Distinguished Professor of Earth Sciences

Research Interests:

• The role and fluxes of fluids and solutes in subduction zones and ridge-crests
• Marine gas hydrates and implications for the C cycle and global change
• Chemical paleoceanography
• The geochemistry and diagenesis of marine sediments and the implications for paleoceanographic interpretations
• The origin of marine authigenic minerals: phosphates, dolomites, silicates (cherts), and barites, and their potential as recorders of seawater chemistry

Degrees:

• M.S., Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Ph.D., Harvard University