Faculty
The MIT-WHOI Joint Program draws from the resources of two preeminent institutions to form one of the largest oceanographic faculties in the world. Experts in their fields instruct students using personal research and field studies to support graduate education in ocean sciences and oceanographic engineering. Research interests encompass a wide range of theoretical, observational, and experimental approaches to understanding the ocean. Below is a list of faculty members within the Geology and Geophysics Department which conducts research into a wide variety of topics aimed at furthering our understanding of the dynamic processes of the Earth/Ocean/Atmosphere system.
| Name | Area of Expertise | Website(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Ashton, Andrew | Coastal Geomorphology | https://www2.whoi.edu/staff/aashton/ |
| Bernhard, Joan | Chemocline foraminiferal ecology & physiology | https://www2.whoi.edu/staff/jbernhard/ |
| Canales, Pablo | Seismic imaging, Geophysics, Oceanic Lithosphere | https://www2.whoi.edu/staff/jcanales/ |
| Cohen, Anne | Climate change, Coral reefs, Biogeochemistry | https://web.whoi.edu/cohen/ |
| Condron, Alan | Paleo/future climate modeling, AMOC, Icebergs | |
| Das, Sarah | Glaciology, Paleoclimatology, Polar Science | https://www2.whoi.edu/staff/sdas/ |
| Dick, Henry | The Petro-tectonics of midocean ridges, and their relationship to mantle convection and magma genesis | |
| Donnelly, Jeff | Paleoclimatology, Tropical cyclones, Sea level, Hydroclimate | https://web.whoi.edu/coastal-group/ |
| Edgcomb, Virginia P. | Microbial ecology of oxygen-depleted marine water columns and sediments | https://www2.whoi.edu/site/edgcomblab/ |
| Evans, Rob | Electromagnetic Methods and Geophysics | https://www2.whoi.edu/staff/revans/ |
| Gaetani, Glenn | Experimental Petrology and Geochemistry | https://web.whoi.edu/gaetani/ https://www2.whoi.edu/site/nenimf/ |
| German, Chris | Seafloor fluid flow, Geochemistry, Astrobiology | https://oceanworlds.whoi.edu/ https://www2.whoi.edu/site/treet |
| Giosan, Liviu | Climate, Oceans, Landscapes and Humans | https://www2.whoi.edu/staff/lgiosan/ |
| Guo, Weifu | Paleo-proxy, Ciocalcification, Climate impact | https://www2.whoi.edu/site/guolab/ |
| Horton, Forrest | High temperature Geochemistry | |
| Le Roux, Veronique | Mantle Geochemistry, Petrology | https://leroux.whoi.edu/ |
| Liao, Yang | Physical volcanology, Icy moons, Fluid dynamics, Analogue experiments, Hydrothermal circulation | |
| Lin, Jian | Geodynamics of Mid-Ocean-Ridges and Trenches; Earthquake Interaction | https://www2.whoi.edu/staff/jlin/ |
| Lizarralde, Dan | Active-source seismology, Lithospheric evolution, Continental margin processes, Terrestrial to marine fluxes | https://www2.whoi.edu/staff/dlizarralde/ |
| Marchal, Olivier | Models of ocean circulation and tracer transport/Application of inverse methods to oceanography and paleoceanography | https://www2.whoi.edu/staff/omarchal/ |
| McCorkle, Dan | Carbon cycle, Sediment Geochemistry, Paleoceanography | |
| Nielsen, Sune | Isotope Geochemistry | https://www2.whoi.edu/site/nirvana/ |
| Oppo, Delia | Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, Paleoceanographic proxies | https://www2.whoi.edu/staff/doppo/ |
| Roberts, Mark | Radiocarbon, Accelerator Mass Spectrometry | |
| Sohn, Rob | Geophysical studies of hot springs and volcanoes | https://www2.whoi.edu/staff/rsohn/ |
| Soule, Adam | Marine Geology and Volcanology | https://www2.whoi.edu/staff/ssoule/ |
| Tivey, Maurice | Marine Geophysics, Magnetics and Heat flow | http://deeptow.whoi.edu/ |