Research | Chemical Oceanography

Work to understand the chemistry of the ocean and the behavior of elements within it.

Chemical oceanographers study the chemical composition of seawater and how it is affected by physical mixing processes and by interactions with the atmosphere, the biosphere, and the sediments and rocks that form the seafloor.

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Research

Name	Title	Themes
Jitka Becanova	Assistant Research Professor	Dr. Becanova combines her expertise in analytical chemistry and environmental engineering with research focusing on emerging environmental contaminants such as PFAS, with a particular emphasis on the development of new technologies for their detection and remediation.
Fenix Garcia Tigreros	Assistant Professor	Dr. Garcia Tigreros is a carbon biogeochemist working in both marine and freshwater systems. Her research interests are driven by the need to elucidate how climate-driven events and anthropogenic stressors are altering the carbon cycle
Rainer Lohmann	Professor	Dr. Lohmann’s  research interests combine marine organic geochemistry and environmental chemistry. He leads the URI STEEP Superfund Center, which studies the sources, transport, exposure and effects of PFAS.
Brice Loose	Associate Professor	Dr. Loose studies processes at the boundary between biogeochemistry and physical oceanography, with a strong focus on the polar oceans.
Arthur Spivack	Professor	Dr. Spivack’s 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.
Hongjie Wang	Assistant Professor	The Ocean Carbon Lab studies the biogeochemistry of seawater and sediments to answer fundamental questions related to carbon and oxygen cycles in the context of climate change and anthropogenic stressors in ocean systems.

Researchers