Member Since 1996
Dave L. Valentine
Distinguished Professor and Norris Presidential Chair, University of California Santa Barbara
Member, Ocean Sciences Fellows Committee
Professional Experience
University of California Santa Barbara
Distinguished Professor and Norris Presidential Chair
2021 - Present
University of California Santa Barbara
Professor
2010 - 2021
University of California Santa Barbara
Associate Professor
2006 - 2010
University of California Santa Barbara
Assistant Professor
2001 - 2006
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow in Microbial Biology
2000 - 2002
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Education
University of California Irvine
Doctorate
2000
University of California San Diego
Masters
1996
University of California San Diego
Bachelors
1995
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Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2024
Local Science Partners
Received January 2022
Publications
Biomass Storage in Anoxic Marine Basins: Initial Estimates of Geochemical Impacts and CO2 Sequestrat...

In combination with dramatic and immediate CO2 emissions reductions, net‐negative atmospheric CO2 removal (CDR) is necessary to maintain aver...

January 13, 2024
AGU Abstracts
Spatial and temporal variability of dissolved oxygen in the Santa Barbara Channel, California
RECENT ADVANCES IN THE QUANTIFICATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF OCEAN DEOXYGENATION USING OBSERVATIONAL, MODELING, AND DATA SCIENCE APPROACHES II POSTER
ocean sciences | 12 december 2024
De'Marcus Robinson, Daniele Bianchi, Na Liu, David...
Dissolved oxygen has been declining along the coast and open ocean for decades, including within the Santa Barbara Basin (SBB), a low-oxygen basin in ...
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Marine Group II Archaea’s Role in Photic Zone Alkane Cycling
UNDERSTANDING MICROBIAL MARINE LIFE THROUGH THE MOLECULAR LENS II ORAL
ocean biology and biogeochemistry | 22 february 2024
Eleanor C. Arrington, Sara Matsumura, Connor Love,...
Biogenic hydrocarbons (or cryptic microbial hydrocarbons) originate from cyanobacteria and other microalgae in the form of long-chain alkanes and alke...
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Comparing conveyance strategies and determining the fate of Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) biomass for marine carbon dioxide removal
MARINE-BASED CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL (MCDR): THE SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, ETHICS, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE NEEDS III POSTER
carbon management | 21 february 2024
Sebastian Krause, Sara Matsumura, Daniel Dauhajre,...
Since the preindustrial era, greenhouse gas emissions from anthropogenic activities have increased the global temperatures of Earth by 1 °C. If b...
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Volunteer Experience
2025 - 2027
Member
Ocean Sciences Fellows Committee
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