Research | Ocean Discovery

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What discoveries are GSO researchers making?

Whether it’s charting unexplored historic shipwrecks or tracing the movement of persistent organic pollutants through inland waterways and into Arctic food webs, GSO is uncovering critical knowledge about our ocean planet. Combining innovative technologies, cross-disciplinary expertise, and world-class partnerships, our researchers reveal processes and impacts that shape life on Earth—deepening our understanding and strengthening our ability to care for it.


Ocean Discovery Research

NameLeaders
Air-Sea Interaction Research GroupTetsu Hara
Isaac Ginis
Beinart LabRoxanne Beinart
Marine Ecology and TechnologyAndrew Davies
Lohmann Lab (Persistent Organic Pollutants)Rainer Lohmann
Dynamics of Ocean Currents and FrontsKathy Donohue
Randy Watts
Kelley Group and Micro-Analytical Geochemistry LaboratoryKatherine Kelley
Lewis LabKris Lewis
McMahon Ocean Ecogeochemistry LabKelton McMahon
Marine Ecosystems Research LaboratoryCandace Oviatt
The Robinson LabRebecca Robinson
Quantitative Microbiology Menden-Deuer Lab (Plankton Ecology)Susanne Menden-Deuer
Ocean Carbon LabHongjie Wang
Omand LabMelissa Omand
Marine Ecosystems Research LaboratoryCandace Oviatt
Fish Trawl SurveyJeremy Collie
Surf Lab (SURFace Processes Lab)Nick Pizzo
The Narragansett Bay Long-Term Plankton Time SeriesTatiana Rynearson
Rynearson Lab (Plankton Ecology and Evolution)Tatiana Rynearson
Walsh COAST LabJ.P. Walsh
D’Hondt Lab (Geobiology)Steve D’Hondt
Ocean Circulation and Biogeochemistry LabJaime Palter
Hurricane Modeling GroupIsaac Ginis
Tetsu Hara
Smart Ocean Systems LabMingxi Zhou
Wei LabMatt Wei
Ocean Robotics ProgramStephen Licht
Melissa Omand
Brennan Phillips
Chris Roman
Adam Soule
Lora Van Uffelen
Mingxi Zhou

New autonomous vehicle helps advance understanding of the deep sea and its critical minerals

Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute, Orpheus Ocean, and Federal agencies partner on new deep sea technology

Unexplored seafloor
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Principal Investigators | Ocean Discovery

Associate Professor of Oceanography

401.874.6492
rbeinart@uri.edu

Professor of Oceanography

401.874.6222
paulabontempi@uri.edu

Interim Dean; Professor of Oceanography

401.874.6808
dhondt@uri.edu

Professor of Oceanography

401.874.6615
kdonohue@uri.edu

Professor of Oceanography

401.874.6484
iginis@uri.edu

Professor of Oceanography

401.874.6509
tetsuhara@uri.edu

Assistant Professor of Oceanography

inomura@uri.edu

Professor of Oceanography

401.874.6838
kelley@uri.edu

Professor of Oceanography

401.477.2330
kincaid@uri.edu

Assistant Professor of Oceanography

kristy.lewis@uri.edu

Professor of Oceanography

401.874.6612
rlohmann@uri.edu

Associate Professor of Oceanography

401.874.6676
bloose@uri.edu

Associate Teaching Professor

401.874.6441
m_mcconnell@uri.edu

Associate Professor of Oceanography

401.874.6944
kelton_mcmahon@uri.edu

Professor of Oceanography

401.874.6608
smenden@uri.edu

Professor of Oceanography; Acting Dean, Graduate School

401.874.6506
cmouw@uri.edu

Associate Professor of Oceanography

401.874.6610
momand@uri.edu

Associate Professor of Oceanography

401.874.6490
jpalter@uri.edu

Assistant Professor of Oceanography

erin.peck@uri.edu

Assistant Professor of Oceanography

718.986.1640
nicholas.pizzo@uri.edu

Professor of Oceanography

401.874.6569
rebecca_r@uri.edu

Professor of Oceanography

401.874.6115
croman2@uri.edu

Professor of Oceanography

401-874-6561
kenna.rubin@uri.edu

Professor of Oceanography

401.874.6022
rynearson@uri.edu

Professor of Oceanography

401.874.6848
yshen@uri.edu

Professor of Oceanography

401.874.6172
dcsmith@uri.edu

Professor of Oceanography, Executive Director of the Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute

adamsoule@uri.edu

Professor of Oceanography

401.874.6200
spivack@uri.edu

Professor of Oceanography

401.874.6233
jpwalsh@uri.edu

Assistant Professor of Oceanography

401.874.6141
hwang@uri.edu

Associate Professor of Oceanography

401.874.6530
matt-wei@uri.edu

Associate Professor of Oceanography

401.874.6633
mzhou@uri.edu