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/ |
| Collins, John | Ocean-bottom Seismology; Seafloor Seismic Instrumentation; Structure of Oceanic Lithosphere | https://obsic.whoi.edu/ |
| Condron, Alan | Paleo/future climate modeling, AMOC, Icebergs | https://www.whoi.edu/profile/acondron/ |
| Costa, Kassandra | Paleoceanography, Sediment Geochemistry, Paleo-proxies | https://www.whoi.edu/profile/kacosta/ |
| Cross, Andrew | Rheology, Rock deformation, Glacier dynamics | https://www.whoi.edu/profile/across/ |
| Das, Sarah | Glaciology, Paleoclimatology, Polar Science | https://www2.whoi.edu/staff/sdas/ |
| 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 |
| Guo, Weifu | Paleo-proxy, Ciocalcification, Climate impact | https://www2.whoi.edu/site/guolab/ |
| Heard, Andrew | Isotope Geochemistry; Early Earth Environments; Hydrothermal Vents | https://www.whoi.edu/profile/andrew.heard/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andy-Heard |
| Horton, Forrest | High temperature Geochemistry | https://www.whoi.edu/profile/fhorton/ |
| Lang, Susan | Marine geochemistry, subseafloor biosphere, dissolved organic carbon (DOC) cycl | https://www.whoi.edu/profile/sqlang/ |
| Liao, Yang | Physical volcanology, Icy moons, Fluid dynamics, Analogue experiments, Hydrothermal circulation | https://www.whoi.edu/profile/yliao/ |
| 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/ |
| Mcelwaine, James | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Planetary Science, Mathematical and numerical modelling | https://www.whoi.edu/profile/jmcelwaine/ |
| Oppo, Delia | Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, Paleoceanographic proxies | https://www2.whoi.edu/staff/doppo/ |
| Rychert, Kate | Broadband seismology, Lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary, subduction zones | https://www.whoi.edu/profile/catherine.rychert/ |
| Shackleton, Sarah | Paleoclimatology, Glaciology, Noble gas geochemistry | https://www.whoi.edu/profile/sarah.shackleton/ |
| Sibert, Elizabeth | Paleobiology, Micropaleontology, Fish and shark biology, Biological oceanography, Paleoceanography | https://www.whoi.edu/profile/esibert/ |
| Sohn, Rob | Geophysical studies of hot springs and volcanoes | https://www2.whoi.edu/staff/rsohn/ |
| Tominaga, Masako | Marine Geophysics, Geo/paleo/rock-magnetism, evolution of Earth's outercore and Wilson Cycle | http://deeptow.whoi.edu/ |
| Turner, Stephen | High temperature geochemistry, igneous petrology, subduction zones, and volcanology | https://www.whoi.edu/profile/stephen.turner/ |
| Wu, Wenbo | Casual inference, Sufficient dimension reduction, High-dimensional modeling | https://www.whoi.edu/profile/wenbo.wu/ |