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Assistant Scientist
Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry
Contact Information:
Work: 508 289 3792
pjlam@whoi.edu
Building: Clark 461
Mailing Address:
Mailstop 25
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543
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Research Interests
I am a "marine particle biogeochemist" interested in the factors affecting the efficiency of the biological carbon pump in the ocean. I primarily study the geochemistry of particles in the ocean as fingerprints of important biogeochemical processes. This translates to two overarching themes to my research:
1) How does iron cycling affect the surface productivity in the open ocean
-how prevalent is the lateral transport of iron from the continental margin to the open ocean?
-what is the speciation and bioavailability of particulate iron?
2) What are the determinants of the remineralization length scales of particulate organic carbon in the upper 1000 m, or Twilight Zone, of the ocean?
I use image, geochemical, and synchrotron x-ray analyses of marine particulates to probe these questions.
Techniques Currently Used
Large volume in-situ filtration
ICP-MS
Synchrotron X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) microprobe
Synchrotron X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XANES, EXAFS)
Image analysis
Education
Ph.D., UC Berkeley, December 2005, Earth and Planetary Science
MA, Princeton University, May 1999, Geosciences
S.B., MIT, June 1997, Environmental Engineering Science
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