topJames W. Murray—President–Elect, Ocean Sciences
Deborah K. Steinberg—President–Elect, Ocean Sciences
Margaret R. Mulholland—Secretary, Biological Oceanography
Christine Whitcraft—Secretary, Biological Oceanography
Emanuele Di Lorenzo—Secretary, Physical Oceanography
Robin D. Muench—Secretary, Physical Oceanography
Robert L. Evans—Secretary, Marine Geology and Geophysics
Elizabeth A. Canuel—Secretary, Marine Geochemistry
Gregory A. Cutter—Secretary, Marine Geochemistry
James W. Murray—President–Elect, Ocean Sciences
Current major scientific interests are the distributions and origin of iron in the equatorial undercurrent of the Pacific, nitrogen cycling in the Black Sea, and impacts of ocean acidification on marine biota. Previous interests have included the surface chemistry of solid phases and the mechanism of scavenging in the ocean, diagenesis of organic matter and gases in marine sediments, particle reactive radioisotopes as tracers for particle cycling, and new and export production. B.A. in geology, 1968, University of California; Ph.D. in chemical oceanography, 1973, Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program. Assistant professor, associate professor, and professor, University of Washington, 1973 to present. Visiting scientist, Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Dubendorf, Switzerland, 1983; NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, 1992; Bogazici University, Istanbul, 2002; CNRS Laboratoire d'Océanographie Dynamique et de Climatologie (LODYC), Paris, 2003; Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales (LEGOS), Toulouse, France, 2007. Senior fellow, Joint Institute for Study of the Atmosphere and Oceans (JISAO); adjunct professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington. Member, AGU (secretary, Marine Geochemistry, 1996–1968), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Oceanography Society (councilor, 2004–2007), American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), Geochemical Society. Served as associate editor, Deep-Sea Research, Deep-Sea Research II, Marine Chemistry. Member of steering committees of U.S. and international Joint Global Ocean Flux Study. Member, National Academy of Sciences/Ocean Studies Board Study of Major Ocean Programs. Advisory Committee, NATO Science for Stability Project. Organizer, 1988 R/V Knorr Black Sea expedition; 1992 U.S. JGOFS Process Study in the
Statement: AGU plays a central role in advancing international ocean sciences. AGU provides platforms to the ocean sciences community for scientific exchange in disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and multiorganizational settings; publication of results in a variety of journals; and advancement of education and outreach. I will continue these activities with engagement of a wide segment of our membership, including students and more junior members. The Ocean Sciences section is one of AGU's most effective and celebrated in terms of membership numbers, meeting sessions, named lectures, and publications. It has long enjoyed creative leadership and an energetic membership. I will continue to foster this energy in the Ocean Sciences section, to work with the AGU Council and the new board of directors to improve services and opportunities for Ocean Sciences members, and to promote innovation and efficiency. Because of my broad research interests and experience, I have knowledge of and appreciation for all of the major subdisciplines within ocean sciences. As president, I will be a strong advocate for all section subdisciplines and will work with the membership, other section presidents, and the AGU leadership to define and advance AGU's goals. Ocean sciences is a mature discipline, yet the changes occurring due to anthropogenic forcing will result in new questions and problems to study. Examples include interdisciplinary problems like the role of the ocean in climate change, ocean warming, ocean acidification. and coastal eutrophication. I expect Ocean Sciences to be at the forefront of applying innovative interdisciplinary science in these areas.
Deborah K. Steinberg—President–Elect, Ocean Sciences
Major areas of interest are zooplankton ecology and biogeochemical cycling, particle export, coastal and deep-sea food webs, effects of climate change on plankton communities, and science education. B.A., 1987, University of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D., 1993, University of California, Santa Cruz. Postdoctoral researcher, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1994. Research scientist at Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, and coordinated the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study program (1995–2000). Faculty position at VIMS since 2001. Member, American Geophysical Union, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, and The Oceanography Society. Authored 50 refereed publications. Research programs and cruises range from coastal California, Antarctica, Sargasso Sea, subtropical and subarctic North Pacific, to Chesapeake Bay. Honors include the Dean's Prize for Advancement of Women in Marine Science at VIMS, and the College of William and Mary Term Distinguished Professor of Marine Science. Associate editor of Deep-Sea Research I, member of the board of trustees of Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences. Panel member, International Council of Scientific Unions Scientific Committee on Ocean Research. Served as secretary of AGU Ocean Sciences (OS) section (2002–2006), AGU OS Executive Committee member (2006–2008), and chair or cochair of Scientific Program steering committees for two Ocean Sciences meetings, the Third International Joint Global Ocean Flux Study Open Science conference, and an Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER) workshop.
Statement: This is an exciting time for ocean sciences, a naturally interdisciplinary field whose contributors continue to address some of the most interesting, complex, and societally relevant scientific issues of our time. With its large and diverse membership, and use of tools ranging from global observing systems to molecular probes, AGU's Ocean Sciences section can play a key role in continuing to advance ocean science research, education, outreach, and policy. As president-elect and president of the Ocean Sciences section, I will help implement the new leadership structure of the AGU, which allows the Council to focus more effectively on scientific affairs. I will continue to be responsive to membership on important Union activities such as journals, meetings, awards, and honors, and strive to keep the membership informed. Opportunities that I will focus on during the next few years include:
Margaret R. Mulholland—Secretary, Biological Oceanography
Major areas of interest include marine and estuarine nitrogen cycling, dinitrogen fixation, global change, harmful algal blooms, and cycling of dissolved inorganic and organic nitrogen. B.S. in geology and biology, 1984, from University of Notre Dame; M.S. in biological oceanography, 1986, from University of Washington; M.M.A., 1992, from University of Washington; and Ph.D. in biological oceanography, 1998, from University of Maryland. Postdoctoral studies at Stony Brook University (1998–2000). Assistant professor, ODU, from 2000 to 2006. Member, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), American Society for Microbiology, Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation, and Phycological Society of America. Served as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer (1987–1989) during which time was also a visiting scientist at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center and visiting faculty at the University of the Philippines Visayas. Authored or coauthored over 40 peer-reviewed publications, several in AGU journals. Served on program and planning committees and review panels for numerous societies and funding agencies. Currently a member of the Ruth Patrick Award and Public Policy committees for ASLO. Currently an executive board member for the Chesapeake Bay Program Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee. Have not previously held office at AGU.
Christine Whitcraft—Secretary, Biological Oceanography
Major area of interest is soft sediment systems, specifically impact of anthropogenic activities on functioning of coastal wetlands. Additional interests include benthic fauna of oxygen minimum zone habitats. B.S., 1999, Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.; Ph.D., 2007, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. Postdoctoral researcher (CALFED program) at San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (2007–2008). Faculty position at CSULB since 2008. Member of the Western Society of Naturalists, Southern California Association of Marine Invertebrate Taxonomists, and Sigma Xi. Authored and coauthored six refereed publications on both coastal wetland and deep-sea systems. Research experience ranging from deep-sea oxygen zone minimum studies in the Indian Ocean to Alvin dive experience in southern Oregon and northern California, invasive species studies in the Chesapeake Bay, Alaska, California, and Washington, and salt marsh ecology work in numerous locations.
Emanuele Di Lorenzo—Secretary, Physical Oceanography
Scientific interests include (1) dynamics of coastal ocean circulation, (2) regional ocean predictability and inverse modeling, (3) ocean decadal variability, and (4) impacts of climate change on regional ocean/ecosystem dynamics. B.S., 1997, marine environmental sciences, University of Bologna, Italy; Ph.D., 2003, oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. Assistant professor, 2004–2009, associate professor, 2009, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology. Member of the American Meteorological Society. Author of 37 peer-reviewed publications, nine in AGU journals. Honors include the 2009 Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award and the 2007 Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, Georgia Tech, and 2000 UC Regents Graduate Research Fellowship. Services include member of the steering committee for the NSF/NOAA Comparative Analysis of Marine Ecosystem Organization (CAMEO) program since 2009, and member of PICES working group on Evaluations of Climate Change Projections since 2005.
Robin D. Muench—Secretary, Physical Oceanography
Current interests include ocean turbulence and mixing processes and their impacts on dense overflows and deep water formation in the Southern Ocean. B.A., physics, 1964, Bowdoin College; M.A., Earth sciences, 1966, Dartmouth College; Ph.D., physical oceanography, 1970, University of Washington. Assistant, then associate, professor of marine science, University of Alaska, 1970–1976. Research oceanographer, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA, 1976–1979. Senior research oceanographer, Science Applications International Corporation, 1979–1995. Senior scientist, Earth & Space Research, 1995 to present. Joint program manager, National Science Foundation and Office of Naval Research, 2000–2002. Other memberships: American Meteorological Society, 1975 to present, and The Oceanography Society, 1988 to present. Author or coauthor of 66 refereed publications, 24 in AGU journals. Honors include Summer Student Fellow, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1966; National Marine Fisheries Service Fellowship, University of Washington, 1966–1967; Antarctic Service Medal, 1986; elected president, International Association for Physical Sciences of the Ocean (IAPSO), 1991–1996; elected chair, Gordon Research Conference on Polar Oceanography, 2003; chair, IAPSO/Scientific Committee on Ocean Research (SCOR) Working Group 121 on Ocean Mixing, 2002–2007; invited member, U.S. National Committee for Geodesy and Geophysics, 2008 to present. AGU activities include Oceanography editor and editor of The Oceanography Report for Eos, 1988–1990; chair, Pacific NW Region Oceanography section, 1984–1986; member, Ocean Sciences section executive committee, 1988–1990; associate editor, JGR-Oceans, 1995–1998; invited member, planning committee for Ocean Sciences 2010; AGU journal reviewer, guest editor, meeting planner, and session chair.
Robert L. Evans—Secretary, Marine Geology and Geophysics
Areas of current research include understanding coastal change and its societal impacts, coastal groundwater discharge, and fluid and melting processes at subduction zones. B.S. degree in physics from the University of Bristol (1988) and a Ph.D. from Cambridge University (1991). Prior to WHOI, held a postdoctoral position in the Department of Physics, University of Toronto. An active member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. Author or coauthor on 38 papers (14 in AGU journals, two in AGU monographs, and one article in Eos).
Elizabeth A. Canuel—Secretary, Marine Geochemistry
Major research interests include the biogeochemistry and cycling of organic carbon in aquatic and sedimentary systems, with emphasis on applications of lipid biomarkers, stable isotopes, studies of sediment diagenesis, and influence of humans on the carbon cycle in coastal ecosystems. B.S. (1981), Stonehill College; Ph.D. (1992), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to College of William and Mary (W&M), postdoctoral fellow at U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park. (1992–1994). Member of American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), Estuarine Research Federation (ERF), Geochemical Society, and European Association of Organic Geochemists (EAOG). Authored 50+ refereed publications (two in AGU journals), coedited two issues of Organic Geochemistry, coauthor of forthcoming book entitled Chemical Biomarkers in Aquatic Ecosystems. Interests include ocean science education and efforts to expand the participation of underrepresented groups. Director of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored program, Female Initiation Into Research, Science and Technology (FIRST), which provided research experiences in marine chemistry/geochemistry for high-school girls. Honors include NSF CAREER grant in Ocean Sciences; Thomas Jefferson Teaching Award (W&M, 2006), Dean's Prize for Advancement of Women (VIMS, 1997 and 2004); Best Paper Award in Organic Geochemistry, Geochemical Society (1997); NRC postdoctoral scholarship (1992–1994); AGU Outstanding Student Paper (1992). Associate editor for Limnology and Oceanography (2003–2007) and Organic Geochemistry (since 2003).
Gregory A. Cutter—Secretary, Marine Geochemistry
Research interests are varied and include biogeochemical processes affecting trace element speciation and distributions in natural waters and sediments; air-sea transport and exchange of gases and trace elements; paleoceanographic tracers; analytical methods for aquatic chemistry; and computer modeling of biogeochemical processes. B.A. (1977), chemistry, University of California, San Diego; Ph.D. (1982), chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz. Research assistant professor at ODU from 1982 to 1983, assistant professor from 1983 to 1989, associate professor from 1989 to 1994, and professor from 1994 to present. Member of the American Chemical Society, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation, and Geochemical Society. Over 65 refereed publications, nine in AGU journals (plus a chapter in one book, Marine Particles: Analysis and Characterization). Editor, Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin, 2001–2007; associate editor: Marine Chemistry, 1996 to present; Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 2002 to present; chair: NSF Biogeosciences Working Group, 2003–2005; Working Group 9: Speciation, GEOSECS II Planning Meeting, 2003; GEOTRACES Standards and Intercalibration Committee, 2005 to present; program committee member: 1990, 1991 AGU Fall Meetings; 1992, 1994 AGU Ocean Sciences Meetings; cochair: 2010 AGU/ASLO/TOS Ocean Sciences Meeting.