{"id":14626,"date":"2021-01-19T11:18:11","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T16:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/online\/?page_id=14626"},"modified":"2025-08-11T09:35:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T13:35:50","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/online\/programs\/graduate\/master-of-oceanography\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Master of Oceanography Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-countdown-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-countdown  \" data-hash=\"bd9e1913c601eefa231f883ab954b3f6\"><div class=\"message\"><span class=\"time-left\"><span class=\"time-left-number\">4<\/span> <span class=\"time-left-unit\">months<\/span><\/span> until <span class=\"time-left-event\">Fall Application Deadline<\/span>.<\/div><div class=\"dismiss\" title=\"Dismiss\">Dismiss message<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero fullwidth   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div 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decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1614\/spivak-500px.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Arthur Spivack, Ph.D.<\/h2><p><strong>Program Director &amp; Professor of Oceanography, Marine Geology and Geophysics<\/strong><br>Graduate School of Oceanography<br><br><strong>Research\/Interests:<\/strong> Chemical Oceanography, Ocean Paleochemistry and Climate, Biogeochemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Astrobiology, Isotope, Chemistry<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">e-mail arthur spivack<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"mailto: smenden@uri.edu\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1614\/menden-500px.jpg\" 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Sensing of Ocean and Lakes, Phytoplankton Ecology, Optics, Phytoplankton Imaging, Primary Production, Carbon Cycling, Physical Drivers of Phytoplankton Variability, Mentoring, Professional Communication<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">e-mail colleen mouw<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"mailto: momand@uri.edu\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1614\/omand-500px.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Melissa Omand<\/h2><p><strong>Assistant Professor of Oceanography, Physical Oceanography<\/strong><br>Graduate School of Oceanography<br><br><strong>Research\/Interests: <\/strong>Observational Oceanography, Physical-Biological Interactions, Submesoscale Processes<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">e-mail melissa omand<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns equal-height is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"mailto: bheikes@uri.edu\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1614\/heikes-500px.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Brian Heikes<\/h2><p><strong>Professor of Oceanography, Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry<\/strong><br>Graduate School of Oceanography<br><br><strong>Research\/Interests:<\/strong> Atmospheric 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