Classes
I teach courses at the undergraduate as well as graduate level. In addition, undergraduate students can carry out independent laboratory projects and obtain research credit in chemistry (CHEM 395) or in marine sciences (EMES 490).
EMES 053 The Ends of the Earth: Polar Oceanography and Exploration
This first-year seminar explores the nature of the Arctic and Antarctic, and follows in the footsteps of early polar explorers by reading their accounts of their expeditions. Class discussions, presentations, and a MakerSpace (BEaM) project are essential parts of the class.
MASC/ANTH 312 From the Equator to the Poles: Case Studies in Global Environmental Change
Case studies in environmental change, highlighting human and environmental dynamics in terrestrial and marine ecosystems on multiple spatial and temporal scales.
EMES 401 (BIOL 350/GEOL 403/ENVR 417) Introductory Oceanography
The origin of ocean basins, chemistry and dynamics of seawater, biological communities and processes, the sedimentary record, and the history of oceanography; intended for undergraduate science majors.
EMES 505 (GEOL 505) Chemical Oceanography
Variation and abundance of sea water constituents, the chemical, physical and biological processes contributing to their distribution as well as problems of dispersion of conservative and nonconservative substances.
EMES 550 (GEOL 550) Biogeochemical Cycling
Biogeochemical cycling explores interfaces between marine, aquatic, atmospheric and geological sciences emphasizing processes controlling chemical distributions in sediments, fresh and salt water, the atmosphere, and fluxes between these reservoirs.
EMES 552 (GEOL 552) Organic Geochemistry
Sources, transformations, and fate of natural organic matter in marine environments. Emphasis on interplay of chemical, biological, and physical processes which affect organic matter composition, distribution, and turnover.