work_institution nationality doctoral_students field birth_date residence prizes article_title name alma_mater
university of rhode island brookhaven national laboratory rutgers university american miguel tuo shi oliazola ajit subramaniam zoe finkel felisa lauren wolfe-simon biological oceanographer 1951 united states of america , canada huntsman eci prize medal hutchison prize vernadsky medal -lrb- egu -rrb- paul falkowski
 paul g. falkowski city college of new york university of british columbia
paul falkowski

paul g. falkowski -lrb- born 1951 -rrb- is an american biological oceanographer in the institute of marine and coastal sciences at rutgers university in new brunswick , new jersey .
his research work focuses on phytoplankton and primary production , and his wider interests include evolution , paleoecology , photosynthesis , biogeochemical cycles and astrobiology .
born in new york city in 1951 , falkowski was educated at the city college of new york , where he received his bsc .
and msc .
degrees .
he completed his doctoral thesis in biology and biophysics at the university of british columbia in 1975 .
after postdoctoral research at the university of rhode island , he moved to the brookhaven national laboratory in 1976 to join its newly formed oceanography department , and in 1998 he moved to rutgers university .
he received a guggenheim fellowship in 1992 , and was appointed as cecil and ida green distinguished professor at the university of british columbia in 1996 .
he has been elected to a number of learned societies including the american geophysical union -lrb- 2001 -rrb- , the american academy of arts and sciences -lrb- 2002 -rrb- and the national academy of sciences -lrb- 2007 -rrb- .
he has also received a number of awards including the huntsman award -lrb- 1998 -rrb- , the g. evelyn hutchinson award -lrb- 2000 -rrb- , the european geosciences union vernadsky medal -lrb- 2005 -rrb- and the eci prize -lrb- 2010 -rrb- .
falkowski 's research work has included studies of phytoplankton nutrient acquisition and the relationships with light of both phytoplankton and corals .
he has also studied the biophysical controls on ocean productivity and export production , and the importance of the nitrogen and iron cycles in ocean biogeochemistry .
his research has also drawn in geoengineering , astrobiology , and the evolution of groups including phytoplankton and placental mammals .
he is also a coauthor , with john raven , of the influential textbook `` aquatic photosynthesis '' .
