The Bachelor of Science Degree Program in Global Environmental Science, University of Hawaii at Manoa
 
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GES Faculty

Janet M. Becker
Geophysical fluid dynamics, nonlinear waves and stability, coastal processes, general ocean circulation

 Robert R. Bidigare
Bio-optical oceanography, pigment biochemistry, plankton metabolism

 Steven Businger
Mesoscale and synoptic meteorology

Antony D. Clarke
Physical and chemical properties of aerosol in remote troposphere, aircraft studies of aerosol in free troposphere

James P. Cowen
Microbial geochemistry, particle aggregation dynamics, hydrothermal systems

  Eric H. DeCarlo
Aquatic chemistry, metals and their anthropogenic inputs, transformations, fate and transport, sedimentary geochemistry, marine minerals

 Steven J. Dollar
Biogeochemistry, nearshore processes and effects of human activity on the coastal zone

 Aly El-Kadi
Hydrogeology, modeling groundwater systems

 R. Cengiz Ertekin
Hydrodynamics, computational methods, offshore and coastal engineering, oil-spill spreading, fishpond circulation

Eric Firing
Ocean circulation and currents on all scales, with emphasis on observation sand dynamics

  Pierre J. Flament
Surface ocean layer dynamics, mesoscale circulation structures of the ocean, remote sensing of the sea surface

 Charles H. Fletcher
Quaternary and coastal marine geology, sea-level history, coastal sedimentary processes

 Patricia Fryer
Marine geology, petrology, tectonics

  Eric Gaidos
Molecular evolution; microbiology of extreme environments; biosphere-climate feedbacks; critical intervals in Earth history; exobiology; biological networks

  Michael O. Garcia
Volcanology, igneous petrology, geochemistry

 Thomas W. Giambelluca
Department of Geography. Interactions between the atmosphere and the land surface, including influences of land use and land cover change on climate and surface hydrology and effects on global climate change on hydrologic processes and terrestrial ecology

Craig R. Glenn
Paleoceanography, marine geology, sedimentology, sediment diagenesis

 E. Gordon Grau
Environmental physiology and comparative endocrinology of fish

 Richard W. Grigg
Ecology and paleoecology of coral reefs, precious corals

Michael P. Hamnet
Coastal Zone Management, coral reef and fisheries management, fisheries economics, disaster preparedness and mitigation

Barry J. Huebert
Air pollution, climate change, atmospheric aerosols, global elemental cycles

 M. Casey Jarman
School of Law, environmental law, administrative law, ocean and coastal law, and legal writing

 Denise Eby Konan
Department of Economics. International trade, microeconomics, computational economics

 Edward A. Laws
Phytoplankton ecology, aquatic pollution, aquaculture

 Yuan Hui Li
Marine geochemistry, environmental pollution

 Kem Lowry
Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Design, planning and evaluation of ocean and coastal management programs

Roger Lukas
Physical oceanography, interannual and decadal climate variability.

 John J. Mahoney
Isotope geochemistry of oceanic and continental crust and mantle

 Fred T. Mackenzie
Geochemistry, biogeochemical cycling, global environmental change, Program Coordinator for GES

Alexander Malahoff
Submarine volcanic processes and the geophysical monitoring of submarine volcanoes, processes of formation of ocean floor minerals

 Stephen J. Martel
Engineering and structural geology

 Gary M. McMurtry
Geochemistry, geology and geophysics

 Christopher Measures
Trace element geochemistry, hydrothermal systems, elemental mass balances

 Premlata Menon
School of Nursing. Environmental and occupation health

 Mark A. Merrifield
Physical oceanography, coastal circulation, sea level variability, current flows and mixing in the vicinity of coral reefs, islands and seamounts

Jacquelin N. Miller
Environmental Center. Marine and land environmental management, environmental assessment

 Gregory Moore
Marine geophysics, structural geology

 Michael J. Mottl
Hydrothermal processes, geochemical cycles

 Peter Mouginis-Mark
Volcanology from space, remote sensing of natural hazards

 Peter K. Müller
Ocean circulation, waves and turbulence

 Brian N. Popp
Isotope biogeochemistry, organic geochemistry

 John N. Porter
Atmospheric science, use of satellites to study aerosol and cloud forcing, ship measurements of aerosol and cloud optical properties

Michael Rappe
Ecology of marine microorganisms; genomics; coral-associated microorganisms; ecology of microorganisms in the deep subsurface

  Greg Ravizza
The geochemistry of modern and ancient marine sediments, with emphasis on redox active trace metals, paleoceanography; osmium isotope geochemistry

  Mark A. Ridgley
Resource management and human-environment system analysis

James Roumasset
Department of Economics. Environmental economics and sustainable growth

 Ken Rubin
Isotope geochemistry, chronology

  Kathleen Ruttenberg
Biochemistry of phosphorus and phosphorus cycling in the ocean, rivers, and lakes; nutrient limitation of aquatic primary productivity; effects of redox chemistry on nutrient cycling; early diagenesis in marine sediments with focus on authigenic mineral formation and organic matter mineralization

  Francis J. Sansone
Suboxic/anoxic diagenesis in sediments, hydrothermal geochemistry, lava-seawater interactions, trace gas geochemistry

  Jane Schoonmaker
Sedimentary geochemistry and diagenesis; paleoenvironmental studies

  Thomas Schroeder
Mesometeorology, tropical meteorology

 Stephen Self
Volcanology and volcaniclasitc sedimentation

 Shiv K. Sharma
Atmospheric instrumentation and remote sensing, Lidar, Raman, and infrared spectrometry and fiber-optic environmental sensors

 Craig R. Smith
Seafloor ecology, deep-ocean food webs, sediment geochemistry

  Khalil J. Spencer
Isotope geochemistry, petrology, environmental geochemistry

  Mary E. Tiles
Department of Philosophy. History and philosophy of mathematics, science and technology

  Bin Wang
Atmospheric and climate dynamics

  Bruce Wilcox
Population biology; human-ecosystem interaction; ecological and human health linkages

  John Wiltshire
Marine minerals, mine tailings, disposal and remediation and submersible engineering and operations

  Deborah W. Woodcock
Department of Geography. Vegetation and climate, paleoenvironmental reconstruction, use of fossil wood as a paleoenvironmental indicator, and the terrestrial carbon cycle

 

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