Special Research Facilities Marine Science Emphasis Areas Trace Analytical Services DMS currently has eleven faculty covering a broad spectrum of marine sub-disciplines ranging from physical oceanography and data assimilation to ocean optics, marine sediments and micropaleontology, ocean productivity, remote sensing and geochemistry.
Adjunct faculty provide additional expertise in fields such as acoustics and ocean modeling.
The DMS faculty have been hired based on past performance and reputation. For example, DMS faculty are involved in research projects sponsored by the Ocean Drilling Program and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, supported by the National Science Foundation and the Naval Research Laboratory, and dealing with environments as disparate as the ocean near Antarctica and small streams in the Rocky Mountains. DMS faculty includes a past winner of the American Geophysical Union's Sverdrup Prize and a recent recipient of a US Department of Interior Appreciation Award. A recent National Science Foundation research grant to a DMS faculty member has allowed the department to become one of a select number of US academic institutions having specialized mass spectrometric equipment for ultra-trace element determinations. For further specifics on faculty members and specialized research equipment that is available at DMS, use the navigation buttons at the left.