Craig A. Carlson | |
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Born | 1963 (age 60–61) |
Citizenship | US |
Education | |
Partner | Alison née Capstick |
Children | 3 |
Scientific career | |
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Craig Alexander Carlson (born 1963) is an American oceanographer. He is a founding co- editor of the Annual Review of Marine Science and a recipient of the 2015 G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award.
Craig Alexander Carlson was born to parents Paula née Barbuto and David Carlson. [1] [2] He attended Colby College, graduating with his bachelor's degree in 1986. [3] He then attended the University of Maryland for a PhD in marine science, graduating in 1994 under the advisorship of Hugh Ducklow. [4] [1]
He completed a postdoctoral appointment at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) where he researched the biogeochemical cycling of dissolved organic carbon in marine systems. He became a faculty member at BIOS in 1996. In 2001, he joined the University of California, Santa Barbara in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology. [4] In 2009, he was a founding co- editor of the Annual Review of Marine Science; he is still co-editor as of 2021. [5] [6]
In 2002, he was the first recipient of the Ocean Sciences Early Career Award from the American Geophysical Union. [7] In 2015, he was awarded the G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award from the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography for his contributions to understanding how dissolved organic carbon relates to microbes. [3] In 2018, he was named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. [8]
He is married to Alison née Capstick; they have three children together. [1] [9]