Human Influences
Ed Boyle
Professor of Ocean Geochemistry; Director of WHOI-MIT Joint Program Home Phone: 617-253-2288 Personal Email: eaboyle@mit.edu Interest Areas: chemical oceanography, biogeochemistry Website WebsiteMarine chemistry: distribution of trace elements in the ocean and their use as paleochemical tracers; response of the ocean to anthropogenic lead emissions; relation between dust, iron in the ocean, and marine biological activity.
Kerry Emanuel
Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Atmospheric Science Home Phone: (617) 253-2462 Personal Email: emanuel@mit.edu Interest Areas: atmospheric convection, hurricanes Website WebsiteAtmospheric convection; interaction of hurricanes with the ocean.
Philip M. Gschwend
Ford Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Home Phone: (617) 253-1638 Personal Email: pmgschwe@mit.edu Interest Areas: environmental organic chemistry Website WebsiteEnvironmental organic chemistry: phase exchanges and transformation processes; the modeling of fates of organic pollutants; the roles of colloids and black carbons; and passive sampling for site evaluation.
Harry F. Hemond
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Home Phone: (617) 253-1637 Personal Email: hfhemond@mit.edu Interest Areas: biogeochemistry, renewable energy Website WebsiteEarth’s biochemical cycles and development of novel observational systems to study those cycles; methods to interact sustainably with the natural environment.
Heidi Nepf
Professor, Margaret MacVicar Fellow in Civil and Environmental Engineering Home Phone: (617) 253-8622 Personal Email: hmnepf@mit.edu Interest Areas: fluid mechanics, ecology Website WebsitePhysical mechanisms which affect the transport and fate of contaminants and nutrients in surface water systems; wetland hydrodynamics, vegetated flow dynamics, and lake physics.
