Education:
Ph.D. Flinders University of South Australia, School of Biological Sciences, 1998. Advisor: Dr Jim Mitchell. Dissertation: Nonlinear analysis of phytoplankton spatial structure: A new approach to describing biological-physical processes.
B.Sc.(Hons), 1st class in Marine Sciences, Flinders University of South Australia, School of Earth Sciences, 1993. Advisor: Dr John Bye. Thesis: Hydrodynamical and biological aspects of Coffin Bay, and their application to aquaculture.
Research Interests:
Phytoplankton productivity, specifically coupling between biological processes and ocean physics and chemistry.
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Current Research:
Coupling between equatorial Pacific primary productivity and processes such as El Niņo events and tropical instability waves. Primary productivity and air-sea CO2 exchange during the Labrador Sea spring bloom. Development of satellite proxies to quantify CO2 fluxes in coastal upwelling systems. Detection and prediction of harmful algal blooms off the Oregon coast using satellite and in situ data. Instrument development for new satellite ocean color sensors.
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