PB
Unit: College of Arts and Sciences
Department: Department of Environmental Sciences
Office location and address
351 Clark Hall
291 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville,
Virginia
22904
Education
Ph.D. Technical University of Denmark, 1988
Biography
My primary research areas are:
1) Aquatic eddy covariance measurements of oxygen dynamics, whole-system metabolism, blue carbon flows, and exchange of greenhouse gases in underwater ecosystems.
2) Modeling of transport phenomena and biogeochemical processes in the benthic environment.
Publications
Sponsored Awards
EAGER : A novel approach to measure greenhouse gas emissions from coastal marine ecosystems
Source: U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)
April 01, 2022 – March 31, 2024
Collaborative Research: Megaripples as biocatalytical filters
Source: U.S. NSF - Directorate For Geosciences
April 01, 2019 – March 31, 2023
Air-Water Greenhouse Gas Exchange over Seagrass Meadows
Source: William & Mary Virginia Institute of Marine Scienc
September 01, 2021 – August 31, 2022
AS-ENVS EAGER research: An instrument setup for measuring air-water gas exchange by underwater eddy covariance in shallow-water marine systems
Source: U.S. NSF - Directorate For Geosciences
March 01, 2018 – February 28, 2022
AS-ENVS Collaborative Research: Robust optode-based eddy correlation systems for oxygen flux measurements in aquatic environments
Source: U.S. NSF - Directorate For Geosciences
March 01, 2014 – February 28, 2019
AS-ENVS EAGER research: Gas exchange over the air-water interface of freshwater systems
Source: U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)
September 01, 2015 – August 31, 2018
Collaborative Research: Eddy Correlation and Chamber Measurements of Benthic Oxygen Fluxes
Source: U.S. NSF - Directorate For Geosciences
March 15, 2011 – February 28, 2015
Courses
Credits: 1–6
Original research usually involving a field or laboratory problem in the environmental sciences under the direction of one or more faculty members. The results may form the basis of an undergraduate thesis which is required to partially fulfill the Distinguished Majors Program in environmental sciences. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
Provides credit for doing work in pursuit of the undergraduate thesis option for majors in Environmental Science
Credits: 1–6
Individual or group study in developing or special areas of ecology and interrelated areas.
Credits: 1–12
For master's research, taken under the supervision of a thesis director.
Credits: 1–12
For master's thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director.
Credits: 1–12
Individual or group research on interdisciplinary problems in environmental sciences.
Credits: 1–12
For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected.
Credits: 1–12
For doctoral research, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director.