Air-sea interaction and its role in climate variability, satellite meteorology and oceanography, atmospheric boundary layer and ocean mixed layer dynamics, Pacific Northwest and North Pacific weather, ocean, and climate variability.
Ocean Mixing - Exploring the physics of turbulence and mixing is key to our understanding of ocean dynamics. Innovative instrumentation, detailed analysis, and simple dynamical models enable us to:
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Active tectonics, tectonic geomorphology, structural geology
Crustal deformation and feedbacks between exhumation and patterns of deformation in convergent orogens, fold-and-thrust belt structural analysis, tectonics and topography.
BA Geology 1985, Macalester College
MS Geology 1990, University of Alaska
PhD Earth Sciences 1995, University of Southern California
Dr. Erin McParland joined CEOAS as a tenure-track Assistant Professor starting March 25, 2024. Dr. McParland is a marine microbial biogeochemist, and her research aims to quantify the elusive organic molecules that fuel microbial activity. To better understand this rapid flux of carbon, she combines molecular-level characterization of organic matter (metabolomics) with microbial ecology techniques both in the lab using model organisms and in the field on oceanographic research expeditions. Dr.
Science and society (including policy, management, and practice); ecosystem-based management; marine ecology & conservation science; leadership development; science communication & strategic engagement; transdisciplinarity
Ph.D., Oregon State University (Marine ecology, 2003)
M.S., University of South Florida (Marine ecology, 1997)
B.A., Franklin and Marshall College (Biology, 1994)
I study human impacts to biodiversity. More specifically, I'm interested in how land use change and climate change impact the distribution, structure, and functioning of biotic communities.
