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School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
Eric Gaidos

Associate Professor

Department of Geology and Geophysics
Univeristy of Hawai'i at Manoa
1680 East-West Road POST 710
Honolulu, HI 96822		 Phone: (808) 956-7897
Fax: (808) 956-5512
E-mail: gaidos@hawaii.edu

Education

  • B.S. 1988 - (with honors) Dept. of Applied Physics - California Institute of Technology
  • M.S. 1991 - School of Engineering - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Ph.D., 1996 - Department of Physics - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Activities

  • Microbial biogeochemistry and global change
  • Biological (self-)organization and the evolution of multicellular life
  • Microbial life in "extreme" environments and the search for life in the Universe
  • The origin of Earth's oceans and distribution of planetary water

Teaching Activities

  • GG 101 Voyage of the Vicariance: A Geography of Time (Spring 2010)
  • GG 610 Graduate seminar (Spring 2009)
  • GG 669 Formation of the Solar System (Fall 2009)
  • GG 711 Seminar in science writing and documentary film-making (Spring 2008)

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Department of Oceanography
Last modified: May 2009
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