creating new
positions must be approved by the Dean’s Office prior to advertising.
State funding for faculty salaries in Fiscal Year 08 amounted in $2,377,343, as shown in
Table 10. Funding for faculty salaries has increased by almost one third since FY01
partly through inflation but also because of new hires during this period. Staff salaries, in
contrast, have declined steadily as numbers have reduced and various operations have
been centralized within the College. Salaries of faculty and research scientists are listed
in rank order in Table 11.
The amount provided for teaching assistantships has increased continually since FY01,
reflecting the additional units of course OCNG 251 and OCNG 252 that are being taught.
The increase in student numbers over the years also is reflected in the change in amounts
provided through the Instructional Enhancement Equipment Fee. These funds are used to
provide new equipment for laboratories (Section 6). General operating funds increased
slowly until FY05, after which there was a 40 percent increase in FY06. The level has
remained virtually constant for the last three years. Most of the other sources of funding
are relatively small and approximately constant or tied to endowed chairs.
There are some sources of funding that have varied more widely. With the sale of the
R/V Gyre, the Department has lost a considerable sum (previously provided by the State
of Texas) that was used to support cruises and take students to sea. While the Dean’s
Office has provided a small amount of funding in FY08 under this heading, it is not clear
whether that support will be continued if we acquire another ship.
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Table 10 – State Funding for FY2000-FY2008.
FY00 thru FY08
Budget and Funding
FY00
FY01
FY02
FY03
FY04
FY05
FY06
FY07
FY08
1741773
1632934
1690295
1823862
2130306
2017837
2054497
2377343
Staff Salaries
368779
365454
400198
343838
358492
232615
208540
185142
Teaching
Assistantships
106087
124988
147607
145829
177476
197243
202634
239779
State Ship Funds
244298
244300
244300
219870
219870
0
0
15000
90106
98840
102568
99935
110113
155935
150278
151615
Instructional
Enhancement
Equipment Fee
40545
62218
53370
62295
85281
92152
111932
113475
Graduate Program
Enhancement Fee
36560
45296
42559
32225
34988
32988
32804
35455
2000
6000
2000
80000
10000
10000
10000
14000
11277
5108
8311
N/A
18000
N/A
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2600
2400
60000
60000
60000
60000
60000
50000
50000
50000
N/A
N/A
50000
50000
50000
50000
50000
50000
46907
43879
38660
58974
78062
72149
39818
7500
7500
7500
7500
7500
7500
7500
7500
5000
5000
3000
65050
636300
670800
256026
33700
Faculty Salaries
General Operating
Funds
94028
Facutly Workstation
Program
Faculty Development
Leave Program
16240
Honors Funding
Scherk Chair
60000
Williams Chair
Indirect Cost returned
to Department
46340
Seminar Funding
Gift Funding
5000
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no allocation no allocation
yet
yet
Table 11 – Rank order of salaries for professors within the Department of
Oceanography. Annual salaries have been calculated assuming 12 equal monthly
payments. Almost all professors receive nine months salary support from the
University; they are expected to fund the remainder through research grants.
TITLE
Monthly
Annual
Professor
Professor
Professor
Professor
Professor
Professor
Professor
Professor
Professor
Professor
Professor
Professor
Professor
Professor
Professor
Professor
Professor
13,114.09
13,047.73
12,602.62
11,599.04
11,543.01
11,437.58
11,390.50
11,338.03
11,187.35
10,867.57
10,800.00
10,429.02
10,250.00
9,681.90
9,680.10
9,029.13
7,248.52
157,369.03
156,572.77
151,231.39
139,188.51
138,516.14
137,250.90
136,686.00
136,056.38
134,248.22
130,410.85
129,600.00
125,148.23
123,000.00
116,182.75
116,161.23
108,349.53
86,982.29
Assoc Professor
Assoc Professor
Assoc Professor
Assoc Professor
Assoc Professor
Assoc Professor
8,923.13
8,244.33
7,701.90
7,556.80
7,324.45
6,120.02
107,077.56
98,931.90
92,422.83
90,681.63
87,893.43
73,440.24
Asst Professor
Asst Professor
Asst Professor
Asst Professor
Asst Professor
7,107.80
6,655.49
6,400.00
6,300.00
6,156.26
85,293.55
79,865.93
76,800.00
75,600.00
73,875.15
The Faculty Workstation Program provides funds for faculty to acquire (for new faculty)
or upgrade computers on a four- to five-year cycle. The funds come from the University,
and the recent increases reflect the new faculty hires.
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IDCs are funds returned to the Department and are dependent on the value of grant
proposals obtained by faculty. These funds are used by faculty to augment student
support or acquire equipment (e.g., computers, software updates) that are not supported
by normal grant awards. The University is currently changing the way it calculates IDC,
and it is unclear if this will be positive, negative or revenue neutral in the long run. In the
short term, it appears to be extremely negative as it is being applied on an individual
project basis.
The final item, gift funding, mainly reflects donations to the new Bryant Chair (see
Section 7.2).
7.2
Development
The ODC was established in Spring 2000 to “advise the Oceanography Department to
achieve its strategic goals of leadership, research and education in the ocean sciences.”
Initially, most of the members were former students of the Department, with heavy
representation from the geological realm as well as individuals holding significant
positions in industry or government agencies. Only one member had ever been an
academic. The group met each spring and fall for one to two days, hearing presentations
about the Department and interacting with faculty, staff and students. Galveston faculty
always were invited to faculty events, and one meeting was held in Galveston to better
understand the Department’s interaction with that campus. Two of the Council members
held a Career Development Workshop for our graduate students.
In 2005 some of the Council members volunteered to help with the Department’s
Strategic Plan, holding three day-long sessions that included Galveston faculty. After the
submission of the plan, the ODC did not meet again until early 2008, when it was
reinstituted in a trimmed down version. It was realized that revitalization of the Council
is essential for the Department, and it is intended to enlarge the membership in the future.
One of the aims of the ODC is to assist the Department with finding additional sources of
funding. Since 2000, Oceanography has received almost $2 million from outside sources.
This includes pledges that are still outstanding, but which will be paid over the next few
years, and accounts for the discrepancy with the numbers given in Table 10. About half
of the money was provided by former graduate students for an Endowed Chair for Dr.
William Bryant. Most of the rest was given, mainly by British Petroleum, to support a
research project on deepwater nautical archeology. About $90,000 was donated to the
Department’s endowment fund for student scholarships and fellowships.
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8.
Instructional Support
8.1
Faculty Reinvestment Program
The faculty reinvestment and ODASES programs have been described earlier in Section
2.5. They resulted in over 20 new positions within the College of Geosciences, eight of
which were in the Department of Oceanography. When coupled with the new ODASES
hires, this has resulted in a influx of new faculty (see Table 2), who will help develop the
Department in the future.
8.2
Faculty Professional Development
Newly hired faculty require continuing attention and assistance to help them achieve their
full potential as researchers and educators as well as to ensure that they are familiar with
the regulations and opportunities offered by the University. New faculty meet with
Human Resources regarding potential benefits packages and are referred to
University/Department web sites and handbooks regarding policies and regulations,
including expectations for achieving promotions and tenure. New non-tenured faculty
meet with the Department Head to discuss expectations and procedures within the
Department, and are assigned a senior faculty member as a mentor who meets regularly
with the junior faculty to provide advice. All faculty are evaluated annually by the
Department Head and the tenure and promotion committee; non-tenured faculty receive
special evaluation as to their progress toward promotion and tenure. At the end of the
third year in residence, a non-tenured faculty member is subject to a University-mandated
review that mimics the tenure review (with letters requested from internal colleagues).
The third-year review materials are evaluated by the departmental Tenure and Promotion
committee, the Department Head, the College Tenure and Promotion Committee, and the
Dean. This review evaluates progress made toward tenure and results in written advice to
the faculty member. All associate professors are evaluated regarding progress toward
promotion to full professor; evaluations are transmitted to the faculty members and faceto-face feedback takes place.
TAMU does not offer sabbaticals. Instead, faculty may apply for Faculty Development
Leave and are expected to use the time for study, research (including field observations),
writing, or purposes such as the development of new courses. Typically, one or two
faculty take advantage of this arrangement each year. Faculty members taking
development leave since 2000 are shown in Table 12.
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Table 12 – Faculty Development Leave.
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
8.3
Ping Chang, George Jackson, William Sager
Doug Biggs, Drew Vastano
Lisa Campbell
Worth Nowlin
None
Benjamin Giese, John Morse, Niall Slowey
None
David Brooks, Ping Chang
George Jackson, William Sager
Facilities Improvement
Our principal undergraduate teaching lab was renovated by the University in 2004. New
lab benches, new whiteboards and a sound system were installed to enhance its utility.
This allowed us to increase the enrollment in OCNG 252, our undergraduate lab course.
Additional changes to the labs, planned for summer 2008, will improve things further.
In 2002-2003 a major lab at the west end of the O&M Building’s 4th floor was renovated
for a new faculty member. Additional renovations to this lab were made in 2006 to
accommodate Tom Bianchi.
Lab space at the eastern end of the 4th floor was renovated to be compatible with the
research needs of Shari Yvon-Lewis. This work was completed in 2006. The lab space
next door was modified for the research projects of Mitch and Annette Lyle. These
renovations were essentially completed in 2007. Since then an additional lab has been
renovated for Matthew Schmidt, although this is incomplete because of a mold problem
in an adjacent cold room freezer (presently being corrected). Further renovations are
expected on this floor as part of the reorganization of the stable isotope facility. Two
additional labs on the 7th and 9th floors will shortly be renovated for Heath Mills and our
latest hire, John Kessler. Other renovations include improvements to labs on the 3rd floor
and the graduate student lunch area.
Another major new development, the College of Geosciences Radiogenic Isotope
Geochemistry Laboratory, is currently under construction with an expected completion
date of April 2008. The facility will contain Class 100 and 1000 ultra-clean chemistry
laboratories, a mass spectrometry lab, and a sample preparation lab (2600 square feet).
The clean laboratories are designed for low-blank (contamination free) chemical
preparation of samples for U, Th, Pb, Sm-Nd, Re-Os, and Sr isotopic analyses. The mass
spectrometry lab will house a new Thermo Scientific Triton thermal ionization mass
spectrometer with space to accommodate two additional instruments: a high-resolution,
inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometer with a laser ablation system (Major
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Research Instrumentation proposal to NSF pending) and a multi-collector inductivelycoupled plasma mass spectrometer. The lab instrumentation will serve the research needs
of a broad range of disciplines, including tectonics, geochronology, paleoceanography,
climate change, and environmental geochemistry. Franco Marcantonio (Associate
Professor in Geology & Geophysics), Brent Miller (Assistant Professor in Geology &
Geophysics) and Debbie Thomas (Assistant Professor in Oceanography) are the PIs
associated with the lab and will oversee lab operations, maintenance, training and safety.
After much debate, the Department agreed to vacate the “Working Collection” on the 11th
floor, a library/study area that housed a significant collection of government
documents/reports, books, journals, cruise logs and reports, maps and data that were not
available elsewhere within the University. Most of the material was sent to the main
University library (Evans) where it has been catalogued and made available. The space
was turned into two large labs for faculty in Atmospheric Sciences with a promised
exchange of other space to Oceanography.
8.4
New Ship
As has been frequently stated in this document, a major problem facing the Department is
that of providing ship access to researchers and students. Since the sale of the RV Gyre in
2005, researchers have had to make use of ships of opportunity for their work in the Gulf
of Mexico. In 2007 the University of Texas sold the Longhorn, making the need for ship
space more acute. Thus, scientists have worked on the Pelican (from LUMCON) and
ships chartered from TDI-Brooks. While these are acceptable platforms, they suffer from
defects. The Pelican (which apparently also is being considered for retirement) is not
large enough to carry the scientific staff and equipment housed routinely on the Gyre, for
example. Chartering from a commercial organization such as TDI-Brooks (at about
$12,000 - $15,000 per day) means one is at the mercy of the operator when a more
lucrative contract comes along.
Recently, there have been developments that may alleviate the problem considerably,
albeit in the medium term. The Galveston campus was asked by NOAA to take over the
running of the R/V Manta, an 83-foot twin-hulled vessel that is dedicated to working on
the Flower Gardens Bank. The ship has a capacity of 14-15, including a small crew, a
nominal range of 2,000 miles, and a nominal cruising speed of over 20 knots. TAMUG
will operate the vessel for NOAA and has purchased one month of sea time at a cost of
$75,000 ($2,500 per day). It is understood that the Department will be able either to use
some of this time or purchase additional time as needed at the same day rate (in
comparison, the day rate for the Pelican is about $7,000).
While the Manta seems an ideal vessel for inshore work (her shallow draft will make it
possible to sample closer inshore than either the Pelican or the Gyre, for example), it
seems likely that cruises will need to be shorter than desired. It is not yet certain whether
we will be able to work 24 hours per day or over weekends, for example. Additionally,
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the ship does not have the deck handling capacity to allow her use for heavy loads, such
as refurbishing the TABS buoys (maintenance funding for which comes directly from the
Texas General Land Office).
Galveston also owns small vessels that can be used with small groups of students for
sampling in Galveston Bay or local marsh environments, but the logistics of their use
need to be improved.
An additional possibility has been offered by the Ecuadorian Navy (Section 9.12). They
possess a coastal vessel (the Rigel) and a 230-foot research ship, the R/V Orion, and have
offered us time on both ships in exchange for educational training by our faculty. Three
students participated in a cruise on the Orion in 2006, and an additional three students
and a faculty member used the Rigel in 2007. The Orion can take 30 scientists and work
around the Galapagos Islands, off the west coast of South America, or near Antarctica.
Plans to take advantage of this opportunity are at an early stage of development, but the
required research funding remains problematic.
Long-term efforts are still being made to obtain a regional/deep-water vessel for use in
the Gulf of Mexico and elsewhere. NSF is still considering whether to issue a request for
proposals (RFP) to operate a Regional Class Vessel for the Gulf of Mexico. Whether the
RFP appears depends to a large extent on the federal budget process; UNOLS is currently
running a large deficit because of the increased cost of fuel and security for the ships
already in the fleet, and the chances of another vessel being built appear slim in the near
term.
NOAA is currently having the fifth of a series of fisheries vessels of about 160-180 feet
constructed in Mississippi. The size would be suitable for a regional Gulf of Mexico
research vessel, and since several have been constructed, most of the design problems
should be known and surmountable. It has been suggested that if Congress provided the
funding for construction of yet another vessel, NOAA would designate operation of that
ship to a university consortium in the Gulf of Mexico.
While there is no guarantee that a vessel will be made available in this way, if it is to
come to fruition, it will require buy-in from Texas and other universities involved in
oceanographic research as well as support from federal delegations. Efforts are presently
under way to put such a coalition together.
The obvious question is how would we operate this vessel if she materializes. TAMU
operated the R/V Gyre as part of the Department of Oceanography. While this meant that
departmental researchers had plenty of opportunity to use the ship, in practice she was
considerably underutilized. This was partly because of her age and also because many
Oceanography researchers were working elsewhere in the global ocean on other vessels.
Since the ship was part of the UNOLS fleet, additional use was made of her by others,
including the U.S. Navy, but the number of days she was used annually declined until she
was no longer economically viable. If we are to obtain a new ship, she will certainly need
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to be used more frequently, but she does not need to be run by TAMU–all our researchers
need is some guarantee that ship time will be available when required.
One obvious possibility would be to operate the vessel in a similar way to the Manta, and
run the ship through the Maritime Academy at TAMUG. The Academy is already set up
to operate large ships (e.g., the Texas Clipper), and although it would doubtless require
one or more additional personnel to run a research vessel, this would be considerably
cheaper than trying to re-establish a separate ship operations group as we had with the
Gyre. Operating the ship in this way could also be a way of ensuring more buy-in from
the State of Texas, since the vessel could be used to help train new merchant marine
officers, either as part of regular scientific cruises, or on separate training cruises. The
latest Texas Clipper is presently unfit for sea and requires a $35 million refit to make her
seaworthy.
TAMU has to compete against institutions such as the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Woods Hole, Scripps, and the universities of Miami and Washington, which
combine a presence on the coast with opportunities to go to sea. One of our drawing
cards for graduate students was that we could, in the past, guarantee them sea time. We
no longer have this option and are therefore losing our ability to attract the best students.
We need to maximize our efforts to ensure that the opportunities discussed above are
fully utilized, so as to ensure access to research vessels for both students and researchers.
8.5
Staff and Services
Departmental Staff Support
The period since 1999 has seen a major turnover in support staff as long-term employees
retired and staff support was reduced with the retirement of the Gyre. Of the 14 support
staff in 1999, only one employee remains, and within the Department we have only five
remaining staff, all located in the departmental office on the 12th floor. The good news is
we now have an excellent Academic Business Administrator, and she has been able to
attract experienced staff to support the Department. Our two IT staff have been
transferred to the College but are still available to work in the Department; however, the
loss of “secretarial” support has caused some annoyance.
Technical Support
Historically the Department of Oceanography maintained a world-class technical support
organization of machinists and sea-going oceanographic technicians. These personnel
were housed in well-equipped shops and laboratories in the O&M Building. They
included chemists who could measure salinity, nutrients and oxygen at sea; marine
technicians who were expert in over-the-side operations; and electronics technicians who
supported physical, biological, chemical and geological instrumentation at sea. The
technicians originally were supported by ONR and NSF, although ONR support dwindled
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in the late 1960s and early 1970s. NSF support for this group shrank in the early 1980s,
and the decline continued through the 1990s. By the year 2000 this group consisted of
one electronics technician, two nutrient chemists and one machinist. Support for this
group in the later years came partly from Department of Oceanography operating funds
with the remainder from research projects of TAMU and outside PIs.
In September 2005 the Department of Oceanography technical support group was
disbanded by the Dean, over the objections of the faculty; the rationale was that the group
was no longer needed after the R/V Gyre was sold. GERG offered employment to the
three who were laid off. The machinist chose to retire and the electronics technician and
the remaining nutrient chemist chose to continue employment at GERG (Section 9.2).
Much of the oceanography shop equipment has been disbursed, but a large lathe and
milling machines have been stored while awaiting preparation of suitable space to house
them at GERG. Some oceanographic equipment from Oceanography was moved to
GERG but still remains on Oceanography inventory. GERG has stored, calibrated and
maintained this equipment using its project funds for the past two years. The loss of the
technical group and its associated facilities with the Department of Oceanography
(machine shop, electronic and chemical laboratories) has impacted our ability to design,
build and repair equipment; have seawater samples analyzed; and have access to basic
machine shop tools to do things ourselves. Even though relations with GERG are
generally good, we no longer have the direct control of technical staff we once enjoyed.
This often means we have to visit other shops on campus and try to get "in line" as
outsiders with a lower priority and higher prices. We often get turned away and have to
go off campus.
Information Technology
Formerly, each department in the College of Geosciences maintained its own computer
systems. They have now, for many purposes, been centralized within the College,
although heavy users still retain their own servers. The College is currently migrating
common IT services from this distributed computing environment to a brand new, stateof-the-art, consolidated GeoNet enterprise architecture that is aligned with University and
College objectives and capable of supporting all of the Department’s education and
research missions well into the out years.
When completed in late FY08, the GeoNet architecture and newly formed IT team will
offer six primary IT services in support of departmental core missions, including:
collaboration services (e.g., email, web, and video conferencing), application services,
security services, customer assistance services (i.e., help desk), storage services, and
connectivity services. Each of these services is supported by a carefully chosen portfolio
of applications that are designed to provide assured access to people, places, things, and
data via secure, high-speed networks from anywhere at any time.
GeoNet’s technical architecture comprises Sun Microsystems hardware and Solaris and
Microsoft Windows software, together with scalable network attached storage and
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storage area network technology, an automated tape library backup system, and a gigabit
network backbone. All components are housed in two full equipment racks located in the
College’s new 1000 square foot data center with dedicated cooling, power distribution
and enterprise level APC uninterruptible power supply. This facility will easily support
consolidation of College servers and potential growth for at least five to 10 years.
The GeoNet architecture, together with several independently operated high-performance
computing clusters used by Department faculty and research staff within the O&M
Building, provides high-speed access to TAMU’s supercomputing facility and newest
IBM p5-575 Cluster 1600. Over the next several years, as additional funding becomes
available, the College intends to expand the GeoNet architecture to include automated
off-site replication and storage of critical data to support disaster recovery and business
continuity needs. This new capability will incorporate additional server and gigabit
network infrastructure components.
The Department makes use of several classroom facilities located in and outside of the
O&M Building. Many of these classrooms offer relatively new instructional technology
tools for enhancing student learning, including: an eInstruction CPS personal/audience
response system for gauging student comprehension, a document camera, a DVD and
VHS player, a SMART Sympodium interactive drawing tool, a Mac and/or PC computer,
a video projection system, and extensive software support. Additionally, the College
maintains one TTVN classroom for conducting distance learning with classes in
Galveston, although there are frequent complaints about this system and its replacement
is sought as a matter of urgency. Other tools available for instructor and student use
include streaming media services via TTVN, iTunes U podcasting, and WebCT Vista
course management services.
The Department maintains four computer laboratories for graduate and undergraduate
students, containing approximately 40 computers, four printers and one plotter.
Additionally, each University Open Access Lab hosts numerous Apple and Windowsbased computers for students wishing to complete assignments and conduct research
from alternate locations.
Communications and Outreach
Internal Communications
The Department of Oceanography established an internal departmental newsletter,
Waterways, in 1998. It is published three times per year for Oceanography faculty, staff
and students. Its purpose is to communicate the Department’s important events and serve
as a permanent record of staff awards, honors and publications as well as provide
information about travel and grants received. It highlights newly arrived faculty members
and acknowledges students and faculty who have graduated, accepted other positions or
are retiring. The publication is well received by members of the Department.
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More immediate communication needs are met using the Department’s email listserv.
This listserv is maintained and kept current by the College information technology staff.
All faculty, staff and students in the Department are subscribers. This listserv is used
extensively to distribute information on upcoming meetings and seminars, faculty/staff
awards and honors, and information about events or activities within the Department. It is
also used to share information about important programs and special announcements
from the University. The Dean’s Office uses it to distribute a bi-monthly information
letter from the Dean and to share information about College-wide activities and
developments.
The College of Geosciences website (http://geosciences.tamu.edu/) and the newly
remodeled Department of Oceanography website (http://ocean.tamu.edu/) also meet
internal communication needs. They provide access to current profile pages for faculty,
research scientists and faculty emeriti. These profiles include a summary of each faculty
member’s education, experience, courses taught, research interests, selected publications,
and contact information. Some include links to a full CV, course websites, and personal
and research websites. The directory also contains contact information for all Department
staff and graduate students. The Department website has a current seminar schedule and
relevant information and links for current students. The College website provides access
to College policies, current news about the activities and achievements of all
faculty/staff/students, news about Department and College programs and developments,
and a calendar of events covering all departments. There are many links between the
College and Department sites.
External Communications
The Department of Oceanography communicates with external audiences in several
different ways. The Department website is a primary source of information for many
external audiences but, as in many universities, has suffered from a lack of continuity in
support staff.
A Google search for the keyword “Oceanography” brings up the Department’s site on the
first page of hits. This website has information for current students, prospective students,
former students, other researchers, and the general public as well as information on
faculty and other staff. It includes extensive information on research within the
Department, plus links to related research sites and to Ocean World, the Department’s
major outreach effort. Recently the College has taken over management of all four
departments’ websites and reorganized them with standard templates. This gives a more
coherent look to our links to the outside world. Use of content management software will
ensure that the new site always offers up-to-date and relevant information to meet the
needs of all users, but it is incumbent on faculty to keep their own web pages current.
News releases about activities and developments within the Department and of its faculty
are generated regularly by the College communications staff and submitted to the
University’s daily email newsletter Aggie Hotline. This news is also posted on the
College and on the Department news pages. Feature stories or stories about developments
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with a broader impact are released to local, regional and national media through the
University Communications’ media listserv. Often items in Aggie Hotline are picked up
by local and national media as well.
In the last six months, the work of several oceanography faculty members has been
featured in popular media such as Discovery Magazine and National Geographic News,
major metropolitan newspapers including the Houston Chronicle, Dallas Morning News
and Fort Worth Telegram, and even on abcnews.com.
The College and its departments are developing a site on TAMU’s iTunes U site
(http://itunes.tamu.edu/) that features downloadable audio and video podcasts from
colleges and administrative offices within the University. The Department of
Oceanography currently has a video podcast posted that was made from footage shot
during a dive in October 2000. William Bryant and others were researching MegaFurrows on the Continental Rise in the Gulf of Mexico in water depths of 2700 meters
(8,800 feet) using a Deep Submersible Research Vessel. Plans are underway to develop
this site as an academic resource and a recruiting tool. Our goal is to post more highquality audio and video podcasts to this site in the next six months.
The College of Geosciences publishes an annual news magazine, Geoconnections, that
highlights the teaching and research going on in all departments. This magazine is mailed
to former students of the College (nearly 5,000), distributed to all faculty/staff/graduate
students and research center employees (900), sent to stakeholders within the University
and the Geosciences educational/professional community (approximately 300), and
distributed at professional conferences, recruiting events, and through the TAMU
System’s eight prospective student centers around the state. In the 2007 edition of
Geoconnections, the cover story featured an archaeological excavation led by
Oceanography professor William Bryant. It included stories on the work of other
Oceanography faculty including Tom Bianchi’s research studying the cycling of organic
matter in the fjords of New Zealand and his work on organic carbon transportation and
storage along the continental margin of Louisiana; Lisa Campbell’s study of toxic algal
blooms on the Texas Coast; and Mahlon (Chuck) Kennicutt’s involvement with the
International Polar Year initiative.
The Department of Oceanography also communicates with external audiences through
public outreach. The primary outreach effort of the Department is Ocean World
(oceanworld.tamu.edu), a TAMU website funded by NASA through the Jason Education
Project. Ocean World was awarded the 2007 Outstanding Website Award of the
Geoscience Information Society. Robert Stewart created and maintains the site, which is
designed to meet the needs of students, educators and the general public. It offers an
extensive resource section and links to real-time oceanographic data. Visitors to the site
can access an online textbook authored by Stewart, Our Ocean Planet: Oceanography in
the 21st Century, and there are links to his textbook Introduction to Physical
Oceanography. Ocean World is widely known throughout the educational community.
About 1000 websites have links to Ocean World. Middle and high school teachers and
students frequently utilize the website to learn more about oceanography. A popular
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feature on the website is “Ask Dr. Bob” where students or the general public can submit
questions that Stewart answers. The website features topics such as fisheries, satellites
and waves.
Another outreach effort of the Department is participation in the National Ocean Sciences
Bowl (NOSB). The NOSB contest is organized and administered by the Consortium for
Oceanographic Research and Education (CORE), National Marine Educators Association
and National Science Teachers Association. The local competition, the “Dolphin
Challenge,” is one of 25 regional competitions held across the United States at COREmember institutions.The Department hosted the first two annual regional competitions of
the NOSB in 1998 and 1999 and additional competitions thereafter. The regional
competition is now coordinated by the Texas Sea Grant College program; however, many
faculty and staff from the Department of Oceanography continue to volunteer to help
with the event and stay very involved. The College of Geosciences is still a major
sponsor of the event. Over 100 high school students and coaches participated in the 2008
competition on February 23rd.
Communication Goals
Overall, the Department of Oceanography’s internal and external communication efforts
are accomplishing their intended purpose. Areas that need to be expanded and improved
in the near future are website development, development and promotion of the
Department’s iTunes U site, targeted marketing for prospective students, and
incorporating new media and technology (podcasts, RSS feeds, blogs, real-time movies,
etc.) into our communication efforts.
Library/Information Resources
The Department of Oceanography has access to excellent library and informational
resources. The general academic library of TAMU is the Sterling C. Evans Library,
which is approximately a two-minute walk from the O&M Building. The Evans Library
provides access services, interlibrary loan services, consolidated reference services,
current periodicals and course reserves, reading and study rooms, a map room, general
collections, and library administration. The Oceanography librarian, Rusty Kimball,
provides assistance to faculty, students and staff regarding the library holdings, including
providing orientations on library resources and services to incoming students. Current
library holdings include 3.9 million volumes, 225,000 maps and over 23,000 linear feet
of archival and manuscript collections. The library holds 46,000 serial titles, including
most journals needed by faculty and students in all the sub-disciplines of Oceanography.
Faculty, staff and students can request additional purchases. Total library expenditures
for 2006 were $29.5 million.
The library has invested in electronic resources, including access to online versions of
most journals to which the library subscribes. Other key online services include access to
databases such as ISI Web of Knowledge (Thomson Inc.) or the Online Computer
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Library Center Inc. national database. The latter provides users with over 58 million
bibliographic records from libraries in 96 countries.
The greatest change in library resources since our last external review in 1999 has been
the loss of the Working Collection in 2004. This small library was administered jointly
by the Departments of Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and was located on the
11th floor of the O&M Building. The library maintained subscriptions to core journals in
the two disciplines plus a collection of specialized books, maps and technical reports. On
its closure, holdings that were not duplicates of those already held in the Evans Library
were transferred there. The closure of the Working Collection has not significantly
impacted faculty, students and staff (as the way in which library resources are accessed
has changed dramatically in the past decade). The convenience of having a small library
within the building is largely redundant as most journals and many other information
resources can be accessed via the Evans Library website.
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9.
Affiliations
9.1
Texas A&M University at Galveston (TAMUG)
TAMU and TAMUG have had a rather turbulent history. On January 1, 1992, TAMUG
merged with the College of Geosciences in College Station and became a branch campus
of the newly formed College of Geosciences and Maritime Studies. This merger brought
all the departments of the Galveston campus under control of the Dean of the College of
Geosciences in College Station. On April 5, 1994, MARS in Galveston was merged with
the Department of Oceanography in College Station. This merger afforded many faculty
in Galveston the opportunity to become members of the Oceanography graduate faculty
and especially to chair graduate student committees.
In about 1996, the Galveston campus was separated from the College of Geosciences
because the merger was not in the best interests of either party. Beginning in 1996,
discussions began about separating the Department of Oceanography from the former
Galveston Department of Marine Sciences. After many meetings and years of discussion,
the change was voted on in Fall 2000 and approved in Spring 2001 with the following
points (plus others) based on the “Mo-Ranch accord”:
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Oceanography (TAMU) will continue to have the lead role in research and
graduate programs.
Marine Sciences (TAMUG) will continue to have the lead role in undergraduate
ocean science education.
Oceanography (TAMU) will not initiate an undergraduate program in
oceanography in competition with Marine Sciences (TAMUG).
Marine Sciences (TAMUG) will not initiate a graduate program in oceanography
in competition with Oceanography (TAMU).
Marine Science faculty are eligible for graduate faculty appointments in the
Department of Oceanography with full standing and authority to chair student
committees.
New and early-career Oceanography faculty held a retreat in November 2006 in
Galveston. The primary objective was to provide an opportunity for those individuals
from the two campuses to get to know one another and to begin establishing
collaborations in research and teaching. A follow-up retreat was held in College Station
in the spring of 2007, to which all Oceanography faculty members from the two
campuses were invited to discuss a broad range of issues and opportunities. One major
topic of discussion was ship procurement and the needs of the Department to have access
to both an ocean-going and a coastal vessel. Subsequently, an effort was made to find a
suitable coastal vessel. Many of the coastal needs will be met with the arrival of the R/V
Manta (Section 8.4). Other discussion items were associated with the teaching programs
on the two campuses, space for College Station researchers in a new science building
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planned for Galveston, and the potential of establishing a van service between the two
campuses to accommodate travel by graduate students to attend classes.
Currently, relations between the two institutions are good. Researchers at both take part
in joint programs, sit on committees of each other’s students, and give seminars in both
cities. The opening of the new science building in Galveston will provide opportunities
for TAMU personnel to work at the coast, while TAMUG’s proposed graduate course in
Marine Biology will provide additional opportunities to faculty at TAMU for teaching
and mentoring students, especially if the distance learning facilities can be upgraded to
reduce downtime in the system, or if we can formulate ways to reduce the time needed to
travel between locations.
9.2
Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (GERG)
From inception, GERG has maintained close ties and collaboration with the
Oceanography faculty. GERG supports the Department in many ways, including:
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Development and management of joint proposals.
Promotion, support, and coordination of inter-institutional and inter-agency
interaction.
Financial support of graduate students.
Service on department committees and graduate student committees (including
chair).
Guest lecturing in formal courses and seminars.
Publication and presentation of joint research results.
Provision of complementary technical and field capabilities, analytical facilities,
and financial administration.
Provision of gerg facilities and technician pool to support research programs in
the department of oceanography.
GERG is a semi-autonomous applied research center, situated off campus about four
miles from the Department. The Director of GERG reports to the Dean of Geosciences.
The center has three main thrusts: ocean observations, environmental analysis and energy
resources. It conducts numerous research programs either with federal funds or contracts
with industry and local and state governments. The group runs various laboratories
dealing with trace metal and organic analyses as well as provides at-sea support to
researchers within the Department of Oceanography. Senior members of GERG act as
co-PIs on proposals with members of the Department.
Following the sale of the Gyre in 2005, two of the Department’s technicians transferred
to GERG. While we can still access their expertise, we no longer have direct control over
their activities, which is less than ideal. As GERG is a soft-money institution, all
research support is done on a sub-contract basis, with fixed prices for chemical analyses
required at sea and standard rates for technical assistance.
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Despite GERG’s close relationship with TAMU, senior members of the center hold only
adjunct positions within the Department and rank with research scientists. This is a less
than satisfactory situation, which needs resolving. However, the senior scientists are
active in supporting graduate students and serving as committee members and chairs.
9.3
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP)
ODP and IODP have been an important research component of the College of
Geosciences since 1985. ODP succeeded the DSDP, which was based at the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. In 2001-2002,
TAMU secured the IODP, the follow on to ODP, a jewel in the TAMU crown that is
funded by NSF. The IODP building at TAMU houses IODP staff offices and the Gulf
Coast Core Repository (GCR), which contains over 230 km of cores from 1900
boreholes. The drill ship, JOIDES Resolution, is presently undergoing an extensive
refurbishment (in Singapore) of its scientific laboratories and living.
The Department of Oceanography has kept close ties with IODP through faculty
participation in expeditions (see Table 13 for participation since 2000), scientific
collaboration with IODP staff, teaching of geology and oceanography courses by IODP
staff, sharing of laboratories, and student involvement. A recent new element, the
ODASES research initiative, is a partnership among scientists, engineers and educators in
the Colleges of Geosciences, Engineering, and Education and IODP. Its aims are to create
and strengthen linkages between research, education and technology in ocean drilling
science within the University. As part of ODASES, several new faculty positions were
created, four of which are in the Department.
ODASES faculty members have attracted new students who are working on IODP
projects for their dissertations. Two of these students, Masako Tominaga and Daniel
Murphy, were recently awarded Schlanger Fellowships through the IODP-affiliated U.S.
Science Support Program. These fellowships recognize the substantial contribution
Department of Oceanography students have made in several ODP and IODP expeditions
(see Table 13). The director of IODP would like to continue the involvement of either
graduate or undergraduate students in some aspect of their mission, but funding for
students from the IODP budget is restricted to “student worker” opportunities. Graduate
students supported by faculty grants or fellowships will be encouraged to continue their
involvement in IODP.
College of Geosciences faculty have benefited from the laboratory facilities on board the
JOIDES Resolution and use the cores housed at the GCR in their courses. Future IODP
plans include adding shore-based laboratories at the IODP building, for which TAMU
has pledged $1.3 million. That goal is closer to being achieved following the construction
of dedicated laboratory space in the IODP building in 2007.
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Table 13 – Department of Oceanography participants in ODP and IODP expeditions.
Participant
William Sager
William Sager
ODP Expedition
191 (2000)
198 (2001)
Department
Oceanography
Oceanography
Participant
William Sager
Masako Tominaga*
Masako Tominaga*
Masako Tominaga*
IODP Expedition
301 (2004)
305 (2005)
309 (2005)
312 (2005)
Department
Oceanography
Oceanography
Oceanography
Oceanography
Note: * signifies students at the time of participation.
9.4
Offshore Technology Research Center (OTRC)
The Offshore Technology Research Center (OTRC) is a graduated National Science
Foundation Engineering Research Center supporting the offshore oil and gas industry. It
is jointly operated by TAMU and the University of Texas at Austin.
Established in 1988 with funding from the NSF and industry, the Center was created to
conduct basic engineering research and develop systems for the economical and reliable
recovery of hydrocarbons and other energy sources at ocean depths of 3,000 feet or more.
During its first decade, the OTRC achieved a leadership role in cutting-edge research on
critical elements of the deepwater production problem. The OTRC has approximately 26
investigators in several departments at the two campuses, performing interdisciplinary
research in five principal areas: Floating Structures, Risers and Moorings, Materials,
Seafloor Engineering, and Subsea Systems.
In the past few years, gas and petroleum reserves under ultra-deep water (6,000 to 10,000
feet) on the continental slopes of the Gulf of Mexico have been demonstrated to be of
enormous economic and strategic significance to the U.S. The OTRC is playing a pivotal
role in the development of these reserves and is continually seeking to expand its wave
tank capabilities to accommodate testing for greater depths.
The wave tank, or model basin, is the most prominent symbol of the OTRC. Researchers
use the tank to develop high-quality data sets against which sponsors can validate their
models. A three-dimensional wave maker along with wind and current generators
simulate the conditions facing deepwater structures. The facility has tested models of
structures ranging from Tension Leg Platforms and Spars to Remotely Operated Vehicles
for the petroleum industry and an Assured Crew Return Vehicle designed by NASA for
the International Space Station.
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Over the years, various faculty from Oceanography have been involved in research
projects supported by OTRC. The most recent (Deep-Sea Furrows: Physical
Characteristics, Mechanisms of Formation and Associated Environmental Processes) was
a $1,000,000 project supported by OTRC, RPSEA, and three oil companies. The PIs of
the project were William Bryant and Niall Slowey.
9.5
Sea Grant
Athelstan Spilhaus, speaking at the 93rd annual meeting of the American Fisheries
Society in 1963, suggested that the U.S. should develop a program parallel to the Land
Grant system. Two years later, Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island introduced
legislation to create Sea Grant Colleges through an amendment to the National Science
Foundation Act of 1950. Companion legislation was introduced in the House by
Congressman Paul Rogers of Florida. Subsequently, President Lyndon Johnson signed
the The National Sea Grant College and Program Act of 1966. The program was assigned
to NSF.
In 1968 the first grants were awarded and the National Review Panel was established. In
1970, Sea Grant was moved to the newly created NOAA in the Department of
Commerce. The following year, the first four universities to achieve Sea Grant College
status were named. They were Oregon State University, the University of Rhode Island,
the University of Washington and TAMU.
The Sea Grant Director reports to the Dean of Geosciences and is also a tenured faculty
member in the Department of Oceanography. Sea Grant’s administrative offices are
located off campus, but offices will move from leased space to one of the GERG
buildings in 2008. Base funding from NOAA is about $1.9 million. An additional
approximately $600,000 comes from a special item in the state budget in combination
with direct support from TAMU.
Sea Grant supports a competitive applied science program that addresses marine-related
problems of interest and importance to the state. Current priority research is in the areas
of Coastal Ecosystem Health and Coastal Communities and Economies. In recent years
Sea Grant has become more actively involved in supporting research conducted by social
scientists and economists than in the past. While coastal biology and chemistry are still
areas that receive considerable funding, there also has been a recent increase in proposals
that deal with coastal engineering. A research coordinator, currently John Wormuth from
Oceanography, is a part-time employee whose primary activities are in conjunction with
the grant solicitation and review processes.
The educational program of Sea Grant consists of supporting extension agents, a marine
information service (MIS), graduate student research through the grants program,
development of curricular materials by grantees and MIS, and personal contact in the K-
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12 classroom by extension agents. Texas Sea Grant also operates a 57-foot converted
shrimp trawler (Karma) out of Matagorda that can take up to 30 students, teachers and
crew on day trips. Over the five-year period of operation, Sea Grant’s Floating Classroom
Program has made contact with about 17,000 students and teachers.
In 2006, Sea Grant assumed responsibility for coordination of the north Texas region’s
NOSB competition, which was previously coordinated through the Department of
Oceanography. The coordinator for the first three years of Sea Grant’s involvement has
been a graduate student, but the long-range plan is to hire a full-time educator who will
be located within the MIS group and who would spend half time on NOSB and half on
educational material development and delivery. As stated previously, faculty and
students from Oceanography provide manpower support for NOSB.
9.6
Geology and Geophysics Department (GEPL)
Three faculty members interested in Geological Oceanography (Richardson, Sager, and
Thomas) have joint appointments in the Department of Geology and Geophysics. In
addition, Rabinowitz has his primary affiliation with Geology and Geophysics but holds a
joint appointment in Oceanography.
A few classes are offered and taught jointly between the departments, and some courses
are collaborative efforts by faculty from both departments. Students from both
departments may enroll in classes taught in either department. It is common practice for
faculty from Oceanography or Geology and Geophysics Departments to serve on
graduate student committees of either. Because Geological Oceanography students often
have undergraduate degrees in geology, they are able to serve as teaching assistants to the
laboratory sections of Introductory Geology and Geophysics courses. The research areas
of greatest interaction between the Department of Oceanography and Geology and
Geophysics are paleo-climate change, geochemistry, paleoceanography, seismic
exploration, geodynamics, and micropaleontology. PIs in these areas collaborate on
proposals and papers.
9.7
Atmospheric Sciences Department (ATMO)
As might be expected from two departments with closely tied research interests, the
Departments of Atmospheric Sciences and Oceanography have a long history of
collaboration and cooperation. The Atmospheric Sciences Department (then called
Meteorology) was originally a section of the Department of Oceanography. Historically
the strongest research connections have been in the areas of climate and atmosphereocean dynamics. As Atmospheric Sciences expanded into atmospheric chemistry over a
decade ago, new collaborations have also developed in chemistry. Currently both
departments have faculty members in the Center for Atmospheric Chemistry and the
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Environment, which also has members from the Departments of Chemistry, Civil
Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Statistics, Physics, and the Bush School of
Government. There are multiple grants in both scientific research and education with coPIs from the two departments.
The departments collaborate on teaching in many ways. Atmospheric Sciences’
undergraduates take a course in physical oceanography taught by the Department of
Oceanography, and both departments participate in the College-wide environmental
programs (Environmental Geosciences and Environmental Studies) by providing advisors
and teaching courses. At the graduate level, students frequently take courses from the
other department, and it is very common to have M.S. and Ph.D. committees with
members from both. Graduate student committees, in particular, have proven to be an
important channel for communication between the departments. Five Oceanography
faculty presently serve on 11 different Atmospheric graduate student committees, while
six Atmospheric faculty serve on nine different Oceanography graduate student
committees.
Formal joint appointments also help to maintain the relationship between the two
departments. Gerald North has had a joint appointment since his arrival at TAMU in
1986. Recently, Ping Chang from Oceanography was appointed to the faculty in
Atmospheric Sciences. In these two, cases salary and teaching loads reside 100 percent
in the primary department. Although administrative barriers to collaboration between
faculty members in the two departments are already low, the joint appointments serve to
recognize close and ongoing collaboration and to simplify administrative processes for
research grants and graduate student supervision. There are currently no appointments
with faculty salary and teaching split between the two departments, but there have been
in the past. We generally prefer that untenured faculty not have split appointments, as
that has the potential to make the tenure process more complex and potentially more
difficult for the untenured faculty member.
In summary, the Department of Atmospheric Sciences has a close, cordial and productive
relationship with the Department of Oceanography.
9.8
Geography Department (GEOG)
Several members of Geography Department are working or have recently worked with
faculty from Oceanography on joint projects. Dr. Sarah Bednarz served as co-PI on a Sea
Grant-funded project with two members of the Department of Oceanography, Bill Bright
and Troy Holcombe. Bright and Holcombe produced bathymetry of the Gulf of Mexico
and Bednarz produced curriculum materials (broader impact) using the materials and
disseminated them with science and social science teachers in Texas and Louisiana
(http://geog.tamu.edu/~sbednarz/bathymetry/).
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Dave Cairns is a co-PI with Mary Jo Richardson on an NSF S-STEM grant entitled
Geoscience Scholars, that funds scholarships for undergraduate students. Other co-PIs are
Ken Bowman (ATMO) and Joseph Pettibon (Provost’s Office).
Hongxing Liu has a pending proposal to NSF with Daniel Thornton on the microbial
dynamics and carbon biogeochemistry of Sargassum mats, and the two of them are
working on a second proposal to NSF on applying satellite observations and in situ
measurements to modeling and predicting coastal marine ecosystem dynamics. Bill
Bryant and Daniel Thornton serve/ have served on the advisory committees Liu’s
graduate students, while Liu served on the committee of one of Alejandro Orsi's Ph.D.
students.
A recent hire in Geography, Brendan Roark, is working with members of Oceanography
and the Department of Geology to resuscitate the light stable isotope laboratory on the 4th
floor of the O&M Building. The aim is to combine elements from three laboratories into
one larger facility to better serve the needs of researchers and students in the College.
Planning has been proceeding well, but some items remain to be approved by the Dean.
Additional faculty in Geography with potential overlap with Oceanography are Tony
Filippi (Marine, water column remote sensing), Doug Sherman and Chris Houser (coastal
geomorphology) and the members of the Ecosystem Management team of the Antigua &
Barbuda Project (Will Heyman – team leader, Christian Brannstrom, Wendy Jepson, and
Andrew Millington).
9.9
Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Department (WFSC)
Collaboration with the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences has been through
cross-advertising of departmental seminars, shared graduate students, cross-listing of
graduate courses, and joint research projects.
Two of the recently departed
Oceanography faculty (Pinckney and Long) served on the committees of Roelke’s (joint
appointment in Oceanography and WFSC) graduate students. In addition, Pinckney
served as co-PI on ~$500,000 of funding support, where Roelke was the lead-PI.
Previously, but no longer, Roelke’s “Lower Foodweb Dynamics of Aquatic Systems”
was cross-listed (WFSC/OCNG 629). Roelke merged this class with another of his
classes and it is now called “Aquatic Ecology” (WFSC 621). This class, however, is not
cross-listed with Oceanography. Roelke also teaches “Estuarine Ecology” (WFSC 611),
which also is not cross-listed with Oceanography. Finally, collaborative efforts between
Bianchi and Roelke are in progress to obtain research funding.
9.10
Mexico
The Department has a long and productive history of working with colleagues and
organizations from its closest international neighbor – Mexico. The University has
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identified partnerships and collaborations with Mexico as a high priority. A Universitylevel TAMU/CONaCYT program has provided seed monies for developing partnerships.
The Department is involved in regional alliances, such as GCOOS, that include Mexico
as a partner. Departmental faculty and researchers have actively collaborated with
Mexican colleagues for many years. A number of Mexico nationals have received
advanced degrees from the Department, while TAMU alumni have assumed important
positions in various oceanography-related institutions in Mexico including the Mexican
Navy. These ties have provided unique opportunities for collaborations in research and
education.
Following several joint projects between TAMU and Mexican scientists during the 1980s
and 1990s, in 2001, a Minerals Management Service project on deep sea benthic ecology
(DGoMB) was expanded into Mexican waters on the abyssal plain in cooperation with
UNAM faculty and students (E. Escobar). The work in Mexican waters was conducted on
the Gyre in 2002. A dedicated issue of Deep-Sea Research II will publish several papers
that have resulted from this collaboration. In 2002 - 2003, A. Anis and M. Merino,
(Institute of Marine Sciences and Limnology, UNAM) conducted a TAMU-CONACyT
collaborative research initiative entitled “Investigation of the Physical and
Biogeochemical Processes in the Valle de Bravo Freshwater Reservoir (Mexico) – a First
step Toward the Improvement of Reservoir Health and Management.” Under the auspices
of the GCOOS numerous contacts and visits occurred from 2005-2007. The primary
departmental participant was W. Nowlin. The purpose of these activities was to inform
Mexican entities of the status of U.S. efforts related to the GOOS and GCOOS to
encourage Mexico’s participation in regional ocean observing alliances. Mexican entities
involved in these activities were PEMEX, UNAM, Juarez University of Tabasco, and the
Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo. In 2007, the EPA Gulf of Mexico Program arranged, on
behalf of the Gulf of Mexico Alliance, a joint U.S./Mexico meeting to discuss future
plans to remotely sense environmental conditions including harmful algal blooms. Also
in 2007, a workshop was held in New Orleans to advance a HAB Integrated Observing
System Plan for the Gulf of Mexico. This workshop was organized jointly by the Gulf of
Mexico Alliance and GCOOS.
In 2007-2008, under the auspices of the University TAMU/CONACyT program,
departmental faculty and researchers are developing partnerships with Mexican
colleagues. One grant is developing partnerships with the CONACyT national laboratory
in Ensenada, which is home to the largest and highest quality oceanographic program in
Mexico. M. Kennicutt and A. Anis are the primary leads for the Department and O. Sosa,
Director of Oceanology, is the lead for the Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de
Educacion Superior de Ensenada (CICESE). The objective is to explore a broad agenda
of oceanographic research topics of common interest to Mexico and the U.S. It is
anticipated that cooperative research projects wil be developed in fields such as low
oxygen events in coastal waters, coastal impacts of sea level rise and climate change,
initiation and propagation of HABs, interdisciplinary environmental monitoring of
coastal built environments, and best practices and environmental stewardship in
aquaculture. Several activities will foster collaboration and partnership, including two
research symposia, one in Ensenada and one in Galveston, together with exchanges of
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faculty and students that allow participation in seminars and workshops, research cruises
and field campaigns, and joint publication of comparative oceanographic studies.
Scientist-to-scientist partnerships include an NSF funded project of D. Thomas entitled:
“Carboniferous chemostratigraphy: Do epicontinental seas reflect global ocean
conditions?” The project is for two years through 2010 in collaborations with L. Solari, at
UNAM. The project benefited from faculty participation in the Faculty Abroad program
in Mexico. B. Kjerve is currently supervising and supporting at TAMU a Ph.D. student
from CINVESTAV, Yucatan (Israel Medina) who is studying the oceanography of Bahia
de Ascension in Quintana Roo. Kjerve also is collaborating with Prof. Dr. Paulo Salles, a
coastal engineer at UNAM, in writing a synthesis of the coastal environments of the Gulf
of Mexico. A. Anis (TAMUG), D. Salas-de-León (UNAM), M. Monreal-Gomez
(UNAM), D. Salas-Monreal (UV) and J. Aldeco-Ramírez (UAM) are conducting a
TAMU-CONACyT collaborative research initiative on “Pollutant Dispersion in Coastal
Waters and Reef Systems.” In addition, A. Anis, G. Rowe, L. Ladah (CICESE) and M.
Lavin (CICESE) are conducting a TAMU-CONACyT collaborative research initiative on
fluxes linking offshore and onshore transport of pollutants, nutrients, and larvae, and the
effect on ecologically and economically important benthic species.
Since 1985, B. Kjerve has served as a member of the Caribbean Coastal Marine
Productivity Program (CARICOMP) Board involving 27 universities, institutions, and
laboratories in the wider Caribbean, including Puerto Morales (Quintana Roo) of UNAM.
CARICOMP is a regional scientific effort to study land-sea interaction processes, to
monitor for change, and to provide appropriate scientific information for management.
The Program focuses on understanding the productivity, structure and functions of three
important coastal ecosystems–mangroves, sea grasses and reefs– throughout the region.
Although collaboration and partnerships with Mexico counterparts remain high priorities
for the University, major challenges still remain in identifying sources of funding for
these bi-national projects. Opportunities include exchanges of faculty and students and
recruitment of students to the Department’s graduate program. The two countries share a
common border and a semi-enclosed sea and face similar and linked challenges that
would benefit from close collaboration in oceanographic research and education.
9.11
China
The Department of Oceanography has accepted many students from China. Following a
series of meetings in 2006-2008 with the authorities at the Ocean University, Qingdao
(OUC), we are about to incorporate a joint Ph.D. degree between the two universities that
will bring at least five graduate students to TAMU each year for the next five years and
perhaps longer. A Memorandum of Agreement has been signed between TAMU and
OUC that, apart from the student exchange, will encourage researchers at the two
universities to work together on such problems as climate change and the ocean and
coastal ocean issues such as hypoxia.
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Roundtable workshops to determine how to proceed have been held in College Station
and Washington, DC, under the auspices of the GHW Bush U.S.-China meetings. In
January 2008, Department Head Piers Chapman and Ping Chang visited Qingdao to
interview the first batch of potential students, who are expected to receive scholarships
from the Chinese Scholarship Council and begin their studies at TAMU in Fall 2008.
Members of the OUC faculty will have positions on their committees and dissertation
topics are expected to be in subjects useful to both institutions.
In parallel with this activity, we are planning a proposal-writing workshop in Qingdao in
October 2008 and have applied to NSF for a travel grant. The aim is to return with a
series of potential proposals for joint work that will be submitted to federal agencies.
Lead PIs in this effort are Ping Chang, Steve DiMarco and Tom Bianchi. Apart from
OUC, other potential partners in China include Xiaming University and the Chinese
Academy of Sciences First Oceanographic Institute.
We believe this is an exciting program that can help improve our student contact hours,
generate important new research initiatives, and cement relations between the two
universities.
9.12
Ecuador
In 2001, the University and Department of Oceanography signed agreements with the
Navy of Ecuador (INOCAR) to jointly train graduate students and to carry out scientific
research in the Galapagos Islands region as well as the Southern Ocean and off the west
coast of South America. The Galapagos Islands in particular are internationally
recognized as one of the most fascinating and intriguing environmental sites in the world.
This program will include exchanges of graduate students, access to Ecuadorian
oceanographic ships, (see Section 8.4) contributions of scientific equipment and
expertise, and the creation of a field laboratory in the Galapagos Islands on San Cristobal
Island. The TAMU Department of Architecture is planning the design of the laboratory,
and INOCAR has begun purchase of equipment for it. An investment of University
resources will be required in some form for this partnership to succeed, but the long-term
return will be significant—heightened international stature/visibility for the Department
and TAMU, increased graduate student enrollment in our Department and college,
seagoing experience essential for training our graduate students, and the opportunity to
carry out research that is of great value and can be leveraged to obtain extramural
research funding. We anticipate this program will be a significant asset for recruiting
graduate students. These research opportunities will contribute directly to our research in
all four research foci of the Department. Several faculty and students have already visited
Ecuador and the Galapagos to collect data and interact with personnel there. Two short
courses have been taught at INOCAR by TAMU faculty. Additionally six officers from
INOCAR have obtained degrees within the college, and two of them are pursuing Ph.D.
degrees.
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Training and research programs will be carried out on cruises of Ecuadorian vessels to
train our students and Ecuadorian students in all aspects of oceanographic research. On
such cruises, we would use state training and research dollars to support faculty and
graduate student travel to Ecuador and/or the Galapagos Islands to ensure our graduate
students can participate in field work independently or with their faculty mentors in
collaboration with Ecuadorian Navy scientists. We are also hopeful that the work in the
Galapagos Islands will foster close cooperation between our Department and the National
Marine Sanctuaries Program of NOAA, thus contributing to our objective of forming
long-term partnerships with federal agencies. NOAA has a mandate from the Congress to
assist in environmental preservation of the Galapagos and is exploring how to carry out
this mandate.
9.13
France
The Department of Oceanography has had an agreement to offer a joint Ph. D program
for a French student, Lionel Guidi. Under the agreement, Lionel was able to earn Ph.Ds
at both TAMU and at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie. As part of his program,
Lionel spent two years working at the Villefranche laboratory under the guidance of
Gabriel Gorsky and Lars Stemmann and one year working and taking classes in College
Station. Lionel took and passed his final defense in December 2007. He is presently
revising his thesis for final submission.
Lionel's thesis was on the analysis of in situ observations of particle sizes and
abundances. This used data that have been collected around the world by the Villefranche
group. The joint program allowed him to work with the expertise in analyzing particle
distributions that George Jackson and Wilf Gardner have accrued.
9.14
Oman
In February 2007, members of the Department signed a research contract with
Lighthouse R&D Enterprises (of Houston, Texas) to work on the physical and biological
processes of the Gulf of Oman. The project entails the processing, analysis and synthesis
of moored sensor data collected using a state-of-the-art real-time cabled ocean
observatory deployed on the east coast of Oman and an array of four internally recording
moorings east of Cape Ras al Hadd. The instruments have been collecting data since
August 2005. The project involves two faculty (DiMarco and Hetland) three research
scientists (Howard, Jochens, and Smith), two postdoctoral researchers (Belabbassi and
Chan), and a graduate student. A numerical modeling component of the project that
consists of a realistic three-dimensional circulation model of the northwestern Indian
Ocean (Hetland) and a tsunami propagation and inundation modeling (Lynnet; Ocean
Engineering) was added in September 2007. Currently, an educational component of the
project is under development to enroll Omani graduate students into Oceanography. The
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Omani students would pursue advanced degrees in oceanography with special training in
ocean observing systems through the graduate Certificate in Ocean Observing Systems. It
is expected that three new students will enroll in 2008-2009.
The sponsors for this research have expressed interest in a long-term agreement with
TAMU as they pursue deployment of similar ocean observatories around the world.
Members of the Department would play a role by providing scientific advise, performing
basic research, and providing formal training and mentoring to graduate students.
Although negotiations for a continuance are underway, the current agreement with
Lighthouse is set to expire on 30 September 2008.
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10.
Summary of Department Strengths
and Issues Requiring Attention
10.1
Strengths and Opportunities
1.
Despite the ongoing economic downturn and the resulting tightening of research
funding, our faculty and research scientists are continuing to gain research support
from several federal and state agencies and other sources.
2.
The strengths of the Department’s research efforts are centered in the areas of
climate change (including paleoclimate studies), coastal studies, and
biogeochemical cycling. However, we also cover a much wider swath of
oceanographic research, such that almost any interest can be followed other than
marine zoology or macroalgal studies (which are covered within other
departments in the University).
3.
The new members of faculty hired through the reinvestment program and
ODASES are making a major difference to the structure of the Department, as
well as bringing in new ideas and students. We need to ensure that they are
mentored properly and achieve tenure so that they can continue to contribute to
research and teaching.
4.
Upgrades to laboratories and the acquisition of the new Radiogenic Isotope
Geochemistry Laboratory within the College will improve our ability to perform
world-class research and should lead to more research funding, as well as
attracting students.
5.
The general opinion of respondents to our survey on attitudes towards the
Department is that we are producing good quality graduates through a wellbalanced teaching curriculum. We continue to send large numbers of graduates
into industry, particularly the oil and gas industry as it moves into deeper,
offshore areas.
6.
The availability of groups such as GERG, IODP and the OTRC provides
opportunities for new research thrusts, such as new instrumentation for research
and/or ocean monitoring. However, we have not been particularly good at
capitalizing on them in the past. The new hires can help with this.
7.
There is an improving climate for cooperation between the Department in College
Station and the Marine Science and Marine Biology departments in Galveston, as
regards both teaching and research. This is particularly the case among the
younger faculty members and should be fostered. This will become easier once
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the new science building in Galveston is completed, and we are working on
obtaining permanent laboratory space there for TAMU-based researchers.
8.
We have new opportunities for international cooperation with countries such as
China, Ecuador, Mexico and Oman. These include both research opportunities
and the possibility of attracting more graduate students. The new joint Ph.D.
program with OUC will bring about five new students each year to TAMU for at
least the next five years, as well as opening the possibility of joint cooperative
research projects.
9.
Observational oceanography provides another opportunity to increase student
numbers, through the certificated course in Ocean Observing, and to increase
research funding through the planned expansion of GCOOS and other observing
systems around the country. Making this course suitable for distance learning may
add to its appeal. Such increases in student numbers will help alleviate the present
situation where courses frequently do not make because of the small number of
students registered.
10.2
Issues requiring attention
Despite all the hard work put in by faculty, research scientists, students and
administration, there remain several areas where we are not as successful as we should
be. Some of these, for various reasons, have not been properly addressed since the last
review in 1999. They fall into two main categories, the first associated with teaching and
student affairs, the second relating more to the faculty.
Items falling under the student affairs and teaching heading include:
1.
The lack of a ship for deep-water or coastal access (or at least access to one) is
severely handicapping our efforts both to attract top students, in competition with
universities that are better situated relative to the coast, and to increase our
research efforts. Historically, we have always provided every graduate student
(and the undergraduate Honors students) with seagoing experience; this is no
longer possible. Similarly, loss of state support for sending students to sea is
further straining our ability to compete nationally for students.
2.
Recent upgrades to laboratories and classrooms within the O&M Building have
improved our ability to provide more units of our core OCNG 251 and OCNG
252 courses. However, future expansion of these and other courses, such as
Honors courses and the Department’s contribution to the Environmental Sciences
program, is handicapped by the unavailability of suitable classrooms at times
when students (and to a lesser extent faculty) wish to attend. This is more of a
University problem than a college or department one, but it impacts on our ability
to reach the maximum number of students. It has been exacerbated by the loss of
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space in the O&M Building as the Dean’s Office has expanded and as former
classrooms have been converted to laboratories for faculty in other departments.
3.
Graduate students are becoming more particular on where they go to study, with
levels of financial support (e.g., fellowships, teaching associates) becoming
increasingly more important in their decision making. The need for continued
state and University financial support for graduate students was pointed out in the
previous review and remains acute. However, we as a department need also to
continue to seek additional sources of revenue to increase both stipends and the
number of students we can support, as well as work with the University
administration to improve the rather convoluted regulations regarding insurance
payments and other charges. It is especially important to find multi-year sources
of support beyond research grants, which are becoming increasingly less
dependable. Other institutions that offer guaranteed long-term support are out
competing us. The ODC may well be of help here.
4.
There is continual pressure from the University administration relating to student
numbers and teaching loads, particularly at undergraduate level. While the
Department is not considering the introduction of an undergraduate oceanography
major, we need to continue efforts to increase SCHs. These can most easily be
achieved by advertising our oceanography minor and by contributing to the
Environmental Geosciences programs run by the College, although the long-term
relationship between Oceanography and Environmental Geosciences is presently
undecided. In the case of the minor, University regulations that have reduced
maximum allowable credit hours for undergraduate degrees are presently an
obstacle to attracting some of the better students from e.g., chemistry or physics
departments.
5.
We must take the available opportunities to increase SCHs through improving
relations with Galveston and Corpus Christi and our ability to interact with their
students. However, our ability to teach students in classes split between the three
campuses is dependent on upgrading the closed-circuit TV links between them.
Items related more to faculty include:
1.
“Ownership” of faculty positions within the College resides in the Dean’s Office.
While we have gained faculty through the reinvestment and ODASES programs,
we are still at the same level that we were in 1999 (when additional hires were
recommended) because of faculty retirements that have not been replaced. This
has been partly ameliorated by new hires at Galveston and cultivating better
relations between the two campuses, but chemical and biological oceanography
are still weaker than they should be. Several members of faculty are nearing
retirement, and we need to ensure both that we can replace them and that new
hires complement existing expertise. The 2005 Strategic Plan (Appendix A) listed
(with no prioritization) ten potential faculty hires. Some of those positions have
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been filled. They need to be evaluated again to be sure they meet presently
perceived needs.
2.
Retention of faculty remains a concern; we have recently lost three junior faculty
members (for personal reasons) before they obtained tenure. Better mentoring
procedures are being introduced to improve matters, but there is a perception that
more is being asked of faculty by the administration without the necessary
supporting mechanisms (administrative, technical and financial) being in place.
3.
The lack of a ship severely impacts faculty research as well as that of the students.
The arrival of the Manta at Galveston will likely alleviate the situation somewhat,
but we still need access to a larger vessel capable of deepwater work and of
accommodating more researchers. This is becoming more important as research
tends toward interdisciplinary work. While efforts are being made to acquire a
new, state-of-the-art vessel for use in the Gulf of Mexico and elsewhere, the high
cost (likely near $80-90 million) makes this a long-term, high-risk activity. The
loss of ship support funding (see (1) above) and the addition of IDC to ship costs
is a further handicap.
4.
Similarly, the loss of all technical support for seagoing and other research
activities within the Department is of concern, as is the lack of space to store
seagoing equipment. While relations with GERG remain good, the future of that
organization is not assured as it relies on soft-money contracts to survive. Losing
access to the chemical, electronic and instrumentation technical support provided
by GERG is having a major impact on the research activities of the Department.
5.
The age of the building means that funding is required to maintain laboratories
and ensure that equipment and infrastructure continue to function. This was cited
as a likely problem in the 1999 review. Deteriorating buildings across the campus
are more than a departmental problem, and have been recognized as such by the
new President.
6.
Changes to the way the University is managing research activities threaten to
severely impact both faculty morale and our ability to carry out research. The new
regime (while supposedly revenue neutral to the research administration and
meant to return more IDC to colleges, departments and individual researchers) has
caused considerable pain in the short term. As an example, researchers are now
charged individually for projects (such as equipment purchases or travel grants)
that previously have been overhead-free, and overhead is being charged on the
total costs of a project, including subcontracts. This last item in particular, when
coupled with the loss of support staff who were previously able to help with
putting together large, multi-component projects, will likely impact our future
ability to go after projects, such as Integrative Education and Research
Traineeships offered by NSF, or other multi-institutional programs.
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7.
With the increased concern about global warming, sea level rise and other
potential coastal hazards, state and local agencies are making more funds
available for research into their likely effects along the Texas coast and
elsewhere. We have not, however, been particularly efficient at finding them, and
are at a disadvantage to institutions on the coast that have boats and other
facilities to support such research. We need to do better on this score, which
means investing in the necessary infrastructure and equipment. Similarly, we need
to be more aggressive in finding funding to support the research opportunities
discussed above, especially with Ecuador, where the proposed Galapagos research
station promises unrivalled opportunities for work in an exotic location that will
attract students to the University.
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Appendix A
Strategic Plan
“Teaching Through Research”
Final Draft for Review by Dean of Geosciences
23 November 2005
1.0
The Department at a Crossroad: a Wealth of Opportunities
The Department of Oceanography at Texas A&M University was established in 1949
during the golden research era following World War II. In the mid 1970s oceanography
as a discipline enjoyed abundant funding, student interest, and emerging research areas
based on technical developments. The department flourished under these conditions. As
it enters its 56th year, the department faces several serious challenges from changing
conditions: many faculty are nearing retirement and past the prime research phase of their
careers, student enrollment is declining, college funding for staff support has diminished,
and the department has no research vessel at this time.
However, our faculty and staff are optimistic regarding our future. We have spent many
faculty meetings and sessions with members of the Oceanography Development Council
considering the way forward. We are pleased to offer this strategic plan formulated to
take advantage of the opportunities offered by our present environment as we look
toward a brighter future.
With this plan we reaffirm our dedication to providing an excellent broad graduate
education in oceanography through the involvement of students in research. We establish
four focus areas for research in the intermediate to long term: climate variability and
impacts, coastal ecosystem processes and health, particle dynamics, and dynamics of
continental margins. Four interdisciplinary research groups made up of faculty, research
faculty, and research scientists are being formed to coordinate and oversee the four focus
areas, and they will identify desired new faculty hires to support those areas while
maintaining our broad educational program.
The current situation offers many opportunities to improve and grow the department, and
we intend to take full advantage of them. We cite a few of these here.
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Because of a combination of factors, including the fact that many of our faculty are
reaching retirement age, the existence of a new University initiative with the
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International Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), and the University's faculty
reinvestment program, we are able to hire fresh, talented, enthusiastic faculty
members.
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Developing strong areas of focused research will enhance our national and
international reputation and thus strengthen our ability to recruit outstanding graduate
students.
•
Faculty presence on national and international scientific and administrative advisory
panels will enable us to be influential in formulating the future direction and
initiatives in our field.
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The National Science Foundation soon will release a request for proposals for
operation of a new, state-of-the-art, regional research vessel for the Gulf of Mexico.
We expect Texas A&M to be the lead operator on behalf of a consortium of Gulf
institutions. This will add to the prestige of our institution, provide new capabilities
for modern research, and allow seagoing research experience for our graduate
students. We expect our administration to seek an enhanced level of ship support for
student training from the State of Texas.
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The U.S. Congress and Administration are committed to developing a U.S. Integrated
Ocean Observing System. Texas A&M is well positioned to play a major role in that
system in that the Office for the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System is
housed within the department. The development of the observing system will provide
benefits for societal needs, research, and education. Our new masters level program,
Certificate in Ocean Observing Systems, is positioned to benefit from and assist in
this development.
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Working with faculty in the Departments of Geography and of Atmospheric Sciences,
we are developing an applied research program focused on improving and sustaining
environmental quality in Qatar. This effort is directed from the Office of the Vice
President for Research and is expected to grow into a large research area supported by
Qatar and the petroleum industry.
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Faculty members of oceanography and atmospheric sciences at Texas A&M
University, together with members of the Jackson School of Geosciences at the
University of Texas at Austin, have agreed on a collaboration that will include joint
research in climate studies and exchange of graduate students. They plan to submit a
NSF IGERT (Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship) proposal in
support of climate research and graduate student education in Texas which, if
successful, will provide funding for a large number of graduate students for five
years. Furthermore, collaboration with the IODP offers research and education
opportunities in climate variability and predictability over longer time periods than
otherwise possible.
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Ocean-related graduate programs in Texas currently are expanding with the addition
of a Ph.D. program in Coastal and Marine System Science at Texas A&M Corpus
Christi and the probable addition of an inter-departmental, inter-university graduate
degree program in the broad field of "marine biology" centered at the Texas A&M
University Galveston campus. These programs, along with University of Texas
Marine Science Institute, create an environment with great opportunities for
collaboration that will make Texas more competitive for national funding. They also
will create challenges by increasing the demand for resources and graduate students.
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Geological Oceanography faculty have recently submitted a proposal to the
Department of Education to increase the number of Ph.D. students in areas of national
need. This initiative involves recruiting students from underrepresented groups with
significant financial need.
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Oceanography has a Memorandum of Agreement with the Ecuadorian Navy to work
cooperatively from and around the Galapagos Islands using their research vessels.
This provides another opportunity for research and student training and perhaps a way
to attract South American graduate students. Research and education opportunities for
the College of Geosciences with the island of Antigua are being formulated by the
dean's office. This program with Antigua will complement the department's vision for
future research, building our graduate and undergraduate student bodies, and fostering
relationships with South American entities.
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A proposal for a Ph.D. in Archeological Oceanography is moving forward. This is
expected to open a new avenue for recruiting graduate students with interests in
finding, recovering, and preserving artifacts from deep-water sites. This degree also
enhances our active research program in discovery and description of such sites.
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The department plans to expand its involvement with undergraduate teaching.
Oceanography faculty actively participated in the creation of the Environmental
Geosciences degree. Oceanography faculty teach interdisciplinary geosciences
courses such as GEOS 410 (Global Change) and team teach with others GEOS 105
(Introduction to Environmental Geoscience). Several faculty members are advising
undergraduates in the Environmental Geosciences program, which currently has
almost 50 students enrolled. We believe the Department can have the most impact on
undergraduate education by assuming the administration of the Environmental
Geoscience program we helped create and deliver.
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We also propose that the department be actively engaged in the University’s
assessment and evaluation of the core curriculum. We propose to create new and
additional oceanography and geoscience courses within the University’s honors
program, and our Environmental Geosciences and Environmental Studies degrees.
These course offerings are essential for the long-term health of the Department and
College.
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We expect that the College of Geosciences administration and development officer
will work with the Oceanography Development Council and oceanography faculty to
secure new endowments for graduate student fellowships and scholarships, endowed
professorships, endowed chairs, and unrestricted endowments.
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A major challenge and opportunity reside in our interactions with marine programs at
other State of Texas institutions, particularly those lying near the coast. The
challenge is that institutions such as Texas A&M at Corpus Christi, University of
Texas Marine Science Institute, and even Texas A&M at Galveston are located on the
coastal ocean and could preempt our research efforts requiring easy access to
seawater and to laboratory facilities. The opportunity is in the possibility that we
could cooperate to each do what we are best at. Such cooperation could unlock
facilities and talent at these other institutions as well as open larger teaching
opportunities for College Station faculty. Such cooperation will require substantial
assistance from administrators at the university level to develop facilities and
cooperative agreements. It will also require innovative ways for the department to get
credit for courses taught over TTVN at these remote campuses.
In the remainder of this plan, Sections 2 and 3 give our mission and vision statements,
respectively, and Section 4 presents a summary of our analysis of departmental strengths,
weaknesses, threats, and opportunities. Section 5 states our goals for education, research
and service/outreach. Then, for each of these areas Section 6 gives approach and
resources needed to meet those goals. Section 7 addresses the need for improved physical
facilities. Finally, Section 8 identifies metrics to be used to evaluate faculty and research
faculty as well as the department as a whole.
2.0
Mission Statement
The Department of Oceanography discovers and disseminates knowledge about the
oceans. We prepare students for careers in ocean sciences in the 21st Century in the
classroom and through research ashore and aboard ships in the world oceans. We collect,
analyze, and interpret large data sets, and model the oceans to study processes and
interactions among the oceans, atmosphere, biosphere, and geosphere and their potential
impacts on man.
3.0
Vision
Our vision is to be one of the top graduate oceanography departments within the United
States' public universities by 2020, and the premier oceanography department in the Gulf
of Mexico region. We will play a leading role in moving the University toward the
primary goal of Vision 2020—to become by 2020 one of the top ten public universities in
the United States.
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4.0
Self Analysis
To gauge where we stand now with respect to other oceanographic institutions, a matrix
of data regarding most United States' oceanographic institutions was considered by our
faculty. Based on discussions, we feel that three current peer institutions are: State
University New York-Stony Brook, University of South Florida, and University of Rhode
Island.
An analysis of the key strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities for the
Department of Oceanography revealed that, while the department is doing many things
right, there are definite weakness within and threats from without that can undermine the
fabric of the department. The good news is that there are significant opportunities for the
department to be one of the top public university oceanography departments in the
country. During three full-day retreats in summer 2005 the faculty identified these as
major strengths of the department:
• the vitality of the faculty, the strong connections available to other academic
disciplines and facilities at the university
• state salary support for the faculty, graduate teaching assistants and tuition payment
for graduate students
• the proximity and association with the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program.
Weaknesses identified included:
• an imbalance among faculty in research funding and support of graduate students
• deterioration of infrastructure and facilities
• loss of the R/V Gyre
• recent significant loss of staff support.
All oceanography departments and research institutions are threatened by the decline in
federal funding, and the overall declining interest in science among the American public,
high school, and college students. Opportunities for the future are bright with the faculty
reinvestment hiring program, the potential association with federal agencies and industry,
increasing endowment, a collaboration to secure a new ship and new long-term, largescale initiatives in ocean observing.
The weaknesses are significant, and the threats are formidable, but the opportunity
presented by being able to recruit and hire a net of six new faculty members is
unprecedented. This is probably a one-time opportunity in the existence of any
department. This plan will allow us to take advantage of this opportunity.
5.0
Goals
In this Section we state our broad goals in the areas of education, research, and
service/outreach, the three missions of Texas A&M University as a Land Grant
University.
In Section 6 we lay out the approach to attaining these goals.
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5.1
Education
5.1.1 Graduate Education
The department has a 50+ year legacy of providing broad-based graduate degrees in
oceanography. We require that all graduate students take introductory graduate courses in
each of the four oceanographic disciplines: geological, physical, biological, and chemical.
We require students to attend a general oceanography seminar, and we encourage
students to gain research experience at sea. The department will continue to strengthen
our curriculum to ensure this broad-based program of graduate education.
We recruit and educate highly qualified graduate students with strong problem-solving
skills. We will increase the quantity and, in some cases, the quality of graduate students,
especially Ph.D. candidates. We do not believe that a fixed numerical goal is reasonable
because, in large measure, the availability of potential graduate students in oceanography
is driven by their perception of opportunities for jobs and research funding upon
graduation, and that picture remains rather bleak. However, we are committed to work to
again increase to 100 our sustained population of graduate students by 2015.
5.1.2 Undergraduate Education
The Department of Oceanography is committed to expand its involvement with
undergraduate teaching. As a department we have repeatedly revisited the question of
whether to establish an undergraduate degree in oceanography. For scientific, economic,
and ethical reasons we choose not pursue this. Oceanography faculty with others created
the Environmental Geoscience degree and are teaching courses and advising
undergraduates in this program, which currently has almost 50 students enrolled. Rather
than create an undergraduate program in oceanography, we feel the Department can have
the most impact on undergraduate education by assuming the administration of the
Environmental Geosciences program.
The department will be actively engaged in the University’s assessment and evaluation of
the core curriculum. We propose that creating new and additional oceanography and
geoscience courses within the University’s honors program, and our Environmental
Geosciences and Environmental Studies degrees are necessary for the long-term health of
the Department and College.
5.2
Research Foci
Four focus areas for research in the intermediate to long term have been identified. These
represent current strengths within the department and areas where growth and resources
will be concentrated to enable the department to become preeminent in these research
subjects.
5.2.1 Climate Variability and Impacts
Recognizing the fact that the tropical oceans are the regions where the effect of the
oceans on the atmosphere is most direct and intense and the polar oceans are the regions
where the most rapid rates of climate change are taking place, we are strategically
investing our research capital in these two areas. We have built considerable strength in
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studies of: coupled climate variability and predictability in the tropics and tropical ocean
dynamics, polar ocean circulation and its interactions with sea-ice (particularly in the
Southern Oceans), and paleo-ocean circulation and its role in past climate
variability/change. These current strengths and our commitment to an enhanced
investment in these areas, along with the resources available in the IODP and ODASES
programs, as well as the recent growth in climate studies in the Atmospheric Sciences,
provides us with a unique ability to focus on important climate issues. These issues
include the role of the oceans in past and future abrupt climate changes, the effect of
tropical-extratropical exchange/interaction (particularly in the Southern Oceans) on the
tropical coupled system, and the impact of climate variability and change on ecosystems
in the Gulf of Mexico. Enhancing interactions between climate modelers and
observationalists and between modern and paleo-climate researchers, developing joined
research and educational programs with the Jackson School of Geosciences at the
University of Texas at Austin, and building a strong tie with major
institutions/universities in South America (Ecuador, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, and
Chile) are some of the key elements for our future success in this research focus.
5.2.2 Coastal Ecosystem Processes and Health
Environmental degradation of the coastal zone is a global problem compounded by
human population growth and migration to coastal communities. Research is needed on
natural ecosystem dynamics and the impact of anthropogenic perturbations on ecosystem
function in estuarine, shelf, and slope environments. Current and future resource
investment will put our Department at the forefront of research on topics including
coastal hypoxia, harmful algal blooms, coastal pollutants, pathogens biology, and
biogeochemical cycles. The established departmental focus on ocean observing systems,
in partnership with GERG's operational activities such as the Texas Automated Buoy
System, will provide a strong base for growth in the area of in situ and continuous
monitoring of ecosystem function, ecosystem health, and response to global change, both
in the Gulf of Mexico and worldwide. Interdisciplinary modeling is seen as key in the
integration of in situ and remotely-sensed observations and the establishment of
predictive capabilities.
5.2.3 Particle Dynamics
Particles are the sites of complex biogeochemical interactions and a primary vehicle of
transportation through the water column of material from the surface to the seafloor. The
focus on particle dynamics emphasizes the common concerns and approaches, theoretical
and experimental, that cut across the traditional oceanographic disciplines. Processes
influencing mass fluxes in the water column (including the bottom-boundary layer),
interactions between organisms and particles, recycling of organic materials, and
preservation of organic materials in the seabed are not well understood. Many of our
faculty presently work on parts of these problems. By recognizing the common nature of
the processes involved in these problems and focusing our current and future resources,
this department can encourage nontraditional cooperation and contribute significantly
through specific studies on aggregation/flocculation dynamics, microbial processes on
aggregates, particle residence times (in water column, bottom-boundary layer, and
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seabed), the use of optics in transport flux determination, and interaction between
biological food webs and particles.
5.2.4 Dynamics of Continental Margins
The evolution of ocean continental margins has been and will continue to be a strong
research focus in the department. Recent research initiatives on sedimentary processes
have the goal of predicting whole system responses to forcing mechanisms (e.g., sea level
change, climate variability, salt tectonics) over multiple time scales (present-day to
geologic past), and from sources to sinks. The faculty in the department are uniquely
situated to study margin evolution over multiple time scales using complementary tools
that tie modern processes to preserved strata (and vice versa). We have the capability to
link high-resolution seismics and mapping, geochronological records, physical and
geochemical properties of sediments, and isotopic records—a powerful combination
when attempting to interpret the stratigraphic record. Many of our scientific interests
coincide with those of the offshore energy industry and we will continue to foster our
strong ties with that sector, which offers opportunities for effective collaborative research
and jobs for our graduates. We are creating a center of excellence in partnership with
energy corporations to elevate the department's prominence as one of the world's best
training and research academic centers.
Archeological oceanography is allied closely with geological oceanography. It is the
integrated application of archeological and oceanographic techniques to investigate the
cultural significance of submerged sites (beyond the capability of a diver) and their
impact on the environment. This nascent field has come about because, as nautical
archeologists conducted research in deeper waters, several things were apparent: First,
non-intrusive marine geophysical techniques are essential for archeologists to locate and
determine the extent of submerged cultural sites (e.g., shipwrecks, habitation sites,
modern cultural artifacts, etc).
Second, techniques employed by geological
oceanographers provide archeologists with the effective means to excavate sites in deep
water. And finally, to best understand the cultural and environmental significance of
such sites as well as their impact on the environment, archeologists must consider their
findings in the context of the oceanographic processes active at the sites.
5.3
Service and Outreach
5.3.1 Service
Our faculty has a strong record of service to our profession, through societies, journals,
and national committees, and to Texas A&M University and the A&M System. Our goal
is to continue and enhance this record as judged by metrics for the department as a whole
and for individual faculty members.
5.3.2 Outreach
The department itself does not have organized programs in outreach other than the past
hosting of the National Ocean Science Bowl. The Texas Sea Grant College Program
carries out most of the organized outreach in marine sciences attributed to Texas A&M
University. However, departmental faculty members make significant contributions to
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this effort through applied research funded by Sea Grant and through service on
committees and workshops organized by Sea Grant.
6.0
Approach and Requirements
In this section we discuss approaches to meeting our Goals identified in Section 5. We
also indicate what is required to implement these approaches. These requirements include
notably programmatic and financial support from all levels of our administration at Texas
A&M University and enhanced financial development activities.
6.1
Education
6.1.1 Graduate Education
Structure and curriculum. To ensure that we continue to offer broad-based graduate
training in oceanography, the department will maintain sections for biological, chemical,
geological, and physical oceanography with Section Heads elected by the section
members and constituting the departmental curriculum committee. This structure and
grouping is needed to ensure that (1) our core curriculum remains broad-based and
current and (2) we maintain the faculty capability to teach the needed required and
optional courses in each of these disciplines and bring disciplinary expertise to
interdisciplinary research problems. We will refine and maintain an adaptive educational
curriculum to produce creative graduates prepared for careers in ocean sciences in the
21st Century. As we complete the new faculty hires discussed earlier, we will have more
optional upper level graduate courses available. To assist the faculty in the pursuit of
their academic duties, each section requires the services of a secretary for at least halftime to be supported with departmental funds.
For decades our broad-based general Oceanography Seminar has served to inform our
students, researchers, and faculty of a wide range of oceanographic activities and to
expose them to a continuing array of scientists from many institutions. This seminar
series also serves as a window from the outside world on our activities as visiting
scientists are expected to spend at least one day visiting with our students, faculty, and
researchers.
A strong educational program will help to both recruit and retain students.
Recruiting. Recruiting new students is a year-round activity (at student expos,
professional meetings, seminars, on research cruises, and in TAMU and other university
classrooms). All faculty members have a responsibility to help recruit new students. Early
personal contact with students, coordinated through the Graduate Recruiting and
Academic Advisory Committee to ensure that students are given a consistent recruiting
message, is a top priority. Print and electronic communications reflective of current
departmental activities are essential for recruiting.
Sources of graduate students include our own College Station and Galveston
undergraduate student body, targeted student bodies at other Texas A&M University
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System schools and other universities, and international students. Recruiting of the best
students graduating from Galveston would be enhanced by increased interaction of
College Station faculty with our Galveston's undergraduate population. One approach is
to hold open house days for Galveston students in College Station to give them better
ideas of possibilities in oceanography. Recruiting Galveston undergraduates also would
be facilitated if College Station faculty were better represented on the Galveston campus
(which would be more feasible if Galveston obtains a new science building).
International recruiting of graduate students will be pursued through connections to
Central and South American universities and select Chinese universities where sponsored
students can be recruited, coming with their own funding. A more concerted effort will be
made to stay in contact with these universities and actively recruit their students.
Marketing our graduate program to each of the above-mentioned sources of new students
is essential. Our web site is the primary source of information on our department. It
should hold their attention while providing the prospective students and other web
visitors with all of the pertinent information (curricula, research interests, principal
investigator expectations for prospective new students, fellowships, etc.). Individual
principal investigators must update their web pages regularly to continually attract new
students.
From the standpoint of education and research effectiveness, Ph.D. students are most
desirable. There is also an economic incentive for the faculty and department in terms of
weighted student credit hours and subvention dollars from the state. Historically, nearly
25 percent of our students who obtain an M.S. degree in our department stay on for a
Ph.D. degree, but this has been less frequent since 1990. We recognize that not all
students wish to obtain a Ph.D. and enter an academic or other career that benefits from a
Ph.D. Furthermore, we have just initiated a two-year, non-thesis M.S. program to train
students in Ocean Observing. While we always seek Ph.D. students, our present mix of
equal numbers of Ph.D. and M.S. students is suitable to our mission and goals.
In order to increase the recruitment of qualified graduate students, we must be able to
offer competitive stipend packages. Goals recommended by the Graduate Recruiting and
Academic Advisory Committee and supported by the department include:
• A target goal and top priority for each faculty member is to mentor and support at
least two graduate students. Annual faculty evaluations should reflect progress toward
this goal.
• Use matching fellowships and support from all sources to build minimum 3-year
support packages for potential Ph.D. students
• Tuition, fees, and insurance for graduate students will be included in any proposal to
an agency that allows such costs.
• Use fellowship and development resources as an incentive or matching support for
graduate students being supported as GARs.
• Faculty mentors should support GAT students in the summer, but where this is not
possible, the department will seek fellowship and development sources for summer
stipends, or assist students in obtaining internships.
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Three new initiatives should provide strong recruiting opportunities. The first is the
Master of Geosciences Degree, certificate in Ocean Observing Systems. After two years
of careful planning, the University has approved this new program, and it has met with
strong and universal support from the private sector and local, federal, and state
government agencies. TAMU is viewed as a pioneer in this regard and our program is
one of only two such programs in the United States (Rutgers University being the other).
Second, the proposed Ph.D. in Archeological Oceanography continues the plan to
integrate teaching and research in interdisciplinary ways across the university. Students in
this program will interact with students in the Nautical Archaeology Program of the
Department of Anthropology and in conjunction with the newly approved researchfocused Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation. This new degree will be one
of only two of this type in the nation, with the other being at the University of Rhode
Island. The new degree will draw students from across the nation and around the globe.
Graduates would find employment in industry and consulting firms needing an
understanding of broader impacts and issues associated with energy exploration in deepwater environments.
Third, the University and Department of Oceanography have signed agreements with the
Navy of Ecuador to jointly train graduate students and to carry out scientific research in
the Galapagos Islands region as well as the Southern Ocean and off the west coast of
South America. The Galapagos Islands in particular are internationally recognized as one
of the most fascinating and intriguing environmental sites in the world. This program will
include exchanges of graduate students, access to Ecuadorian oceanographic ships, our
contribution of scientific equipment and expertise, and the creation of a field laboratory
in the Galapagos Islands. An investment of university resources will be required for this
program to succeed, but the long-term return will be significant—heightened
international stature/visibility for the Department and Texas A&M, increased graduate
student enrollment in our department and college, seagoing experience essential for
training our graduate students, and the opportunity to carry out research that is of great
value and can be leveraged to obtain extramural research funding. We anticipate this
program will be a significant asset for recruiting graduate students. These research
opportunities will contribute directly to our research in all four research foci of the
department. We are also hopeful that the work in the Galapagos Islands will foster close
cooperation between our department and the National Marine Sanctuaries Program of
NOAA, thus contributing to our objective of forming long-term partnerships with federal
agencies. NOAA has a mandate from the Congress to assist in environmental
preservation of the Galapagos and is exploring avenues of carrying out this mandate.
Retention. We strongly concur with our graduate students who have told us that having
the opportunity to go to sea is very important to them, both to get a “hands on”
perspective to complement the course work they have had, and to collect preliminary data
(as well as core data) that they might employ to begin their individual thesis/dissertation
research. Between the lay up of the R/V Gyre on August 31, 2005 and the time when the
next UNOLS regional-class research vessel begins operations in the Gulf of Mexico, we
are committed that our graduate students should continue to have the opportunity to go to
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sea. The $219,000 per year in state funding allocated in past years for graduate student
training and research aboard R/V Gyre will be used to actively pursue three different, yet
complementary, strategies.
(1) Piggyback graduate student training and research on cruises of R/V Longhorn that
are scheduled by Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (GERG) to
service Texas Automated Buoy System (TABS) buoys. According to GERG
Director Norman Guinasso, GERG plans five cruises of three days each in 20052006 aboard University of Texas R/V Longhorn. This ship time is sponsored by
the Texas General Land Office. We seek to add an average of two days of statesupported ship time to each of these five cruises to allow additional on-station
work to be conducted in support of graduate student training and research,
particularly on cruises that service the pair of TABS buoys at the Flower Gardens
Banks. As GERG initiates its partnership with the NOAA staff of the Flower
Gardens Banks National Sanctuary program, we will begin to collect a time-series
of biogeochemical data from the Flower Gardens Banks. This will allow these
cruises to the edge of the continental shelf to serve both as a test bed for new
instrumentation in support of the Ocean Observing non-thesis Masters program,
and to continue/extend the collection of environmental data at the Flower Gardens
Banks that was begun in the 1970s by TAMU faculty members McGrail, Bright,
Rezak, et al. It also will enable us to study the environmental impact of climate
variability on the shelf environment.
(2) Piggyback graduate student training and research on cruises of an Ecuadorian
Navy vessel to train our students and Ecuadorian students in all aspects of
oceanographic research beginning with DeepTow and other geological and
geophysical techniques. On such cruises, we would use state training and research
dollars to support faculty and graduate student travel to Ecuador and/or the
Galapagos Islands to ensure our graduate students can participate in field work that
their faculty mentors may do in collaboration with Ecuadorian Navy scientists.
(3) Piggyback graduate student training and research on cruises in which department
faculty might participate on other UNOLS research vessels, both in the Gulf of
Mexico and elsewhere in the world ocean. On such cruises, we would use state
training and research dollars to support graduate student travel to ensure that our
graduate students can participate along with their faculty mentors in field work that
is funded by NSF, ONR, and other federal agencies.
We will include a field component in some or all of the core courses through cooperation
with TAMUG. This will help to provide all of our students with the field experience that
they desire and increase our interaction with Galveston faculty.
6.1.2 Undergraduate Education
Several faculty in our department were actively involved in establishing the
Environmental Geosciences degree program within the College, and they and others have
been active in teaching geosciences courses and advising the growing number of
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undergraduate students in that program. Two of the three Environmental Geosciences
Themes (Coastal Studies and Water in the Environment) list a total of 10 undergraduate
oceanography classes that could contribute to a focus on environmental oceanography.
Credit for courses taught by faculty in these programs will continue to go to the
faculty/department who teach the classes. This will open new opportunities for
undergraduates to learn about the role of the ocean in the environment and will provide
more classes for teaching by the increased number of faculty in coming years. We
propose to assume the administration of this interdisciplinary undergraduate degree
program.
We believe that undergraduate students at Texas A&M University should be given the
opportunity to learn more about the role of the oceans in the health of our planet as well
as social and economic issues. To that end, we will propose new ocean science courses be
added as honors courses and additional offerings in the environmental degrees.
6.2
Research
Oceanographic research in the 21st Century, as performed at an academic institution such
as Texas A&M, will require access to the sea, the ability to address interdisciplinary
problems, and an intimate connection with operational oceanography. We have
identified many opportunities for research in Section 1. Here we emphasize some key
actions and requirements in support of our four areas of research focus. We then identify
new faculty hires needed in support of our research foci and general graduate education
program.
6.2.1
Some key actions and requirements to support research foci
Access to the sea. Access to the sea will require either operating a ship individually or
leading in a consortium of institutions in the Gulf of Mexico that together will operate a
ship. Convenient access to a ship is the most critical aspect, so the ship needs to have a
home port in the western Gulf of Mexico. We urge that money from the sale of the R/V
Gyre be used to support the proposed effort to operate a new Regional Class vessel. The
ship must be large enough to accommodate a moderate-sized, interdisciplinary team of
principal investigators, students, and technicians. Access to smaller ships also is
important for smaller research projects (i.e., the size of the Longhorn or Pelican).
Interdisciplinary problems. The ability to address interdisciplinary problems will require
a broad team of principal investigators with overlapping interests and abilities. Because
of the moderate size of the department, we have chosen a limited number of focus areas
to build teams of researchers to work on interdisciplinary problems with modeling as a
key component of the identified departmental research foci. Many of these research
problems and opportunities are included in Section 1.0.
Observational oceanography. Along with modeling, observational oceanography (both in
situ and remote) will be the hallmark of 21st Century oceanographic research. There are
a number of ways that our department can do observational oceanography and connect to
operational programs. We can design and develop prototypical observational arrays, we
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can develop new observational tools and techniques, and we can design new models and
improve numerical techniques. To ensure an intimate connection with governmental
agencies that will steward the operational programs, we must encourage governmental
organizations (e.g., NOAA and USGS) to locate branch laboratories in College Station,
maintain a conspicuous presence on national panels and advisory boards that make
decisions about operational programs, and train students to work in operational
oceanography .
Qatar research center. A new and exciting research possibility is offered by the presence
of Texas A&M University in Qatar. The proposed laboratories of the Texas A&M
University-Qatar Center for Resources and Environmental Sciences will be located in
Education City in Doha, Qatar. They are to be modeled after, and complementary to,
laboratories at Texas A&M University in College Station conducting similar research.
The center will include three laboratories to be closely linked with our Department of
Oceanography.
(1) The Coastal and Ocean Observing and Modeling Laboratory will include
infrastructure needed to design and develop oceanographic field equipment, to
conduct biological and chemical analyses, and to house computational facilities
for numerical simulations. This facility will provide the ability to perform
analyses that are fundamental to the interpretation and understanding of the
oceanographic conditions off coastal Qatar.
(2) The Ecosystem Laboratory will support research on primary production,
population studies, elemental cycles (especially nutrients), and the effect of
human disturbances on ecosystems.
(3) The Chemical Contaminants Analytical Laboratory will consist of sample
preparation, organic contaminant, trace metal, and ancillary parameter analytical
facilities. This facility will provide state-of-the-art ultra trace analysis of a wide
array of environmental matrices including water, air, sediments, particulates, and
biological tissues. Initial budget estimates for these three laboratories total four
million dollars.
Staff support. Effective staff support, both administrative and technical, is an essential
component for successful research and teaching. Staff support is presently at a subminimal level, reducing faculty productivity. We must improve the level and quality of
staffing if research and teaching are to be conducted at high levels. Faculty must remain
focused on science and teaching, not logistics, accounting, or computer/copier
maintenance. In addition, we need to proactively retain effective staff personnel with
competitive salaries. Increasing staff support is essential if we are to reach our aspirant
research and teaching levels.
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6.2.2
New faculty
New faculty hires will be extremely important in revitalizing and raising the morale of
our department. We need to choose people who will complement our identified research
foci and enhance our interdisciplinary capabilities, which we see as needed for
competitive oceanographic research in the 21st Century. While doing so, however, we
must seek faculty well-qualified to offer the disciplinary courses needed to continue our
long legacy of offering graduate oceanography education with a broad disciplinary
background. We also must recruit faculty to fill needs (teaching and leadership as well as
research) in special development areas, such as archeological oceanography.
When hiring new faculty, we will keep in mind that about 15% of our tenure track faculty
are located in Galveston. Hires should be complementary and not duplications of
expertise in Galveston. This will be accomplished by having Galveston faculty
representation on search committees.
Below are examples of hires that will fill gaps in our research foci and will complement
strengths of existing faculty members. It should be noted that start-up resources will be
needed for all these positions. Likewise, start-up funding will be needed when hiring new
faculty to replace retirees. The market for excellent researchers is quite competitive, so
significant resources are required to recruit and retain them. To recruit "Super Stars" may
require offering endowed Professorships or Chairs. The Administration, Development
Officer and members of the Oceanography Development Council must work to enhance
endowments for such purposes.
We do not assign rank order to these high priority hires because that might imply an order
of hiring. We must hire opportunistically to meet our needs—recruit the highest caliber
individual available who meets one of our needs.
Organic biogeochemist. Marine organic chemistry is integral to many aspects of marine
biology and geology as well as marine chemistry including primary and secondary
production, the biological pump, particle dynamics, carbon cycling and climate change,
organic contaminants in marine ecosystems and ocean/human health. Organic marine
chemistry receives attention at Texas A&M also because of our interactions with the
offshore petroleum industry and interests in sedimentary gas hydrates. A marine organic
chemist is critical to our ability to develop a balanced education program and
interdisciplinary proposals. The department has effectively lost its three marine organic
chemists during the past three years through moves into administration and an
unexpected departure. Consequently, the departmental faculty unanimously has given top
priority to the hire of an organic marine chemist.
Experimentalist studying size distributions, composition, and mechanisms controlling
particle properties.
This individual is sought with interests in making field
measurements near the surface and/or near the benthic boundary layer. These
measurements will be made to test ideas of particle formation and fate, in the field and in
the laboratory.
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Experimentalist working with ecological and/or biochemical aspects of particle
dynamics. Ideally, this person will test ideas about particle dynamics in the lab and in the
field. Examples of relevant studies include microzooplankton feeding dynamics,
aggregate fate and the role of ecological interactions, and ecological and/or molecular
control of particle stickiness.
Coastal Ecosystem Processes and Health area. New faculty hires for this research focus
will be selected to fill existing knowledge gaps, enhance present capabilities, and position
the department for future coastal interdisciplinary research opportunities. Research
opportunities for new faculty include existing research programs in the Gulf of Mexico;
collaborations with GERG and the Marine Biology and Marine Science programs at
Texas A&M in Galveston; and developing programs in Qatar, the Galapagos, and
Antigua. Rather than targeting specific research areas, we favor a broad-based search
more likely to attract a wide range of talented applicants. Research foci that complement
existing and anticipated research areas include, but are not limited to: causes and
consequences of hypoxia, harmful algal blooms, coastal pollutants, and pathogens;
biogeochemical cycling; and ecosystem assessment and management. Candidates should
possess the requisite scientific skill-sets from among such as knowledge of nutrient
cycling, pigments, plankton physiology, micro-zooplankton pathology, benthic
biogeochemistry, ocean technology systems, dissolved emergent pollutants, coupling of
biogechemical and physical models, ecosystem modeling, bi-optics combining remote
(e.g., color) and in situ observations, and ocean acoustics. This research focus is strongly
interdisciplinary—so we seek individuals who wish to work in a cross-disciplinary
environment.
Global budgets and fluxes important to climate. A new faculty member whose research
interest is in global budgets and fluxes of fresh water, heat, or carbon. Fresh-water cycles
seem to dominate variability in the polar oceans and the relation of this to observed
variability (P-E) in the tropics-subtropics stands out as a priority research topic for the
IPCC. An emphasis in fresh water may be particularly relevant also because there will be
satellite missions soon to measure surface salinity, offering opportunities in this area.
Fresh water is becoming almost as important as petroleum globally, and certainly is more
important in many regions. Such a person would need to consider fluxes between and
within the ocean, atmosphere and land surface. Such interests would overlap those of the
Coastal Ecosystems Processes and Health research focus as well as climate focus.
Climate modeler. Improving our understanding of past climate change can help us to
better understand and project future climate change and its impact. It is important that we
continue to strengthen and expand the areas of climate research by hiring experts who can
link the evidence of modern climate variability to (1) existing simulations of tropical
variability at seasonal to decadal scales and (2) the existing paleoclimate records at
centennial and millennial scales. The latter linkage is of particular importance because it
would more closely tie our ongoing research activity in modern climate variability with
paleo climate research efforts in the department and at the IODP.
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Ocean margin sedimentary process/stratigraphic modeler. Modelers are needed to
complement our observational capabilities in this focus area, including observational
strengths in sedimentary processes spanning the timescale of the modern to the late
Pleistocene. Areas of modeling could include: (1) present-day sediment transport
processes, (2) evolution of seafloor morphology, or (3) the relationship between longerterm changes in environmental processes and the formation of ocean margin strata. There
are clear interests in such models on the part of research supporters ranging from the
Office of Naval Research to the energy industry.
Ocean margin high-resolution geophysist/stratigrapher. At the heart of our research on
the geologic evolution of continental margins are observations from geophysical data
such as multibeam bathymetry and seismic profiles. For the health of the ocean margin
research focus and to strengthen our ties with energy industry, we seek a faculty member
interested in the evolution (and development) of ocean margins, including such topics as
seascape evolution, sediment failures and geohazards. This individual would use highresolution geophysical techniques and/or stratigraphic analysis of marine sedimentary
records. Such research is important for maintaining and strengthening the focus group's
current capabilities and our relationship with the offshore energy industry.
Geology/climate (IODP positions). The ODASES initiative is a major commitment of
faculty and facilities by the University in the bid to secure the contract to be the science
operator for the U.S. component of IODP. The faculty to be hired in the Geosciences
will contribute to the understanding of climate change through time. These faculty
members spend at least 50 percent of their research efforts devoted to IODP science.
These faculty hires enhance and strengthen the position relationship between IODP and
the department. The department was successful in recruiting the first ODASES faculty
member a few years ago. Future needs are for experts who apply proxies of ocean
chemistry, isotopes, biogeochemical cycling, sea level, or other phenomena to study the
rates and causes of past environmental change using IODP cores and data.
Archeological oceanography
The department now has a significant funded scientific research program in archeological
oceanography that is supporting several graduate students and the purchase of major
pieces of capital equipment such as an ROV, which could contribute significantly to other
new research projects. Our program now is among the top two or three in the nation and
this is a growing area of private and federally funded research. To foster long-term
graduate student participation and research in this new and exciting area, a degree
program in Archeological Oceanography has been formally proposed and one future
replacement faculty hire is necessary.
Faculty mentoring. Newly hired faculty require continuing attention and assistance to
help them achieve their full potential as researchers and as educators as well as to ensure
that they are familiar with the regulations and opportunities offered by the University.
New faculty meet with Human Resources regarding potential benefits packages and are
referred to University/Department web sites and handbooks regarding policies and
regulations, including expectations for achieving promotions and tenure. New non-
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tenured faculty are assigned a senior faculty member as a mentor who regularly meets
with the junior faculty to provide advice. All faculty are evaluated annually by the
department head and the tenure and promotion committee; non-tenured faculty receive
from the department head and tenure and promotion committee chair special evaluation
as to their progress toward promotion and tenure. At the end of the third year in residence
of a non-tenured faculty member, s/he receives a university-mandated review that mimics
the tenure review with letters requested from internal colleagues. The third-year review
materials are evaluated by the departmental tenure and promotion committee, the
department head, the college tenure and promotion committee and the dean. This review
evaluates progress made toward tenure and results in written advice to the non-tenured
faculty member. All associate professors are evaluated regarding progress towards
promotion to full professor. All evaluations are transmitted to the faculty members and
face-to-face feedback takes place.
6.3
Service and Outreach
6.3.1 Service
The service activities of our faculty may be divided into two categories: service within
the University and service to our profession. The former consist of serving on
departmental, college, University, and System level committees and of undertaking
special assignments for these entities or the Texas A&M Research Foundation. Service
activities to our profession are somewhat broader. They range from reviewing of
proposals and manuscripts to serving as elected officers of national or international
professional societies (e.g., The Oceanography Society or the American Geophysical
Union) or agencies (e.g., the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission or the World
Meteorological Organization). A broader list of such activities is given in Section 8,
"Metrics". We encourage our faculty to participate in service activities by including them
in their annual evaluations and by nominating fellow department faculty and research
scientists for awards and professional opportunities.
6.3.2 Outreach
We need to inspire the next generation of oceanographers. We encourage faculty to work
with the broader educational community to improve the teaching of oceanography in
elementary, middle, and high school levels, and to write material for use by teachers and
students in these schools. As examples of such activity, we will continue to participate
with the new local NOSB host, the Texas Sea Grant College Program. Faculty and
graduate students within the department will be encouraged to volunteer in local school
classes and as science fair judges as a means to help them communicate their science to
the public.
The department hosts the Oceanworld web site that contains a wide range of material for
teachers and students, primarily in middle school. It also has Introduction to Physical
Oceanography, a textbook widely used by undergraduate and graduate students
throughout the world, Oceanography for the 21st Century: Our Ocean Planet, a draft of a
new textbook in oceanography, course material for four university courses, and Ask Dr.
Bob, a link to one of our professors who answers students questions about the ocean.
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Also our faculty members will continue to submit Sea Grant proposals for applied
research for which we have expertise. In addition, we will continue to offer our services
as advisors to Sea Grant and members of Sea Grant-sponsored committees, working
groups, and workshops.
Finally, our faculty has and continues to provide valuable consulting expertise to both
industry and government and, although it is less visible than formal research projects, it
can be equally important.
7.0
Physical Facilities
The Department of Oceanography as well as the College of Geosciences is in dire need of
improved physical facilities. The O&M building is not in good repair, the groups
occupying it are crowded, it is not suitable space for shops or other areas needed to
prepare for seagoing activities, and the vertical stratification stifles effective
communications among the Oceanography faculty and between them and the faculty of
Atmospheric Sciences. The Texas Sea Grant Program office is located miles from the
campus as is the Geochemical and Environmental Research Group, where our seagoing
preparations now are undertaken.
Required is a new Geosciences Building on the College Station campus to accommodate
the Departments of Oceanography, Atmospheric Sciences, and (perhaps) Geography, the
Texas Sea Grant office, the Dean of Geosciences' office, and staging and shop facilities to
prepare for field activities and encourage technical/engineering developments. This
building must not be a high rise and must provide easy access by large trucks. To
promote closer collaboration between the department and the IODP, it is suggested that
the new building be located on the west campus near the IODP building. It would seem
ideal if GERG could be relocated to this new facility. The present GERG facility could be
maintained for storage and selected staging of field operations, so that items now stored
in other remote locations (e.g., the old Texas Instrument Building or the Riverside
Campus) could be evaluated for future need, inventoried, and moved to one location.
With the assumption that we will again operate a regional research vessel, the department
requires dock space and shore facilities for that operation. Arrangements must be made
between the Dean and the CEO of Texas A&M University at Galveston for continued use
of dock space, storage space, shop facilities, and a shore office on their Pelican Island
campus.
It would likely be to the advantage of Texas oceanographic institutions if Texas A&M
University at Corpus Christi also had a dock facility adequate to enable mobilization and
demobilization of the new regional research vessel. This would allow easy access to
seagoing operations by faculty and staff of the Harte Research Institute and Texas A&M
at Corpus Christi as well as those of the University of Texas Marine Science Institute at
Port Aransas. This cooperation with the operation and use of a major facility should
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contribute to the development of an attitude conducive to multi-institutional research
programs and collaborations.
Texas A&M at Galveston is aggressively pursuing a new science building. This new
building should be planned to house researchers from the Department of Oceanography
either as permanent residence or as short-time guests for collaborative research with
faculty/research staff at Galveston, for local field work, or for cruise preparations. Such a
facility would dramatically increase the encounter frequency between researchers from
Oceanography, Marine Biology, and Marine Science and also would provide an excellent
venue for co-teaching graduate core courses.
8.0
Metrics
We see three uses for measures of the performance and development (metrics) of our
faculty and department. Consequently, we suggest three classes of metrics to meet these
uses.
8.1
Internal departmental metrics
It is necessary and important that the Department Head and Dean remain aware of the
performance of the department as a whole, as judged by combined metrics for the
department. These should include metrics for education, research, and service/outreach.
No decision has been made as to acceptable thresholds for these metrics.
Education metrics
Number of weighted student credit hours taught per full-time equivalent faculty
(FTE)
Number of student credit hours taught per FTE
Number of organized (undergraduate and graduate) classes taught per FTE (485,
491, 685, and 691classes to be measured separately)
Number of graduate students supported, chaired, or advised on committee
Number of graduate students publishing and total number of publications
Awards received for teaching
Research metrics
Publications and manuscripts submitted per FTE
Citations per FTE
Percentage of faculty publishing
Numbers of talks given at invited seminars and professional meetings
Research expenditures per FTE
Dollars requested in proposals submitted per FTE
Awards received for research
Indirect cost generated FTE
Percentage of faculty with external funding
Fellowships in major scientific societies
Service/outreach metrics
Reviews of papers and proposals per FTE
Service on departmental, college, and university level committees per FTE
Quality/quantity of service in professional societies
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8.2
Individual faculty metrics
Individual faculty and research faculty members are required to submit annual reports to
be used by the administration in evaluations for raises, promotions, and other
emoluments. These annual reports consist of essentially the same metrics as used in
combination for the internal evaluation of the department, except that the metrics are
given for the member preparing the report. A procedure for using these metrics in a
quantitative manner for evaluation of individual faculty has long since been devised and
is in use.
8.3
External departmental metrics
These are measures that can be used to assess the performance of the Department of
Oceanography relative to other departments of oceanography. Some are direct
comparisons; others are measures of our progress as a function of time in areas expected
to build national and international recognition. Once these metrics are gathered they will
constitute a baseline against which future progress should be measured. Such metrics
should include:
Departmental ranking by the National Research Council
Departmental ranking by funding levels from NSF, NASA, MMS, ONR and other
agencies
Citation index ranking relative to identified peer institutions
Number of editorships of prominent journals
Quality/quantity of service in professional societies
Service on national committees, councils, panels, workshops
Service on international commissions, committees, etc.
Finally, in terms of metrics, we strongly endorse review of the Department of
Oceanography by an external blue ribbon panel at least every five years. In the past such
reviews have given impartial indications of areas of excellence as well as areas of
weakness. Such panels may also provide excellent suggestions for improvements. The
next review is tentatively scheduled for spring 2007.
9.0
Accountability
The Department Head and all faculty (teaching and research) are responsible for the
success of this plan and the development of the department. The metrics (Section 7) are
designed to ensure accountability of all faculty by giving them a vested interest in the
success of the plan and the department through their own personal development and
success.
Strategic Plan Review
It is understood that this Strategic Plan is a "living" document. It will be reviewed semiannually and updated as necessary. However, it must be understood that the elements of
the departmental strategy are intended to guide tactical decisions for intermediate to long
term. Therefore, this plan will change only slightly from one review period to the next.
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Appendix B
Faculty and Research Scientists’
Curricula Vitae
Note: Externally funded research projects and refereed publications (from 2000 to
present) for all faculty and research scientists are detailed in Appendices E and F,
respectively. An extended version of these CVs is provided on an accompanying CD.
Rainer M. W. Amon
Associate Professor
Education
Ph. D., Marine Science, University of Texas at Austin, USA
M.S., Zoology/Marine Biology, University of Vienna, Austria
B.S., Biology, University of Vienna, Austria,
Professional Experience
Associate Professor, Texas A&M University at Galveston
Associate Professor, Texas A&M University at College Station as
joined appointment in the Oceanography Department
Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University at Galveston
Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University at College Station as joined
appointment in the Oceanography Department
Research scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany
Postdoctoral fellow at the Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Germany
Postdoctoral fellow at the Univ. of Texas at Austin,
1995
1990
1986
2007 - present
2007 - present
2003 - 2007
2003 - 2007
1999 - 2003
1996 - 1999
1995 - 1996
Awards and Honors
Theodor-Körner-Preis (Austrian Science Award), 1990
Fulbright Fellowship, 1991
Fulbright Fellowship, 1992
J. C. Barton Fellowship, 1993 (University of Texas, Marine Science Institute)
E.J. Lund Fellowship, 1994 (University of Texas, Marine Science Institute)
International Research Travel Assistance Grant (Texas A&M University) 2004 (US$ 2,500)
Pathways to the Doctorate Award (Texas A&M System) 2006 (US$30,000)
Graduate students advised
Amanda Rinehart (2003- 2006) - Chair
Sally Walker (2007 - present) - Chair
Kim Roberts (member) - committee
Chen Xu (member) - committee
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Undergraduate students advised
Lori Ortega
Ross Jones
Dominique Cowart
Michelle Spinelli
Cameron Duncan
Sally Walker
Morgan John
Service (since 2000)
Reviewer - Agencies
Austrian Science Foundation; UK Natural Environment Research Council; US National Science
Foundation (individual grants and panel member); Netherlands Org. for Scientific Research,
Earth and Life Sciences; FONDECYT, Chilean National Science Foundation; CALFED;
American Chemical Society-Petroleum Research Fund; NASA; Canadian International Polar
Year Federal Program
Reviewer - Journals
Limnology and Oceanography, Deep Sea Research, Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Journal of
Phytoplankton Research, American Journal of Science, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Nature,
Aquatic microbial ecology, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Marine
Chemistry, Microbial Ecology, Geophysical Research Letters, Estuaries, Aquatic Ecology,
Tellus, Aquatic Sciences, Hydrobiologia, Chemistry and Ecology, Journal of Geophysical
Research, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Progress in Oceanography, Organic Geochemistry
Departments, College and University
Served on the following committees: 4 search committees including the search for the new
department head in Oceanography and Marine Biology; Program of requirements committee for
the new science building at TAMUG, curriculum committee for the Marine Sciences Program,
exploratory committee for the Marine Sciences Department; Honor code committee at TAMUG
Teaching
MARS 440 - Introduction to Chemical Oceanography,
OCNG 420 - Introduction to Biological Chemistry
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Ayal Anis
Associate Professor
Education
Ph.D. Physical Oceanography
Oregon State University, Oregon, US
M.Sc. Applied Physics (cum-laude) Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
B.Sc. Physics (cum-laude)
Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Associate professor, Depts. of Marine Sciences & Oceanography,
Texas A&M University , Galvesto
Assistant professor, Depts. of Marine Sciences & Oceanography,
Texas A&M University , Galveston
Res. Assoc., Dept. of Oceanography, Dalhousie University
Res. Scientist, Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research
Research associate (post-doc), Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Graduate research assistant, Oregon State University, Oregon, US
Graduate research assistant, University of Miami, Florida, US
Research assistant, Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research
Physicist, electro optical R&D, EL-OP, Rehovot, Israel
High school physics and math teacher
Awards and Honors
Postdoctoral fellowship, The Israel Academy of Sciences
Graduate research assistantship, Oregon State University
Fellowship-Gerson Meerbaum Foundation for Oceanography,
Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Graduate research assistantship, University of Miami, Florida
Graduate research assistantship, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
1994
1984
1982
20072000-2006
1998-1999
1994-1998
1994-1997
1987-1993
1986-1987
1985-1986
1985-1986
1983-1984
1994 -1995
1987 -1993
1986 -1988
1986 -1987
1982 -1984
Graduate/Undergraduate Students Advising
• Wei Wu, Oceanography, (committee chair, 2001-2002; opted to stay at College Station)
• Tiffany Farnham, Marine Biology (committee member, M.Sc., defended 2003)
• Gaurav Singhal, Oceanography, (committee chair, M.Sc., defended Sep., 2005)
• Keith Dupuis, Oceanography, (committee chair, M.Sc., defended Jan. 2007)
• PakTao Leung, Oceanography, (Ph.D. committee chair, current)
• Shelton Gay, Oceanography, (Ph.D. Co-chair, current)
• MyoungKeun Choi, Ocean Engineering, (Ph.D. committee member, current)
• Mahdi Karimi, Ocean Engineering, (M.Sc. committee member, current)
• Jeff Simms, Fisheries and Wildlife (M.Sc. committee member, current)
• Advisor for several undergraduate students research projects: Tray Hart, Andrew Kowalczk,
Federico Alvarez, Charles Landin, Keith Dupuis, Michael Konvicka, Joseph Skehan, Leah
Bartholomew.
University Committees
• MARS Curriculum Committee – Chair
• TAMUG Research Advisory Council – Member
• MARS faculty Search Committee – Member
• MARS Tenure & Promotion Committee – Member
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MASE/MARR faculty Search Committee – Member
TAMUG Study Abroad Committee - Member
Scientific Community (since 2000)
Reviewer of proposals:
U.S. National Science Foundation, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
EPSCOR (NASA)
Reviewer of Journal Publications
J. Physical Oceanography, J. Geophysical Research, Geophysical Research Letters, Limnology
and Oceanography, Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, Deep Sea
Research
Scientific panels:
National Science Foundation - physical oceanography panel – November, 2001; Lead panelist
for 10 proposals; Reviewer for more than 30 proposals
National Science Foundation - physical oceanography panel – November, 2003; Lead panelist
for 10 proposals; Reviewer for more than 30 proposals
Community Service
• Board Member – Beth Jacob Synagogue, Galveston, Texas.
• Presentations on physical oceanography and air-sea interactions to high-school students and
summer Sea-Camp participants
• Organization of annual Linux installation fests at TAMUG, for the benefit of students, staff,
and faculty.
• Supervision of the continuous operation of the university's meteorological station. The station
serves students, faculty, as well as the public for educational and research purposes. Data is
currently displayed in real-time on the Texas A&M, Galveston, website.
Membership in Professional Societies
• American Geophysical Society
• American Physical Society
• American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
Teaching
MARS 370 - Coastal Processes
MARS 410 - Introduction to Physical Oceanography
MASE 310 - Engineering Analysis
OCNG 608 - Physical Oceanography
PHYS 208 - Electricity and Optics
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Jack G. Baldauf
Professor
Education
• University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. Ph.D.- Paleontology, DissertationCenozoic diatom biostratigraphy and paleoceanography of the North Atlantic Ocean (19811985).
• San Jose State University, San Jose, CA. BA. Geology, with minor in Biology (1978-1981).
• Professor in Geological Oceanography (2001) and Deputy Director, Ocean Drilling Program
(1996-present), Texas A&M University.
• Associate Professor in Geological Oceanography (1993-2001) and Deputy Director, Ocean
Drilling Program (1996-present), Texas A&M University.
• Special Assistant to the Director, Ocean Drilling Program (1996), Texas A&M University.
• Manager of Science Operations, Ocean Drilling Program (1992-1996), Texas A&M
University.
• Assistant Professor in Geological Oceanography (1987-1993) and Assistant Manager of
Science Operations, Ocean Drilling Program (1986-1992), Texas A&M University.
• Staff Scientist, Ocean Drilling Program (1984-1986), Texas A&M University.
• Adjunct Assistant Professor in Geological Oceanography (1984-1987) and Staff Scientist,
Ocean Drilling Program (1984-1986), Texas A&M University.
Awards and Honors (since 2000)
• College of Geosciences Distinguished Achievement Award (2004).
Students Advised (since 2000)
• Brian Brookshire – Geological Oceanography (Committee member).
Service
• Deputy Director of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program TAMU:
o Management of the Science Services and Technical and Analytical Services
Departments including personnel management, budget planning and resource
management;
o Manages the scientific and technological deliverables including vessel schedule,
expedition planning and implementation, logistics, scientific QA/QC, analytical
systems including data acquisition, data quality and upload to the database, and
engineering development;
o Represent the College of Geoscience, TAMU and IODP in the international
scientific community. Liaison functions include participating in numerous U.S.
Implementing Organization meetings, IODP international meetings including the
Scientific Planning Committee (SPC) the Environmental Protection and Safety
Panel (EPSP), and international and national non-IODP meetings.
o Note: The Science Services group consists of 39 individuals dedicated to the
planning, implementation and post cruise review required to successfully deliver
the scientific expeditions for the international Integrated Ocean Drilling Program.
The Technical and Analytical Services group consists of 31 individuals dedicated
to the maintenance, enhancements and development of our analytical and
engineering capabilities.
• Kochi University, Japan – Effort are underway to build an academic and research
relationship with Kochi University and the Kochi Core Repository.
• Faculty Senate (2002-2005).
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Leila Belabbassi
Research Associate
Education
• Doctor of Philosophy in Oceanography. 2006. Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M
University.
• Master of Science in Oceanography. 2001. Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M
University.
• Bachelor of Science in Fisheries. 1997. Institut des Science de la Mer et l’Aménagement du
Littoral, Alger, Algérie.
• 2007 – Present. Post Doctoral Research Associate. Data Manager and Analyst,Texas A&M
University
• 2004-2006: Graduate Research Assistant. Texas A&M University.
• 2002 - 2003: Graduate Research Assistant. Texas Sea Grant.
• 2001. Librarian Assistant. Texas A&M University.
Awards and Honors
• 1997- 1998: Ranked first in the Algerian National Exam to pursue higher education in
Physical Oceanography abroad.
• 1999 - 2003: Graduate fellowship Algerian Ministry of High Education and Scientific
Research.
• 2004 - 2005: Graduate Student Scholarship, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M
University.
• 2005. Award : 2005 Student Research Week, Texas A&M University.
• 2005 -2006: Graduate Student Fellowship, Texas Institute of Oceanography.
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Thomas Stephen Bianchi
Professor
Education
1978 B.A.
1981 M.A.
1987 Ph.D.
(Biology- with minor in Chemistry) Dept. of Biology, Dowling College Oakdale,
NY
(Ecology and Evolution - Marine Ecology) Dept. of Ecology and Evolution, State
University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
(Thesis Advisor - Jeffrey S. Levinton)
(Marine Sciences - Biogeochemistry) University of Maryland, Chesapeake
Biological Lab, Solomons, MD
(Ph.D. Advisor - Donald L. Rice)
2005-present Professor, Dept. of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station,
Texas.
2002-2005
Professor, Dept.of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, New
Orleans, Louisiana.
1998-2002
Associate Professor, Dept.of E.E. Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans,
Louisiana, and Acting Director of the Institute for Earth and Ecosystem Sciences
(IEES).
1994-1998
Assistant Professor, Dept. of E.E. Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans,
Louisiana.
1990-1994
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas.
1988-1990
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Milbrook, N.Y.
Awards and Honors
1986
Predoctoral Research Award, The Society of Sigma Xi
1986
Lerner-Gray Fund Award for Marine Research, The American Museum of Natural
History
1988-1990 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Milbrook, N.Y.
1989
Sterrer Fellowship, Bermuda Biological Research Station.
1989
Theodore Roosevelt Fellowship, American Museum of Natural History.
1990
Sterrer Fellowship, Bermuda Biological Research Station.
1991
TARP Award, to attend the Gordon Conference on Chemical Oceanography,
Meriden, New Hampshire.
1993
Fulbright Research Scholarship, U.S/Cyprus.
1994
Visiting Scientist Award, Stockholm University, Sweden.
1994
Lamar University Excellence in Research Award.
1994
Lamar University Excellence in Teaching Award.
1988
Mortar Board Excellence in Teaching at Tulane University
2000
Fulbright Research Scholarship, U.S./Sweden
2003
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden (invited Plenary Speaker)
2006
University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, (invited in Eminent Scholar
Lecture Series in Marine Sciences
2007
William Evans Fellowship, Research Scholar, Otago University, New Zealand
2008
11th International Symposium on the Interactions between Sediments and Water
Esperance, Australia (invited Keynote Speaker)
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Students Advised (2000 to Present)
Erika Engelhaupt, M.S. Degree, Tulane University – 2000
Nianhong Chen, Ph.D., Tulane University – 2002.
Shuiwang Duan, Ph.D., Tulane University – 2005.
Laura Wysocki, Ph.D., Tulane University – 2007
Bryan Grace, Ph.D., Tulane University – (started in 2001)
Troy Sampere, Ph.D., Tulane University – (started in 2002)
Rick Smith, Ph.D., Texas A&M University – (started in 2007)
Aparupa Chaterjee, Ph.D., Texas A&M University – (started in 2007)
Katerine Schreiner, Ph.D., Texas A&M University (starts in summer 2008)
Xin-xin Li, Ph.D., Texas A&M University (Starts in fall 2008)
Postdoctoral Researchers
Sid Mitra – Tulane postdoc 1997 – 2000; Current position – Assistant Professor, Department of
Geological and Environmental Sciences, S.U.N.Y. at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York.
Martha Sutula – Tulane postdoc 1999 – 2000; Current position - Southern California Coastal
Water Research Project, 7171 Fenwick Lane, Westminster, California.
Rebecca Green – Tulane postdoc 2003 – 2005; Current position – Research Associate, Naval
Research Laboratory, NASA, Stennis, Mississippi.
Service (2000 to Present)
Editorial
Associate Editor, Estuaries and Coasts – 1998 - 2001
Advisory Board, Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research – 1998 - 2002
Associate Editor, Marine and Freshwater Research – 2006 - present
Associate Editor, Marine Chemistry – 2007- present
Associate Editor, Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta – 2007 – present
Associate Editor, Organic Geochemistry – 2007 – present
Reviewer
Journal of Marine Research, Limnology and Oceanography, Science, Estuarine Coastal Shelf
Science, Continental Shelf Research, Ambio, Nature, Marine Chemistry, Organic Geochemistry,
National Sea Grant Program, Hudson River Foundation, NOAA, National Science Foundation.
Panelist
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Environmental protection
Agency (EPA): Causes of Hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico. April, 2006, New
Orleans, LA, Invited Panelist
EPA- Science Advisory Board, Hypoxia Advisory Panel - September 2006 - June 2007
National Science Foundation, Arctic Natural Sciences, Polar Programs – April, 2007
Workshops and Special Sessions
National Science Foundation workshop on Biocomplexity “Benthic Processes”November 2002,
Washington D.C., Invited participant.
Workshop dedicated to River-Dominated Ocean margins (RioMar) - Co-Organized (with Brent
McKee) and chaired sessions - Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, August, 2004
Co-Organized ASLO session on “New Advances in Chemical Biomarkers” – Orlando, FL, 2008
Departmental Services/Activities
Committee Services
Research Committee (2005-2007; Co- Chair 2008), Search Committee for Dept. Head (2006),
Curriculum Committee (2006-2007), Chaired Search Committee for Chemical Oceanography
(2007), University Distinguish Lecture Series Committee, Executive Committee (2008)
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Departmental Research Outreach
2006 2008 - Member of China/Texas A&M University Collaborative Research Group and
Degree Program
2007-2008 - Member of Stable Isotope Facility Research Group
Graduate Student Committees (non-advisor role)
Lindsey Visser, Carolyn Wilson, Amanda Rinehart, Xiaoqian Zhang
Teaching
OCNG 251 - Oceanography
OCNG 401-Introduction to Oceanography
OCNG 645- Marine Organic Geochemistry
OCNG 649- Estuarine Biogeochemistry
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Douglas C. Biggs
Professor
Education
• Ph.D., 1976, Joint Program in Oceanography, M.I.T.-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• B.A., 1972, magna cum laude with Dept Honors in Biology, Franklin & Marshall College
• Professor, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station TX, 1996 to
date, and Chair, OCNG Biological Section, 1998-2001.
• Associate Professor, Department of Oceanography, TAMU, 1983-1996, and Manager, Technical
Support Services Group, 1986-1995.
• Assistant Professor, Department of Oceanography, TAMU, 1977-1983.
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New
York at Stony Brook, 1976-1977.
Awards and Honors
• Faculty Development Leave , University of Paris VI, 1985
• Distinguished Teaching Award, Texas A&M University, academic year 1988-1989
• Big Twelve Faculty Fellowship, academic year 1999-2000
• Faculty Development Leave , University of Colorado, 2001
• Patrick H. Ressler (PhD, 2001)
• Rebecca L. Scott (MS, 2001)
• Leila Belabbassi (MS, 2001)
• Laurie R. Sindlinger (MS, 2003)
• Amanda Olson Kaltenberg (MS, 2004)
• William W. Fletcher (MS, 2004)
• Alyson K. Azzara (MS, 2006)
• Julia E. O’Hern (MS, 2007)
• I served on three OCNG committees to hire new faculty in Biological Oceanography and on on
the committee to hire a Department Head, since 2000
• I served on College Grad Instruction & Curriculum Committee, 2000 through 2004
• I chaired OCNG Grad Recruiting & Academic Affairs committee, 2001-2002 & 2002-2003
• I serve on within-Department Tenure & Promotion committee, 2005-2006 to date
Teaching
OCNG 401- Introduction to Oceanography
OCNG 620- Biological Oceanography
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Robin L. Brinkmeyer
Assistant Professor
Education
Texas Institute of Oceanography Post-doctoral Research Fellow,
Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX
Ph. D., Natural Sciences, University of Bremen, Germany
Dissertation: Molecular characterization of bacterial communities in Arctic sea ice
M. A., Marine Science, University of Texas at Austin, USA
B. S., Aquatic Biology, University of Texas at Austin, USA
B. S., Zoology, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University at Galveston, TX
Assistant Research Scientist, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX
Lecturer, Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston,
Galveston, TX
Texas Institute of Oceanography Post-doctoral Research Fellow,
Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX
Doctoral student, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany
Stormwater Biologist, San Antonio Water System, San Antonio, TX
Toxicity Identification and Reduction Evaluation, Espey Huston & Associates,
Houston, TX
Guest Scientist, University of Ghent, Belgium
Laboratory research assistant III, University of Texas at Austin Marine
Science Institute, Port Aransas, TX
2003-2006
2003
1993
1988
1988
2007-present
2006-2007
2003-2007
2003-2006
1998-2003
1995-1997
1995
1993-1994
1990-1993
Students Advised
Current Graduate Students
Anne-Sophie Charlotte Hieke, M.S., Oceanogrpahy, Committee Chair, will graduate May 2008.
Brett Gonzalez, M.S., Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences, Committee Member
Elizabeth Neyland, M.S., Biology, Committee Co-chair
Jamie Steichen, M.S., Oceanography, Committee Co-chair
Leah Nicole Towers, M.S., Biology, Committee Co-chair
Sarah Stevens, Ph. D., Oceanography, Committee Chair
Leslie Gilbert, M.S., Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Committee Chair
Current Undergraduate Student Research Assistants
Paul Kroesen, Ashley Dilley, Autumn Patton, Kaylyn Germ, Danielle Aguirre, Thomas
Johnson, Samuel Waltman, Luke Murphy, Jake Heare, (Marine Biology, TAMUG)
Former Undergraduate Student Research Assistants and Volunteers
Danielle Aguirre, Thomas Johnson, Samuel Waltman Luke Murphy, Autumn Patton, Leslie
Gilbert, Ashley Dilley, Shannon Kelley, Kaylyn Germ, Jennifer Merkel, Angela Garn,
Kathryn R. Fosha, Walter E. Cromer, Joseph Bertrand, Julie Sullivan, Anne-Sophie Charlotte
Hieke,
Service
Member of the University of Texas System’s Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) to oversee
research using recombinant DNA molecules and select agents. Appointment by the National
Institute of Health, 2004-present
Reviewer of submitted manuscripts to Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Deep-Sea
Research II, Journal of Environmental Engineering, Limnology and Oceanography, Aquatic
Microbial Ecology
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Reviewer for proposals to Center for Environmental and Rural Health, TAMU, Texas Academy
of Sciences, National Science Foundation (Antarctic Organisms and Ecology Program),
CICEET
Session Chair ‘Pathogens and Pollutants’ Estuarine Research Federation Conference, Nov. 4-8
2007, Providence, RI
Member Organizing Committee, James Steel Conference on Diseases in Nature Transmissible to
Man, April 21-24, Galveston, TX
Judge for Galveston County Science Fair, January 2006
Judge for Trinity Episcopal School Science Fair, January 2006
Member TAMUG Research Advisory Council Sept. 2006-Aug. 2007
Member TAMUG Student Poster Symposium Organizing Committee Fall 2006/Spring 2007
Member TAMUG Classroom Facilities Committee Fall 2004/Spring 2005
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David A. Brooks
Professor
Education
1975 Ph.D. Physical Oceanography, University of Miami, Florida
1971 M.S. Ocean Engineering (Acoustics), University of Miami, Florida
1965 B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Maine, Orono
1987Professor of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
1997-2002 Executive Associate Dean and Associate Dean for Research, College of
Geosciences, Texas A&M University
1994-1997 Department Head of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
1988Adjunct Scientist, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
1983 -1987 Associate Professor of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
1978 -1983 Assistant Professor of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
1979 -1980 Adjunct Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh
1975 -1978 Research Associate and Graduate Faculty Member, North Carolina State University,
Raleigh
1969 -1975 Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Miami, Florida
1965 -1969 Systems Engineer, General Electric Company
Valery Kiselkova (OCNG, Ph.D),
Ashlie Sears (OCNG, MS - DNF)
Francisco Del Roure (OCEN, MS)
Chandan Lakotia (OCEN, MS)
Pak Leung (OCNG, Ph.D.-Galveston)
Laura Rubiano-Gomez (OCNG, MS, co-chair – DNF)
Georgenes Cavalcante (OCNG, Ph.D.)
Peter Hitchcock (OCNG, Ph.D.)
Wayyu Pandoe (OCEN, Ph.D.)
Kyo Seung Hwang (STAT, Ph.D.)
Tenure and Promotion Committee (2007-)
Research Advisory Committee (2007-)
Graduate Recruiting and Academic Advisory Committee, Chair (2003-4)
College and University
Dean's Search Committee for Oceanography Department Head (2007).
Texas A&M University Graduate Appeals Committee (2007-)
Geosciences Tenure and Promotion Committee (2007-)
Executive Associate Dean and Associate Dean for Research (1998-2002)
External
Science planning, policy and leadership:
Antigua/St. Croix All-Hands planning meeting, St. Croix, June, 2007
Modeling Related to the Regional Observing System in the Gulf of Maine, U. New
Hampshire, July 2005
NSF Review Panel for the ORION Program, September, 2005.
IOCARIBE/GOOS planning meeting, University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, February,
2004
Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, TAMU Representative (2000-04).
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Southeastern Universities Research Association, TAMU Representative (2000-02).
Review and Advisory:
Internal Review Team, Sea Grant Program, University of Maine, Spring (2001)
Review Committee for Ocean Sciences at the University of New Hampshire, Fall (2000)
Review Team for Curriculum in Marine Sciences, Univ. of North Carolina, Chair (1997).
Education:
Texas A&M University System Symposium on Higher Education, TAMU delegate, Oct
(2000)
CORE Ocean Sciences Educators’ Retreat, Williamsburg (1995), Monterey, October (2000)
Committee on Radio Frequencies, National Academy of Sciences (1997-00).
Teaching (2000 to Present)
Graduate
Dynamics of Oceans and Atmospheres (OCN 615)
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (OCN 614)
Ocean Waves and Tides (OCN 612)
Introduction to Physical Oceanography (OCN 608)
Undergraduate
Introduction to Physical Oceanography (OCN 410)
Oceanography (OCN 251)
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William R. Bryant
Professor
Education
M.S., Geology, University of Chicago, 1961
Ph.D., Geology, University of Chicago, 1966
Professor, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 1971-Present
Adjunct Professor, University of Science and Technology, Trondheim Norway 2006-Present
Adjunct Professor, Department of Material Science, Texas A&M University, 2000-Present
Head, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 1998-2000
Associate Professor, Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 1968-1971
Assistant Professor, Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 1964-1968
Research Scientist III, Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 1963-1964
Marine Geologist, Office of Naval Research, Chicago, Illinois, 1962-1963
Teaching Assistant, University of Chicago, 1961-1962
Field Supervisor, University of the Pacific, Pacific Marine Station, Dillon Beach,
California, 1960
Research Assistant, University of Chicago, 1957-1959
Military
Air Force, 1950-1954 (Cryptanalyst stationed in Japan)
Awards and Honors
Distinguished Achievement Award in Research (University Level), Association of Former
Students, Texas A&M University, 1982
Naval Oceanographic and Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Award for Best Division
Publication, 1989
Naval Oceanographic and Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Award for Best Division
Publication, 1990
Outstanding Educator Award, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, 1996
Distinguished Teaching Award (College Level), Association of Former Students, Texas A&M
University, 1999
Distinguished Achievement Award in Faculty Teaching, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M
University, 2000
Distinguished Achievement Medal of Texas A&M University's Geosciences and Earth
Resources Advisory Council of the College of Geosciences, 2000
Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching (University Level), Association of Former
TAMU Eagle Award for Exemplary Contributions to Education 2002.
Distinguished Achievement Award in Mentoring (University Level), Association of Former
Establishment of the “William R. Bryant Oceanography Chair for Teaching, Research, and
Mentoring Excellence,” 2008
Graduate Committee Memberships at Texas A&M University
Chairman of 51 M.S. Graduate Committees
Chairman of 52 Ph.D. Graduate Committees
Member of 99 Graduate Committees
Graduate Students Chaired and Graduated Over the Last 8 Years
Dan Bean
Ocn
PhD
Debora Berti
Ocn
MS
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Will Cain
Erick Huchzermeyer
Ethymios Tripsanas
Andres Pazmino
Jeramy Montgomery
John Brand
Chris Madere
Matt Meyers
Joel Seymour
Ocn
Ocn
Ocn
Ocn
Ocn
Ocn
Ocn
Ocn
Ocn
Present Graduate Students
Debra Berti
Peter Hitchcock
Steward Burbach
Ashley Gould
Cesar Arias
Ocn
Ocn
Ocn
Ocn
Ocn
MS
MS
PhD
MS
MS
PhD
MS
MS
PhD
PhD
PhD
PhD
PhD
PhD
Membership on National Committees, Councils and Panels
Member, Science Advisory, Ocean Margin Drilling, 1981-1982
Member, Planning Committee, Joint Oceanographic Institutions Deep Earth Sampling
(JOIDES), 1976-1985
Member, Passive Margin Panel (JOIDES), 1980-1983
Member, Downhole Measurements Panel (JOIDES), 1980-1983
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Marine Geotechnology
Member, Oceanographic Committee, Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Member, Committee on Marine Geotechniques, American Society for Testing and Materials
Member, Committee on Sieve Testing and Particle Size Measurements, American Society for
Testing and Materials
Member, Geotechnical Consortium
Member, Committee on Marine Geology, American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Other Professional Activities
Co-Chief Scientist, Leg 10, Deep Sea Drilling Project, Gulf of Mexico, 1970
Director, Center for Sedimentology, Texas A&M University, 1982-1985
Scientific Staff, Leg 96, Deep Sea Drilling Project, Gulf of Mexico, 1983
United Nations Consultant, Development Project of the Ministry of Geology, People's Republic
of China, 1986; 1988; 1989
Scientific Staff, Leg 113, Ocean Drilling Program, Weddell Sea, 1987
Co-Convener NORDA/TAMU Workshop and Conference on Microfabric of Fine-Grained
Terrigenous Sediments - From Mud to Shale, at NORDA, Stennis Space Center
Mississippi, October, 1988
Scientific Staff, Leg 124E, Ocean Drilling Program, South China Sea, 1989
Teaching
OCNG 673 - High-Resolution Geophysics
OCNG 681 - Seminar
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Lisa Campbell
Professor
Education
1983-1985 Ph.D., Oceanography, Stony Brook University, New York
1979-1983 M.S., Marine Environmental Science, Stony Brook University, New York
1972-1976 .B.A., Biology, with Honors. University of California at Santa Cruz
Professor, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 2006- current;
Joint Appointment in Department of Biology, since April 2002
Associate Professor, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 1996-2006
Associate Researcher, Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii, 1995-1996
Assistant Researcher, Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii, 1988- 1995
Graduate Assistant, State University of New York Stony Brook, 1979-1985
Staff Research Associate, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1976-1979
Ethel Ashworth-Tsutsui Memorial Keynote Speaker, 2006
Big12 Conference Fellowship Award (TAMU), 2006
Darren Henrichs (Biology)
Ke Kong (Chemistry)
Edwin Pinto
Patrick Spooner
Tatum Neely
Kelly Soltysiak
Rongjun Shen
Sandra Metoyer
Jessie Chen
Paul Bradley (VIMS)
Archie Ammons (Biology)
Ludivine Rousseau (WFS)
Matthew Smith (Engineering)
Alex Mendenhoff
Bill Kopesky
PhD. candidate, 2006PhD 2007
MGsc. 2007
MGsc. 2006
MS 2005
MS/PhD candidate, 2002-2005
MS candidate, 2002-2003
MGsc. 2004- 2005
MS 2004
PhD Candidate, 2003PhD Candidate, 2006
PhD Candidate, 2005
MS candidate, 2003-2005
MS advisee 2001-2002
MS advisee 2000-2001
Undergradute 491 students advised:
Veronica Atchley, Elise Dickson, Mitchell Drennan, Wade Swanson, Carlos
Santamaria Kathleen Clancy, Gail Wade, Daniel Areola
Service
Review Editor, Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 1997- 2006
Reviewer for NSF (Ocean Sciences, Polar Programs, and numerous special panels), NOAA,
NASA)
Reviewer for oceanography journals (including: Limnology & Oceanography, Deep-Sea
Research, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Botanica Marina, Harmful Algae Journal of
Marine Systems, Journal of Phycology)
NIEHS Site Review Panel 2004-2007
University Service
Faculty Senate, 2000-2001
Elected to the Council of Principal Investigators, TAMU 2006; Executive Committee 2006-2010.
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Developed MS track in Ocean Observing Systems, College of Geosciences, TAMU; 2004-2006.
Student Research Week, Judge for student papers, 2004, 2007.
Chair, Curriculum Committee, Dept. Oceanography, 2005-2006.
Teaching
OCNG 420 - Introduction to Biological Oceanography
OCNG 625 - Current Topics in Biological Oceanography
OCNG 654 - Plankton Ecology
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Ping Chang
Professor
Education
1988. Ph.D., Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
1986. M.A., Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
1984. M.E., Mechanical Engineering, City College of New York, New York, NY
1982. B.S., Applied Mathematics, East China Engineering Institute, Nanjing, China.
2007-present, Joint Appointment, Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M
University, College Station, TX
2002-present, Adjunct Senior Research Scientist, The International Research Institute for Climate
and Society, Columbia University, New York
2000-present, Co-Director, The Joint Center for Ocean Circulation and Climate/Environment
Studies, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2000-present, Adjunct Professor, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1998-present, Professor, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station,
TX
1995-1998, Associate Professor, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College
Station, TX
1990-1995, Assistant Professor, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College
Station, TX
1988-1990, Postdoctoral Reseach Associate, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and
Ocean, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Awards and Honors
2003 The Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Awards of Texas A&M
University
2001 Chinese Academy of Sciences Outstanding Overseas Young Scientist Award
2000 Faculty Fellow, Texas A&M University
1998 College Award for Outstanding Research, Texas A&M University
1993 National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award
JoAnn A. Lysne, (1994-2000), Ph.D, Oceanography, Co-Chairman
Susan Bates, (1997-2000), MS, Oceanography, Chairman
Duke Min, (1995-2001), Ph.D, Oceanography, Chairman
Faming Wang, (1998-2003), Ph.D, Oceanography, Chairman
Marcelo Barriero, (1999-2004), Ph.D, Oceanography, Chairman
Meyre Silva, (1999-2005), Ph.D, Oceanography, Chairman
Li Zhang, (2000-2005), Ph.D, Oceanography, Chairman
Yue Fang, (2000-2005), Ph.D, Oceanography, Chairman
Wei Wu, (2001-2005), Ph.D, Oceanography, Co-Chairman
1998-2001, member, Scientific Working Group for the Pliot Research Moored Array in the
Tropical Atlantic (PIRATA)
1998-2004, member, U.S. CLIVAR Atlantic Program Panel
1999-2004, member, U.S. CLIVAR Seasonal-to-Interannual Modeling and Prediction Panel
1999-2004, member, U.S. PAGES/CLIVAR Working Group
2000, panelist, NASA Oceanography Review Panel
2001-2003, member, NCAR's Community Climate System Model Scientific Steering Committee
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2003, co-chair, Oragnizing Committee of a Joint US CLIVAR-CCSM Workshop on "Reducing
Biases in Coupled Model Simulations of the Tropical Oceans on Seasonal and Longer
Timescales"
2003, panelist, NSF Climate Process Team review panel
2003, panelist, NOAA CLIVAR ATL and PAC review panel
2004, panelist, NSF Committee of Visitors (COV) for LARS of the Division of ATM
2005, member, NSF Climate Process Team review panel
2005-present, member, the modeling panel of the Tropical Atlantic Circulation Experiment, the
International CLIVAR program
2006, member, NOAA Climate Variability and Predictability Program Review Panel
2007-present, member, the AMOC Science Team, U.S. CLIVAR program
Teaching
OCNG 612 - Elements of Ocean Wave Theory
OCNG 614 - Dynamics of the Ocean and Atmosphere
OCNG 615 - Numerical Ocean Modeling I
OCNG 616 - Numerical Ocean Modeling II
OCNG 617 - Theories of Ocean Circulation
OCNG 651 - Meteorological Oceanography
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Piers Chapman
Professor, Head of Department
Education
Ph.D. (Marine Chemistry) University College of North Wales, Bangor, U.K.
B.Sc. (Chemistry) University College of North Wales, Bangor, U.K.
Professor and Head of Department of Oceanography, TAMU
Executive Director, CREST Program, Louisiana State University
Adjunct Professor, Departments of Environmental Studies and
Oceanography and Coastal Science, Louisiana State University
Director, U.S. WOCE Office
Adjunct Professor, Department of Oceanography, TAMU
Assistant Specialist Scientist, Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Cape Town
Oceanographer III, Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Cape Town
Oceanographer II, Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Cape Town
Senior Professional Officer, Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Cape Town
Chemist, Grade V, Yorkshire Water Authority, U.K.
Senior Research Associate, School of Environmental Sciences,
University of East Anglia, U.K.
Awards and Honors
Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, U.K.
ACTIM (French Government) fellowship
1982
1971
2007 to date
2002-2007
2002-2007
1990-2002
1998-2002
1987-1989
1983-1987
1980-1983
1977-1980
1976-1977
1974-1976
1995
1984
Graduate/Undergraduate Students Advised
L. Belabassi (TAMU – M.S., 2001; Ph.D., 2005)
S. Lahiry (TAMU – M.S., 2007)
K. Schmidt (LSU – M.S., 2007)
L. Basirico (LSU – M.S., 2007)
M. Al-Shawaf (LSU – M.S. 2008)
College of Geosciences, TAMU, Executive Committee
2007 to date
Associate editor, Journal of Geophysics Research
2007 to date
Reviewer for Aquatic Ecology, Deep-Sea Research, Geophysics Research Letters,
Journal of Marine Systems, Journal of Physical Oceanography, Marine Chemistry,
as well as Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem Program (South Africa),
NSF, NASA, NOAA, CICEET, the U.S. NOPP, Sea Grant offices in Louisiana
and Texas, the Minerals Management Service and the Louisiana Governor’s
Office for Coastal Activities.
U.S. WOCE Science Steering Committee (ex officio)
2000-2002
Rapporteur for NOAA panel on moored buoy arrays
2001
Member, WOCE Atlas committee
2000 to date
Member, CREST Executive and Technical Advisory Boards
2002-2007
Member, Advisory Board to Louisiana Governor’s Applied
2003-2005
Coastal Research and Development Program
Member of the Louisiana Coastal Area Plan Science Coordination Team
2004-2007
Member, Louisiana Sea Grant Advisory Board
2005 to date
Co-chair, SCOR Working Group on Deep-Ocean – Shelf Interactions
2006 to date
Member, UNOLS Data Management Best Practices sub-committee
2007 to date
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Conference Organizer:
WOCE and Beyond (San Antonio, 2002)
Advances in Coastal Restoration in the Northern Gulf States (Thibodaux, 2003)
Coastal Zone 2005 Conference (New Orleans, 2005)
CREST Symposium: W. Alton Jones Report Revisited (Lafayette, 2005)
CREST Symposium: Riverine Process Reestablishment and Reintroduction
(Baton Rouge, 2006)
Mississippi River Nutrients Transport and Fate Symposium
(Minneapolis, 2006, Science Team member)
Restore America’s Estuaries meeting (New Orleans, 2006, session convenor)
CREST meeting: Advances in Coastal Restoration (Baton Rouge, 2007)
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Luis Cifuentes
Professor, Interim Vice Provost for Texas A&M
Education
May 1987: Ph.D. (Oceanography), University of Delaware, College of Marine Studies, Lewes,
DE. Advisor: Dr. Jonathan H. Sharp.
June 1982: M.S. (Marine Studies), University of Delaware, College of Marine Studies, Lewes,
DE. Advisor: Dr. Jonathan H. Sharp
June 1978: B.A. with honors in Chemistry, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA.
July 2007 to present: Interim Vice Provost, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
November 2004 to June 2007: Executive Associate Dean and Associate Dean for Research,
College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
January 2003 to October 2004: Interim Executive Associate Dean and Associate Dean for
Research, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
September 2000 to Present: Professor, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University,
College Station, TX.
2002
Brian Jones, M.S.
2004
Roswell Downer, Jr., M. S.
2005
Carlton Rauschenberg, M. S.
2006
Stephanie Gudeman, M. S.
2007
Jeff Morin, Ph. D.
Teaching
OCNG 645 - Marine Organic Geochemistry
OCNG 649 - Estuarine Biogeochemistry
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Steven Francis DiMarco
Associate Professor
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Physics
Master of Science in Physics
Bachelor of Arts (Physics major)
University of Texas at Dallas
University of Texas at Dallas
University of Dallas
August 1991
May 1988
December 1985
2004-present Associate Professor, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
2000-2004
Associate Research Scientist, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
1994-2000
Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
1993-1994
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Geochemical and Environmental Research Group,
Louisiana-Texas Shelf Physical Oceanography Program, Texas A&M University
1991-1993
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Advanced Studies, Department of
Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico and Department of Physics,
Texas A & M University, Advisor: Professor Marlan O. Scully
1992
Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Munich, Germany, June August, 1992
1986-1991
Research Assistant, Center for Applied Optics, University of Texas at Dallas
Awards and Honors
Protégé: Texas Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine, 2004
Sigma Xi (National Research Society), 2000
Appointed Member of Texas A&M University Graduate Faculty, 1999
University of Texas at Dallas Research Partners Program Assistantship, 1990-91
Optical Society of America Graduate Student Travel Grant, 1990
Sigma Pi Sigma (National Physics Honor Society), 1989
University of Dallas National Competitive Exam Academic Scholarship, 1981-83
Chair or co-chair
*Alyson Azzara (OCNG): co-Chair (w/D. Biggs) MS thesis 2004-2006
Kelly Cole (OCNG): Chair MS thesis committee, 2006Cathy Yang Feng (OCNG): Chair PhD committee: 2006 Shelton Gay (OCNG): PhD co-Chair (w/Dellepena, TAMUG) 2005-2007
Valerya Kiselkova (OCNG): Chair PhD committee 2004*Sudeshna Lahiry (OCNG): Chair MS committee, 2004-2007
Michael Lalime (OCNG): Chair MS committee, 2004*Amanda Olson, (OCNG) co-Chair (Biggs) MS thesis committee 2002-2004
Stuart Pearce (GEOS): MGeosc. Committee Chair: 2006Ashlie Sears (OCNG): Chair MS thesis committee, 2006*Rebecca Scott (OCNG): co-Chair (Biggs) MS thesis committee, 1998-2001
*Laurie Sindlinger: (OCNG) co-chair (Biggs) MS thesis committee, 2000-2002
Xiaoqian Zhang: (OCNG) Chair, PhD committee 2005Committee member
OCNG
Federico Alvarez (TAMUG-MARB): MS thesis committee (Quigg chair): 2006*Erin Johnson-Anitsakis (OCNG): MS thesis committee (Long: chair) : 2004-2006
*Seong-Ho Baek (OCNG): PhD committee (Hetland: chair) 2003-2006
*Leila Belabbassi (OCNG) PhD committee (Nowlin: chair), (2003-2006)
*Yue Fang (OCNG): member PhD dissertation committee (1999-2001),
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*Andrew Hebert (OCNG): member Ph.D. committee (Morse: chair), 2003-2004
*Sara Keach (TAMUG-MARS): member thesis committee (Gil: chair) (2004-2005)
*Wahyu Pando (OCNG): Indonesian through-flow; MS thesis committee (1998-2000),
(PhD 2004 TAMU OCEN)
*Kelly Rider, (OCNG) MS thesis committee (Nowlin: chair) 2001-2003
*Linda Roehrborn (MARB): MS thesis committee (Quigg: chair): 2005-2006
*Ou Wang (OCNG): member PhD dissertation committee (Nowlin/Reid: chair) (1998-2002)
now at JPL
GEOG
*Jean Ellis, (GEOG), PhD committee member (Sherman: chair) 2002-2006
Eugene Farrell (GEOG), PhD, committee member (Sherman: chair) 2006GEOS
*Patrick Spooner (GEOS) member MGsc. committee (Campbell: chair) 2005-2007
*Edwin Pinto (GEOS), MGsc., Committee member (Campbell: chair) 2006-2007
OCEN
*Enrique Banda (OCEN): MS non-thesis committee (Mercier: chair) 2004
Mohammed Shahiladul Islam (OCEN): member PhD committee (Bonner: chair), 2006*Weoncheol Koo, (OCEN), member Ph. D. committee, (Kim: chair) 2003
ATMO
*Amy Phillips Black (ATMO) MS thesis committee (Bowman: chair) 2002
*Karen Brugman (ATMO) MS thesis committee (Schumacher: chair) 2004-2007
*Darielle Dexheimer (ATMO) MS thesis committee (Bowman: chair) 2002-2004
Graduate College Representative (GCR)
*Apichai Bhatranand, (EENG), Graduate College Representative 1999-2003
*Rob Leffel, (Education Policy), Graduate College Representative 1999-2003
Undergraduate Students Advised
*Ashlie Sears (ATMO) Oceaography Minor thesis, “Field comparisons of a polarographic membrane
dissolved oxygen sensor and Winkler titration from the Louisiana Shelf” (May 2006)
Sean Finn (CVEN) Oceanography Minor (thesis und.): 2005Service (2000 to date, both within and outside the university)
Reviewer (last five years): Science, J. Physical Oceanography, Geophysical Research Letters, J.
Geophysical Research, J. Coastal Research, Gulf of Mexico Science, J. Marine Research,
Journal of Marine Research, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Marine
Technology Journal
Proposal Referee: NSF, NASA, SeaGrant (Texas and New York)
National Steering Committees:
• MMS USA-Mexico Workshop on the Deepwater Physical Oceanography of the Gulf of
Mexico: 26-28 June 2007, New Orleans, LA.
• NOAA Summit on Long-term Monitoring of the Gulf of Mexico Hypoxic Zone, 30-31
January 2007. Stennis Space Center, MS.
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Panels:
• Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Assessing the State of the Science, EPA/NOAA,
New Orleans, LA 25-27 April 2006. Panel Leader: Causes of Hypoxia II: Influence of
Physical Oceanographic Processes on the Distribution & Extent of the Hypoxic Zone
• National Science Foundation, Ocean Sciences, Physical Oceanography (OCE-PO) November
2006.
University Committees and Councils
U.S.and China 2007 Roundtable Session Organizer
(Co-Chair)
Department of Oceanography Executive Committee
Computer and Information Committee (Chair)
Coastal Ecosystem Processes and Health Group Leader
Antigua Ecosystems Project – Ocean Observing Systems
Component: Co-PI
Margins Geologist Search Committee
Department Curriculum Committee
Technical Services Committee (Chair)
College Deans Research Advisory Council (inactive)
SCMP Advisory Council (inactive)
TAMU-Qatar Center for Sustainable Development Ocean
Observing Team leader (inactive)
Biological Oceanographer Search Committee
2006-present
2006-present
2006-present
2005-present
2005-present
2006-2007
2004-2006
2004-2005
2004-present
2004-present
2004-present
2004-2005
Teaching
OCNG 604 - Ocean Observing Systems
OCNG 657 - Data Methods and Graphical Representation in Oceanography
OCNG 658 - Oceanographic Computer Laboratory
OCNG 685 - Directed Study Physical Oceanography of the Gulf of Mexico
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Wilford D. Gardner
Professor
Education
S.B.
Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, February 1972, Earth Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Joint Program in Oceanography, November 1977; Graduation 1978
1990-present Professor, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
2000-2005
Head, Department of Oceanography, Texas A & M University
1996
Faculty Development Leave, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA
1987-1995
Chair, Geological/Geophysical Oceanography Section, Department of
Oceanography, Texas A & M University
1985-1990
Associate Professor, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
1983-1985
Associate Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
1977-1983
Research Associate, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia
University
1975-1977
Graduate Research Assistant, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
1972-1975
Graduate Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Awards and Honors
National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship
awarded in 1977, but I declined it to work on my NSF grant at LDGO
Department
Student's Name
Erick Huchzermeyer
Oceanography
Dan Bean
Oceanography
Young Baek Son
Oceanography
Amy DeGeest
Oceanography
Songgang Gu
Geography
Stephanie Rice
Oceanography
Lionel Guidi
Oceanography
Level
M.S.
Ph.D.
Ph.D.
M.S.
Ph.D.
M.S.
PhD
Started
2000
2000
2001
2003
2004
2005
2004
Graduated
2005
2005
2006
2006
2007
2007
Capacity
Member
Member
Chair
Member
Member
Co-Chair
Member
Service
Outside the University
1999-01 External evaluator of EU project MetroMed in Greece
1999-02 Elected member of TOS (The Oceanography Society Council) – 3-year term.
2000
Elected to UNOLS Council (University National Oceanographic Laboratory System)
- 3-yr term. Served on Executive Committee & many subcommittees.
2001
Invited contributor to NSF RIOMAR Planning in New Orleans, LA, Nov. 1-3.
2002
Chaired UNOLS committee to develop Science Mission Requirements (SMRs) for
Regional Class vessels.
2002-05 Advisor to EU project INTERPOL in Athens, Greece-Initial mtg Nov. 21-23, ‘02
2002
Invited participant at GEOTRACES planning in Toulouse, France April 13-17
2003
JOI Ocean Science Education Retreat (OSER) mtg, St. Petersburg, FL. Nov 10-11
2003
Re-Elected to UNOLS Council (University National Oceanographic Laboratory
System) - 3-yr term. Served on Executive Committee-6yrs & many subcommittees:
Post-Cruise Assessment committee-4 yrs, UNOLS Office Evaluation Committee-1yr,
Nominations Committee 2006.
2004
FATE Workshop – invited member - "Future Applications of Th234 in aquatic
Ecosystems, Woods Hole, MA, August 16-19
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2003
SCOR Working Group #115 “Particle fluxes with sediment traps”, Xiamen, China,
April 17-21.
2005
JOI Ocean Science Education Retreat (OSER) mtg, Woods Hole, MA. Oct. 26-27
2006
Sustained Indian Ocean Biogeochemical and Ecological Research (SIBER) mtg, Goa,
India, Oct. 3-6, 2006. Session chair
Review of papers and proposals for journals and funding agencies.
Papers since 6/00 – Reviewed 45, declined to review 28 others; Reviewer for 31 journals
Proposals since 6/00 – Reviewed 45, declined to review 19 others
Served on 2 NSF panels (reviewed 30 of 108 proposals), declined to serve on 2 panels
Service within Texas A&M University
Member, R/V GYRE Users Committee, 1988-2005
Member, Graduate Academic Advisory Committee, 1998-2000
Member, Geosciences Graduate Instruction and Curriculum Committee, 1998-2000
Chair, Tenure Committee for Dr. Lisa Campbell 1999
Member, Council of Principal Investigators, 1999-2003
Exec Committee, Council of Principal Investigators, 2000-2003
Numerous committees during time as Department Head, 2000-2005
Advisory Committee, Grad program Enhancement Fund, Ship Committee, Tech support
comm., College Advisory committee,
Prepared 37 packages for awards for faculty and staff of which 15 were successful on
the national to departmental level
Elected Geosciences member of University Faculty Development Leave Committee,
2007-2010
Teaching
OCNG 662 - Coastal and Marine Sedimentary Processes
OCNG 663 - Partial Dynamics and Fluxes
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Benjamin S. Giese
Associate Professor
Education
B.A. Physics, 1981, University of Chicago, Chicago IL.
M.S. Oceanography, 1985, University of Washington, Seattle WA.
Ph.D. Oceanography, 1989, University of Washington, Seattle WA.
1999 - present: Associate Professor, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
7/04-12/04: Visiting Scientist, IPRC, University of Hawaii.
1994 - 1999: Assistant Professor, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University.
1991 - 1993: Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland.
1989 - 1991: Postdoctoral Researcher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD.
1982 - 1989: Research Assistant, Department of Oceanography, University of Washington.
Awards and Honors
The College Level Texas A&M Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award
for Teaching: Fall 2000
Montague / Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar 1997-1998, “Developed by the Center for
Teaching Excellence to stimulate the development of innovative teaching strategies and
technologies, and to give recognition to outstanding teachers”, Award of $5,000 to research and
develop innovative teaching techniques.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Postdoctoral Fellow - Ocean Modelling.
One of 5 awarded nationally in 1989, 2 years support for postdoctoral research.
Graduate Students Advised
Sulagna Ray
Oceanography
Yangxin Zheng
Meteorology
Amy Wagner
Oceanography
Neven Fuckar
Oceanography
Amy Bratcher
Oceanography
Cristina Urizar
Oceanography
Hank Seidel
Oceanography
JoAnn Lysne
Oceanography
Vikas Jhingran
Oceanography
Woo-Guen Cheon
Oceanography
Karthik Balaguru
Oceanography
Li Zhang
Oceanography
Meyre Da Silva
Oceanography
Marcello Bariero
Oceanography
Dughong Min
Oceanography
Brent Porter
Oceanography
Benjamin Aurispa
Mathematics
Douglas Butts
Meteorology
Jeremy DeMoss
Atmospheric Sciences
Shane Motley
Meteorology
Jamie Smith
Meteorology
Jason Tomlinson
Meteorology
David Gold
Meteorology
San-Ok Han
Meteorology
Kevin Walter
Meteorology
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Chair
Chair
Co-Chair
Chair
Chair
Chair
Chair
Co-Chair
Chair
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
PhD Current
PhD 2007
PhD 2007
MS 2003
MS 2002
MS 2002
PhD 1999
PhD 1998
MS 1997
PhD Current
PhD Current
PhD 2005
PhD 2005
PhD 2003
PhD 2002
MS 2000
MS 2006
Current
Current
Current
Current
Current
PhD 2004
PhD 2004
MS 2004
Salil Mahajan
Lou Cantrell
Hye-Kyung Cho
Kerry Moncla
Greg Markowski
Thomas Petroski
Ernest Toracinta
Svetla Veleva
Meteorology
Meteorology
Meteorology
Meteorology
Meteorology
Meteorology
Meteorology
Meteorology
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
MS 2004
PhD 2002
PhD 2002
MS 2001
PhD 2000
MS 2000
PhD 2000
PhD 2000
Service – Texas A&M University
Undergraduate advisor: Environmental Geosciences 2004 - present
Department of Oceanography Curriculum Committee - Chair - 2000-2004
Faculty Senate 2000-2003.
Geosciences Caucus Leader 2001-2002
Senate Committees:
Core Curriculum Oversight Subcommittee
Academic Affairs Committee
Bylaws Committee
Status of Lecturers Committee
Geosciences Graduate Instructional and Curriculum Committee, 1999-2004
Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 1995 – 2000.
Member, Search Committees:
Dean – College of Geosciences, Fall 2003
Department Head Search, Spring, 2000
Faculty position – Geological Oceanography, Spring 2003
Outreach
YAP (Youth Adventure Program) – TAMU Summer enrichment program at Texas A&M.
Developed and taught a week-long course on climate change for high school students. Summer
2007.
Student Organizations
Faculty Advisor, Mediators Club
Faculty Host, MSC Conversations
Mentor, Texas A&M Mentors Program. A program to provide advising and counseling to
undergraduates, 1994 - present.
Mentor, Graduate Teaching Academy
Workshops on Teaching
Wakonse, April 2002, A two day conference on effective and innovative teaching methods, Balcones
Springs, TX.
Service – National
NSF Panel – Physical Oceanography 2006
NASA Panel for Oceans and Ice, 2004
Reviewer for Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of Climate, Journal of Physical
Oceanography, Gepophysical Researh Letters, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union.
Proposal reviewer for NSF, NOAA, NASA, NCAR
Meetings Organized/Chaired
Session Chair, North Pacific General Circulation, Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Honolulu,
HI, 2004.
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Service – International
Science Foundation of Ireland Panel – Geosciences 2006
Panel Chair, Science Foundation of Ireland – Geosciences 2007
Teaching
GEOS 410 - Global Change
OCNG 451- Mathematical Modeling of Ocean Climate
OCNG 651- Meteorological Oceanography
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Norman L. Guinasso, Jr.
Research Scientist
Education
Ph.D., Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 1984
M. S., Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 1975
B. A., Physics and Mathematics, San Jose State College, 1966
2005-Present: Director, Geochemical and Environmental Research Group, College of
2004-2005: Interim Director, Geochemical and Environmental Research Group, College of
1998-2004: Deputy Director, Geochemical and Environmental Research Group, College of
2001-Present: Adjunct Professor, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
2003-Present: Research Scientist, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
1994-Present: Program Manager, Texas Automated Buoy System
1993-Present: Member of the Graduate Faculty at Texas A&M University
1992-1998: Associate Director, Geochemical and Environmental Research Group, College of
1992-1994: Editor, LATEX Fortnightly
1985-2002: Associate Research Scientist, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
1985-1992: Associate Research Scientist, Geochemical and Environmental Research Group,
College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University
1985-1986: Project Scientist, U. S. Planning Office for the World Ocean Circulation Experiment
(WOCE), College Station, TX
1972-1985: Research Associate, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
1966-1971: Scientist, Teledyne Isotopes, Palo Alto, CA
1960-1963: Student Trainee, U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory, San Francisco, CA
Awards and Honors
Distinguished Achievement Award, Research Scientist, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M
University, 2002
Honors in Physics, San Jose State College, 1966
Distinguished Graduate Student Award, Texas A&M University,
Association of Former Students, 1975
Service
Department of Oceanography Ship Committee
Department of Oceanography Research Committee
College of Geosciences Executive Committee
Council of Principal Investigators (elected 2007-2010)
Texas A&M University Laboratory Safety Committee
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Robert Hetland
Associate Professor
Education
Ph.D. in Oceanography
M.S. in Oceanography
B.A. in Physics and Mathematics
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
University of Maine, Orono, ME
Saint Olaf College, Northfield, MN
1996 - 1999
1993 - 1996
1988 - 1992
Associate Professor, Texas A&M University, September 2006 - present
Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University, September 2000 - August 2006
Postdoctoral Investigator, United States Geological Survey, Woods Hole, and Guest Investigator,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, September 1999 - August 2000
Graduate Research Assistant, Florida State University, August 1996 - April 1999
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Maine, August 1993 - August 1996
Awards and Honors
• Fulbright Senior Researcher at the Libnitz Institute for Baltic Sea Research in Warnemünde,
Germany, August 2007 to August 2008.
• Texas A&M University Big 12 travel grant, 2003.
• Texas A&M University Big 12 travel grant, 2006.
Students Advised
Seong-ho Baek, Ph. D.
Sudeshna Lahiry, M. S. (co-chair, 2007)
Luis Morales, M.S. candidate (2004)
Valeriya Kiselkova, Ph. D. candidate (co-chair, 2008)
Service
Review Panels
NOAA ECOHAB panel member 2001
NOAA ECOHAB panel member 2002
NOAA Hypoxia panel member 2006
Meetings
Invited to co-chair the general oceanography session at the AGU Joint Assembly, 2005
Departmental Committee
Sole member, Library Committee 2000 - 2001
Member, Chemical Oceanography search committee 2004
Member, Physical Oceanography search committee 2004
Head, Computer committee 2004 - present
Other
Attended German Fulbright applicant evaluation meeting in Berlin, Germany, 2007
Teaching
OCNG 609 - Dynamical Oceanography
OCNG 689 - Special Topics in Coastal Dynamics
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Troy L. Holcombe
Research Scientist
Education
B.A. 1961 Hardin Simmons University - geology
A.M. 1964 University of Missouri - geology
Ph.D. 1972 Columbia University - marine geology
Research Scientist, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 2002-present
Research Associate, CIRES, University of Colorado, 1999-2001
Chief, Marine Geology & Geophysics Division, NOAA National Geophysical Data Center,
1996-1999
Director, World Data Center A for Marine Geology and Geophysics, 1997-1999;
Senior Scientist and Deputy Chief, Marine Geology and Geophysics Division, NOAA National
Geophysical Data Center, 1984-1996
Visiting Associate Professor of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 1980-81
Head, Geology Branch, Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity, 1975-84
Research Oceanographer, U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, 1968-75
Graduate Research Assistant, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, 1965-68
Graduate teaching assistant, University of Missouri, 1961-63
Awards and Honors
Abilene Geological Society Award to the top-ranked student in geology at Hardin-Simmons
University, 1961.
National Science Foundation Summer Fellow, University of Missouri, 1962.
Gregory Fellow, University of Missouri, 1962-1963.
Higgins Fellow, Columbia University, 1963-1964.
Presidents' Fellow, Columbia University, 1964-1965.
Many outstanding performance ratings over a 30-year period at the Naval Oceanographic Office,
Naval Ocean R&D Activity, and NGDC.
Honorary vice-chairman of the IBCCA (International Bathymetric Chart of the Caribbean Sea
and Gulf of Mexico), since 1988.
Chandler-Misener Award for most notable research paper published in the Journal of Great Lakes
Research during 1997.
Chandler-Misener Award for most notable research paper published in the Journal of Great Lakes
Research during 2004.
Service
• Principal investigator for a project, conducted cooperatively between the NOAA National
Geophysical Data Center, the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, and
the Canadian Hydrographic Service, to compile new bathymetry and study the
geomorphology of the Laurentian Great Lakes. Bathymetry of Lake Michigan, Lake Erie,
and Lake Ontario was completed, bathymetry of Lake Huron is being prepared for release,
and bathymetry of Lake Superior is about two/ thirds complete. These bathymetric maps are
now widely utilized for expedition planning, modeling of lake circulation, quantification of
fish habitats, geological studies, and general education. Final products are published maps,
research papers, GIS- compatible digital data sets, CD-ROMs, and an extensive bibliography.
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U.S. member of editorial boards of several regional bathymetry projects sponsored by the
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and the International Hydrographic
Organization (IHO), including IBCCA (International Bathymetric Chart of the Caribbean
Sea and the Gulf of Mexico), since 1986-; IBCEA (International Bathymetric Chart of the
Central Eastern Atlantic), since 1988; IBCWIO (International Bathymetric Chart of the
Western Indian Ocean), since 1989; and IBCM (International Bathymetric Chart of the
Mediterranean), since 1999.
Compiled the surficial geological map of the deep-sea Caribbean for the Geological Map of
North America, finally published under the auspices of the Decade of North American
Geology Project of the Geological Society of America, in 2005.
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Matthew K. Howard
Associate Research Scientist
Education
Humboldt State University, CA,
Texas A&M University, TX,
B.S.
1976
Ph.D. 1992
2006-Present Associate Research Scientist, Dept. of Oceanography, Texas A&M Univ.
1994-2006 Assistant Research Scientist, Dept. of Oceanography, Texas A&M Univ.
1991-1994 Assistant Research Scientist, Geochemical Environmental Res. Group, TAMU
1989-1991 Assistant Research Scientist, Applied Research Corp., College Station, TX
1982-1989 & 1990-1991 Graduate Research Assistant, Texas A&M University
1980-1982 Research Engineer, Dynamics Technology Inc., Torrance, CA
1977-1980 Associate Oceanographer, Interstate Electronics Corp., Anaheim, CA
Awards and Honors
2007 Dean’s Distinguished Achievement Award – Research Scientist
Students Advised
Kelly Cole (OCNG, M.S.)
Julia O’Hern (OCNG, M.S.)
Service
OCEAN.US IOOS Data Management and Communications (DMAC) Organizing Committee
OCEAN.US IOOS DMAC Executive Committee (XT) & Steering Team (ST)
OCEAN.US IOOS DMAC Chair Regional Association Caucus
National Science Foundation Ocean Observing Interactive Cyber-Infrastructure Committee
Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Regional Association Technical Lead
Marine Metadata Interoperability Program Steering and Executive Committee
IOOS Regional Observation Registry Technical Advisory Committee
Department of Oceanography Department Head Search Committee
Department of Oceanography Awards Committee
Department of Oceanography Tenure and Promotion Committee
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George A. Jackson
Professor
Education
B.S., Physics, 1969, California Institute of Technology
M.S., Environmental Engineering, 1970, California Institute of Technology
Ph.D., Environmental Engineering Science and Biology, 1976,
California Institute of Technology
Professor, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University (TAMU), 1989-present
Guest Researcher, Danish Institute of Marine Fisheries, Charlottenlund, Denmark, Jan -Jun 2000
Acting head, Department of Oceanography, TAMU, Jan -Apr 1998
Associate Research Oceanographer, SIO, University of California, San Diego, 1986-1989
Assistant Research Oceanographer, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) University of
California, San Diego, 1978-1986
Research Fellow, Environmental Quality Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
1977-1978
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Biology Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1975-1976
Awards and Honors
Foreign member, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
Recipient of the Texas A&M University’s Association of Former Student Distinguished
Achievement Award, 2004,
Students Advised (2000 to Present):
Cheryl Brown (Ph. D.), Greg Breed (MS -), Simone Francis(Ph. D., 2005)
Chair, Oceanography Tenure and Promotion committee. 2000-2003
Member, Life Sciences Task Force, 2001-2003
Member, University Lecture Committee, 2004-2007
Member, committee to choose Former Students Association awards, 2005.
Member, Department Head Search committee, 2005-2006
Member, Department Research committee, 2005-2006
Member, Department computer committee, 2005-2006
External Service
Instructor, Sigüenza Summer School 2003, “Scales in Mathematical and Theoretical Biology,”
Sigüenza, Spain, August 2003.
Instructor for the program Master en Anàlysis de Ecosistemas Acuàticos, University Internacional
de Andalucia, Baeza, Spain, Dec 2001.
Organizer, US JGOFS Workshop on Midwater Processes, San Antonio, 25-17 March 2002.
Instructor, NORFA course “Concepts and models of the pelagic food web,” Bergen, Norway,
19-27 June 2002.
Chair, “The Mesopelagic Layer” Working Group, IGBP/SCOR Ocean Biogeochemistry and
Ecosystem Analysis (OCEANS) International Open Science Conference, Paris, France,
January 2003.
Member, JGOFS steering committee, 1997-2003.
Member, JGOFS Synthesis and Modeling Program (SMP) steering committee, 1998-2003.
Member, Organizing Committee, 2004 ASLO/TOS Ocean Research Conference, 2003-2004.
Member, Texas Sea Grant Agency and Academic Advisory Committee, February 1996-2005.
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Member, Organizing Committee, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Summer
2005 meeting in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Instructor, “Small-Scale Physical-Biological Interactions in the Plankton,” Bigelow Laboratory,
15-19 August 2005.
Member, External Science Advisory Committee, Georgia Coastal Ecosystems Long-Term
Ecological Research (LTER) project, 2000-present.
Member, Meetings Committee, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, 2003present
Co-organizer, Workshop 5 on Microbial Ecology, May 2006, 2005-2006 Program in Evolution
and Ecology, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Ohio State University.
Member, steering committee for the Pelagic Organism Declines work team, National Center for
Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, January 2007 to November 2007.
Co-organizer and instructor for a course entitled “Physical-biological interactions in the
plankton,” given at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences on 13-17 August 2007.
Member, steering committee for IMBER workshop on the mesopelagic zone, Dec 2007 to
present.
Teaching
OCNG 251- Oceanography
OCNG 610- Mathematical Models of Marine Ecosystems
OCNG 620- Biological Oceanography
OCNG 646- Dynamics of Colloids in the Environment
OCNG 660- Implementing Marine Ecosystem Models
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Ann Elizabeth Jochens
Research Scientist
Education
Ph.D.
M.S.
J.D.
B.S.
Texas A&M University, Oceanography, 1997
Texas A&M University, Oceanography, 1989
University of Oregon, Law with background specialty in Ocean Law, 1977
Southern Methodist University, Mathematics and Statistics, with Honor, 1974
Texas A&M University (6/89 to present)
Research Scientist, Oceanography, (7/06 to present)
Program Manager and Principal Investigator, Sperm Whale Seismic Study (04/02 to present)
Regional Coordinator, Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Regional Association
(09/05 to present)
Associate Research Scientist, Oceanography, (10/93 to 7/06)
Appointed Associate Member of the Graduate Faculty on 7 April 2000.
Assistant Research Scientist, Oceanography, (6/89 to 10/93)
Program Manager and Principal Investigator, Deepwater Program: Understanding the Processes
that Maintain the Oxygen Levels In the Deep Gulf of Mexico (07/02 to 07/05)
Deputy Program Manager and Co-Principal Investigator, Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Chemical
Oceanography and Hydrography Study (10/97 to 10/02)
Acting Program Manager and Co-Principal Investigator, Texas-Louisiana Shelf Circulation and
Transport Processes Study of the Louisiana-Texas Shelf Physical Oceanography Program
(10/93 to 10/98)
Deputy Program Manager and Co-Principal Investigator, Texas-Louisiana Shelf Circulation and
Transport Processes Study of the Louisiana-Texas Shelf Physical Oceanography Program
(10/91 to 10/93)
Project Scientist, U.S. World Ocean Circulation Experiment (6/89 to 4/92)
Graduate Assistant, Research, Oceanography (6/87 to 6/89)
Graduate Assistant, Non-Teaching, Oceanography; Physical Oceanography Lab Instructor
(8/86 to 6/87)
Independent Environmental Consultant (8/85 to 6/89)
Gulf Oil Corporation (8/80 to 8/85)
Environmental/Safety/Permitting Coordinator, Alaska Field Office, Gulf Exploration &
Production Co. (1983-1985)
Environmental Coordinator, Gulf Mineral Resources Co. (1980-1983)
Wyoming Mineral Corporation (2/78 to 8/80)
Contract Adviser (1980)
Administrator, External Affairs (1979-1980)
Regulatory Research Analyst (1978-1979)
Awards and Honors
Dean's Distinguished Achievement Award for Research Scientist, 2006, College of Geosciences,
Sigma Xi The Scientific Research Society (1994 to present)
Students Advised
Leila Belabbassi, Ph.D., Oceanography, December 2006, Member
Sagar Nauduri, Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, in progress, Member
Ray Tommy Oskarsen, Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, August 2004, Member
Xiaoqian Zhang, Ph.D., Oceanography, in progress, Member
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Leila Belabbassi, M.S., Oceanography, May 2001, Member
Sudeshna Lahiry, M.S., Oceanography, August 2007, Member
Michael Lalime, M.S., Oceanography, in progress, Co-chair
Ruktai Ace Prurapark, Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, in progress, Member
Matthew D. Martin, M.S., Petroleum Engineering, May 2006, Member
Ray Tommy Oskarsen, M.S., Petroleum Engineering, December 2001, Member
José Salas, M.S., Petroleum Engineering, May 2004, Member
Liliana Vera Vera, M.S., Petroleum Engineering, May 2002, Member
Muhammad Omer Javaid, M.E., Petroleum Engineering, August 2004, Member
Youdan ("Julie") Zhang, M.S., Petroleum Engineering, December 2000, Substitute member for
thesis defense.
Ou Wang, Ph.D., Oceanography, 27 July 2001, Substitute member on preliminary examination.
Service
Chair, Honors and Awards Committee, Oceanography, Texas A&M University (from 9/2007;
member from 11/2006)
Member, Executive Committee, Oceanography, Texas A&M University (from 9/2007)
Chair, Selection Committee for the Dean's Distinguished Achievement Awards (10/2007)
Member, Gulf Hypoxia Implementation Plan Steering Committee (from 07/2007)
Member, Planning and Review Council for the Gulf of Mexico Research Planning Project (from
03/2007)
Chair, College of Geosciences Research Professionals Committee (from inception, 4/2007)
Member, Subcommittee on Department Associated Research Professionals, Oceanography
Department Research Committee (2007)
Member, Tenure and Promotion Committee, Oceanography, Texas A&M University
(7/2006 to 9/2007)
Member, National Oceanographic Partnership Program, BAA Review Panel (2007)
Member, Coastal Issues Committee, Association of State Floodplain Managers (from 2006)
Participant and Management Sector Viewpoint Group Chair, Towed Vehicles: Undulating
Platforms as Tools for Mapping Coastal Processes and Water Quality Assessment, A
Workshop of Developers, Deliverers, and Users of Technologies for Monitoring Coastal
Environments, An ACT 2007 Workshop, Seaside, CA, 5-7 February 2007.
Session Chair, MTS-IEEE Oceans '06. 18-21 September 2006, Boston, MA
Science Judge, National Ocean Sciences Bowl, Regionals, Texas A&M University (2005)
Geosciences Oceanography Member, Council of Principal Investigators (FY2002)
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Mahlon C. Kennicutt II
Professor
Education
Ph.D. (Oceanography) Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
BS. (Chemistry) Union College, Schenectady, NY
Director of Sustainable Development, Office of the Vice President
for Research TAMU
Member, College of Geosciences Executive Committee,
TAMU
Professor, Department of Oceanography, TAMU
Director, Geochemical and Environmental Research Group TAMU
Member of the Graduate College Faculty
Deputy Director, Geochemical and Environmental Research Group; TAMU
Chief Chemist, Geochemical and Environmental Research Group, TAMU
Research Scientist, College of Geosciences and Maritime Studies, TAMU
Associate Research Scientist, Oceanography Department, TAMU
Assistant Research Scientist, Oceanography Department, TAMU
Dept. of Energy Post-Doctoral Fellow, Research Associate,
Dept. of Geosciences, University of Tulsa
Research Assistantship, Oceanography Dept., TAMU
Consultant, Dames & Moore, New Orleans, Louisiana,
Research Assistantship, Chemistry Dept., TAMU
Research Assistantship, Oceanography Dept., TAMU
Research Consultant, AMOCO Production Co., Tulsa, OK.,
Non-Teaching Assistantship, Oceanography Dept., TAMU
May 1980
June 1974
2004-present
1998-2004,
2006-present
2002-present
1998-2004
1981-2002
1996-1998
1992-1996
1999-2002
1984-1991
1981-1984
1980- 1981
1977-1979
1977-1977
1977-1977
1975- 1976
1975-1975
1974-1975
Awards and Honors
Parsons Scholarship, awarded for undergraduate work, 1970-1974.
National Merit Scholarship Honorable Mention, 1970.
National Heart Foundation Research Trainee, 1970.
New York Regents Scholarship for Undergraduate Work, 1970-1974.
Houston Underwater Club Scholarship, 1977.
Best Paper Award in Organic Geochemistry, 1995
TAMU Dean of Geosciences 2000 Distinguished Achievement Award for Research Scientists
Nominee - Texas A&M University AFS University Distinguished Achievement in Research
Award – 2001
Kennicutt Point, Antarctica named June 2006 by the US Geological Survey
Graduate Students Advised (date graduated)
Masters
Fernando Alcazar - Member
Tamara Frank - Member (5/87)
Debra DeFreitas - Member (5/88)
Carla Lacerda - Member (5/86)
William Sandberg - Member (12/86)
Benjamin Cox - Member (12/86)
Jose Sericano - Member (5/86)
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Ph.D.
Thomas McDonald - Member (5/88)
Ron Pflaum - Member (5/89)
Andrew Romeu - Member (5/86)
Susanne J. McDonald - Member (5/90)
Russell Callender - Member (8/92)
Chung -I Lee - Member (5/91)
Kristi Willett - Member (5/98)
Richard Fox - Member (8/88)
Deborah Hesse - Member (5/94)
Cynthia Erikson - Co-Chair (8/94)
Shue Li - Member - (5/97)
Moon Koo Kim – Chair (5/04)
Gilvan Yogi – Member
Christina Wiederwohl - Member
Service
Reviewer for:
Journals: Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, Organic Geochemistry, Analytical Chemistry,
Chemical Geology, The Science of the Total Environment, Continental Shelf Research,
Journal of Geophysical Research, Nature, Applied Geochemistry, Deep-Sea Research,
Marine Ecological Progress Series
Agencies: ACS/Petroleum Research Fund, Center for Energy and Mineral Resources
(TAMU), Deep Sea Research, National Science Foundation (DPP, Marine Chemistry,
Biological Oceanography, Marine Geology and Geophysics), Natural Sciences and
Engineering Research Council of Canada, NOAA National Undersea Research Program North Carolina (NURP-NC)
Co-convenor, 9th Annual GCS-SEPM Foundation Research Conference (12/4-7/88)
Associate Editor, Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta (1992-2002)
Panel Member for Proposal Reviews: Center for Energy and Mineral Resources (TAMU), NOAA
National Undersea Research Program (NURP-University of North Carolina and NURPUniversity of Connecticut), Department of Energy-Basic Research Program.
Member of Workshops: Minerals Management Services, Environmental Protection Agency,
National Science Foundation (Division of Polar Programs), Scientific Committee on
Antarctic Research (SCAR), Polar Research Board (PRB)
Program Manager, Mineral Management Services, GOOMEX-Phase I
Deputy Program Manager, Minerals Management Services, MAMES-III, CHEMO II and
DGoMB Programs.
Editor, Special Edition of Marine Pollution Bulletin (with M. Champ)
“Environmental Awareness in Antarctica: History, Problems, and Future Solutions",
Vol. 25, Nos. 9-12, pp. 219-333
University
Various search committees
Leader of the Sustainable Coastal Margins Program (SCMP)
Council of Principal investigators – 2004-2007
OCN Department Research Committee – 2006-2007 (Chair)
College Executive Committee – 2006- present
OCN Department Executive Committee – 2006-2007
University research Council – 2004-2007
National Academies/National Research Council Activities
Named National Associate of the National Academies for Life – 2005
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
U.S. Delegate to SCAR, 2003-2009
Vice President of SCAR - Financial Affairs, 2004-2006, Scientific Affairs 2006-2008
Member SCAR Standing Committee on the Antarctic Treaty System 2004-2008
Secretary of the SCAR Scientific Research Program Subglacial Antarctic
Lake Environments, 2005-2008.
Co-opted Member, SCAR - Group of Specialists on Environmental Affairs and
Conservation (GOSEAC), 1994-1996, Full Member 1996-2002.
Member and Secretary, SCAR Group of Specialists on Subglacial Lakes, 2000-2004
Alternate U.S. Delegate to Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
(SCAR), 1998-2002
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Polar Research Board
Ex-Officio Member, Polar Research Board, 1998-2009.
Member, Committee on the Assessment of US Coast Guard Icebreaker Roles and
Future Needs, 2005-2007.
Report Coordinator, “Understanding Oil Spill Dispersants: Efficacy and Effects” - 2006
Member, Committee on Cumulative Environmental Effects of Oil and Gas Activities on
Alaska’s North Slope - 2001-2003
Chair, Committee to Review Oil Spill Recovery Institute (OSRI), Cordova, AK,
2002-2003.
Reviewer, Gulf Ecosystem Monitoring Program: First Steps toward a Long-term
Research and Monitoring Plan, Interim Report, 2001
Member, Committee to Review NASA Polar Geophysical Dataset, 1999-2000
Member, Frontiers in Polar Biology Planning Meeting, 2000
Reviewer, Management Plans for Antarctic Specially Protected Areas.
State Department
Science Advisor, State Department Delegation to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative
Meeting, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.
Teaching
GEOS 489/689 - International Polar Year
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Björn Kjerfve
Professor and Dean of the College of Geosciences
Education
Ph.D.
Marine Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1973
M.S.
Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1970
B.A.
Mathematics, Georgia Southern College, Statesboro, GA, 1968
Studentexamen, Skövde Högre Allmäna Läroverk, Skövde, Sweden, 1964
Professional Employment
2004Dean, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University
2004Professor of Oceanography and Geography, Texas A&M University
2000-2004 Director, Marine Science Program, University of South Carolina
1973-2004 Professor, Marine and Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina
Award and Honors
Won Prêmio Jabuti 2003 in the category “Ciêncías Exatas, Tecnologia e Informática”, awarded
by Câmara Brasileiro do Livro on 18 May 2003 for the publication of: Miranda, L. B., B. B. M.
Castro Filho and B. Kjerfve. 2002. Princípos de oceanografia física de estuários (Principles of
physical oceanography of estuaries). Edusp-Editora da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo.
414 pp.
Teaching and Recent Graduate Students Directed
Kjerfve has supervised to conclusion 13 Ph.D. and 24 M.S. students, and employed 77
undergraduate research assistants 1973-2007. Recent graduate students include Geórgenes H.
Cavalcante (Ph.D., 2007), Brandy N. Glett Armstrong (MS, 2005), Heather Elizabeth Holm (MS,
2004), Deeptha Thattai (Ph.D., 2003), Alessandro M. Filippo (Ph.D., 2003), and Juan Dário
Restrepo A. (Ph.D., 2001). Current Ph.D. student: Israel Medina.
Service
• Texas A&M University member representative to Coalition for Ocean Leadership (COL) and
Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE), 2004-present, and University Center for
Atmospheric Research (UCAR), 2007-present.
• Member of the Steering Committee for CARICOMP (Caribbean Coastal Marine
Productivity), regional network project, 1985-present.
• Editorial Board, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 1988-2005.
• SCOR Working Group 106 Dynamics of muddy coasts, 1995-2002.
Relevant Professional Projects
• United Nations University-International Network on Water Environment and Health (UNUINWEH), Strategic management of marine ecosystems for an effective and sustainable
environment on behalf of Nakheel, Dubai, 2004, 2007.
• Golder Associates Brasil Ltd. Hydrological and oceanographic factors impacting
environmental liability management assessment, Ponta Uba, Esipritu Santo, 2003.
• Associate of Research Planning Inc., Columbia, SC, coastal processes, 2003-present.
• Agra E & E (Canada), ADB TA 1640 - Institutional strengthening for shoreline management,
Coastal Engineering Division, Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, 1994-1996.
• ECOMAR, Coastal oceanographic characteristics: Cancun-Tulum Corridor, Quintana Roo.
(Mayaluum, Xaac, Xel-Há y Desarrollo Ecológico Tulum). 1994.
• UNEP, UNDP, and World Bank reviews of GEF proposals, 1992-.
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Adam Klaus
Associate Research Scientist
Education
8/91
Ph.D. Marine Geology and Geophysics, School of Ocean and Earth Science and
Technology, University of Hawaii, HI
5/86
M.S. Geology, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories/San Jose State University, CA
5/83
B.A. Geology, University of Pennsylvania, PA
4/07 –
Supervisor of Science Support, Associate Research Scientist,
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University, College Station,
TX
2004 Associate Member of the Graduate Faculty at Texas A&M.
12/03 – 4/07
Expedition Project Manager/Staff Scientist, Associate Research Scientist,
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University, College Station,
TX
11/97 - 12/03
Leg Project Manager/Staff Scientist, Associate Research Scientist, ODP,
TAMU
2/93 - 11/97
Staff Scientist, Assistant Research Scientist, ODP, TAMU
4/99 Adjunct Faculty, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M
11/94 - 11/97
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M
8/91 - 1/93
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and National Science Foundation
Postdoctoral Fellow, Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Japan
9/87 - 8/91
Graduate Research Assistant, SOEST, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
9/86 - 1/87
Instructor- Oceanography, Oholone Junior College, Fremont, CA
5/86 - 9/87
Marine Geology Lab Supervisor, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss
Landing, CA
1/85 - 6/85
Laboratory Instructor: Oceanography, Moss Landing Marine Labs, Moss
Landing, CA
5/84 - 5/86
Research Assistant, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, CA
9/82 - 5/83
Laboratory Technician, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Awards and Honors:
1989
J. Watumull Merit Scholar. Outstanding Ph.D. candidate, School of Ocean and
Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, HI.
1995-2000
Jinho Kim, Ph.D. committee member, Department of Oceanography
2004-2006
Taka Kanayama, M.S. committee member, Department of Geology and
Geophysics
Service
ODP and IODP Activities and Achievements
1993 - Present: Project Manager/Staff Scientist for 14 ODP/IODP expeditions:
Leg 149: Iberia Abyssal Plain
Leg 155: Amazon Fan
Leg 161: W. Mediterranean
Leg 171A: Barbados Logging While Drilling
Leg 171B: Blake Nose Paleoceanographic Transect
Leg 180: Woodlark Basin
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200420042004-2005
1993 2002
1997- 2002
1997, 2001, 2005
1995 - 1999
1995 - 1996
1993 - 1997
1993 - 2003
Other Service
2006, 2008
2004 - 2006
2001
1999 - 2000
Legs 190 and 196: Nankai Accretionary Prism
Leg 205: Costa Rica
Leg 210: Newfoundland
Expedition 301: Juan de Fuca hydrogeology
Monterey Borehole Observatory (withdrawn from schedule)
NanTroSEIZE Project Stage 1- Kumano Basin Observatory
(withdrawn from schedule)
Expedition 320: Wilkes Land (Antarctica) Paleoceanography
USIO Member on IODP–MI NanTroSEIZE Project Management Team
USIO Liaison to IODP Site Survey Panel
IODP-TAMU Coordinator for Gulf of Mexico shallow water hazard
assessment.
Editorial Review Board Member: ODP Initial Reports and Scientific Results
volumes for 10 cruises listed above.
ODP-TAMU Liaison to the USSAC
ODP-TAMU Liaison to the JOIDES Site Survey Panel
ODP/IODP-TAMU Liaison to the JOIDES Science Steering and Evaluation
Panel
Supervisor, student worker: M. Holzrichter. Seismic, navigation, and
magnetic data acquisition, processing, display, and archiving; software
development; Unix system management.
ODP-TAMU Coordinator for New Jersey shallow water hazard surveys.
ODP-TAMU Liaison to the JOIDES Downhole Measurements Panel.
Science Team Leader for ODP Underway Geophysics and Downhole
Measurements Lab. Project leader for implementation of digital seismic
acquisition system (1993). Project leader for implementation of real-time
navigation system (1994), dGPS navigation (1996).
Volunteer Science Judge. Regional National Ocean Sciences Bowl
M.S. thesis committee member (TAMU). T. Kanaya. Structural and kinematics of the
Suzume Fault, Okitsu mélange, Shimanto accretionary complex, Japan (Geology and
Geophysics)
Co-chair American Geophysical Union (AGU) sessions. (1) Processes Within the
Subduction Factory: Trench, Forearc, and Overriding Plate (2) Nankai Seismogenic
Zone: Results from ODP Coring and Logging, Experiments, and Submersibles
Editor Geologic Society of London Special Publication. Western North Atlantic
Paleogene and Cretaceous Paleoceanography.
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Patrick Louchouarn
Associate Professor
Education
Ph.D.
M.Sc.
B.Sc.
Environmental Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), 1997.
Dissertation: "Biogeochemical Cycles of Natural and Anthropogenic Compounds in
Recent Sediments From a Coastal Environment: The Saguenay-St. Lawrence System,
Canada”.
Environmental Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), 1992. Thesis:
"Biogeochemistry of Mercury in Hydro-Electric Reservoirs From Northern Québec."
Marine Biology, McGill University, 1989.
2006-present Associate Professor (Tenured), Texas A&M University at Galveston - Dept. of
Marine Sciences. Joint Appointment Dept. of Oceanography Texas A&M
University. Courses: Multidisciplinary Ocean Studies (Marine Resource
Management), Oceanography (OCNG 251), and Instrumental Analysis
2005
Invited Professor – Ecole de Sciences Politiques (Sciences Po)/American Center
- Paris. Multidisciplinary research in environmental science and education.
2003-2006
Associate Director, School of International and Public Affairs. Masters Program
in Public Administration (MPA) in Environmental Science and Policy.
2002-2006
Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences - Columbia University,
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Courses: Biogeochemical
Cycling, Environmental Chemistry, Hydrology/Climate Change.
2000-2002
Assistant Professor of Environmental Sciences – Department of Physical and
Life Sciences, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Courses: Oceanography,
Environmental Sciences, Earth System Sciences, Meteorology.
1999-2000
Associate Research Scientist at the Conrad Blucher Institute of the Texas A&M
University System (Texas Experimental Engineering Station): Research position
in environmental geochemistry.
1998-1999
Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science
Institute: Biogeochemistry of dissolved organic matter in marine and freshwater
environments.
1997
Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Chair in
Environmental Research. Research in environmental geochemistry.
1992-1997
Adjunct Professor of Environmental Sciences at the Université du Québec à
Montréal (UQAM), Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Six years of
experience teaching undergraduate level courses: "Global Environmental Cycles"
and "Oceanography".
Awards and Honors
Pathways to Doctorate Research (Texas A&M System)
2 years of tuition and 1 year of research assistantship for recruitment of an A&M System
undergraduate student to enter a Ph.D. program at Texas A&M University (Dept:
Oceanography): 2008-2010.
Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Canadian Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC): 1998-2000
Students Advised
Li-Jung Kuo, Ph.D. ongoing, Texas A&M University (co-Chair)
Shaya Seward, M.Sc. ongoing, Texas A&M University
Brandon Laroy, M.Sc. (Member of Thesis Committee) ongoing, Texas A&M University
Ryan Schloesser, M.Sc. (Member of Thesis Committee) ongoing, Texas A&M University
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Christi Pondell, B.Sc. Senior Thesis, Texas A&M University – Galveston (2007)
Marie Alexis, Ph.D. External Thesis Reviewer. Académie de Paris – Université Pierre et Marie
Curie (2007)
Lillian Pitts, Completed MPA, Columbia University (2004)
Stephane Houel, Completed Ph.D. University of Québec in Montréal (member of thesis
committee; 2003).
April Patterson, Completed MPA, Columbia University (2003)
Jill Brandenberger, Completed M.Sc, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi (2001).
Jason Clark, Completed M.Sc., Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi (2001).
Nicolina Farella, Completed M.Sc. Universite of Quebec in Montreal (Supervised by Marc
Lucotte; 2001).
Post-Doctoral Associates
Stephane Houel, Universite of Quebec in Montreal (2004-2005)
Service
• Chairman: Tenure Review Committee – Dept. Marine Sciences (2007)
• Curriculum Committee (member) – Dept. Marine Sciences (2007)
• Chemical Oceanography Faculty Search (member) – Dept. Oceanography (2007)
• Recruiting and Advisory Committee (member) – Dept. Oceanography (2007-present)
• Academic Enhancement Steering Committee (member) – Texas A&M Galveston (2007present)
• Research and Advisory Council (member) – Texas A&M Galveston (2007-present)
• Graduate Instruction Committee (member) – Texas A&M Galveston (2006-present)
• Science Bldg (LOER representative) – Texas A&M Galveston (2006-present)
• Environmental Science Program Review Committee (member) – Texas A&M Corpus Christi
(2001)
Columbia University
• Associate Director – Masters of Public Affairs in Environmental Science and Policy. Science
Curriculum Director (2003-2006)
• Graduate Admissions Committee – Masters of Public Affairs in Environmental Science and
Policy (2003-2006)
• Graduate Admissions Committee – Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences (2004-2005)
Scientific Community
• Co-Chair of special symposia: 1) “Multi-tracer studies in Geochemistry - When the sum is
greater than the parts”: 227th Annual ACS meeting (Geochemistry Division). 2) “Estuarine
Ecosystems and Links to Upland Watersheds”: 2004 Joint Assembly between AGU, CGU,
and SEG.
• Reviewer: Proposals - NSF, NIH, NOAA, ACS-PRF, Hudson River Foundation, Irish
Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET), French Agence
Nationale de la Recherche, Swiss National Science Foundation; Journals – Applied
Geochemistry; Environmental Science & Technology; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta;
Global Biogeochemical Cycles; J. of Environmental Radioactivity; J. of Exposure Science &
Environmental Epidemiology; J. of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences; Limnology &
Oceanography; Marine Chemistry; Organic Geochemistry; Soil Science Society of America
J.; Wetlands.
Teaching
MARS 450 - Instrumental Analysis
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Annette M. Olivarez Lyle
Research Associate Professor
Education
Ph. D., 1989
M. S., 1986
B. S., 1983
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, in Oceanic Science (Inorganic
Marine Geochemistry), Rackham School of Graduate Studies
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, in Oceanic Science, Rackham
School of Graduate Studies
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, in Geological Sciences and
Anthropology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
2006-present Research Associate Professor, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M
1995-2006
Research Associate, Center for Geophysical Investigations of the Shallow
Subsurface, Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho.
1989-1991
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame,
Notre Dame, Indiana.
1988-1989
Rackham Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Rackham School of Graduate Studies, The
University of Michigan.
1986-1987
Teaching Assistant, Department of Geological Sciences, College of Literature,
Science, and the Arts, The University of Michigan.
1984-1988
Research Assistant, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, College
of Engineering, The University of Michigan.
1982-1984
Research Assistant, Stable Isotope Laboratory, The University of Michigan.
Awards & Honors
• Society of Woman Geographers, Invited Member, 2005.
• Outstanding Presentation by a Young Professional, International Marine Minerals Society,
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1989
• (Winner) Women’s Research Club 85th Anniversary Award, Women’s Research Club, The
University of Michigan, 1989
• Rackham Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Horace J. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, The
University of Michigan, 1988-1989
• Department of Geological Sciences Fellowship, The University of Michigan 1988
• Michigan Minority Merit Fellowship, 1984 –1988
• Outstanding Achievement Award in Oceanic Science, College of Engineering, The
University of Michigan, 1987
• Marion Sarah Parker Memorial Award to the Outstanding Female Graduate, College of
Engineering, The University of Michigan, 1987
• (Winner) Best Student Paper Award, International Association of Great Lakes Research,
sponsored by Hydrolab, 1987
• Continuing Education of Women Scholarship, University of Michigan, 1983–1984
• American Geological Institute Geoscience Scholarship, Sandia National Laboratories,
Albuquerque, NM, 1982
Students Advised (since 2000)
2006 – present (at Texas A&M University):
Marissa Bumgardner, Undergraduate
Anthony Uriona, M.S. candidate
Kristen Neuman, Undergraduate
Maria Garnett, Undergraduate
2000 – 2006 (at Boise State University):
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Suzy Shaub, Geosciences Graduate Student
Johann Guarin, Geosciences Undergraduate, EAFIT University, Medellin, Columbia.
Sarah Goldstein, Geophysics, Graduate Student
Eric Rothwell, Geophysics, Graduate Student
Brandi Murphy, Geosciences Undergraduate Student, Honors Program, M.S. candidate
Carrie Nawrocki, Geosciences Undergraduate, Brigham Young University.
Ana Maria Rios Puerta, Geosciences Undergraduate, EAFIT University, Medellin, Columbia.
Tom Anderson, Geosciences Graduate Student
Christopher Paul, Geosciences Undergraduate Student, M.S. candidate
Maria Carolina Gomez, Graduate Student, Geosciences, EAFIT University, Medellin,
Columbia.
Melvin Kunkell, Geophysics Undergraduate
Pamela Hess, Geosciences Undergraduate
Jennifer McCoy, Geosciences Undergraduate
Jama Hamel, Geosciences Undergraduate
Ellen Rabenberg, Engineering Undergraduate
Research Committee: “Status and Role of Research Professionals”, Department of
Oceanography, M.C. Kennicutt, Chair; Terry Wade, Sub-committee Chair, 2006-2007.
Organizer: Lecture at Boise State University: Idaho author and lecturer Margaret Fuller, April
25, 2005.
Organizer: Visit to Boise State University of International Ocean Drilling Program’s
Distinguished Lecturer Dr. Kyger C. Lohman, University of Michigan, January 31, 2005.
Sponsored by the United States Science Support Program.
Community Service:
2005-2006
Volunteer, Parent Assisted Learning Service Program, Lowell Elementary
School, Boise, ID.
2005-2006
Volunteer, Editor and Production of Newsletter, North Jr. High School,
Boise, ID
2003-2004
Volunteer, Math & Reading, Lowell Elementary School, Boise, ID
2002-2003
Volunteer, Math & Reading, Lowell Elementary School, Boise, ID
2002
Mentor, Women and Girls Exploring Success, Girl Scouts of Silver Sage
Council, March 11.
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Mitchell W. Lyle
Professor
Education
B.S (Geology,with honors) The University of Michigan
Ph.D. (Oceanography) Oregon State University
Positions
Professor, Texas A & M University, Dept of Oceanography
Interim Director, Center for Geophysical
Investigation of the Shallow Subsurface
Research Professor, Boise State University
Chief Project Scientist, Ocean Drilling Program Wireline Logging
Services, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
Senior Staff Associate, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
Associate Professor (Sr. Research), Oregon State University
Assistant Professor (Sr. Research), Oregon State University
Research Associate, Oregon State University
Postdoctoral Research Affiliate, Stanford University
International Nickel Co. Fellow, Oregon State University
Research Assistant, Oregon State University
1973
1978
2006-present
2004-2005
1992-2006
1991-1992
1989-1991
1987-1989
1982-1987
1979-1982
1978-1979
1976-1978
1973-1976
Graduate/Undergraduate Students (Advised or on committee since 2000)
Marie Knappenberger, M.S. Geophysics (BSU, 2000)
Alexandra Janik, PhD. Geophysics (external committee member, University of Miami, 2003)
Jennifer McKay, PhD. Oceanography (external examiner, University of British
Columbia, 2004)
Ron Myers, M.S. Geosciences (BSU, left program)
Brandi Murphy, M.S. Geosciences (BSU)
Scott Hess, M.S. Geophysics (BSU)
Carlyle Miller, PhD Geophysics (BSU)
Melanie Vining, M.S. Geosciences (BSU)
Anthony Uriona, M.S., Oceanography (TAMU)
Professional Service (since 2000)
Co-Convenor, ODP Leg 199 postcruise science meeting, Urbino Italy
Convenor, 2 AGU sessions: “Paleogene and Cretaceous Pacific:
Results from ODP Drilling
ODP Distinguished Lecturer
“The Pacific Ocean and Cenozoic Climate Change”
Steering Committee Member, Deep Time Geosystems
Organizer Of Dosecc Workshop, “Continental Drilling for Deep-Time
GeoSystems,” Arlington VA, 23-24 August 2005
Convenor, Special Session 46 “Geochemical records of glacial events”
Goldschmidt Conference, Moscow Idaho
Member, University National Oceanographic Laboratory System
(UNOLS) R/V Marcus Langseth Scientific Oversight Committee
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2002
2002
2003-2004
2004-present
2005
2005
2005
2006-present
Other Service (since 2000)
Community Lectures
Title: “Ice, rain, snow, and fire: Why an oceanographer lives in Idaho”
Search Committee: New CGISS director/Boise State University
Interim Director, CGISS/Boise State University
Workshop Leader, South Junior High School, Boise ID
“Global warming: is it real?”
Co-Chair, Ad Hoc Geosciences Committee to define BSU Research
Workshop Speaker, BSU short course: “When the Levee Breaks:
The 2005 New Orleans Hurricane”
Member, BSU University-wide Strategic Planning Initiative
Chair, Dept of Oceanography search committee for ODASES
Geomicrobiologist
Member, Dept of Oceanography Tenure and Promotion Committee
Teaching
GEOS 410 – Global Change
OCNG 689 – Deep Sea Sediments
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2000, 2001
2004
2004-2005
2005
2005
2005
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-present
Mitchell John Malone
Research Scientist
Education
Duke University, Durham, NC
Ph.D. Geology, 1995
M.S. Geology, 1989
University of Texas, Austin, TX
B.A. Geography (minor Geology); with high honors, special honors in Geography, 1986
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University
Manager of Science Operations/Research Scientist (2006-present)
Supervisor of Science Support/Associate Research Scientist (2004 to 2006)
Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University
Staff Scientist/Associate Research Scientist (2001 to 2004)
Staff Scientist/Assistant Research Scientist (1995 to 2001)
Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M
Adjunct Appointment (2005-Present)
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M
Adjunct Appointment (1996 to Present)
Duke University, Department of Geology, Durham, NC
Research Assistant (1988-1990, 1992-1995)
Teaching Assistant (1986-1988, 1990-1992)
Amoco Production Company, Houston, TX
Geologist (Summer 1990)
Awards and Honors
• Amoco Fellowship, 1987 (Duke University)
• Phi Beta Kappa (University of Texas)
• National Council for Geographic Education Scholarship, 1985
• Outstanding Undergraduate, Dept. of Geography, 1984
Students Advised
Graduate Student Advisee (Co-chair)
• Mary Ann Cusimano (M.S., Geology and Geophysics, expected 2008)
Graduate Student Committee Service
• Brian Brookshire (Ph.D. Oceanography, expected ~2008)
• Woodong Jung (Ph.D. Geology and Geophysics, expected ~2008)
• Shari Hilding-Kronforst (Ph.D. Geology and Geophysics, ~2011)
• Shari Hilding-Kronforst (M.G. Geology and Geophysics, 2007)
• Rachael Via (M.S. Oceanography, 2005)
• Sharath Ravula (M.S., Oceanography, 2004)
• Corey Beck (M.S., Geology and Geophysics, 2004)
Service
Internal TAMU
• ODASES and Reinvestment Search Committee, Geology and Geophysics, 2007
• IODP Presentation for visiting Chinese delegation, Department of Oceanography
• College of Geosciences Geochemistry of Earth, Sea, and Atmosphere (GESA): Advisory
Group Member; 2005-Present
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Coalition for National Science Funding Congressional Visit, 2006; Joint Oceanographic
Institution sponsored scientist from TAMU
Geoscience College Awards Selection Committee, 2001
ODP/IODP Tours
• 2006 – miscellaneous ODASES candidates, various departments
• 2006 – miscellaneous ODASES candidates, various departments
• 2005- Congressmen Chet Edwards; NSA visitors for VPR office; distinguished visitor, Dept.
of Education, visitor for Dean Kjerve
• 2004 –Geophysics candidates, Geology and Geophysics
• 2002–Halbouty Visiting Chair, Albert Bally; Geology and Geophysics Environmental and
postdoctoral candidates
• 2001- Geology and Geophysics Sedimentology candidates
• Graduate Student Recruitment IODP Tour, Geology and Geophysics, 2007, 2004, 2003, 2001
External
• Associate Editor, Journal of Sedimentary Research (1999-2004)
• Co-convener (with M. Riedel and T. Collet) Gas Hydrate special session, Fall AGU, 2006
• Co-convener (with P. Swart and J. Gieskes), special session on “Fluid Chemistry and its
Implication for Diagenesis and Fluid Flow in Marine Environments,” Fall AGU, 1999
• Invited Participant, JOI-sponsored workshop "Opportunities in Geochemistry for Post-2003
Drilling,” Oct. 12-13, 2000," Tyngsboro, MA.
• Editorial Review Board, ODP 166, 174A, 174B, 182, 189, 198, 207, IODP 303, 311
• Educational Outreach: Four presentations to various elementary schools (1st to 6th grade)
since 2000; Career Day to specialized geology presentations
• Invited Seminars
2004 University of Tulsa
2002 Penn State University
2002 University of Texas at Arlington
2001 University of Florida, Gainesville
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Heath Jordan Mills
Assistant Professor
Education
Ph.D.
B.S.
July 2004, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
May 1997, Duke University, Durham, NC; Major – Biology
Assistant Professor. 2008-Present. Department of Oceanography, TAMU
Assistant in Research. 2004 – 2007. Department of Oceanography, Florida State University
Graduate Research Assistant. 2000-2004. Department of Biology, Georgia Institute of
Technology
Graduate Teaching Assistant. 1999-2000. Department of Biology, Georgia Institute of
Technology
Research Technician. 1997-1999. Department of Biology, Clark Atlanta University
Awards and Honors
• Ocean Drilling and Sustainable Earth Science (ODASES) Faculty – Associated with the
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) – (2008-Present)
• Visiting Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany (2007)
• Master’s Co-Directive Status, Oceanography Department, FSU. 2006. Status recommended
by the College of Arts and Sciences and approved by Dean of Graduate Studies. Allows solo
teaching of graduate level classes, serve on supervisory committees for master’s student,
serve as co-director for master’s degree students and serve on supervisory committees for
doctoral students provided such committee includes at least three members with Doctoral
Directive Status.
• Member of the American Society of Microbiology (ASM) (2004-Present)
• IGERT Fellow 2003 – Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program
(IGERT) Fellowship awarded for multidisciplinary graduate studies at Georgia Institute of
Technology
• Molecular Biology for the Environment: A short EC-US Course in Environmental
Biotechnology. Madrid, Spain. Elected to serve as one of 12 US graduate students and postdoctorial fellows on the EC-US Task force in Environmental Biotechnology during the 2003
meeting in Spain.
• GAANN Fellow 1999-2002 – Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN)
Fellowship awarded for a total of 3 years to graduate students at Georgia Institute of
Technology.
Students Advised
Evan Hunter, Oceanography Department, FSU, 2006.
Service
Peer Reviewer for Federation of Environmental Microbiological Societies (FEMS) (2006Present)
Planning Committee for First Annual Oceanography Department Graduate Student Symposium
(2006)
Microbial Ecology. Co-Instructor. Fall 2005 course offered to graduate students at FSU.
Phylogeny of Marine and Aquatic Microorganisms. Co-Instructor. Spring 2005 course offered to
graduate students at FSU.
President of Biology Graduate Student Association (2000-2002)
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Chaired Third and Fourth Annual Biology Graduate Student Association Symposium
(2000 and 2001)
Campus Representative to Science Next Wave – a program sponsored by the Journal Science
(2000-2001)
Teaching
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John Wilbur Morse
Professor
Education
B.S., Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota (Geology)
M.Phil., Yale University (Geology)
Ph.D., Yale University (Geology)
Interim Head of the Oceanography Department
Professor of Geology (joint appointment), Texas A&M University
Chairman of Chemical Oceanography Section, Texas A&M University
Professor of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
Chairman, Division of Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry, Rosenstiel
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami
NSF Marine Chemistry Program, Associate (Acting) Program Director
Associate Professor of Marine Chemistry, Rosenstiel School of
Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami
Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, Florida State University
Assistant Professor Oceanography, Florida State University
Awards and Honors
Fellow of the Geological Society of America
Included in ISI Highly Cited (top 0.5% cited scientific authors)
Distinguished Senior Visiting Research Fellow School of Earth,
Ocean and Planetary Sciences University of Cardiff (Wales, UK)
Fellow of the Geochemical Society of America
Fellow of the European Association of Geochemists
Rated among top ~200 all time Earth scientists in “Earth Scientists A to Z”
Laura Randall Schweppe Endowed Lecturer in Marine Science,
University of Texas Marine Science Center
Assoc. of Former Students Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award
in Research (University-wide)
Louis and Elizabeth Scherck Endowed Chair Professorship
Sigma Xi Distinguished Scientist (University-wide)
Fulbright Traveling Scholar
Graduate/Undergraduate (since 2000)
Melanie Beazley (M.S.)
Cory Beck (M.S.)
David Finneran (PhD)*
Dwight Gledhill (PhD)M
Andy Hebert (PhD)M
Janie Lee (M.S.)*
Brandi Reese (PhD)*
Heather Thomson (M.S.)
*= Current;
M
1969
1971
1973
2006
1988-2001
1996-1997
1985-1990
1981-present
1981
1979-1980
1976-1981
1974-1976
1973-1976
2007
2006
2005-2010
2003
2003
2003
2001
2000
1999-present
1998
1987
= also M.S.
Service
Associate Editor Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Co-Editor of Berner Special Issue
Editor-in-Chief Aquatic Geochemistry
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2005-2007
1993- 2002
Guest Editor for Millero Special Issue
Associate Editor
Associate Editor Marine Chemistry
Graduate Student Advisor (Chemical Oceanography)
2004
2003-present
1992- present
1998-2002
1994-1997
1991-1996
2000
1997
Coordinator of Texas Shelf Studies, Texas Institute of Oceanography
Hawaii Sea Grant Program External Review Panel
NASA Advisory Panel on Ancient Martian Meteorites
National Research Council Working Groups:
Preservation of Egyptian Monuments
1990
The Global CO2 Program
1988
Steering Committee Center for Energy and Mineral Resources, TAMU
1989-1991
National Research Council Panel on Pre-doctoral
1986-1987
and Postdoctoral Fellowships
NSF Ocean Science Policy Panel
1978-1979
NSF Ocean Science Section, Funding Advisory Panel
1977-1979
Co-Convenor of GSA Annual Meeting Special Session for Dr. Fred Mackenzie
Departmental and University Service
Senior Executive Committee, Department of Oceanography,TAMU
Chair Tenure and Promotion Committee
Chair Nominating Committee for Chaired and Named Professors Department of Oceanography
Faculty Advisors Committee- College
Chair Geochemistry of Earth, Sea and Atmosphere Group (GESA, College level)
SCMP Advisory- Department Representative
Chair Air-Sea Faculty Search Committee
Chair Department of Atmospheric Science Head Search Committee
GFac Oceanography Member
Graduate Student Advisor (Chemical Oceanography)
Teaching
OCNG 641 - Marine Chemistry
OCNG 652 - Sedimentary Biogeochemistry
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Gerald R. North
Education
Ph.D.
B.S.
1966
1960
Physics, The University of Wisconsin,
Physics, The University of Tennessee
Holder of the Harold J. Haynes Endowed Chair in Geosciences, 2003Head, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University. September 1995-2003.
Visiting Scientist. University of Reading. Reading, UK. June-July 1994.
Director of Climate System Research Program, Texas A&M University. September 1986 – 1999.
Distinguished Professor of Meteorology and of Oceanography, Texas A&M University.
September 1986 – present.
Adjunct Professor of Geography, Texas A&M University. March 1990-present.
Senior Consulting Scientist, Applied Research Corporation. Landover, MD. 1986-1993.
Senior Consulting Scientist, Applied Res. Corp. Technologies. College Station, TX. 1987-93.
Physical Scientist, AST (GS-15), Climate/Radiation Branch, NASA/GSFC. Greenbelt, MD.
l978-86.
Lecturer/Adjunct Prof., Department of Meteorology. University of Maryland. College Park, MD.
1980-1986.
Professor, Department of Physics. University of Missouri. St. Louis, MO. 1977-80.
Visiting Professor, Columbia University, Summer Lecture Program. NASA/Goddard Institute for
Space Studies. New York, NY. July, 1979.
Associate Professor, Department of Physics. University of Missouri. St. Louis, MO. 1972-77.
Visiting Scientist, Main Geophysical Observatory. Leningrad, USSR. May-July 1977.
Guest Investigator, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Woods Hole, MA. Summer 1976.
Senior Fellow, National Center for Atmospheric Research. Boulder, CO. 1974-75.
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Missouri. St. Louis, MO. 1968-72.
Research Associate, Department of Physics. University of Pennsylvania, PA. 1966-68.
Technician/Programmer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Oak Ridge, TN.
Sept. 1957-Aug. 1961.
Awards and Honors
Recipient of the Jule G. Charney Award from the American Meteorological Society,
January 2008.
Editor’s Citation for Outstanding Referee for Geophysical Research Letters, American
Geophysical Union. 2006.
Holder of the Harold J. Haynes Endowed Chair in Geosciences, July 2003-2008.
Fellow of AGU, AMS, AAAS
Listed as One of the Most Highly Cited Authors in Geosciences (top 0.5%) by Science Citation
Index, 2002.
Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecturer, Louisiana State University, April 1999
Selected Speaker, Texas A&M University Faculty Lecturer Series. 1993-94
Distinguished Achievement Award for Research, Association of Former Students, Texas A&M
University. 1993
Editor’s Citation for Outstanding Referee for JGR, American Geophysical Union. 1985
Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal for NASA. 1983
Exceptional Performance Award (NASA/GSFC). 1982
Outstanding Performance Rating by NASA/GLAS. 1982
Outstanding Performance Rating by NASA/GLAS. 1981
Outstanding Publication Award, National Center for Atmospheric Research. 1975
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Graduate Students Advised (Since 2000)
Qigang Wu, PhD
Wei Wu, PhD
Greg Markowski, PhD
I was Co-Advisor on these: Qiaoyan Wu, PhD; Craig Collier, PhD; Aditya Murthi (soon to be
PhD; Salil Mahajan (MS, on committee for PhD).
Service
Chaired National Research Council Committee and Testified in Congress, 2006.
Chairman, NRC/NAS Committee on Surface Temperature Reconstructions for the Last 2000
years, 2006.
Member, Board of Trustees, National Institute for Global Environmental Change, 1999-2002,
Chairman, 2001-2002.
Member, Board of Trustees, Universities Space Research Association, 2001-2007
Elected Member (twice), Univ. Corp. of Atmos. Res. (UCAR), Board of Trustees. 1990-94
Member, Executive Committee, Board on Atmospheric Science and Climate. National Research
Council. 1989-96
Member, Board of Trustees, National Institute for Global Environmental Change, 1999-2002,
Chairman, 2001-2.
Serving on NRC Postdoc Application Evaluation Committee, 2007Editor in Chief, Reviews of Geophysics, 2003-2008.
Member, Editorial Board, Climate Dynamics. 1984Interim Editor, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 1995-1996
Associate Editor, Journal Geophysical Research. 1979-84
Associate Editor, Journal of Atmospheric & Oceanic Technology, 1993-1996
Speaker and Moderator, Houston Forum, Sept. 1998
Public Speaking, Outreach on Climate Change (about one or two talks per month).
Teaching
ATMO 201 - Atmospheric Science
ATMO 335 - Atmospheric Thermodynamics
ATMO 629 - Climate Change
ATMO 631 - Climate Modeling
ATMO 632 - Statistical Methods
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Alejandro H. Orsi
Associate Professor
Education
Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1993 (Oceanography)
M.S., Texas A&M University, 1990 (Oceanography)
Licenciatura, Instituto Tecnologico de Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1985 (Oceanografía)
Associate Professor, Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 2005-present
Research Scientist, Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 2003-2005
Graduate Faculty, Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 2000
Associate Research Scientist, Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 1998-2002
Assistant Research Scientist, Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 1997-1998
Postdoctoral Research Associate, JISAO, University of Washington, 1994-1996
Graduate Research Assistant, Texas A&M University, 1987-1993
Research Scientist, Argentine Antarctic Institute, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1985-1987
Teaching Interests
• General Ocean Circulation, Water Mass Formation
• Descriptive Regional to Global Scale Oceanography
Research Interests
• Ocean circulation and transport
• Ocean climate and its variability from seasonal to decadal scales
• Convection near continental margins and ocean interior, deep overflows
• Interpretation of tracer distributions on meso to large scales, direct current measurements
• Development of hydrographic database and online atlas
Field Activities
CLIVAR P18, R/V Ronald H. Brown, January-February 2008, South East Pacific, Antarctica
AnSlope II, R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, February-April 2004, Ross Sea, Antarctica
AnSlope I, R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, February-April 2003, Ross Sea, Antarctica
IANZONE, R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, August-September 1997, Weddell Sea, Antarctica
WOCE cruise S4, R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, May-July 1996, Southern Indian Ocean
WOCE cruise P17, R/V Thomas Washington, July-August 1991,
Central South Pacific Ocean
MAPCOWS, R/V Conrad, March-April 1987, Southwest Atlantic Ocean
OCEANTAR, Icebreaker Alt. Irizar, January-February 1987, Bransfield Strait, Antarctica
OCEANTAR, Icebreaker Alt. Irizar, July 1986, Southwest Atlantic
MAPCOWS, R/V Melville, January-February 1986, Southwest Atlantic Ocean
Professional Service Activities
Member, 2006-present, IAPSO/SCOR Working Group on Deep Ocean Exchanges with
the Shelf
Member, 2005-present, International CLIVAR Southern Ocean Panel
Co-chair, 2005-present, iAnZone group
Member, 2004-2005, U.S. CLIVAR Southern Ocean Working Group
Member, September 1999, National Science Foundation Ocean Sciences Research Section
Panel (Physical Oceanography) to review and evaluate proposals
Member, 1997-2004, International WOCE Atlas Committee
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Societies
Member, 1990-present, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
Member, 1988-present, The Oceanography Society
Member, 1987-present, American Geophysical Union
Invited Presentations
2006, Old Dominion University, CCCPO, Seminar Series
2005, Marine Science Institute, University of Texas, MSI/UT Oceanography Seminar
2001, Florida State University, Physical Oceanography Seminar
1998, ONR Southern Ocean Workshop, LDEO, Palisades
1997, WOCE Southern Ocean Workshop, Hobart, Australia
1996, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Geochemistry Seminar
1994, IAPSO Interbasin Exchanges in the Southern Hemisphere, Cape Town, South Africa
1993, Alfred Wegener Institute, Oceanography Seminar
Honors and Awards
Distinguished Achievement Award, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University, 2005
Antarctic Service Medal, Department of Defense, 2000
NASA Fellowship to First Summer School for Earth Sciences, CALTECH, 1990
Organization of American States (OAS) PRA Scholarship, 1988, (declined)
Recent Collaborators
J. L. Bullister, G. C. Johnson, (PMEL); A. L. Gordon, S. S. Jacobs, M. Visbeck, W. M. Smethie
Jr. (LDEO), C. Lumpkin, (UM); K. Speer, (FSU); T. Whitworth, A. Stoessel (TAMU); A.
Bergamasco, (CNR, Italy); E. Zambianchi, (UP, Italy); R. Muench, L. Padman, (ESR); D.
Pillsbury (OSU).
Educational Activities
Christina L. Wiederwohl (Chair: M.S., Ph.D. current), Yongsun Kim (Chair: Ph.D. current),
Annegret Standke (Chair: M.S. current), LT Benjamin P. Morga (Chair: M.S. incoming Fall
2008); Committee Member for: Dan Murphy (M.S. current), Woo-Guen Cheon (Ph.D. current),
Sally Walker (Ph.D. current), Nick Loder (M.S. current), Ronald Lee McPherson (M.S. current),
Meyre DaSilva (Ph.D.), Rachael Via (M.S.), Tao Yu (M.S.), Mithali Shetty (M.S.).
Teaching
OCNG 611 - Global Scale Oceanography
OCNG 685 - Directed Studies: Changes in the Global Thermohaline Circulation
GEOS 489/689 - International Polar Year
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Antonietta Quigg
Assistant Professor
Education
1987-1989
1990
1994-2000
B. Sci. Majors in Biochemistry and Chemistry. La Trobe University, Australia.
B. Sci. (Honours) in Biochemistry, La Trobe University, Australia. Thesis: ‘Isolation
and Characterisation of Adriamycin-DNA Covalent Adducts’. Advisor: Prof. Don
Phillips.
Ph. D in Biological Sciences, Monash University, Australia. Thesis: ‘A study of
physiological features determining the capacity of two marine microalgae to grow at
low irradiance’. Advisor: Dr. John Beardall.
1991-1993
HEW Level 6 Technician, Dept. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Monash
University.
1998
HEW Level 5 Technician, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University.
1999
Honorary Research Associate, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University.
2000
Academic Research Assistant, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University,
Australia.
2000 - Aug 03 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Environmental Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Program, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Jersey,
USA.
Advisors: Prof. Paul Falkowski and Prof. Oscar Schofield.
Sep 2003 Assistant Professor, Departments of Marine Biology and Oceanography, Texas A&M
University at Galveston, Texas, USA.
Sep 2007 Faculty member, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Interdisciplinary Research
Program. Texas A&M University, College Station.
Courses Taught at Texas A&M University
Graduate
MARB 681
Special topics in Marine Sciences
MARB 685
Directed Studies
MARB 689
Special topics in Marine Sciences
MARB 691
Research Methods
MARS 691
Research Methods
OCNG 604
Biological ocean cruise
OCNG 691
Research Methods
Undergraduate
MARB 300 Scientific Methods
MARB 408 Marine Botany
MARB 430 Coastal Plant Ecology
MARB 482 Seminar in Marine Biology
MARB 484 Internship Experience
MARB 485 Directed Studies
Team Teaching
MARB 489/689 Coastal Mar. Biol. and Geol. of Alaska
Guest Lectures
MARB 101 Succeeding in Science
MARB 482 Seminar series
OCNG 420 Introduction to Biological Oceanography
OCNG 620 Biological Oceanography
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Spring 2005 – present
Fall 2006 – present
Fall 2004
Spring/Summer 2004
Fall 2004 - present
Spring 2007
Fall 2003 - present
Fall 2005
Fall 2004 - present
Fall 2006 - present
Summer 2004 – present
Summer 2007
Fall 2005
Fall 2006
Spring & Fall 2006
Spring 2006
Graduate Students
Chair
Amanda Thronson MS, Biology
(2005 Federico Alvarez MS, Biological Oceanography
(2006 Jamie Steichen MS, Biological Oceanography
(2007 Leslie Rulon MS, Marine Resource Management
(2007 Allison Skinner PhD, Biological Oceanography
(2008 Committee Member
Cliff Nunnally PhD, Biological Oceanography
(2004 Saijin Zhang PhD, Chemical Oceanography
(2005 Bridget Maloney MS, Wildlife and Fisheries
(2005 Nicole Towers MS, Biology
(2004 Shelton Gay PhD, Physical Oceanography
(2006 Emily Kane MS, Wildlife and Fisheries
(2006 Elizabeth Neyland MS, Biology
(2006 Rachel Nueneoff MS, Wildlife and Fisheries
(2007 Graduated
Principal Advisor:
Linda Roehrborn MS, Oceanography
(2003 - 2006)
Committee Member:
Alyson Azzara MS, Oceanography
(2005 – 2006)
Lindsay Glass MS, Wildlife and Fisheries
(2004 - 2006)
Jennifer Stone MS, Biology
(2003 - 2006)
Undergraduate directed studies (MARB 485’s and 484’s #)
2007 – Micheal Bell, Allison Skinner, Tina Niento, Melanie Britton, Matthew White,
Lacy Ellis
2006 – Leslie Rulon, Traci Seals, Nick Brown, Katie Fosha, Federico Alvarez, Ami Watson,
Jamie Steichen, Danielle Aguirre, Jessica Peppers;
OCRE student: Colin Campbell
2005 – Andrea Morris, Whitney Krey, Jo Anne Goodman, Katie Fosha, Amber Bradford,
Derek Shultz, Shannon Rothingham, Leslie O’Brien
2004 - Laura Bolger, Andrea Morris, Brad Grimmit
Service
2004 Texas Freshwater Inflows Work Group
2004 Texas Harmful Algal Bloom Work Group
2006 Water and Sediment Quality subcommittee, Galveston Bay Estuary Program/TCEQ
2006 Steering committee of the Dickinson Bayou Watershed Partnership, and Chair of
the Water Quality subcommittee
2003 Co-chair special session. The evolution, ecology and biogeochemical impacts of plankton
from the Paleozoic to the present, with Dr. Elena Litchman. Aquatic Sciences (ASLO). Salt
Lake City, Utah.
2004 Ocean Research Interactive Observation Network (ORION) Workshop, San Juan, Puerto
Rico. Marine Biology Deparment Representative.
2004 Host LOER seminar. Texas A&M University at Galveston, Texas, USA.
2007 Co-convenor of the inaugural meeting of SCERT: State of Coastal Ecosystem Research in
Texas held in July 2007 at TAMUG.
2007
Session Chair at Aquafluo: Chlorophyll Fluorescence in Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Nove
Hrady, Czech Republic.
Reviewer
Journals: Journal of Phycology, European Journal of Phycology, Limnology and
Oceanography, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Journal of Plankton Research, Estuaries
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and Coasts, Environmental Chemistry, Marine and Ecology Progress Series, Bulletin of
Marine Science, Ecology Letters.
Grants
2004: ECOHAB.
2006: NOAA, ECOHAB.
2007: Rhode Island Sea Grant Office, Louisiana Sea Grant Office.
Panel Member
EPA: ECOHAB 2006 Review Panel.
EPA: Fellowships in Coastal and Oceanographic Sciences 2007 Review Panel.
University Committees
2003 Curriculum committee. Marine Biology Department.
2004
Curriculum committee. Marine Biology Department.
2005
Academic Advisory Council. Marine Biology Department Representative.
Faculty Advisory Committee. Marine Biology Department Representative.
Search Committee for Wetland Ecologist Position. Marine Biology Department.
Search Committee for BiogeoTrace metal Chemist. Marine Sciences Department.
Promotion Committee for Grace Townsend, Marine Sciences Department.
Commencement Task Force Committee. University Wide.
2006
Computer Task Force, University Wide.
Commencement Task Force Committee. University Wide.
Faculty Advisory Committee. Marine Biology Department Representative.
2007
Research Advisory Committee
Edwin Eikel Award Committee
Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award committee - College
Level
Search Committee for Department Head, Oceanography Department.
Boat Use Committee, Marine Biology Department.
Chair, Second TAMUG Student Symposium organizing committee.
Computer Task Force, University Wide.
Commencement Task Force Committee, University Wide.
Chair, Regents Professor Award Committee, University Wide.
Chair, Faculty Advisory Committee. Marine Biology Department Representative.
2008
Chair, Faculty Advisory Committee. Marine Biology Department Representative.
Research Committee, Oceanography Department
Teaching
M ARB 300 - Scientific Methods
M ARB 408 - Marine Botany
MARB 430 - Coastal Plant Ecology
M ARB 482 - Seminar in Marine Biology
M ARB 489/689 - Special Topics - Coastal Marine Biology and Geology of Alaska
OCNG 604 - Biological Oceanography Cruise
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Mary Jo Richardson
Regents Professor
Education
Ph.D.
A.B.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Oceanography, May 1980.
Smith College, June 1975 (Geology/Mathematics) Magna Cum Laude
1996-present TAMU, Depts. of Oceanography and Geology and Geophysics
Regents’ Professor
1994-2006
TAMU, Depts. of Oceanography and Geology and Geophysics
Professor
2002–2004
TAMU, College of Geosciences, Acting/Interim Dean
1993-2002
TAMU, College of Geosciences, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
1996
NOAA/ Pacific Marine Environmental Lab, Faculty Development Leave
1990-1994
TAMU, Departments of Oceanography and Geology, Associate Professor
(Tenured)
1986-1990
TAMU, Department of Geology, Visiting Assistant Professor
1985-1986
TAMU, Department of Oceanography, Research Associate
1983-1985
City University of New York (Lehman), Dept.of Geol. and Geog.
Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
1981-1982
City University of New York (Lehman), Dept. of Geol. and Geog.
Assistant Professor
1981
State University of New York (Purchase), Dept. of Natural Science
Physical Geology Professor, Summer Session
1980-1981
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Palisades, New York
Research Scientist
1980
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Post-Doctoral Investigator
Honors and Awards
Women’s Faculty Network Mentoring Award – 2007 – 1st recipient (University-wide)
Regents’ professor – 2006
Faculty member highlighted in Aggieland – Texas A&M University Yearbook – 2006
Texas A&M University, International Excellence Award – 1995
National Science Foundation Faculty Award for Women Scientists and Engineers - 1991. One of
only 10 awards nationwide in the Geosciences.
Texas A&M University, Association of Former Students Distinguished Teaching Award - 1991
Sigma Xi – 1975
Phi Beta Kappa – 1975
Students Advised
Student's Name
Mary Patch
Erick Huchzermeyer
Young Baek Son
Stephanie Rice
Department
Oceanography
Oceanography
Oceanography
Oceanography
Level
M.S.
M.S.
Ph.D.
M.S.
Graduated
2002
2005
2006
2007
Capacity
Member
Member (Substitute)
Member
Member
Undergraduate Student Advisor for 5-10 new students per year in Environmental Geosciences/
Geology/Geophysics
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Service
Selected panels, committees, etc. (2000- present):
National Science Foundation
Panelist for Directorate of Geosciences – 2007
Advisory Council for the Geosciences Directorate, 2006- 2009
Education and Outreach Subcommittee (chair) 2007 - present
Committee of Visitors for Ocean Sciences Division 2006
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
Board of Oceans and Atmosphere - Executive Committee – 2007 - present
Phi Beta Kappa
Committee on Qualifications – selection of colleges/universities for site visits for sheltering new
chapters of Phi Beta Kappa – 42 applicants in last review (2003 – present)
Representative (3 year term beginning 06) to Societal Impacts of Science and Engineering section
of American Association for the Advancement of Science
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
UCAR is a non-profit consortium of over 100 university members and affiliates founded in 1960
to enhance the capabilities of the universities and to focus on scientific problems that are
beyond the scale of a single university. Its annual budget is $213 million.
Scientific Program and Evaluation Committee – 2005 – present
Board of Trustees, 1999 – 2006
Secretary of the Board of Trustees, 2002 – 2004
Interim Treasurer of the Board of Trustees, 2002
Audit and Finance Committee, 1999 – 2002
Nominating Committee (chair), 2001 – 2005
Nominating Committee, 2000 – present
Membership Committee (chair), 1997 – 2000
Membership Committee, 1995 – 2000
Consortium for Ocean Research and Education
Technical Advisory Panel – for the National Ocean Science Bowl
– reviewer and writer of discipline questions for regional and national competitions
– Washington D.C - 2006
State of Texas
Texas Alliance for Earth Sciene Education – appointed to State Board - 2007
Texas A&M University System
PI Advisory Committee Member for the Research Foundation (2006 – present)
Texas A&M University (not associated with administrative positions)
University Level
Disciplinary Appeals Panel, 2005- present
Mediator for Dean of Faculties Office (40-hour training), 2005 - present
Scholarship Assessment Think Tank, 2005 – 2007
Scholarship Assessment Think Tank Executive Committee. 2005 – 2007
COGNOS Implementation Team –University advisement for the Office of
Institutional Studies and Planning 2005 – present
Diversity Council 2005 - present
Faculty presenter for the Honors Council, 2005 - present
Freshmen Convocation Planning Committee 2003 – present
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Freshmen Convocation Program and Assessment Subcommittee 2003 - present
Freshmen Convocation Program and Assessment Subcommittee, chair, 2005 - present
Committee on implementation of the recommendations made by the task
force on enhancing the undergraduate experience, 2005-2006
Committee on implementation of the recommendations made by the task
force on enhancing the undergraduate experience, impact subcommittee (chair)
2005-2006
Task Force for Enhancing the Undergraduate Experience (chair) 2004-2005
IRTAG proposal review 2005
Task Force on Strengthening the Arts and Sciences, 2001 – 2002
University Curriculum Committee (monthly), 1993 – 2002
University Curriculum Committee, chair, 2001-2002
University Honorary Degree Committee, 2001- 2004
Honors Program Advisory Council, 2002
Women’s Faculty Network Mentoring Program, Lead, 2007 – present
Women’s Faculty Network Mentor to New Female Faculty, 1996 – present
Women's Faculty Network Steering Committee (monthly), 1991-1993, 1998 – 2001
Regional Ocean Science Bowl, Moderator/Science Judge 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Regional Ocean Science Bowl, coordinator for judges, 2005
Regional Science Bowl, Jr Science Bowl, Moderator/Science Judge 2000, 2001, 2003
Student Research Week Judge, 2002
Faculty Teaching Academy Professor for inaugural Faculty Teaching Academy, (Be a
Better Teacher. Better yet, Inspire Better Learners!) hosted by the Center for Teaching
Excellence – 2005 – 2006
Texas A&M University (Department of Oceanography) – selected assignments
Tenure and Promotion Committee (chair) – 2004 - 2006
Tenure and Promotion Committee (member) – 2007 - present
Continental Margins Geologist Search Committee (chair) – 2006 - 2007
Curriculum Committee (member) – 2004 – 2006
Texas A&M University (College of Geosciences) – selected assignments
Curriculum Committee – 2004 -2006
IT/Communication Advisory Council – 2004 – 2005
Teaching
GEOS 101 - Introduction to the Geosciences
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Daniel L. Roelke
Associate Professor
Education
1993-97
1990-93
1985-89
Ph.D. Oceanography, Texas A&M University, TX
M.S. Oceanography, Texas A&M University, TX
B.S. Earth Science, Minor in Chemistry, Millersville University, PA
2006
Visiting Scientist, US Environmental Protection Agency, Western Ecology
Division, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon.
2005-present
Board Member, Texas River and Reservoir Management Society.
2005-present
Associate Professor, Texas A&M University, Department of Water
Management and Hydrologic Sciences.
2005-present
Associate Professor, Texas A&M University, Faculty of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology.
2004-present
Associate Professor, Texas A&M University, Department of Wildlife and
Fisheries Sciences and Department of Oceanography.
1998-2004
Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University, Department of Wildlife and
Fisheries Sciences and Department of Oceanography.
1997-1998
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Consortium of Oceanographic Research and Education,
Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS.
Awards and Honors
2006-2007
2005
1997
1994
1993
1992
1991
1989
WFSC, TAMU Meritorious Performance Award
WFSC, TAMU highly ranked class (top 10% based on student evaluations)
CORE Postdoctoral Fellow
Best Student Talk Award, Second Coastal Wetland Ecology and Management
Symposium
Student Endowment Fund Award, National Shellfisheries Association
Sea Grant Association Student Research Award, 2nd place
Honorable mention, National Science Foundation
Cum Laude graduate, Millersville University, PA
Departmental honors graduate, Millersville University, PA
Recipient of the Newnan Grant for Student Research, Millersville University,
PA
Students Advised
Graduate Students, Chair or co-Chaired Committee
Meier, Megan (M.S., WMHS, TAMU, 2005-2007 dropped)
Hsiu-Ping Li (Ph.D., Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, 2004-present)
Miller, Carrie (M.S., Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, 2004-2007)
Gable, George (M.S., Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, 2004-2007)
Errera, Reagan (M.S., Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, 2003-2005)
Montoya Ceballos, Jose (Ph.D., Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, 2001-present)
Fejes, Elizabeth (M.S., Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, 2000-2003)
Murdock, Justin (M.S., Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, 2000-2002)
Buyukates, Yesim (Ph.D., Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, 1998-2003)
Graduate Students, Member of Committee
Jamie Steichen (M.S., TAMUG, 2006-present)
Knight, Trevor (M.S., WFSC, TAMU, 2005-present)
Baker, Jason (Ph.D., University of Texas, Arlington, 2004-2007)
Hoehinghouse, David (Ph.D., Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, 2003-2007)
Papadopoulos, Anthony (Ph.D., Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, 2003-2007)
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Romigh, Melissa (M.S., Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, 2002-2004)
Salazar , Alicia (M.S., Oceanography, 2002-2004)
Lumson, Beth (M.S., Oceanography, 2000-2002)
Fletcher, William (M.S., Oceanography, 2000-4)
Charbonnet, Danielle (M.S., Agricultural Engineering, 2000-2003)
Layman, Craig (Ph.D., Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, 1999-2004)
Healy, Brian (M.S., Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, 1999-2002)
Cramer, Nicholas (M.S., Soil and Crop Science, 1999-2006)
Ornolfsdottir, Erla (Ph.D., Oceanography, 1998-2002)
Arrington, Albrey (Ph.D., Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, 1998-2002)
Heinsch, Faith-Ann (Ph.D., Soil and Crop Science, 1998-2002)
Undergraduate Student Research/Mentoring
Dean, Patrick (AGLS 105, Texas A&M University, 2006)
Vendrell-Velez, Rebecca (AGLS 105, Texas A&M University, 2006)
Martinez, Alexis (New Mexico Tech, 2005)
Gable, George (Texas A&M University, TX, 2003-04)
Fong, Allison (University of Rhode Island, RI ,2003)
Hurley, Leah (University of Akron, OH, 2003)
Ludwig, Merissa (Texas A&M University, TX, 2005)
Snider, Jennifer (Texas A&M University, TX, 2003-05)
Augustine, Sarah (Texas A&M University, TX, 2001 and 2002)
Birnbaum, Jenny (University of Texas at Austin, TX, 2001)
Jean, Jason (University of Texas at Austin, TX, 2000)
Williams, Michael (Mercyhurst College, PA, 2000)
Service
• 2007-present Associate Editor, The American Naturalist, journal of the American Society
of Naturalists.
• Panelist. 2006. NOAA/Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research/Coastal Ocean
Program's South Florida Research and Monitoring Program.
• Judge of Graduate Student Poster Presentations. 2005. Estuarine Research Federation.
Norfolk, VA, USA. October 16-21.
• Judge of Graduate Research Presentations.
2005. Student Research Symposium,
Conservation, Ecology, and Evolutionary Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station,
TX. April 23.
• Session Moderator. 2004. Ecological Society of America Meeting. Portland, OR, USA.
August 1-6.
• Judge of Graduate Research Posters. 2004. Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association,
International Conference. Ballina, NSW, Australia. June 20-25.
• Panelist. 2004. NOAA Monitoring and Event Response for Harmful Algal Bloom
(MERHAB) program. Washington, DC, USA. January 6-8.
• Panelist. 1999. Academic Job Search for Graduate Students. Workshop of the Texas A&M
University Career Center. College Station, TX, USA. October 25.
Teaching
WFSC 414 - Ecology of Lakes and Rivers
WFSC 489 - Coastal Zone Ecology
WFSC 611 - Estuarine Ecology
WFSC 621 - Aquatic Ecology
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Gilbert T. Rowe II,
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, TAMUG
Professor Oceanography (TAMU) and Marine Biology (TAMUG)
Education
Ph.D.
M.S.
B.S.
Duke University, Zoology
Texas A&M University, Oceanography
Texas A&M University, Zoology
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, TAMUG
Prof. and Head, Dept. of Marine Biology, Texas A&M-Galveston
Professor, Dept. of Oceanography, Texas A&M
Professor and Head, Dept. of Oceanography, Texas A&M
Head, Oceanographic Sciences Division, BNL
Oceanographer, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Associate Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Assistant Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Postdoctoral Fellow, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Research Associate, Florida State University
Honors and Awards
Regents Professor, Texas A&M System
Fulbright Senior Scholar, Concepcion, Chile
Fellow (elected), Amer. Assoc. Adv. Science
Honorary Deep-Sea Biological Society
Sigma Xi
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
1968
1966
1964
2008-present
2003-07
1993-present
1987-93
1985-87
1979-87
1973-79
1969-73
1968-69
1968
2007
2000
1990
1973
1963
Undergraduate/Graduate Students (since 2000)
Graduate
Yuning Wang
Courtney Horne
Matthew Ziegler
William Greenwood
Min Chen
Jeff Baguley (UT, Austin)
Jessie Chen
Christopher Gudeman
Clifton Nunnally
Archie Amons (BIO, with Mary Wicksten)
Chihlin Wei
Luisa Falcon (UNAM, Mexico)
Undergraduate
Celine Jarron (U. Dijon, France)
Julie Sullivan (with R. Brinkmeyer)
Program Manager, MMS-funded Deep Gulf of Mexico Benthos study
Census of Marine Life (CoML), Continental Margin
Ecosystems (COMARGE) program Steering Committee
Deep Ocean Environmental Long-term Observation System (DELOS)
Steering Committee
Marine Biology Interdepartmental Degree Program proposal (co-author)
Teaching
OCNG 620 - Biological Oceanography
OCNG 627 - Ecology of the Continental Shelf
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1999-2005
2005-present
2003-present
2002-present
William W. Sager
Professor
Education
Ph.D., 1983, Marine Geophysics, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
M.S., 1979, Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
B.S., 1976, Physics (Magna Cum Laude), Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
1995-Present
Professor of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
1989-1995
Associate Professor of Oceanography (tenured), Texas A&M University
1983-1989
Assistant Professor of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
1976-1983
Research Assistant, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics
Awards and Honors
Jane and R. Ken Williams ’45 Chair in Ocean Drilling Science, Technology, & Education 2003
College of Geosciences Distinguished Achievement Award for Research, 2003
Graduate students advised (2000 – present)
Lina Handayani
GEOP
Pablo Cervantes
GEOP
Adam Mullins
GEOP
Vernon Moore
GEOP
James Orofino
GEOP
Andres Pazmino
OCNG
Jamie Collins
GEOP
Jason Bronikowski
OCNG
Jennifer Pikewitz
OCNG
Leslie Nemazi
OCNG
Amy Eisin
OCNG
Christopher Paul
OCNG
Brian Fielder
OCNG
Jennifer McGuire
GEOP
Brian Cerney
GEOP
Syamsu Alam
GEOP
Alfonso Benavides-Iglesias GEOP
John Brand
OCNG
Martin Finn
GEOP
Steve Erck
GEOP
*Masako Tominaga
OCNG
*Christian Noll
OCNG
M.S.
M.S.
M.S.
M.S.
M.S.
M.S.
M.S.
M.S.
M.S.
M.S.
M.S.
M.S.
M.S.
Ph. D.
Ph. D.
Ph. D.
Ph. D.
Ph. D.
Ph. D.
Ph. D.
Ph.D.
Ph. D.
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Chair
Chair
Chair
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Co-Chair
Chair
Member
Service (inside university)
Advisor for Oceanography Graduate student Council (OGC), 1994-2002
Mentor program (student counseling) 1985-present
Member, Oceanography Computer Committee, 2000-present
Department tenure review committees (various faculty) - 2001
Chair, Oceanography Marine Geologist Position Search committee, 2002
Member, Chair, Oceanography Ship Committee, 2002-2003; 2005-2007
Member, College Promotion and Tenure Committee – 2000-2002
Geological student advisor/coordinator 2002-2006
Member, Oceanography Paleoceanographer Position Search committee, 2003
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Spring 2001
August 1999
Spring 2001
Summer 2002
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Fall 2004
Fall 2004
Spring 2007
Fall 2003
Spring 2001
Spring 2001
Spring 2007
Fall 2004
Fall 2006
Fall 2004
Chair, Department Ship Acquisition Committee, 2005-present
Chair, Department High-resolution Paleoceanographer search committee, 2005-2006
Member, College ODASES (ocean drilling science) committee, 2003-present
Member, Continental Margins faculty search committee, 2006-2007
Member, Department Advisory and Budget Committee, 2006-2007
Service (outside university)
Member, JOIDES Science Committee, 2001-2003
Member, JOIDES US Science Advisory Committee for Scientific Ocean Drilling, 2005-2007
Workshop Convenor & Host: “Requirements for Robotic Underwater Drills in U.S. Marine
Geologic Research,” 3-4 November 2000, College Station, TX.
Session Chair, MG16, ODP Contributions to Paleomagnetism, EGS-AGU spring meeting,
Nice, France, 7 April 2003
Session Chair, Geological Society of America, South Central Regional Meeting, Bays and
Estuaries of the northern Gulf of Mexico, San Antonio, TX, 1-2 April 2005.
Editor - Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Initial Reports, v. 191, 2000.
Editor - Special issue, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, “High
Resolution
Geophysical Studies of Continental Margin Geohazards,” June 2004.
Editor - Sager, W. W., Kanazawa, T., and Escutia, C. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Res., v. 191,
Ocean Drilling Program, College Station, TX, 2005.
Editor - Physics of the Earth and Planetary Science, special issue, “ODP Contributions to
Paleomagnetism,” v. 156, June 2006.
Teaching
OCNG 630- Geological Oceanography
OCNG 681 How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper
OCNG 689- Special Topics in High-resolution Seafloor Mapping
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Peter Hans Santschi
Professor
Education
• Privatdozent, Isotope Geochemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich,
Switzerland, 1984.
• Ph.D. Chemistry (Dr. phil. II, Summa Cum Laude), University of Berne, Switzerland, 1975.
• M.S. Chemistry (Summa Cum Laude), University of Berne, Switzerland, 1971.
• B.S. Gymnasium Berne, Switzerland, Matura 1963.
Professional Experience (since 2000)
• Professor of Oceanography and of Marine Sciences, Texas A&M University, 1988 - present.
• Visiting Professor at University of Rhode Island (1987), University of Geneva, Switzerland
(1996-1997, 2003), University of Bern, Switzerland (2002), Swiss Institute of Technology, ETH
(2003), and National Taiwan University, Taipei (2003), Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology (2004).
• Director, Laboratory for Oceanographic and Environmental Research (LOER), 1989-present.
• Senior Chemist, Texas A&M University, Galveston, TX, 1988 - present.
• Member of Phi Kappa Phi Society of Texas A&M University Chapter (2005).
• Association of Former Student Distinguished Achievement Award for Research from Texas
A&M University (2004).
• Limnology and Oceanography Outstanding Reviewer Recognition (2004).
• Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, Macmillan Directory Division,
Wilmette, Il., Who's Who in Science and Engineering, a Reed Ref. Publ. Comp., Wilmette, Il.;
also in: Who's Who in America, and Who's Who in the World, all since 1991.
Graduate/undergraduate students advised (since 2000)
a) List of chaired or co-chaired graduate student committees since 2000 (Total number of sponsored
graduate students: 22; 19 at TAMU, 1 at EAWAG, 2 at LDEO):
• PhD: Saijin Zhang, Oceanography, Texas A&M University (current).
• PhD: Chen Xu, Oceanography, Texas A&M University (current).
• MS: Chen Xu, Oceanography, Texas A&M University (2007)
• PhD: Kimberly A. Roberts, Oceanography, Texas A&M University (2007).
• MS: Charles Melchor Landing. Oceanography, Texas A&M University (2007).
• MS: Sara E. Keach. Oceanography, Texas A&M University (2006).
• MS: Jennifer Haye, Oceanography, Texas A&M University (graduated in 2005).
• PhD: Nicolas G. Alvarado Quiroz, Oceanography, Texas A&M University (graduated in
2004).
• PhD: Kathy Schwehr, Oceanography, Texas A&M University (graduated in 2004).
• PhD: Kevin Yaeger, Geology, Texas A&M University (graduated in 2002).
• PhD: Kent Warnken, Oceanography, Texas A&M University (graduated in 2002).
• PhD: Degui Tang, Oceanography, Texas A&M University (graduated in 2000).
• PhD: M. Quigley, Oceanography, Texas A&M University (graduated in 2000).
b) List of students I have been a committee member (since 2000):
• Eric Balnois, PhD Chemistry, University of Geneva, Switzerland (1997-2001)
• Jon Schwantes, PhD
Civil and Environmental Engineering (1997-2002)
• Key-Young Choe, PhD Oceanography (1996-2002)
• Gaurav Singhal, MS Oceanography (2002-2005)
• Sara Keach, MS Oceanography (2002-2006)
• Seunghe Han, PhD, Oceanography (1999-2005)
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• Patrick Rossé, PhD Univ. Geneva, Switzerland (2005)
• Sara Keach, MS Oceanography (2002-2006)
• Sophie-Anne (Charlotte) Hieke, MS Oceanography (2005-2008)
• Leslie Randolph, PhD Geology (2001-)
• Hsiu-Ping Li, PhD Wildlife&Fisheries (2004-)
c) List of sponsored postdocs since 2000 (Total number of sponsored postdoctoral scholars: 14)
• Bryce Johnson (since 2008).
• Aijun Miao (since 2006).
• Kathy Schwehr (2004-2007), presently Assistant Research Scientist, Texas A&M University,
Galveston, TX.
• Robin Brinkmeyer (2004-2006), presently Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University,
Galveston, TX.
• Kevin Yeager (2003-2005), presently Assistant Professor, University of Southern
Mississippi, Mississippi.
• Gary Schultz (2001-2003), presently at National Institute of Environ. Health, North Carolina.
• Chin-Chang Hung (1999-2002), presently Associate Research Scientist, Texas A&M
University, Galveston, TX.
• Degui Tang (2000), presently Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University.
Service (2000 to date, both within and outside the university):
a) TAMUG and TAMU Committees
2007
MARS Dept: Promotion and Tenure Advisory Committee (Chair)
TAMUG - College: Tenure and Promotion Committee (Chair)
OCNG/Geosciences: Tenure and Promotion Committee (member)
2006
MARS Dept: Promotion and Tenure Committee of Dr. Patrick Louchouarn (Chair)
MARS Dept: Promotion and Tenure Committee of Dr. Tim Dellapenna (Chair)
MARS Dept. Promotion and Tenure Committee of Dr. Rainer Amon (Member)
College of Geosciences College Research Advisory Council (member)
2005/6
MARS Dept: Trace Biogeochemist Search Committee (Chair)
MARS Dept: Promotion and Tenure Committee of Dr. Tim Dellapenna(Chair)
College of Geosciences College Research Advisory Council (member)
2004/5
MARS Dept.: Academic Advisory Committee (Chair)
TAMUG: Tenure and Promotion Committee.
OCNG/Geosciences: Tenure and Promotion Committee.
2003/4
2002/3
Sabbatical
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2002
MARS Dept.: Search Committee for Biogeochemist (Chair)
TAMUG: Research Advisory Committee.
2001
MARS Dept.: Search Committee for Marine Organic Chemist (Chair)
MARS Dept.: Search Committee for Biogeochemist (Chair)
TAMUG: Promotion Committee for Drs. Panchang (MASE) and Carlson (GACD).
TAMUG: Research Advisory Committee.
2000
MARS Program/OCNG: Academic Advisory Committee.
OCNG Dept.: Tenure and Promotion Committee.
OCNG Dept. Search Committee for Physical Oceanographer (Chair).
OCNG Dept.: Search Committee for Geological Oceanographer (Chair).
Oceanography Dept.: Search Committee for Chemical Oceanographer (Chair).
TAMUG: Promotion Committee for Graham Worthy, TAMUG.
TAMUG: Research Advisory Committee, TAMUG.
b) Outside TAMUG and TAMU (since 2000)
• Associate Editor, Marine Chemistry, 2000-present.
• Member, Review Panel of the Chemical Oceanography Program, National Science
Foundation, 1990-1991, 2004, 2006.
• Member, International "Audit Team", Review Committee for Radiochemistry at the Paul
Scherrer Research Institute (PSI) of the Swiss Institute of Technology (ETH), 2006.
• Member, Advisory Board, Aquatic Sciences, 1988-2001.
• In 2002/2003, I was visiting Professor for 1-2 months each in the Chemistry Departments of
the University of Bern and Geneva, Switzerland, the Swiss Institute of Technology, Zurich,
Switzerland, the National Center for Oceanographic Research at the National Taiwan
University in Taipei, Taiwan.
• In 2004, I was visiting Professor for 2 weeks at the Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology.
Teaching
CHEM 383 - Environmental Chemistry
MARS 340 - Geochemistry
OCNG 644 - Isotope Geochemistry
OCNG 646 - Dynamics of Colloids in the Environment
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Matthew William Schmidt
Assistant Professor
Education
Ph.D., Department of Geology, University of California, Davis
Master of Science, Department of Geology, University of South Florida
Bachelor of Science with Honors (Geology and Fine Arts), Vanderbilt University
2005
1997
1993
2007-present Assistant Professor, Department of Oceanography, TAMU, College Station, Texas.
2005-2007
NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow
Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
2000-2005
Graduate Researcher, Department of Geology, University of California, Davis
1998-1999
Geologist and Project Manager: IT Corporation, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
1995-1997
Teaching Assistant, Department of Geology, University of South Florida
1991-1993
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Geology, Vanderbilt University
Awards and Honors
Allen G. Marr Prize, University of California, Davis, for most distinguished dissertation in the fields
of Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Engineering, and Social Sciences, 2006
NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship. 2005 to 2007.
USSSP Schlanger Ocean Drilling Fellowship. Given by the Ocean Drilling Program in support of
graduate research. 2002-2003
USSSP Schlanger Ocean Drilling Fellowship. Given by the Ocean Drilling Program in support of
graduate research. 2001-2002.
University of California Davis Humanities Fellowship. Given by the University of California Davis in
support of graduate research. 2002-2003 and 2003-2004
National Science Foundation Sponsored NEAT-IGERT (Nanophases in the Environment,
Agriculture, and Technology – Integrative Graduate Education, Research, and Training),
associate Fellowship. Given in support of graduate research, 2000-2001.
Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award. Given by the College of Arts and Science, University of South
Florida, 1998
Geological Society of America Research Award. Given for graduate research, University of South
Florida, 1996-1997
Sigma Xi Award. Given in support of graduate research, University of South Florida, 1996-1997
American Museum of Natural History, New York, Lerner Gray Grant for Marine Research Award.
Given in support of graduate research, University of South Florida, 1996-1997
Tampa Bay Fossil Club Award. Given in support of graduate research, University of South
Florida, 1996
Service
Session Chair, AGU Fall Meeting, “Advances in Past Hydrologic System and Ocean Paleosalinity
Reconstructions,” San Francisco, CA, 2007
Reviewer for professional journals: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Quaternary Science
Reviews, Geology
Judge for Student Presentations: School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of
Technology, Graduate Student Symposium, October 2005
Recruiting and Academic Advisory Committee, Texas A&M Oceanography Department, 2007 present
Sierra Club Guest Speaker. Invited speaker by local Sierra Club Chapter to discuss the topic
of global warming, May 2004
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Volunteer, UC Davis Picnic Day - Community outreach day to inform the public about Department of
Geology research
Teaching
Instructor, OCNG 251, Introduction to Oceanography, Spring 2008; Texas A&M University
Guest Lecturer, EAS 4300, Oceanography, October 26, 2005; Georgia Institute of Technology.
Guest Lecturer, GEL 228, Paleoceanography, February 9, 2005; UC Davis.
Guest Lecturer, GEL 108, Paleoclimates, April 26, 2004; UC Davis.
Teaching Assistant, GEL 107, Earth History: Paleobiology, UC Davis, Taught undergraduate
paleobiology lab and tutored students during office hours, 2003.
Teaching Assistant, Systematic Paleontology, University of South Florida, 1995 and 1996.
Teaching Assistant, Physical Geology, University of South Florida, 1996 and 1997.
Teaching Assistant, Invertebrate Paleontology, Vanderbilt University, 1992 and 1993.
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Anja Schulze
Assistant Professor
Education
Ph. D. 2001
Diplom 1995
Biology, University of Victoria, Canada.
Biology, University of Bielefeld, Germany.
2006-present Assistant professor, Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at
Galveston
2004-2006
Postdoctoral fellow, Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, FL.
Project: Structure and development of the nervous system in Sipuncula
2002-2004
Postdoctoral fellow, Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology and
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology.
Project: Phylogeny, biogeography and systematics of the Sipuncula
2001-2002
Postdoctoral fellow, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
and Laboratory of Molecular Systematics.
Project: Phylogeography of palolo worms (Palola, Eunicidae, Polychaeta)
Awards and Honors
2008
Pathways to the Doctorate Program: funding granted for one year of stipend and
tuition plus one year of tuition for a second graduate student to start in Fall 08
2008
Faculty Abroad Seminar: funding granted to establish collaborations with Mexican
researchers; upcoming seminar in Mexico City in May 08
2004-2006
Smithsonian Marine Station postdoctoral fellowship
2002-2004
MarCraig postdoctoral fellowship, Harvard University
Graduate Students Advised
Russell Carvalho, Ph.D. student (since fall 07)
Undergraduate Students Advised
Merritt Adkins, TIO undergraduate fellow (fall 07 and spring 08)
Megan McCuller, undergraduate volunteer (spring 08)
Michael Maddox, student worker (summer 07)
Benjamin Hauglund, undergraduate volunteer (fall 07)
Danielle Horn, directed studies student, MARB 485 (spring 07)
Service
TAMUG Library Committee (since Fall 06)
TAMUG Computing and Information Services Committee (since Fall 07)
Planning committee for TAMUG Student Research Symposium (Spring 08)
Manuscripts reviewed for: Aquatic Invasions, Western North American Naturalist, Journal of Marine
Systems, Integrative and Comparative Biology, Polar Biology, Zootaxa, Marine Ecology Progress
Series, Deep-Sea Research II,
Preproposals/proposals reviewed for: Texas Seagrant, Texas Academy of Science
Teaching
MARB 435 - Marine Invertebrate Zoology
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Martha R. Scott
Associate Professor
Education
BA Geology, Rice University, Houston, TX 1963
Ph.D. Geology, Rice University, Houston, TX 1966
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University, 1966-1967
Associate Professor, Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 1981-present
Associate Program Director for Chemical Oceanography,
National Science Foundation, 1992-1993
Assistant Professor, Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 1975-1981
Visiting Assistant Professor, Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 1974-1975
Research Associate, Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 1971-1975
Research Associate, Geology, Florida State University, 1970-1971
Research Staff Geologist, Yale University, 1969
Research Associate, Geology, Florida State University, 1967-1968
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University, 1966-1967
Service
National
Member of NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Panel
University
Honor council
Core Curriculum Assessment Committee (reporting to faculty senate)
Progress toward Degree (Part of undergraduate excellence task force)
Undergraduate Academic Appeals Panel
Phi Beta Kappa Chapter: membership committee
Department
IEEF committee- considers distribution of funds for teaching
Teaching
OCNG 205 - Topics in Oceanography
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Howard Seidel
Post Doctoral Research Associate
Education
1999 Ph.D. Physical Oceanography, Texas A&M University, TX
1996 M.S. Applied Mathematics, Texas A&M University, TX
1994 B.S. Mathematics, Salisbury State University, MD
1999 - Present, Post Doctoral Research Associate, Texas A&M University
Teaching
2008-Present , Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, TAMU Teaching an
undergraduate numerical methods/computer programming course.
2005 - Present, 7-6 Air-Cav Squadron Civil Air Patrol:
I give primary ground and flight instruction to Civil Air Patrol cadets and university ROTC
cadets interested in careers in military aviation. This is a part time and volunteer position.
2002, El Nino & Tropical Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions Workshop & Conference, Trieste,
Italy: I taught an introductory, "hands on", class on simple ocean-atmosphere coupled
modeling to conference participants. The sessions were taught in a computer lab and the
students were able to experiment with a simple coupled model I developed for the class.
1994-1996, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Mathematics, Texas A\&M University:
I taught undergraduate recitations and labs while working on M.S. in mathematics. Courses
included Calculus 1,2 & 3
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José Luis Sericano
Associate Research Scientist, GERG
Education
1993 Ph.D., College of GeosciencesTAMU, College Station, Texas 77845, U.S.A.
1986 Master of Science, College of Geosciences, TAMU, College Station, Texas 77845, U.S.A.
1977 BS – Chemistry, Universidad Nacional del Sur,, Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1976 BS. – Biochemistry, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2001-Present Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University,
College Station, Texas, U.S.A.
1999-Present Associate Research Scientist, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University,
College Station, Texas, U.S.A.
1998-present Member of the Graduate Faculty at Texas A&M University.
1996-1999
Assistant Research Scientist, College of Geosciences and Maritime Studies, Texas
A&M University, College Station, Texas, U.S.A.
1993-1996
Research Associate, College of Geosciences and Maritime Studies, Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas, U.S.A.
1989-1993
Research Assistant, Texas A&M University, College of Geosciences, Department of
Oceanography, College Station, Texas, U.S.A.
1985-1989
Graduate Assistant Research, Texas A&M University, College of Geosciences,
Department of Oceanography, College Station, Texas, U.S.A., 77843.
1978-1984
Research Assistant, Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO), Bahía Blanca,
Buenos Aires,Argentina.
1975
Chemist, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Honors and Awards
2004
Dean’s Distinguished Achievement Award for Research Scientist, Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas, U.S.A.
1998
Academic Recognition, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, U.S.A.
Service
2005-present
2005-present
2003-Present
1997-1999
2007
2007
2004
Member of the Editorial Board of International Journal of Applied Environmental
Sciences (IJAES)
Member of the Editorial Board of International Journal of Oceans and
Oceanography (IJOO)
Member of the Steering Committee for the AMETEC (APEC Marine Environmental
Training and Education Center), South Sea Institute, Geoje Island, South Korea
Member of the Editorial Board of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Environmental Chemistry.
Invited Expert for the “Regional Workshop on ROPME Mussel Watch Programme”,
Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME),
Islamic Republic of Iran (26-29 May 2007)
Instructor at the “National Training Course on the Analysis of Chlorinated Organic
Contaminants and Sterols”, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and
Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME)
Doha, Qatar (April 15-26, 2007)
Instructor at the “Monitoring Project and Control of the Coastal Marine
Contamination in the Southeastern Pacific Workshop”, International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) and Instituto de Investigaciones Avanzadas y Servicios de Alta
Tecnología (INDICASAT ), Panama City, Panama (September 27-October 8, 2004)
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2004
2003
2003-2004
2003
2001
2000
Instructor at the "Protection of the Marine Environment from land-based Sources of
Pollution: Persistent Organic Pollutants" Training Course, Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC)/Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)/Korean
Ocean Research & Development Institute (KORDI), South Sea Institute, Geoje
Island, South Korea. (June 13-July 3, 2004)
Invited participant to the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel of the Global
Environment Facility (STAP/GEF) Workshop on the Use of Bioindicators,
Biomarkers, and Analytical Methods for the Analysis of Persistent Organic Pollutants
(POPs) in Developing Countries, Tsukuba, Japan (December 10-12, 2003).
Invited Expert to the UNEP Consultation to develop a Guidance Document for a
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) to support the effective evaluation of the
Stockholm Convention, Geneva, Switzerland (October 6-7, 2003; May 10-11, 2004)
Member of the Advisory Board for the application for an Amendment to the Renewal
License to Offer a Ph.D. Degree in Applied Chemistry with Majors in Biophysical,
Environmental Chemistry, and Chemistry of Materials, University of Puerto Rico at
Mayaguez Campus, Puerto Rico (April 21-25, 2003)
Instructor at the "Protection of the Marine Environment from land-based Sources of
Pollution: Sewage" Training Course, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC)/Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)/Korean Ocean Research
& Development Institute (KORDI), Seoul, South Korea. (October 15-November 2,
2001)
Instructor at the "POPs in the Marine Environment: Analysis, Bioaccumulation and
Toxicity." Training Course, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)/Korea
International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)/Korean Ocean Research & Development
Institute (KORDI), Seoul, South Korea. (November 10-27, 2000)
Reviewer
Chemosphere, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Science and Technology, Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry, International Journal of Oceans and Oceanography, Marine Pollution
Bulletin, The Science of the Total Environment
Committee Membership
2006-in progress Luz Borabe Covarrubias. Ph.D. Co-Chairman, Instituto Politécnico nacional
CICATA-IPN, Unidad Altamira, Tampico, Mexico.
2003-in progress Gilvan Yogui, Ph.D. Co-Chairman, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M
University
2000-in progress Elsa Noreña Barroso. Doctoral Degree (Invited Committee member) Centro de
Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del I.P.N., Unidad Mérida, Departamento
de Recursos del Mar, México.
2004
Norma B. Tombesi. Doctoral Degree (Invited Committee member) Universidad
Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1997-2001
Hyun-Min Hwang. Ph.D. Co-Chairman, Department of Oceanography, Texas
A&M University
1996-2000
Junesoo Park. Ph.D. Committee Member, Department of Oceanography, Texas
A&M University.
1996-1999
Donell Frank. MS Committee Member, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries,
Texas A&M University.
1996-1998
Susan Wainwright. MS Committee Member, Department of Wildlife and
Fisheries, Texas A&M University.
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Robert H. Stewart
Professor
Education
Ph.D. (Oceanography)
B.S. (Physics)
1969
1963
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
University of Texas, Arlington, magnum cum laude.
1989Professor of Oceanography, Texas A&M University.
Member NASA Topex/Poseidon, Jason-1, and Ocean-Surface Topography Science
Teams,
1983-1989
Senior Research Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech.
Topex/Poseidon Project Scientist to 1987
Topex Preflight Project Scientist, helped obtain approval and funding for Project.
Helped NASA develop Mission to Planet Earth, an interdisciplinary program to
understand the Earth as a whole.
1983-1989
Research Oceanographer and Adjunct Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, San
Diego.
1980-1983
Research Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.
Topex Preflight Project Scientist, developed scientific rational for the satellite.
1979-1980
Member of Technical Staff, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of
Technology.
1979-1983
Associate Research Oceanographer and Associate Adjunct Professor, Scripps
Institution of Oceanography & Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP).
1978-1979
Associate Research Oceanographer, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and IGPP.
1969-1978
Assistant Research Oceanographer, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Institute
of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, San Diego.
Awards and Honors
NASA Group Achievement Award. Topex/Poseidon Mission Design Team for Mission Design. Feb.
1993. (Team award)
NASA Group Achievement Award. Topex/Poseidon Mission Design Team for Precision Orbit
Determination and Joint Verification Team. Feb. 1993.
NASA Public Service Medal, April 28, 1994.
NASA Group Achievement Award. Topex/Poseidon Verification Team. April 28, 1994.
NASA Office of Earth Science. Outstanding Earth Science Education Product. For 1999. CD-ROM
Visit to an Ocean Planet produced by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Geoscience Information Society. Outstanding Website Award for Oceanworld. 2007.
Graduate Students (Since 2000)
Fares Al-Jeeran
OCEN
Hitha Alex
OCEN
Cara Babineaux
OCNG
Murtaza Bakrawala
OCEN
Scott Emmons
OCEN
Al-Jeeeran Feres
CVEN
Shelley Fetterolf
GEOS
Margaret Hammer
EDCI
Nicole Harvey
OCNG
Ann Kristen Indrebo
CVEN
Donald Johnson
ARCH
Masters
Masters
Masters
Ph.D.
Masters
Masters
Masters
Ph.D
Masters
Masters
Masters
201
2004
2000
2007
2002
2000
2004
2000
1996
2000
2001
2005
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Ann Linsley-Kennedy
Young-Bok Kim
Jeffrey Koch
Bon Jun Koo
Christopher Kneuper
Seung Jae Lee
Alexander Mendenhall
Frances Noe
Prahoro Nurtjahyo
Brent Porter
Harish Pillai
Sangsoo Ryu
Yong-Uk Ryu
Khairil Sitanggang
Marjorie Stewart
Tecky Surawijaya
Rajendran Suresh
Galin Tahchiev
Joshua Toepfer
GEOS
OCEN
ANSC
OCEN
CVEN
OCEN
OCNG
ZOOL
OCEN
GEOS
OCEN
OCEN
OCEN
OCEN
ATMO
CVEN
CVEN
CVEN
OCEN
Masters
Ph.D
Ph.D.
Ph.D.
Masters
Ph.D.
Masters
Masters
Ph.D.
Masters
Masters
Ph.D.
Masters
Masters
Masters
Masters
Masters
Masters
Masters
2004
2000
2000
1999
2000
2003
2000
2006
2002
2000
2004
2000
2001
2002
2003
2000
2007
2006
2001
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Chair
Member
Member
Chair
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Service (Since 2000)
Member
Numerous departmental, college, and university committees.
Member
Numerous NASA review panels.
Member
Advisory Committee for EarthEd.
Member
IOOS/COOS National Educational Steering Committee.
Member
Editorial Board Digital Library for Earth System Education.
Member
Committee on Ocean Literacy, National Marine Educators Association.
Advisor and Reviewer. Life on an Ocean Planet. Line-by-line editing for scientific errors in an highschool textbook.
Advisor and Reviewer. Ocean Motion. Line-by-line editing for scientific errors in a NASA-funded
web site: http://oceanmotion.org/
Advisor and Reviewer. NASA Oceanography | Oceans & the Earth System | Physical Ocean | Living
Ocean. Line-by-line editing for scientific errors in a Science@NASA web site.
Member
NASA Jason Science Working Team.
Member
NASA Ocean Surface Topography Science Team.
Member
Texas A&M University System Academy for Educator Development.
Member
Planning Committee, NSF Workshop on Transferring Research into the K-12 Classroom
and to the Public.
Member
Texas State Board for Educator Certification Framework Review Committee.
Member
Texas Legislative Conference on Science, Technology and Mathematics Education
Planning Committee.
Member
Texas Alliance for Science, Technology, and Mathematics Education Executive
Committee.
Teaching
GEOS 105 - Introduction to the Environmental Geosciences
OCNG 401 - Interdisciplinary Oceanography
OCNG 410 - Introduction to Physical Oceanography
OCNG 600 - Survey of Oceanography
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Robert R. Stickney
Professor
Director, Texas Sea Grant College Program
Education
1967 - University of Nebraska, Lincoln (B.S. Zoology)
1968 - University of Missouri, Columbia (M.A. Zoology)
1971 - Florida State University, Tallahassee (Ph.D. Oceanography)
Interim Head Department of Oceanography, TAMU,
Professor, Dept. of Oceanography and Affiliate Professor
Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences
Director, Sea Grant College Program
Professor, School of Fisheries, University of Washington, Seattle
(Director, 1985 - 1991)
Professor of Zoology and Director, Fisheries Research Laboratory,
Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University
Professor, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, TAMU
Associate Professor, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences,
TAMU
Assistant Professor, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences,
TAMU
Assistant Professor, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Savannah,
and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Georgia Southern College
2006- 2007
1996-present
1996-present
1985-1995
1984-1985
1983
1978-1983
1975-1978
1973-1975
Honors/Awards
Outstanding Fish Culturist for 1979 by the Texas Chapter, American Fisheries Society
Presented Award of Appreciation by the Catfish Farmers of America,
Biloxi, Mississippi, 1982.
Unit Leaders' Award for Outstanding Service, Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife
Research Unit, 1994.
Keynote speaker, Aquaculture ‘98 Plenary Session, February 16, 1998.
Dean’s Distinguished Service Award, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University,
September, 2002
World Aquaculture Society Exemplary Service Award, 2003
Distinguished Lecturer at AquaNet in Victoria Canada, October 19, 2005
President, Sea Grant Association
Fellow, American Institute of Fisheries Research Biologists
Sigma Xi
Graduate Students Advised (2000 to date)
Bianca Whitaker (Ph.D. student) – co-chair
Service (2000 to date)
Editor-in-Chief, Reviews in Fisheries Science
Editor-in-Chief, World Aquaculture magazine
Program Assessment Team for Oregon Sea Grant Program
Regional Marine and Coastal Research Task Group for NOAA
Ecosystems and Habitat Theme Team, Sea Grant Association
Coastal Community Development Theme Team, Sea Grant Association
Galveston Bay Estuary Monitoring and Research Subcommittee
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Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council Texas Habitat
Research Awards Committee, American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists
American Fisheries Society/Sea Grant Internship program Steering Committee
Marine Fisheries Initiative (MARFIN) Panel of NOAA
Fisheries Theme Team, Sea Grant Association
Editorial Board member, Aquatic Life of the World, Marshall Cavendish Corporation
President-elect, President, and Past-President, Sea Grant Association
National Research Council Committee on Atlantic Salmo in Maine
Program Planning Committee for The Coastal Society 2002 meeting
Steering Committee for the Fourth World Fisheries Congress
Non-voting member of the State of Texas Coastal Coordination Council
American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists Research Assistance Awards selection
committee
Session organizer for Aquaculture America 2003
Symposium Steering Committees for American Fisheries Society 2003, 2005
Program Assessment Team review of the Hawaii Sea Grant Program
Program Assessment Team review of the North Carolina Sea Grant Program
Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Board of Scientific Advisors
Moderator for Session at Capitol Hill Oceans Week, Washington, D.C.
Dean of Geosciences Search Committee, TAMU
Search Committee, Department of Oceanography, TAMU (Ocean Observing)
Luncheon speaker, The Coastal Society meeting in Newport, Rhode Island
Ad Hoc Scientific Advisory Panel for Offshore Marine Aquaculture for the Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council (currently chair)
Aquatic Nusiance Species Task Force Research Committee
Chair, Nominating Committee, Fish Culture Section of AFS for 2005
Program Assessment Team for the Ohio Sea Grant Program
Chair, American Fisheries Society Offshore Aquaculture Committee
Liaison for American Fisheries Society and World Aquaculture Society
Science Advisor to Sustainable Seafood Forum
Chair, Gulf Coastal Ocean Observing System Stakeholder Council
Topical Advisory Team on Aquaculture for the Wisconsin Sea Grant Program
Program Assessment Team for the Maine Sea Grant College Program
Invited paper at the Chile Academy of Sciences, Santiago, Chile
Program Assessment Team to review the Louisiana Sea Grant Program
Marine Biology Interdisciplinary Program Executive Committee representing Oceanography at
Oklahoma Sea Grant Extension Advisory Committee
American Fisheries Society (Certified Fisheries Scientist)
Fish Culture Section (Past President)
Education Section (Past President
World Aquaculture Society (Past President)
U.S. Chapter (charter member)
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Achim Stössel
Associate Professor
Education
Ph.D.(Doktor rer.nat.) Physical Oceanography, University of Hamburg, 1990,
Dissertation at Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
M.Sc.(Diplom) Physical Oceanography, University of Hamburg, 1985,
Thesis at German Hydrographic Institute, Hamburg
B.Sc.(Vordiplom) Physical Oceanography, University of Kiel, Germany, 1977
Unlimited Master and Chief Mate certificate for merchant marine, Hamburg, 1986
M.Eng.(Dipl.Ing.) Nautical Engineering, Maritime College, Hamburg, 1982
Long-Term Positions
Associate Professor, Dept. of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, since 2000
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 1994-2000
Research Scientist, Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology, 1990-1994
Graduate Research Assistant, Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology, 1987-1990
Nautical Officer, German Merchant Marine, 1982-1986 (2 years total)
Deckhand/Cadet, German and Finnish Merchant Marine, 1975-1981 (2 years total)
Short-Term Visiting Scientist
Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology, 1998-2007 (3 months total)
Department of Geophysics, University of Helsinki, 2000-2002 (3 months total)
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, 1999 (2 months)
German Climate Computer Center, Hamburg, 1996, 1997 (4 months total)
Finnish Institute of Marine Research, 1986-2006 (4 months total)
Kun Yang (2 years), Ph.D. student
Joong-Tae Kim, Ph.D. in 2007
Nadja Lönnroth (1 year), Ph.D. student
Christina Stover (co-chair), M.Sc. in 2006
Woo-Geun Cheon, Ph.D. student since 2004
Who-Myung Kim, Ph.D. student since 2007
Board Membership
2002-2003 (2 years): US Southern Ocean CLIVAR working group
Peer Review
12 proposals, 20 papers
Departmental Services
Member of graduate advisor and recruitment committee (8 years)
Physical oceanography section's graduate student advisor (8 years)
Member of 35 graduate committees
Teaching
OCNG 410: Introduction to physical oceanography (6 semesters)
OCNG 608: Physical oceanography (9 semesters)
OCNG 614: Dynamics of ocean and atmosphere (1 semester)
OCNG 615: Numerical ocean modeling I (1 semester)
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Deborah J.Thomas
Assistant Professor
Education
Ph.D. May 2002, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
M.S. December 1998, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
B.S. December 1995, Brown University
Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University, Jan 2004 – present
Post-doctoral Researcher, University of North Carolina, May 2002 – December 2004
Awards and Honors
Distinguished Achievement Teaching Award, Texas A&M Association of Former Students, Fall 2008
Distinguished Lecturer, Joint Oceanographic Institutions, 2008-2009
Undergraduate (ENGS Major)
Marisa Baumgartner (entered Fall 2005)
Tashina Chapman (entered Fall 2005)
Anna Rae Hecox (transferred Fall 2004)
Andrew Dover (entered Fall 2006)
Stephanie Dvorak (entered Fall 2005)
Matthew Hensley (entered Fall 2006)
Jennifer Towns (entered Fall 2006)
Kristin Urbanzcyk (transferred Fall 2004)
Undergraduate Research Scholar theses advised
Regina Perry, 2006 (She presented her project during Student Research Week 2006 and was awarded
the Lone Star Graduate Diversity Colloquium Choice Award)
Graduate Students
Rachael Via, M.S. 2005
Daniel Murphy, current Ph.D. student
Stella Woodard, current Ph.D. student
Chioma Udeze, current Ph.D. student
Shari Hilding-Kronforst, current Ph.D. student
Service
National
Instructor for JOI Learning teacher training programs (School of Rock, and 2 one day workshops at
the Denver Museum of Natural History)
Lecturer, ECORD Paleoceanography Summer School (University of Bremen, August 2007)
Invited participant to the NSF Proxies workshop, December 10-22, 2005
Invited participant to the NSF Geosystems workshop, September 9-11, 2004
Invited participant in the CHRONOS Geochemical Cycles workshop June 25-26, 2004
ODP Leg 208 Shipboard Scientist (inorganic geochemist) March 9- May 8, 2003
ODP Leg 198 Shipboard Scientist (sedimentologist) August 29- October 24, 2001
Manuscript reviews for Nature, Geology, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Paleoceanography,
Chemical Geology, Geological Society of America Bulletin, Reviews of Geophysics,
Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, and ODP Scientific Results.
Proposal reviews for NSF, NERC, New Zealand Marsden Fund
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Department/College Service
Chair ODASES Committtee, 2004-2006
Graduate Advisor, Oceanography Graduate Council, 2004-present
Undergraduate Advisor, Geosciences Student Association, 2005-present
Graduate Advisor Geological Oceanography Section, 2005-2007
Member, Recruiting and Advising Committee, 2005-2007
Chair IEEF Committee, 2006
Member of 6 search committees
Member of 10 student committees in addition to my own advisees
Teaching
GEOS 41 - Global Change
OCNG 430 - Introduction to Geological Oceanography
OCNG 674 - Paleoceanography
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Daniel Thornton
Assistant Professor
Education
1996
1991
Ph.D., Queen Mary, University of London, UK
B.Sc. (Hons) Queen Mary, University of London, UK
2004- present
Assistant Professor, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University,
College Station, TX, USA
2003
Research Fellow, Wrigley Institute for Environmental Sciences, University
of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2000-2002
Research Fellow in Biological Sciences, University of Sunderland,
Sunderland, UK
1996-1999
Senior Research Officer, Department of Biological Sciences, University of
Essex, Colchester, UK
Awards and Honors
Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences Visiting Scientist Award
2007
Students Advised
Graduates
Alyce Lee
Carolyn Wilson
Lindsey Visser
Shelli Meyer,
Ph.D. candidate (co-chair)
M.Sc. candidate (chair)
M.Sc. candidate (chair)
M.Sc. (co-chair)
OCNG
OCNG
OCNG
OCNG
2007 – present
2006 - present
2006 - present
graduated
Brett Gonzalez
Clifton Nunnally
Cheryl Gilpin
Songgang Gu
Carlton Rauschenberg
Stephanie Gudman
Erin Anitsakis
Adam Marchand
Amanda Rinehart
Chilin Wei
Susan Baez-Cazull
M.Sc. candidate
Ph.D. candidate
M.Sc. candidate
Ph.D. candidate
M.Sc
M.Sc
M.Sc.
M.Sc.
M.Sc.
M.Sc.
Ph.D.
MARS
OCNG
OCNG
GEOG
OCNG
OCNG
OCNG
OCNG
OCNG
OCNG
GEOL
2007 - present
2005 - present
2006 – present
2007 (left program)
graduated
graduated
graduated
graduated
graduated
graduated
graduated
GEOG
ENST
2006
2004-2006
Undergraduates (OCNG 491)
Amanda Bennett
B.S. candidate
Dietrich Gaitz
B.S. candidate
Service
Department
Graduate advisor for Biological Oceanography (2006 – present)
Member of ad hoc committee charged with producing the final draft of the Department’s
strategic plan (2005)
Member of the Department Research Committee (2006 – 2007)
Member of the Recruitment and Academic Advisor Committee (2006 – present)
Member of the search committee for the Microbial Biogeochemistry ODASES position (2007)
Department Library Representative (2004 – present)
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Department representative to the Marine Biology Interdisciplinary Program (MB IDP)
Fifth floor proctor in the Eller O & M Building
Reviews
Grant awarding agencies: National Science Foundation (NSF), Maryland Sea Grant, Hudson
River Foundation, National Environmental Research Council (NERC, United Kingdom)
International journals:
Aquatic Ecology, Aquatic Microbial Ecology, Deep-Sea Research II, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf
Science, Ethology, Ecology and Evolution, European Journal of Phycology, Estuaries and Coasts,
Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Marine Research, Limnology & Oceanography, Marine
Environmental Research
Peer reviewed web pages for Starting Point, an NSF sponsored National Science Digital Library
program.
Outreach
Science judge for the National Ocean Science Bowl competition for high school students
(2005, 2007).
Reviewed for Texas Junior Sciences and Humanities Symposium (2005, 2007).
Judge for Student Research Week at Texas A & M University (2006, 2007)
State Supervisor for Oceanography for the Texas Science Olympiad (2006 -)
Teaching
OCNG 622 - Analysis of Benthic Communities
OCNG 627 - Ecology of the Continental Shelf
OCNG 652 - Sedimentary Biogeochemistry
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Andrew C. Vastano
Professor of Oceanography
Education
Ph.D.
M.S.
B.S.
Oceanography
Theoretical Physics
Nuclear Engineering
Professor
date
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Graduate Faculty
Associate Professor
Instructor
Instructor
Army Reserve
Instructor
Graduate Assistant
Army instructor
Army Instructor
University of North Carolina
North Carolina State University
1967
1960
1956
Oceanography
1986 to
Adjunct
Oceanography
Oceanography
Cst & Ocn Engr
Oceanography
Physics
Praire View A&M University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Florida
1971
1969-1985
1967-1968
1966-1967
1964-1965
1962-1963
Intelligence
Physics
Nuc Phys,Wpns
Demolition
University of N. Carolina Chapel Hill
University of N. Carolina Chapel Hill
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
1959
1958
1957
1957
Undergraduate Student Body
Undergraduate Student Body
2008
2003
College of Geosciences
TAMU Honors Program
1988
1987
Awards and Honors
Fish Camp Namesake
T-Camp Namesake
Faculty Distinguished
Achievement Award
Teacher / Scholar Award
Graduate/undergraduate Students Advised
Graduate : Ruth Mullins [joint with Wormuth], Jeff Murray
Undergraduate : McQuistion, Powell, Chambers
Service (2000 to Date)
Educational Advisor: Sea World, San Antonio
Self-funded research as part of Departmental Honors program, mainly on marine mammals
Teaching
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Terry L. Wade
Research Scientist
Education
Ph.D. University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, 1978 (Chemical Oceanography)
M.S. University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, 1974 (Chemical Oceanography)
B.A. Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York, 1971 (Chemistry)
2006
Resident Scientist McMurdo Station Antarctica November 16 to
December 11, 2006.
Collected samples to determine footprint of human activities at McMurdo
Station.
1998-Present
Deputy Director of Environmental Sciences, Geochemical and Environmental
Research Group, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University
2001-Present
Adjunct Professor, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
1993-1998
Associate Director of Environmental Sciences, Geochemical and Environmental
Research Group, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University
1992-Present
Research Scientist, Geochemical and Environmental Research Group, College of
1986-1992
Associate Research Scientist, Geochemical and Environmental Research Group,
1986-Present
Member, Graduate Faculty, Texas A&M University
1984-l986
Assistant Research Scientist, Dept. of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
1984-1986
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of Oceanography, Old Dominion University,
Norfolk, VA
1982
NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship Program, NASA Langley Research
Center, Hampton, VA
1979-1984
Joint Appointment, Dept. of Chemical Science, Old Dominion University,
Norfolk, VA
1978-1984
Assistant Professor of Oceanography, Dept. of Oceanography, Old Dominion
University, Norfolk, VA
1971-1978
Research Assistant and Graduate Student, Graduate School of Oceanography,
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
1970
National Science Foundation Summer Research Assistant, Hamilton College,
Clinton, NY
Honors and Awards
1971 ACS Student Chemistry Award, Binghamton ACS Section, Hartwick College, Oneonta NY
1998 Academic Recognition, Texas A&M University, College Station TX
2001 Leadership Institute (successfully completed), Human Resources Department, Texas A&M
2001 Distinguished Achievement Award: Research Scientist, College of Geosciences, Texas
A&M University, College Station, TX
2002 Certificate of Appreciation, Division of Environmental Chemistry, American Chemical
Society for organizing a Symposium “Biogeochemistry of Organic Contaminants in Aquatic
Ecosystems: Honoring Dr. James G. Quinn” Held at the 224th ACS National Meeting in
Boston, MA, August, 2002.
2003 Certificate of Appreciation, Korean Ocean Research & Development Institute (KORDI),
Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APAC) and Ministry of Maritime Affairs & Fisheries (MOMAF) for contributions to
conducting the course on Marine Environmental Protection: Oil in the Marine Environment.
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1995-2000
Junesoo Park, Ph.D. Chairman
1996-2001
Hyun-Min Hwang, Ph.D. Co-Chairman
2001-2007
Yousria Soliman, Ph.D. Co-Chairman
2003-2003
Yung-Kul Kim, Ph.D. Committee Member
2004Li-Jung Kuo, Ph.D. Committee Member
2007Clint M. Miller, M.S., Committee Member
2008
Abdel Kawi Abdullah Ahmed Al-Alimi, Examiner
TAMU/OCNG
TAMU/OCNG
TAMU/OCNG
Rutgers
TAMU/G&G
TAMU/G&G
Alexandria U.,
Egypt
Service
University
Member of Oceanography Head, Search Committee 2006-2007
Member of Oceanography Geological Faculty Search Committee 2006-2007
Member of Oceanography Research Committee 2006-present
Chairman of Oceanography Research Committee sub-Committee on Research Professionals
2006-present
Member Geochemistry of the Earth, Sea & Atmosphere (GESA) College of Geosciences
Advisory Group 2005-present
Member of College of Geosciences Academic Advisory Committee 2004-2005
Member of Dean of Geosciences Search Committee 2004
College of Geosciences Distinguished Achievement Award selection Committee 2003
TAMU Galveston Organic Geochemistry Faculty Search Committee 2003
External
2003 Chair of the External Review Team for the University of Maine Environmental Chemistry
Laboratory, February 25-28, 2003. Submitted Review Team final reports.
2003 Invited speaker and panel member, National Academies, North Pacific Research Board,
Workshop on a Science Plan, March 28-29, 2003, Panel #4 Health and Contaminants.
2003 Invited expert to give lectures and supervise field and laboratory experiments. Asia Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC) Training Workshop, Oil in the Marine Environment, Korean
Research and Development Institute (KORDI), South Sea Institute, Geoje, Korea June 30 to
July 5, 2003.
2003 Invited expert to give seminar on “Mussel Watch” concept and to provide advice on
analytical and quality assurance/quality control for laboratories of the Peoples Republic of
China, National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center, State Oceanic Administration
Dalian, P.R. China August 31 to September 7, 2003.
2005 Member of the Science Review team for NOAA Mussel Watch project. February 8 and 9,
2005 Rocky Gap, MD.
2005 Final Proposal Panelist for the Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Technology’s
2005 Environmental Technology Development solicitation. University of New Hampshire,
Durham. April 28, 2005.
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John H. Wormuth
Professor
Education
Ph.D., Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1971
B.A., Hope College, 1966
2008Deputy Department Head, Department of Oceanography
2006
Interim Deputy Head, Department of Oceanography
2006 Research Coordinator, Texas Sea Grant Program
1997-1998
Deputy Head, Department of Oceanography
1993- 1994
Interim Head, Department of Oceanography
1987-1993
Deputy Head, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
1986 Professor, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
1977-1986
Associate Professor, Dept. of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
1972-1977
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
1971-1972
Postdoctoral Researcher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
1971-1972
Biological Oceanographer, InterseaResearch Corp., La Jolla, CA
Awards and Honors
1999
College of Geosciences Teaching Award
1999
Association of Former Students College Teaching Award
Students Advised
Ph.D.
Arbuckle, Scarlett 2006Vidal, Erica 2000.
Bersano, Jose 2000.
M.S
Service
20072007-2008
20082004-2006
Mullins, Ruth 2005Gilpin, Cheryl 2006Kelly Soltysiak 2007.
Harris, Elizabeth 2001. Master of Geosciences
Department Curriculum Committee Chair
College of Geosciences Faculty Advisory Committee Chair
University Safety Committee Member
Department Instructional and Educational Equipment Committee Chair
Teaching
OCNG 401 - Interdisciplinary Oceanography
OCNG 654 - Plankton Ecology
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Shari Yvon-Lewis
Assistant Professor
Education
B.S.
M.A.
Ph.D.
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, (Chemistry), 1989
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1989
University of Miami, FL, ( Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry), 1994
10/04-present
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Oceanography
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
08/97-present
Research Chemist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, FL
03/96-07/97
Research Associate, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
03/94-02/96
DOE Global Change Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow,
DOC/NOAA/ERL/CMDL, Boulder, CO
Awards and Honors
U.S. Dept. of Energy Global Change Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship (1994-1996)
NASA Graduate Student Global Change Fellowship (1992-1994)
Koczy Fellowship (1992-1993)
Admirals of the Fleet Award (1990)
Rosenstiel Fellowship (1989-1990)
Graduate/undergraduate students advised (2000 to date)
Yina Liu (current student, PhD)
Lei Hu (current student, PhD)
Service
Chair: Recruiting and Academic Advisory Committee (RAAC) (2006-present)
Member: College of Geosciences Graduate Advisors Committee (2006-present)
Member: Executive Committee: Dept. of Oceanography (2006-present)
Member: Advisory Committee: Geochemistry of the Earth Sea and Atmosphere (GESA)
(2005-2007)
Member: Graduate Recruiting and Academic Advisory Committee (GRAAC) (2005-2006)
Member: Center for Atmospheric Chemistry in the Environment (2004-present)
Member: NOAA/AOML Safety Committee (2004)
Reviewer for international journals:
Journal of Geophysical Research, Geophysical Research Letters, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Reviewer for grant agencies:
NSF, NASA, NOAA, UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), North Pacific
Regional Board (NPRB)
Teaching
OCNG 440 - Introduction to Chemical Oceanography
OCNG 640 - Chemical Oceanography
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Appendix C
Graduate Courses
600. Survey of Oceanography. (3-0). Credit 3.
General survey of the scientific framework of oceanographic study; applications of ocean research to social and
economic problems; interrelations between the ocean disciplines and other fields of study. Prerequisite: Approval of
instructor.
602. Ocean Research and Operational Techniques. (1-5). Credit 3.
Technical, operational and legal aspects of sea-going research operations; planning and executing ocean research
operations; practice in techniques and equipment regularly used aboard ships; familiarization with acquisition and
processing of data. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
604. Ocean Observing Systems. Credit 3.
Investigate the rationale behind ocean observing systems; familiarize students with the relevant social, scientific design,
technology, and policy issues associated with observing systems. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
605. Oceanography Cruise. Credit 2.
Specialized experience in research methods and analysis in oceanography via preparation for and participation in a
research cruise of at least two weeks duration under the supervision of a Texas A&M oceanography faculty member.
May be taken up to two times for MS candidates and four times for PhD candidates. Prerequisite: Approval of
instructor.
608. Physical Oceanography. (3-0). Credit 3.
Observations, instruments; physical properties of seawater; property distributions; characteristics of water masses; heat
budget; kinematics; gravity, pressure, hydrostatics, stability; horizontal flow; Coriolis force, geostrophy; friction, wind
drift; general circulation; wave motions; tides. Prerequisite: MATH 172 or equivalent; PHYS 219.
609. Dynamical Oceanography. (3-0). Credit 3.
Systematic treatment of the kinematics, dynamics and thermodynamics of the ocean; integral conservation relations;
solenoidal versus conservative vector fields; potential vorticity; geostrophic adjustment; inertial and buoyancy modes;
Bernoulli-Montgomery potential; energetics in a rotating system; available potential energy; natural temporal and
spatial scales. Prerequisites: OCNG 608 or ATMO 435; MATH 601.
610. Mathematical Modeling of Marine Ecosystems. (3-2). Credit 4.
Theory and technique of model development for marine ecosystems; mathematical representation of interactions
among nutrients, phytoplankton, zooplankton, fish and the physical environment; scrutiny of biological concepts and
mathematical structure of existing models; laboratory segment to focus on computational techniques applicable to
classroom problems. Prerequisites: OCNG 608 and 620, calculus or approval of instructor.
611. Global Scale Oceanography. (3-0). Credit 3.
A balanced description of the ocean’s large-scale circulation and water mass structure based on the interpretation of
modern observations with emphasis on the ocean’s role in global climate, and physical-chemical property fluxes in
basin to global scale budgets.
612. Elements of Ocean Wave Theory. (3-0). Credit 3.
Theories of simple harmonic surface gravity, capillary and internal waves. Wave propagation, dispersion and energy;
modifications due to rotation, variable depth and finite amplitude. Prerequisites: OCNG 608 and MATH 601 or
approval of instructor.
614. Dynamics of the Ocean and Atmosphere. (3-0). Credit 3.
Time-dependent motions in rotating, stratified fluids, with application to the ocean; Boussinesq and betaplane
approximations; circulation, vorticity and energy conservation; Kelvin, PoincarŽ and Rossby waves; tidal forcing and
response; quasi-geostrophic potential vorticity; concepts of barotropic and baroclinic instability.
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615. Numerical Modeling of Ocean Circulation I. (3-2). Credit 4.
Mathematical theory and numerical technique of model development for ocean circulation; concepts of numerical
consistency and stability; Lax equivalence theorem; commonly used finite difference schemes in ocean modeling; finite
element and spectral methods as alternative means of discretisation; positivity and CFT method; relaxation and direct
methods for solving elliptic equations. Prerequisite: OCNG 608.
616. Numerical Modeling of Ocean Circulation II. (3-2). Credit 4.
Quasigeostrophic ocean circulation models; Arakawa’s energy and enstrophy conserving scheme; spectral barotropic
vorticity model on sphere; shallow water primitive equation models; geostrophic adjustment on different numerical
grids; boundary conditions in numerical models; introduction to ocean general circulation models; mixed models and
sub-gridscale parameterization; oceanic data assimilation. Prerequisite: OCNG 615.
617. Theories of Ocean Circulation. (3-0). Credit 3.
Theories of wind-driven circulation, Sverdrup solution, frictional and inertial boundary regimes; instabilities, meanders
and mesoscale features; role of stratification, topography and time dependence; Thermohaline circulation. Prerequisite:
Graduate classification.
620. Biological Oceanography. (3-0). Credit 3.
Critical analysis of contribution of biological science to our understanding of sea; discernible interrelationships
between organisms and physicochemical parameters. Prerequisites: General prerequisites for oceanography.
622. Analysis of Benthic Communities. (2-3). Credit 3.
Comprehensive study of marine benthos with principal emphasis upon Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Prerequisite:
OCNG 620 or equivalent.
625. Current Topics in Biological Oceanography. (1-0). Credit 1.
Areas of current research; plankton processes; microbial food web; benthic communities; fisheries; global change. May
be taken up to three times. Prerequisite: OCNG 620 or approval of instructor.
627. Ecology of the Continental Shelf. (3-0). Credit 3.
Environments, populations and communities of the continental shelf. Interactions of the shelf with the estuaries and the
deep sea; man’s impact on the shelf ecosystems. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
629. Lower Foodweb Dynamics of Aquatic Ecosystems. (2-3). Credit 3.
Dynamics of the lower foodweb in estuaries, rivers and lakes, detailing the role and interactions between biota and how
they are influenced by abiotic processes; effect of man’s activities on natural succession patterns and ecosystem
productivity, elucidating the potential for new management practices. Prerequisite: Graduate classification. Cross-listed
with WFSC 629.
630. Geological Oceanography. (3-0). Credit 3.
Survey of marine geology, structure and composition of ocean basins and continental margins, properties of marine
sediments. Prerequisites: General prerequisites for oceanography.
632. Sea-Level Change. (3-0). Credit 3.
Modern sea level; topography, measurement, meteorologic and oceanographic contributions, periodic and non-periodic
changes; long-term changes: determination, Cenozoic history, Quaternary glacial-interglacial fluctuations; changes
during the past century and decade; observations, natural and anthropogenic influences; estimates of future changes and
societal implications. Prerequisite: Graduate classification; approval of instructor.
640. Chemical Oceanography. (3-0). Credit 3.
Chemical composition and properties of seawater, evaluation of salinity, pH, excess base and carbon dioxide in sea.
Marine nutrients, oxygen and other dissolved gases, organic constituents. Prerequisites: General prerequisites for
oceanography.
641. Marine Chemistry. (3-0). Credit 3.
The physical/inorganic chemical properties of seawater and its interactions with marine minerals; major topics:
thermochemical properties of seawater, equilibrium and kinetic processes controlling ion speciation; geochemical
processes at mineral surfaces; kinetics of mineral-seawater interactions; applications to modeling early diagenesis.
Prerequisite: OCNG 640 and/or GEOL 640.
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642. Marine Biochemistry Lab. (0-2). Credit 1.
Laboratory exercises including analyses of salinity, oxygen, nutrients, carbon dioxide system, organics; focus on both
dissolved and solid phases; measurements of phytoplankton biomass, productivity, growth and mortality; determination
of water column and benthic biomass and respiration; microbial biomarkers; overview of field instrumentation.
Prerequisites: General prerequisites for oceanography; graduate classification.
644. Isotope Geochemistry. (3-0). Credit 3.
Stable and radioactive isotope variations in natural materials; applications to geochronometric, geothermometric and
paleoclimatologic studies of the marine environment. Prerequisite: Approval of the instructor.
645. Marine Organic Geochemistry. (3-0). Credit 3.
Origins, fates and distribution of organic compounds in contemporary marine environments and in recent and ancient
sediments. Specific analytical techniques. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
646. Dynamics of Colloids in the Environment. (3-0). Credit 3.
This course is a description of the equilibrium and dynamic aspects of the physics and chemistry of such colloidal
particles and macromolecules and the implications for environmental systems, relevant for organic carbon flux and
cycling, fate and transport of pollutants, bioavailability of pollutants, or mobility of pollutants in groundwater.
Prerequisites: Physical Chemistry, Thermodynamics, Aquatic and Organic Chemistry.
647. Chemical Contamination of the Marine Environment. (3-0). Credit 3.
Assessment of the inputs, transfers, effects and fates of heavy metals, radio-nuclides, petroleum hydrocarbons,
chlorinated hydrocarbons and other chemicals in the ocean; models developed to predict the future viability of the
ocean with particular emphasis on the Gulf of Mexico. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
649. Estuarine Biogeochemistry. (3-0). Credit 3.
Geomorphology; physical oceanography and sedimentation dynamics of estuaries; chemistry of nutrients; trace metals
and organic matter; major controls in estuarine productivity and interactions among estuaries, marshes and coastal
waters. Prerequisites: OCNG 620 and 640.
650. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. (3-0). Credit 3.
Microbes in natural environments, including both water and sediment habitats in marine, fresh and ground water
systems; process studies of microbial foodwebs and biogeochemical cycling; current methods and research directions.
Prerequisites: OCNG 620 and WFSC 414 or approval of instructor. Cross-listed with WFSC 650.
651. Meteorological Oceanography. (3-0). Credit 3.
Interaction between the ocean and atmosphere; major features of the two systems; heat budget, teleconnections between
ocean and atmosphere, El Ni–o and related phenomena. Prerequisite: OCNG 608.
652. Sedimentary Biogeochemistry. (3-2). Credit 4.
Focus on benthic processes occurring near the sediment-water interface of marine sediments; interdisciplinary approach
in examining complex interrelationships among organisms, pore waters and sedimentary minerals in different marine
environments; laboratory methods taught and applied to field case studies in different marine environments.
Prerequisites: OCNG 620 and 640 or approval of instructor.
654. Plankton Ecology. (2-2) Credit 3.
Elective course, overview of phytoplankton and zooplankton; taxonomy; physiology; ecology; sampling design; current
methods of investigation. Prerequisite: OCNG 620.
657. Data Methods and Graphical Representation in Oceanography. (3-0). Credit 3.
Provide the basic tools and techniques to process, analyze, and visualize oceanographic data sets; multi-disciplinary
approach; real-world applications to physical, biological, chemical and geological oceanographic data; basic instruction
in the MATLAB programming language. Prerequisite: Knowledge of vector calculus and basic statistics.
658. Data Ocean Computational Analysis Lab. (0-2). Credit 1.
This laboratory course is designed to train students in computational techniques using modern (python) and classic
(FORTRAN) programming languages and scientific software packages (Generic Mapping Tools and MATLAB). The
labs will focus on real oceanographic applications.
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660. Implementing Marine Ecosystem Models. (3-0). Credit 3.
Examination of examples of implementations of models of marine ecosystems in the most influential papers; students
expected to code the simpler examples and analyze them; review of important nutrient-phytoplankton-zooplankton
(NPZ) models as well as other approaches to studying aquatic ecosystems. Prerequisite: OCNG 610.
662. Coastal and Marine Sedimentary Processes. (3-2). Credit 4.
Sedimentary processes (erosion, transport and deposition) from the coastline to the deep sea; development of estuaries,
deltas, continental shelves, submarine canyons, fans; behavior of fluids and particles in boundary layers. Lab:
recirculating flume, field and lab instrumentation. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
663. Particle Dynamics and Fluxes. (3-0). Credit 3.
Particle dynamics and processes from the sea surface to the seafloor; global distribution, dynamics and fluxes of
particles from microns to millimeters (marine snow); results from sediment traps, optical sensors, particle counters
applied to biogeochemical cycles in the ocean. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
668. Geology and Geophysics of Small Ocean Basins. (3-0). Credit 3.
Geology and geophysics of the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, Mediterranean, Arctic Ocean, Red Sea and Philippine Sea;
the regional geology, sediment distribution, general structure and origin of each basin. Prerequisite: OCNG 630.
673. High-Resolution Marine Geophysics. (2-2). Credit 3.
Introductory course on the geophysical nature of the seafloor and marine subbottom to 1.5 seconds two-way travel
time; generation, use and interpretation of reflection and side-scan sonar records and magnetic anomalies of various
marine environments and seafloor features. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
674. Paleoceanography. (3-0). Credit 3.
History of oceans through geologic time; marine paleontological, geochemical, sedimentological and geophysical
evidence; inferred changes in seawater properties, ocean circulation and sea level; relation to climate, tectonic
processes, atmospheric chemistry and evolution of life. Prerequisite: OCNG 630 or approval of instructor.
675. Environmental Management System Strategies for the Scientist. (2-0). Credit 2.
Provide students with EMS strategy skills: environmental laws that may be triggered by activities; fundamental
structure of an EMS; EMS alternatives; concepts in an audit; alternative dispute resolution; how effectively EMS can
reduce costs and increase profits. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor. Cross-listed with MARS 675 at Texas A&M
University at Galveston.
676. Marine Environmental Policy: A Survey. (3-0). Credit 3.
Basic concepts and mechanisms of international and U.S. federal environmental law and policy; survey of the field and
focus on case studies illustrating basic types of environmental problems. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor. Crosslisted with MARS 675 at Texas A&M University at Galveston.
681. Seminar. (1-0). Credit 1.
Presented by faculty, students, staff and visiting scientists; based on recent scientific research.
684. Professional Internship. Credit 1 to 6.
A directed internship in a professional setting to provide on-the-job training in ocean observing systems skills
appropriate to the student’s professional objectives. Prerequisites: Approval of student’s committee chair; OCNG 684,
OCNG 657.
685. Directed Studies. Credit 1 to 4 each semester.
Special topics to suit small group requirements. Problems not within thesis research and not covered by any other
course in established curriculum. Prerequisites: General prerequisites for oceanography.
689. Special Topics in... Credit 1 to 4.
Selected topics in an identified area of oceanography. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
691. Research. Credit 1 or more each semester.
For thesis or dissertation.
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Appendix D
Undergraduate Courses
205. Topics in Oceanography. (1-0). Credit 1. I, II
Selected topics in oceanography to provide students with a broad conception of the world's oceans; evaluation of its
potential contributions to solution of problems presently confronting mankind. A nontechnical course open to all
university students.
251. Oceanography. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II
Overview of the ocean environment; interrelation of the subdisciplines of ocean sciences; importance of the oceans to
human beings; human impact on the oceans. Honors sections are also available. Prerequisite: Concurrent registration in
OCNG 252 if necessary for meeting the 8 credit hour science core curriculum requirement.
252. Oceanography Laboratory. (0-2). Credit 1. I, II
Practical laboratory experiments and exercises demonstrating principles of ocean sciences. Honors sections are also
available. A weekend field trip for the Honors sections only is required for which a fee is assessed. Prerequisite: OCNG
251 or concurrent registration.
291. Research. Credit 1 to 4.
Research conducted under the direction of faculty member in oceanography. May be repeated 2 times for credit.
Prerequisites: Freshman or sophomore classification and approval of instructor.
401. Interdisciplinary Oceanography. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II
Quantitative survey of interdisciplinary relationships between biological, chemical, geological/geophysical and
physical aspects of the ocean. Prerequisites: CHEM 101; MATH 131; junior or senior classification; or approval of
instructor. Honors section also available.
410. Introduction to Physical Oceanography. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II
Elements of the physics of the sea; descriptive aspects as well as cause and effect relations in respect to currents,
thermal structure and waves. Intended for majors in the physical sciences or engineering. Prerequisites: MATH 308;
PHYS 219; junior or senior classification.
420. Introduction to Biological Oceanography. (3-0). Credit 3. I
Biological aspects of the marine environment; marine organisms; productivity of the sea; marine pollution and fouling;
use of the sea. Prerequisites: BIOL 114 or OCNG 251; junior or senior classification.
430. Introduction to Geological Oceanography. (3-0). Credit 3.
History of Oceanography; physiographic provinces of the oceans, their origins and sediments; geological sampling
techniques and geophysical methods; coasts and beaches, paleoceanography; global tectonics. Prerequisite: OCNG 251
or 401 or GEOL 101 or 104 or GEOG 203; junior or senior classification.
440. Introduction to Chemical Oceanography. (3-0). Credit 3.
Chemical aspects of the marine environment; biogeochemical cycles of organic and inorganic constituents; primary
productivity, the carbon dioxide system, nutrient cycles, stable and radioactive isotopes in the sea. Prerequisites:
CHEM 102 or 104; junior or senior classification; sophomore with permission of instructor.
451. Mathematical Modeling of Ocean Climate. (3-2). Credit 4. I
Problem-based course in theoretical and computer techniques applied to mathematical solutions of ocean climate,
including ocean circulation, climate variability, El Niño. Prerequisite: MATH 308 or 451.
485. Directed Studies. Credit 1 to 4. I, II, S
Special reading assignments, problems and discussion on oceanographic topics of mutual interest to student and
instructor. Prerequisite: OCNG 251 or 401 or approval of instructor. An honors section is also available.
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489. Special Topics in... Credit 1 to 4. I, II
Selected topics in an identified area of oceanography. May be taken two times for credit. Prerequisite: OCNG 251 or
401 or approval of instructor. An honors section is also available.
491. Research. Credit 1 or more. I, II, S
Research conducted under the direction of faculty member in oceanography. Prerequisites: Junior or senior
classification and approval of instructor. An honors section is also available.
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Appendix E
Funded Research Projects
2005 to Present
Research Foundation Projects
2005 to the Present
Bryant, William
Slowey, Niall
DiMarco, Steven
Stoessel, Achim
Chang, Ping
Mullenbach, Beth
Giese, Benjamin
Chang, Ping
Phaneuf, Brett
Sager, William
Pinckney, James
DiMarco, Steven
Bryant, William
Chang, Ping
Howard, Matthew
Thomas, Deborah
Thomas, Deborah
Chang, Ping
Heyman, William
DiMarco, Steven
Kennicutt, Mahlon
Rolf, Desmond
Richardson, Mary
Kennicutt, Mahlon
Orsi, Alejandro
Kennicutt, Mahlon
Mardi Gras Shipwreck Project – Bryant
Collaborative Research: Southern Hemisphere Water Masses and
Instability of the Ocean's Conveyor Circulation - the Marine
Sediment
Mechanisms Controlling Hypoxia on the Louisiana Shelf
Representation of Leads and Polynas in Global GCM's
An Investigation of Tropical Atlantic Variability and its
Predictability
Shelf and Slope Systems
Collaborative Research: SODA: A Climate Reanalysis for the
Ocean
Seasonal to Interannual Predictability in the Tropical Atlantic
Region and the Role of Surface Fluxes
Ormen Lange Shipwreck Excavation
Paleomagnetism of Site 1179 Basalts and Calculation of the
Cretaceous Pacific Apparent Polar Wander Path
Use of High-Resolution Spatial Mapp
Survey of Deepwater Currents in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico
1435-01-04-RP-34239
Geologic Change within Mississippi Canyon after Hurricane Ivan
A Study of Atmospheric Responses to Tropical Atlantic
Mesoscale SST Variability and the Associated Air-Sea Feedbacks
Using Satellite Observations and Numerical Models
SURA Coastal Ocean Observing System
LEG 208 Walvis Ridge
Cash Balance-ODP LEG 198 & LEG 208
Collaborative Research: Tropical Marine Climate Feedback to
Mid-and High-Latitude Climate Change
Transition: Continuing of Support for Dr. Heyman
Coastal Air-Sea Coupling at Critical Latitudes
Workshop: Practical Biological Indicators of Human Impacts in
Antarctica
Time Charter R/V Gyre
Expanded Opportunities in Atmospheric Sciences for Texas
Undergraduates
Temporal Variability in Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbances
at McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Collaborative Research: Anslope Analysis
Advanced Science and Technology Planning for the Study of
Subglacial Environments
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Kennicutt, Mahlon
Nowlin, Worth
Stoessel, Achim
Long, Richard
Chang, Ping
Jochens, Ann
Stoessel, Achim
Chang, Ping
Giese, Benjamin
Chang, Ping
Howard, Matthew
Chang, Ping
Long, Richard
Kennicutt, Mahlon
Chang, Ping
Kennicutt, Mahlon
Nowlin, Worth
Chang, Ping
Sager, William
Hetland, Robert
Thomas, Deborah
Hetland, Robert
Sager, William
Howard, Matthew
Kennicutt, Mahlon
Nowlin, Worth
Morse, John
Cifuentes, Luis
Group Travel Award IXSCAR International Biology Symposium
Support for the US GOOS Steering Committee and the GOOS
Office at Texas A&M
Improved Estimates of the Impact of New-Ice Formation on
Global Deep-Ocean Properties and Circulation using Satellite
Passive Microwave Data
Collaborative Research: Bacterial Interactions and Processes that
Regulate Bacterial Biodiversity on Marine Organic Particles
The Consolidation Phase of the International Research Institute for
Climate Prediction
Cooperative Research on Sperm Whales and on their Response to
Seismic Exploration in the Gulf of Mexico
Representation of Leads and Polynyas in Global Ocean GCMs
An Investigation of Tropical Atlantic Variability and its
Predictability using the Community Climate Model System Model
Collaborative Research: SODA: A Climate Reanalysis for the
Oceans
A Study of Atmospheric Response to Tropical Atlantic Mesocale
SST Variability and the Associated Air Sea Feedbacks
Advanced Technologies for Integrated Observation Systems
Collaborative Research: Tropical Marine Climate Feedback to
Mid- and High- Latitude Climate Change
Collaborative Research: MIP: Bacterial Interactions and Processes
that Regulate Bacterial Biodiversity on Marine Organic Particles
Enhancing Communications among the US Antarctic Science
Community
A Study of TAV with a High-Resolution, Regional Coupled
Climate Model
Group Travel Grant – 2ndSCAR Open Science Conference –
Antarctic in the Earth System
Development of the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing
System (GCOOS) and its Regional Association (CGOOS-RA)
Phase II
A Further Study of the Effect of Atmospheric Stochastic Processes
on ENSO and It Predictability
Expedition 312 Superfast-Spreading Crust/Core Log Reorientation
and Integration of Expedition 312 Samples
Collaborative Research: Spreading Entrainment and Water Mass
Modification in Near-field River Plumes
Collaborative Research History and Timescale of
Paleoceanographic Change in the Arctic Ocean
Numerical Study of the Physical Conditions that lead to Hypoxia
Events in Long Bay, SC
Collaborative Research: Geophysical and Geochronological Site
Survey on the NinetyEast Ridge-Testing Hotspot Hypothesis
Collaborative Research: Marine Metadata Initiative
Long-Term Monitoring of Human Impacts at McMurdo Station,
Antarctica – Phase 2
A Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS)
and Southeast Coastal Ocean Observations Regional Association
(SECOORA)
Kinetics and Mechanism of Calcite Reactions with Saline Waters
Stable Carbon Isotopic Determinations on Canned Headspace
Gases
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10/01/05-09/30/06
12/01/01-11/30/07
04/16/02-09/30/07
11/15/03-10/31/07
12/15/03-11/30/06
04/01/04-03/31/07
09/15/04-09/14/07
09/01/04-08/31/06
01/01/05-12/31/06
10/01/05-09/30/08
10/01/05-09/30/07
09/01/05-08/31/08
03/01/06-08/31/07
06/01/05-05/31/08
08/01/05-07/31/08
11/12/05-10/29/08
03/01/06-02/28/09
03/01/03-02/28/09
03/01/06-11/31/08
09/01/06-10/28/09
07/01/06-06/30/09
07/20/06-04/02/08
08/01/06-07/31/07
08/15/06-08/14/08
11/01/98-12/31/06
Sager, William
Berti, Debora
Stoessel, Achim
Yvon-Lewis, Shari
Long, Richard
DiMarco, Steven
Hetland, Robert
Chapman, Piers
Giese, Benjamin
Campbell, Lisa
Chang, Ping
Thomas, Deborah
Bianchi, Thomas
Campbell, Lisa
Gardner, Wilford
Orsi, Alejandro
Gardner, Wilford
Campbell, Lisa
Kennicutt, Mahlon
Chang, Ping
Lyle, Mitchell
DiMarco, Steven
Berti, Debora
Stoessel, Achim
Thornton, Daniel
Jochens, Ann
Jochens, Ann
Lyle, Mitchell
Thomas, Deborah
Orsi, Alejandro
Multi-Channel Seismic Analysis on Gas Hydrate and Related
Geological Structure in Northwestern Gulf of Mexico
Scientific Cruise 207
Global Deep-Ocean Properties Circulation
Development of HCECS as New Transient Tracers
Vibrio Vulnificus Dynamics in a South Texas Bay
NGOMEX 2006: Mechanisms Controlling Hypoxia on the
Louisiana Shelf
Louisiana Shelf
Louisiana Shelf
Enso-Decadal Variability in Soda-Pop
ECOHAB: Intraspective Variation in a Toxin-Producing
Dinoflagellate
Collaborative Research: Towards an Understanding of the Role of
the Atlantic Thermohaline and Wind Driven Circulation
Did Deep Waters form at High Latitudes During the elate
Cretaceous Greenhouse?
Collaborative Research: Anthropogenic Impacts on Carbon
Cycling in the Sacramento-San Joaqin River Delta
Automated Imaging and Classification System for HAB Detection
Cash Balance - Gardner
Essassi Tracers: CFC and Oxygen Isotopes Measurements on the
Spanish Antarctic Shelf Slope Interaction Study
The American Sea: Environment, Biology, Ecology and
Management of the Gulf of Mexico (A Book written by Rezneat
Darnell)
Understanding and Predicting Changes in the Workforce for
Ocean Sciences, Technology and Operations
Setting a Course for Antarctic Integrated and Systems Science
(AISS): A Workshop and Report
Collaborative Research: The Pacific Meridonal Mode and Enso
A Site Survey in Support of IODP Drilling Proposal 626-Full
Cenozoic Pacific Equatorial Age Transect
Integrated Biophysical Modeling on the Louisiana Texas
(LATEX) Shelf-GM 07-X14
Cash Balance Oceanography - Berti
Global Deep-Ocean Properties Circulation
Effect of Temperature on Extracellular Polymeric Substance
(EXP) Production by Diatoms
Standardizations of Local Data Network Nodes in GCOOS-RA
Integration of and Regional Enhancement to the GCOOS
Collaborative Research: Water Balance of Western North America
Dynamics of the Miocene Summer Monsoon
Carboniferous Chemostratigraphy: Do Epicontinental Seas Reflect
Global Ocean Conditions
Clivar Repeat Hydrography Cruise P18
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08/01/06-07/31/08
08/01/06-07/31/08
08/01/06-07/31/08
06/01/06-05/31/08
09/01/06-08/31/08
09/15/06-08/31/09
09/15/06-08/31/09
05/31/06-02/29/08
09/01/06-08/31/08
01/26/07-08/31/07
01/25/07-01/25/08
02/19/07-02/18/08
07/01/06-06/30/08
06/01/07-05/31/08
06/15/07-05/31/10
11/01/06-08/31/08
08/01/07-07/31/10
08/31/07-08/31/09
08/14/05-08/14/08
09/01/07-08/31/10
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01/01/08-12/31/08
11/01/06-01/31/09
01/01/08-12/31/08
12/01/07-11/30/08
Non-Research Foundation Projects
Amon, Rainer
Acquisition of Instruments to Facilitate and Enhance Research
Projects and Undergraduate Education in Aquatic Environmental
Biogeochemistry at TAMUG. (with Rainer Amon)
Anis, Ayal
Physical control of nutrient fluxes in Galveston Bay, Texas.
NOAA
Anis, Ayal
Pollutant Dispersion in Coastal Waters and Reef Systems. TAMU
– CONACyT Binational Foundation
Anis, Ayal
Investigation of the Physical Processes in Lake Whitney, Texas.
TPWD
Anis, Ayal
A near real-time currents measurement system for the Galveston
Coast.NOAA
Campbell, Lisa
TAMU Life Sciences Program of Excellence
Campbell, Lisa
TAMU Interdisciplinary Research Initiative Program
Campbell, Lisa
Big 12 Award
DiMarco, Steven
Lighthouse Oman Modeling Effort (With Hetland)
DiMarco, Steven
Physical Oceanography in the Gulf of Oman: Data processing,
analysis, and synthesis of cabled and moored data; Lighthouse
R&D Enterprises, Inc (With Howard and Jochens)
Hetland, Robert
TGLO-TABS Modeling Efforts
Louchouarn, Patrick Historical evaluations of increased hypoxia in three basins of the
puget sound
Morse, John
Experimental and Analytical Studies of Modal Reaction Kinetics
and Mass Transport of Carbon Dioxide in Depleted Carbonate
Reservoirs
Quigg, Antonietta
Shipward - Exotic and invasive species around the world:
Concerns for Texas. (with Robin Brinkmeyer)
Quigg, Antonietta
Changes in Freshwater Inflows and How They Effect Texas Bays.
(with Daniel Roelke)
Quigg, Antonietta
Phytoplankton responses to nutrient loading in Galveston Bay.
Quigg, Antonietta
Probing stress in individual cells: a study using chlorophyll
fluorescence kinetic microscopy to examine population dynamics.
Quigg, Antonietta
Freshwater inflows and the health of Galveston bay: influence of
nutrient and sediment load on the base of the food web. (with
Daniel Roelke)
Quigg, Antonietta
Phytoplankton Responses to Freshwater Inflows in the Trinity-San
Jacinto Estuary.
Roelke, Dan
Lake Granbury Water Quality Assessment
Roelke, Dan
Refining a Predictive Understanding of Physical, Chemical and
Biological Factors Influencing Prymnesium parvum Population
Dynamics
Roelke, Dan
Lake Granbury Water Quality Assessment
Roelke, Dan
Advancing the predictive understanding of bloom formation and
toxicity in Prymnesium parvum
2005-2008
03/2004 – 02/2008
08/2008 – 07/2009
02/2006 – 01/2007
10/2002 to 08/2005
01/01/04-12/31/05
04/2000-03/2002
2005-2006
2007-2008
02/01/07-09/30/08
09/01/05-08/31/09
2005-2008
2006-2009
2005-2007
2006-2007
2007-2008
2007-2009
2008-2009
2008-2009
2007-2009
2006-2007
2006-2007
Geochemical and Environmental Research Group Projects
Guinasso, Norman
MERHAB 2002 In Situ Optical Early Warning System to Detect
Harmful Algal Blooms (With Campbell)
2004-2005
Note: Many of the other projects in this appendix also received GERG support.
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Appendix F
Refereed Publications
2000 to Present
2007
* Current or former students of TAMU Department of Oceanography
Akob, D, H.J. Mills, J.E. Kostka. 2007. Metabolically active microbial communities in uraniumcontaminated subsurface sediments. FEMS Microbial Ecology. 59:95-107.
Allison, M. A., T. S. Bianchi, B. A. McKee, and T. P. Sampere. 2007. Carbon burial on riverdominated continental shelves: Impact of historical changes in sediment loading adjacent to the
Mississippi River, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L01606, doi:10.1029/2006GL028362.
Anis, A.; Similarity relationships in the unstable aquatic surface layer. Geophysical Research Letters,
33, L19609, doi:10.1029/2006GL027268, 2006.
Baker, J.W., J.P. Grover, B.W. Brooks, F. Ureña-Boeck, D.L. Roelke, R.M. Errera, R. Kiesling.
2007. Growth and toxicity of Prymnesium parvum (Haptophyta) as a function of salinity, light
and temperature. Journal of Phycology. 43:219-227.
Berman-Frank, I., Quigg, A., Finkel, Z. V., Haramaty, L. and Irwin, A.J. 2007 Cyanobacterial
strategy of nitrogen-fixation influences diazotroph dependence on iron resources. Limnology and
Oceanography, 52: 2260-2269.
Bianchi, T.S., Galler, J.J., and M.A. Allison. 2007. Hydrodynamic sorting and transport of
terrestrially-derived organic carbon in sediments of the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers.
Estuar. Coastal Shelf Sci. 73: 211-222.
Bianchi, T.S., J.R. Pennock, and R.R. Twilley. 2007. Biogeochemistry of Gulf of Mexico Estuaries:
Implications for Management. In: The Gulf of Mexico: Ecosystem-Based Management (eds.
Yanez-Arancibia, and Day, J.), Texas A&M University Press. (In Press).
Bianchi, T.S., L.A. Wysocki, M. Stewart, T.R. Filley, and B.A. McKee. 2007. Temporal variability
in Terrestrially-Derived Sources of Particulate Organic Carbon in the lower Mississippi River.
Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. (In Press).
Burd, A.B., G. A. Jackson, and S. B. Moran. 2007. The role of the particle size spectrum in
estimating POC fluxes from 234Th /238U disequilibrium. Deep-Sea Res I. 54: 897-918.
Butler, J. H., D. B. King, J. M. Lobert, S. A. Montzka, S. A. Yvon-Lewis, B. D. Hall, N. J. Warwick,
D. J. Mondeel, M. Aydin, and J. W. Elkins (2007), Oceanic distributions and emissions of shortlived halocarbons, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 21, GB1023, doi:10.1029/2006GB002732.
Chang, P., L. Zhang*, R. Saravanan, D. J. Vimont, J.C.H. Chiang, L. Ji, H. Seidel* and M.K.
Tippett: 2007 Pacific meridional mode and El Nino-Southern Oscillation.Geophys. Res. Lett. 34,
L16608, doi:10.1029/2007GL030302.
Committee of Visitors Advice to the NSF Ocean Sciences Division, EOS, 88: 149. Mary Jo
Richardson Texas A&M University, co-chair, Michael Roman, University of Maryland, cochair, Carmen Aguilar, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson,
University of South Carolina, Thomas M. Brocher, U.S. Geological Survey, Tom Drake, Office
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of Naval Research, Rana A. Fine, University of Miami, James P. Ray, Oceanic Environmental
Solutions LLC, Kathy Tedesco, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Dagg M., Ammerman J., Amon R.M. W., Gardner W., Green R., Lohrenz S., 2007. A review of
water column processes influencing hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico, Estuaries and
Coasts. (In press).
Dagg, M.J., T. S. Bianchi, B.A. McKee and R. Powell. 2007. Fates of dissolved and particulate
materials from the Mississippi River immediately after discharge into the northern Gulf of
Mexico, USA during a period of low wind-stress. Cont. Shelf Res. (In Press).
Dahl, E. E., S. A. Yvon-Lewis, and E. S. Saltzman (2007), Alkyl nitrate (C1-C3) depth profiles in the
tropical Pacific Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 112, C01012, doi:10.1029/2006JC003471.
Dewitte, B., S. Purca, S. Illig, L. Renault, and B.S. Giese. Low frequency modulation of intraseasonal
equatorial Kelvin wave activity in the Pacific from SODA: 1958-2001, submitted to J. Clim.,
2007.
DiMarco, S.F., N. Walker, P. Chapman and W.J. Wiseman (2007). Physical processes of the
northern Gulf of Mexico and their influence on hypoxia of the Texas-Louisiana shelf (presented
at NOAA/EPA symposium on Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Assessing the state of
the science, New Orleans, April 2006) Estuaries and Coasts, submitted.
Doucet, F.J., Lead, J.R., and Santschi, P.H. 2007. Colloid-Trace Element Interactions in Aquatic
Systems. In "Environmental Colloids and Particles: Behaviour, Separation and Characterisation,"
Wilkinson, K. and Lead, J. (Eds), Chapter 3, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
(IUPAC) Series on Analytical and Physical Chemistry of Environmental Systems, John Wiley,
pp. 95-158.
Duan, S., and T.S., Bianchi. 2007. Particulate and dissolved amino acids in the lower Mississippi and
Pearl Rivers. Mar. Chem. (In Press).
Duan, S., T.S. Bianchi, and T. Sampere. 2007. Temporal variability in the composition and
abundance of dissolved organic matter in the lower Mississippi and Pearl Rivers (USA) Mar.
Chem. 103: 172-184.
Duan, S., T.S. Bianchi, K. Dria, P.H. Hatcher, and A. Shiller. 2007. Temporal variability in the
composition and abundance of dissolved organic matter in the lower Mississippi and Pearl Rivers
(USA): I. The application of bulk carbon and nitrogen measurements. J. Geophys. Res.
(Biogeosciences) /J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 112, No. G2, G02024 10.1029/2006JG000206.
Finkel, Z. V., Quigg, A., Chiampi, R., Schofield, O. and Falkowski, P. G. 2007 Phylogenetic
diversity in Cd:P regulation by marine phytoplankton. Limnology and Oceanography, 52: 11311138.
Grover, J.P., J.W. Baker, F. Ureña-Boeck, B.W. Brooks, R. Errera, D.L. Roelke, R.L. Kiesling. 2007.
Laboratory tests of ammonium and barley straw extract as agents to suppress abundance of the
harmful alga Prymnesium parvum and its toxicity to fish. Water Research. 41: 2503-2512.
Guo, L.* and Santschi, P.H. 2007. Ultrafiltration and its applications to sampling and
characterization of aquatic colloids. In "Environmental Colloids and Particles: Behaviour,
Separation and Characterisation," Wilkinson, K. and Lead, J. (Eds), Chapter 4, International
Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Series on Analytical and Physical Chemistry of
Environmental Systems, John Wiley, pp.159-221.
Hammes, K., M.W.I. Schmidt, L.A. Currie, W.P. Ball, T.H. Nguyen, P. Louchouarn, and co-authors.
(2007). Comparison of quantification methods to measure fire-derived (black/elemental) carbon
in soils and sediments using reference materials from soil, water, sediment and the atmosphere.
Global Biogeochemical Cycles. doi:10.1029/2006GB002914.
Henrichs, D.W., M.A. Renshaw, C.A. Santamaria, B. Richardson, J.R. Gold, and L. Campbell
(2007) PCR amplification of microsatellites from single cells of Karenia brevis preserved in
Lugol’s iodine solution. Marine Biotechnology doi: 10.1007/s10126-007-9044-y.
Hetland, R.D. and L. Campbell (2007) Convergent blooms of Karenia brevis along the Texas coast,
Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2007GL030474.
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Hetland, R.D., and DiMarco, S.F. How does the character of oxygen demand control the structure of
hypoxia on the Texas–Louisiana continental shelf? J. Mar. Syst. (2007),
doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.03.002.
Hung, C.-C., Gong, G.-C., Jiann, K.T.*, Yeager, K.M., Santschi, P.H., Wade. T.L., Sericano, J.L.,
Hwey-Lian Hsieh, H.-L. 2006. Relationship between carbonaceous materials and Polychlorinated
Biphenyls (PCBs) in the sediments of the Danshui River and adjacent areas, Taiwan.
Chemosphere, 65, 1452-1461.
Hung, C.-C., Schwehr, K.A.*, Xu C., Zhang, S., Roberts, K.*, Santschi, P.H. 2007. Enigma of
assessing losses from filtration of POC and associated species such as Th-234 in the ocean.
Submitted to SLO 2007 Aquatic Sciences Meeting February 4-9, 2007, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Jackson, G. A. 2007 "Diffusion" Entry in Encyclopedia of the Rocky Intertidal, M. W. Denny and S.
D. Gaines, Eds., 177-179. University of California Press.
Jochens, A.E., and S.F. DiMarco. 2007. Physical oceanographic conditions of the deepwater Gulf of
Mexico in summer 2000-2002. Accepted as part of a special issue of Deep-Sea Research II on
Deep Gulf of Mexico Benthos (DGoMB), G.T. Rowe and M.C. Kennicutt II, eds.
Jochens, A.E., and W.D. Nowlin, Jr. 2007. Development of a Coastal Ocean Observing System for
the Gulf of Mexico. Invited paper. Marine Technology Society Journal, 40 (4), 100-109.
Justic, D., V.J. Bierrman, D. Scavia, and R.D. Hetland (2007) Forecasting Gulfs Hypoxia: The Next
50 Years? Estuaries and Coasts, 30(5), 791-801.
Kennicutt, M.C. II and J. R. Petit, Future Directions in Subglacial Lake Research. 2007. EOS
88(11): 129-131.
Kuo, L-J, Herbert, B.E. and Louchouarn, P. (2007). Validating evoglucosan as an indicator for
charcoal presence in environmental media: A laboratory study. Geochimica et Cosmochimica
Acta., submitted.
Law, K.S., W.T. Sturges (Lead Authors), D.R. Blake, N.J. Blake, J.B. Burkholder, J.H. Butler, R.A.
Cox, P.H. Haynes, M.K.W. Ko, K. Kreher, C. Mari, K. Pfeilsticker, J.M.C. Plane, R.J. Salawitch,
C. Schiller, B.-M. Sinnhuber, R. von Glasow, N.J. Warwick, D.J. Wuebbles, S.A. Yvon-Lewis
(2007), Halogenated Very Short-Lived Substances, Chapter 2 in Scientific Assessment of Ozone
Depletion 2006, Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Project, Report No. 50, World
Meteorological Organization, Geneva.
Louchouarn P., S. Chillrud, S. Houel, B. Yan, D. Chaky, C. Rumpel, C. Largeau, G. Bardoux, D.
Walsh, and R.F. Bopp (2007). Elemental and isotopic evidence of soot- and char-derived black
carbon inputs to New York City’s atmosphere during the 20th Century. Environmental Science &
Technology. Vol. 41, 82-87.
Lyle, M., Barron, Bralower, Huber, Olivarez Lyle, Ravelo, Rea, Wilson, The Pacific Ocean and
Cenozoic evolution of climate (2007) Reviews of Geophysics, in press.
Lyle, M., Gibbs, Moore, and Rea, Late Oligocene initiation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current:
evidence from the South Pacific (2007) Geology, 35(8), doi:10.1130/G23806A.1, 691-694.
Lyle, M., Pisias, Paytan, Martinez, Mix, Reply to comment by R. Francois et al (2007) on “Do
geochemical estimates of sediment focusing pass the sediment test in the equatorial Pacific”:
Further explorations of 230Th normalization Paleoceanography, 22,
doi:10.1029/2006PA001373, 5 pp.
MacDonald, D. G., L. Goodman, and R. D. Hetland (2007), Turbulent dissipation in a near-field
river plume: A comparison of control volume and microstructure observations with a numerical
model, J. Geophys. Res., 112, C07026, doi:10.1029/2006JC004075.
Martin, R. E., Quigg, A. and Podkovyrov, V. (2007) The evolution of ocean stoichiometry and
diversification of the marine biosphere. Palaeogeography.
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Moore, Mitchell, Lyle, M., Backman, and PälikeHydrothermal pits in the biogenic sediments of the
equatorial Pacific Ocean (2007) Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 8(3),
doi:10.1029/2006GC001501, 14pp.
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Morse, J.W. and P.M. Eldridge, 2007, A non-steady-state diagenetic model for changes in sediment
biogeochemistry in response to seasonally hypoxic/anoxic conditions in the ìdead zoneî of the
Louisiana shelf. Marine Chemistry 106, 239-255.
Morse, J.W., H. Thomson*, and D.W. Finneran*, 2007, Factors controlling sulfide geochemistry in
sub-tropical estuarine and bay sediments. Aquatic Geochemistry 13, 143-156.
Mosher, D., Erbacher, J., and Malone, M.J. (2007) Leg 207 synthesis: Extreme warmth, organic-rich
sediments and an active deep biosphere: Cretaceous to Paleogenepaleoceanographic depth
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Nianzhi, J., others, W. D. Gardner, M. J. Richardson, et al, 2007, Early Impacts of the Three
Gorges Dam on the East China Sea Ecosystem, Water Research, 41: 1287-1293.
Pourmand, A., F. Marcantonio, T.S., Bianchi, E.A., Canuel, and E. Waterson. 2007. 28-ka history of
sea surface temperature, primary productivity and planktonic community variability in the
Western Arabian Sea. Paleoceanogr. (In Press).
Quigg, A., Davis, S. E. and Roelke, D. F. 2007 Changes in Freshwater Inflows and How They Effect
Texas Bays. Final Report of the Coastal Coordination Council pursuant to National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration Award No. NA05NOS4191064. pp. 47.
Quigg, A. 2007Biotic stoichiometric controls on the deep ocean N:P ratio. Biogeosciences
Discussions 4: S38–S39.
Rabalais, N.N., R. E. Turner, B. K. Sen Gupta, D. F. Boesch, P. Chapman and M. C. Murrell (2007).
Characterization and Long-Term Trends of Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (presented at
NOAA/EPA symposium on Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Assessing the state of the
science, New Orleans, April 2006) Estuaries and Coasts, accepted.
Richardson, T. L., and G. A. Jackson. 2007. Small phytoplankton and carbon export from the surface
ocean. Science 315: 838-840. The paper with Tammi was also the subject of a commentary by
Barber: "Picoplankton do some heavy lifting.," Science 315: 777-778.
Roelke D.L. 2007. Book Review: Ecology of Harmful Algae. Ecological Studies 189. E. Graneli and
J.T. Turner (Eds.). Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 413 pages. 2006. EOS. 88(30): 4.
Roelke D.L., R. Errera, R. Kiesling, B.W. Brooks, J.P. Grover, L. Schwierzke, F. Ureña-Boeck, J.
Baker, J.L. Pinckney. 2007. Effects of nutrient enrichment on Prymnesium parvum population
dynamics and toxicity: Results from field experiments, Lake Possum Kingdom, USA. Aquatic
Microbial Ecology. 46:125-140.
Roelke D.L., T. Zohary, K.D. Hambright. J.V. Montoya. 2007. Alternative states in the
phytoplankton of Lake Kinneret, Israel (Sea of Galilee). Freshwater Biology. 52:399-411.
Santschi, P.H., Oktay, S.D.*, and Cifuentes, L., 2007. Carbon isotopes and iodine concentrations in
a Mississippi River delta core recording land use, sediment transport, and dam building in the
river's drainage basin. Mar. Env. Res., 63, 278-290.
Schulze, A., Cutler, E. B. & Giribet, G. 2007. Phylogeny of sipunculan worms: a combined analysis
of four gene regions and morphology. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 42: 171-192.
Schwehr, K.A.*, Truxal, L., Hung, C.-C., Xu C., Santschi, P.H. 2007. Importance of relative
hydrophobicity and molecular weight distributions of selected exopolymeric substances for their
physico-chemical properties. Submitted to SLO 2007 Aquatic Sciences Meeting February 4-9,
2007, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Stemmann, L., D. Eloire, A. Sciandra, G. A. Jackson, L. Guidi*, M. Picheral, and G. Gorsky. 2007
Volume distribution for particles between 3.5 to 2000 µm in the upper 200m region of the South
Pacific Gyre Biogeosciences Discuss. 4: 1.31, 2007.
Stickney, R, Iwamoto and M. Rust (Eds.). 2007. Aquaculture and Stock Enhancement of Finfish:
Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth U.S.-Japan Aquaculture Panel Meeting, San Diego, California,
November 7-9, 2005. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memo. NMFS-F/SP-83.
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Appendix G
Dissertations for the Period
Semester
Graduated
Name
Chair(s)
00A
Flinn, Michael
Rowe
00A
Lee, Yir-Der Eddy
Bryant/Slowey
00A
Oktay, Sarah
Santschi
00A
Rhee, Tae Siek
Schink/Duce
00A
Tang, Degui
Santschi
00B
Menounou, Nektaria
Presley
00B
Park, June-Soo
Wade
00B
Vidal, Erica
Wormuth
00C
Bersano-Filho, Jose
Wormuth
00C
Quigley, Matthew
Santschi
01A
Seymour, Joel
Duce
01B
Brown, Cheryl
Jackson
01B
Ressler, Patrick
Biggs
01C
Hwang, Hyun-Min
Wade/Sericano
02A
Choe, Key-Young
Gill
02A
Min, Dughong
Chang
263
Topic
Sediment oxygen consumption in response to
organic carbon loading: an experimental approach
using a bethic oxystat incubation chamber
Acoustic and geotechnical properties of carbonate
sediments near the Marquesas Keys and the Dry
Tortugas, Florida Keys
129I cycling in terrestrial and coastal marine
environments
The process of air-water gas exchange and its
application
The organic complexation of trace metals in
estuarine waters of Galveston Bay: The importance
of reduced sulfur species
Mercury and other trace elements in sediment cores
from a lacustrine and a marine setting:
Environmental considerations and effects of early
diagenesis
Atmospheric distributions and deposition of
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs),
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and
organochlorine pesticides to Galveston Bay and
Corpus Christi Bay, Texas
Optimizing survival, growth and feeding in
hatchling squid (Loligo opalescens)
Field and laboratory studies on the effects of the
Texas brown tide alga Aueoumbra lagunensis on the
copepod Acartia tonsa
Tracing colloid-colloid and colloid-particle
interactions using thorium
The physical properties of mineral aerosols and
their transfer to the ocean surface
The transport of fish larvae to estuarine nursery
areas: A modeling study
Acoustic estimates of zooplankton and micronekton
biomass in cyclones and anticyclones of the
northeastern Gulf of Mexico
Lysosomal responses to environmental
contaminants in bivalves
Biogeochemistry of monomethyl mercury in a San
Francisco Bay estuary
A numerical investigation of the remote influence of
Pacific ENSO on variability in the tropical Atlantic
Ocean
02A
Wang, Ou
Nowlin
02A
Warnken, Kent
Gill/Santschi
02B
Ornolfsdottir, Erla
Pinckney
02C
Lin, Meilan
Schwarz
02C
Mace, Kimberly
Duce
03B
Wang, Faming
Chang
03C
Barreiro, Marcelo
Chang
03C
Tripsanas, Efthymios
Bryant
04A
Alvarado Quiroz, Nicolas Santschi
04A
Schwehr, Kathleen
Santschi
04B
Hebert, Andrew
Morse
04B
Kim, Moon-Kim
Kennicutt
04C
Brand, John
Bryant
04C
Han, Seunghee
Gill
04C
Wang, Yuning
Rowe
05A
Fang, Yue
Chang
05A
Gledhill, Dwight
Morse
05A
Pereira Da Silva, Meyre
Chang
05B
Bean, Daniel
Bryant/Slowey
05B
Zhang, Li
Chang
264
Diagnostic calculations of circulation over the
Northeastern Gulf of Mexico
Trace metal inputs to Galveston Bay: importance of
benthic and riverine fluxes
The ecological role of small phytoplankton in
phytoplankton production and community
composition in Galveston Bay, Texas
Distribution and genetic diversity of Vibrio
vulnificus in Galveston Bay water and oysters
Atmospheric organic nitrogen-origin, speciation,
and significance in marine biogeochemistry
Toward understanding predictability of climate: a
linear stochastic modeling approach
Understanding seasonal climate predictability in the
Atlantic Sector
Evolution of depositional and slope instability
processes on Bryant Canyon Area, northwest Gulf
of Mexico
Characterization of marine exopolymeric substance
(EPS) responsible for binding of thorium(IV)
isotopes
Speciation and transport of anthropogenic
129Iodine and natural 127Iodine in surface and
subsurface environments
Diagenesis in seagrass vegetated sediments:
Biogeochemical processes on diurnal time scales
Stable carbon isotope ratio of polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the environment:
Validation of isolation and stable carbon isotope
analysis methods
Structural and stratigraphic evolution of the Eastern
Mississippi Canyon Area: Interaction of slope
processes and salt tectonics in the formation of
engineering and geologic hazards
Mercury speciation in Galveston Bay, Texas: The
importance of complexation by natural organic
ligands
Patterns in biodiversity and distribution of benthic
polychaeta in the Mississippi Canyon, northern Gulf
of Mexico
A coupled model study of the remote influence of
ENSO on tropical Atlantic SST variability
Calcite dissolution kinetics and solubility in Na-CaMg-Cl brines and geologically relevant composition
at 0.1 to 1 bar pCO2 and 25 to 80°C
On the role of wind driven ocean dynamics in
tropical atlantic variability
Past and present deepwater contours-current
bedforms at the base of the Sigsbee Escarpment,
northern Gulf of Mexico
Investigating physical mechanisms for forcing
ENSO via internal atmospheric variability
05C
Francis, Simone
Jackson
05C
Wu, Wei
Chang
06A
Son, Young-Baek
Gardner
06C
Baek, Seong-Ho
Hetland
06C
Belabbassi, Leilla
Nowlin
07A
Kim, Joong-Tae
Stoessel
07A
Soliman, Yousriai
Rowe/Wade
07C
Morin, Jeffery
Cifuentes
265
Flow-topography interactions, particle transport and
plankton dynamics at the Flower Garden Banks: A
modeling study
Linear analysis of surface temperature dynamics
and climate sensitivity
POC algorithms based on spectral remote sensing
data and its temporal and spatial variability in the
Gulf of Mexico
Penetration of buoyancy driven current due to the
wind forced river plume
Examination of the relationship of river water to
occurrences of bottom water with reduced oxygen
concentrations in the northern Gulf of Mexico
Enhancing the Resolution of Sea Ice in Long-Term
Global Ocean GCM Integrations
Amphipods of the Deep Mississippi Canyon,
Northern Gulf of Mexico: Ecology and
Bioaccumulation of Organic Contaminants
The significance of Ammonium Adsorption Lower
Laguna Madre (Texas) sediments

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