Patricia Wheeler

Research Interests

Phytoplankton physiology and ecology; marine nitrogen cycle; nutrient use by phytoplankton and bacteria; macrophyte physiology and ecology; nitrogen metabolism in macrophytes.

Current Research

Nitrogen uptake and recycling in the Arctic Ocean; use of inorganic and organic nitrogen by marine bacteria; relationship between autotrophic and heterotrophic activity in the microbial food web; determination of bacterial biomass and activity in the euphotic zone.

Richard Vong

Research Interests

Atmospheric chemistry and physics of aerosol, cloud, and rainwater; deposition.

Education

BS, North Carolina State University (Chemical Engineering), 1971
MS, University of Washington (Civil Engineering), 1982
PhD, University of Washington (Civil Engineering), 1985

Publications

Selected publications:

Mid-latitude northern hemisphere background concentration of sulfate in rainwater. Atmos. Environ. 24A, 1007-1018, 1990 (R.J.Vong).

Michael Unsworth

Research Interests

Environmental Physics of plants and animals; vegetation-atmosphere interactions; water vapor and carbon dioxide exchange of forest ecosystems; flux estimation in complex topography.

Current Research

Carbon-dioxide and water-vapor exchange for forest ecosystems; forest hydrology.

Education

BS, University of Edinburgh (Honors Physics), 1965
PhD, University of Edinburgh (Physics), 1968

Anne Tréhu

Alternate phone: 541-737-2847

Research Interests

Application of geophysical data to geodynamic processes along plate boundaries; gas hydrate distribution and dynamics; seismic data acquisition and processing; ocean bottom seismometers.

Current Research

For a look at our most recent field program, see this blog put together by student volunteers:

blogs.oregonstate.edu/cascadia2021

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