Arthur Spivack

Biography

Professor at GSO 2000 – present
Professor at UNC Wilmington 1993 – 2000
Adjunct Professor Duke University 1994 – 2001
Assistant Professor, Scripps Inst. of Ocean. 1988 – 1993
Post-doctoral fellow, Caltech 1986 – 1988

Research

I am a professor of Oceanography, with a broad range of research and teaching experience generally related to environmental, geological, cosmo-chemistry and astrobiology . Presently my work is principally focused on understanding the controls and climactic feedbacks on atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, past ocean circulation, as well as the nature and activity of microbial life in the seafloor. This work involves oceanographic research cruises, laboratory analysis, chemical/isotopic methods development, data interpretation including mathematical modeling.

Education

SB Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980
Ph.D. Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986

Teaching

I presently teach or have taught university classes on the following topics: Global Climate Change, Chemistry of the Earth, Chemical Oceanography, Astrobiology, Physical Oceanography, Environmental Geology, Geological Oceanography and Physical Chemistry for Earth and Environmental Scientists.
In the last five years I have taught:

1. Astrobiology (undergraduate Honors)
2. Chemical Oceanography (graduate)
3. Chemistry of the Earth (graduate)
4. Geological Oceanography (graduate)
5. Global Climate Change (undergraduate Honors)
6. Physical Chemistry for Earth and Environmental Scientists (graduate)
7. The Ocean Planet (undergraduate)
8. Extreme Weather (undergraduate)