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An American biological oceanographer, working principally on primary production
Paul G. Falkowski (born 1951) is an American
biological oceanographer in the
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences at
Rutgers University in
New Brunswick, New Jersey . His research work focuses on
phytoplankton and
primary production , and his wider interests include
evolution ,
paleoecology ,
photosynthesis ,
biogeochemical cycles and
astrobiology .
Early life and education
Born in
New York City in 1951, Falkowski was educated at the
City College of New York , where he received his
BSc. and
MSc. degrees.
[1] He completed his
doctoral thesis in biology and biophysics at the
University of British Columbia in 1975.
Career
After
postdoctoral research at the
University of Rhode Island , he moved to the
Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1976 to join its newly formed
oceanography department, and in 1998 he moved to Rutgers University. He received a
Guggenheim Fellowship in 1992, and was appointed as
Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor at the University of British Columbia in 1996.
Falkowski's research work has included studies of phytoplankton nutrient acquisition
[2] and the relationships with light of both phytoplankton
[3]
[4] and corals.
[5] He has also studied the biophysical controls on ocean
productivity
[6] and
export production ,
[7] and the importance of the
nitrogen
[8] and
iron cycles
[9] in ocean
biogeochemistry .
[10] His research has also drawn in
geoengineering ,
[11] astrobiology,
[12] and the evolution of groups including phytoplankton
[13] and
placental mammals .
[14] He is also a co-author, with
John Raven , of the influential textbook Aquatic Photosynthesis .
[15]
Awards and honours
He has been elected to a number of
learned societies including the
American Geophysical Union (2001), the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2002) and the
National Academy of Sciences (2007). He has also received a number of awards including the
A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences (1998),
[16] the
G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award (2000),
[17] the
European Geosciences Union Vernadsky Medal (2005)
[18] and the
ECI Prize (2010).
[19] In 2018, Paul Falkowski was nominated as a recipient of the
Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement for his work on phytoplankton as it relates to climate change impacts. He shares the 2018 Tyler Prize,
[20] [
circular reference ] known as the "Nobel Prize" of the environment, with fellow biological oceanographer Dr.
James J. McCarthy
[21] [
circular reference ] of Harvard University.
[22]
References
^
"Photosynthetic and atmospheric evolution: speaker biography" .
Royal Society . 2007-11-12. Retrieved 2009-12-11 .
^ Falkowski, P.G.; Stone, D.P. (1975). "Nitrate uptake in marine phytoplankton - energy-sources and interaction with carbon fixation". Mar. Biol . 32 : 77–84.
doi :
10.1007/BF00395161 .
S2CID
84548466 .
^ Falkowski, P.G.; Owens, T.G. (1980).
"Light—Shade Adaptation : TWO STRATEGIES IN MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON" . Plant Physiology . 66 (4): 592–595.
doi :
10.1104/pp.66.4.592 .
PMC
440685 .
PMID
16661484 .
^ Falkowski, P.G.; Dubinsky, Z.; Wyman, K. (1985).
"Growth-irradiance relationships in phytoplankton" . Limnology and Oceanography . 30 (2): 311–321.
Bibcode :
1985LimOc..30..311F .
doi :
10.4319/lo.1985.30.2.0311 .
^ Falkowski, P.G.; Dubinsky, Z. (1981). "Light-shade adaptation of Stylophora pistillata , a hermatypic coral from the Gulf of Eilat". Nature . 289 (5794): 172–174.
Bibcode :
1981Natur.289..172F .
doi :
10.1038/289172a0 .
S2CID
4280263 .
^ Falkowski, P.G.; et al. (1991). "Role of eddy pumping in enhancing primary production in the ocean". Nature . 352 (6330): 55–58.
Bibcode :
1991Natur.352...55F .
doi :
10.1038/352055a0 .
S2CID
4346005 .
^ Falkowski, P.G.; Biscaye, P.E.; Sancetta, C. (1994). "The lateral flux of biogenic particles from the eastern North-American continental-margin to the North-Atlantic Ocean". Deep-Sea Research Part II . 41 (2–3): 583–601.
Bibcode :
1994DSRII..41..583F .
doi :
10.1016/0967-0645(94)90036-1 .
^ Falkowski, P.G. (1997).
"Evolution of the nitrogen cycle and its influence on the biological sequestration of CO2 in the ocean" . Nature . 387 (6630): 272–275.
Bibcode :
1997Natur.387..272F .
doi :
10.1038/387272a0 .
S2CID
4326172 .
^ Behrenfeld, M.J.; et al. (1996). "Confirmation of iron limitation of phytoplankton photosynthesis in the equatorial Pacific Ocean". Nature . 383 (6600): 508–511.
Bibcode :
1996Natur.383..508B .
doi :
10.1038/383508a0 .
^ Falkowski, P.G.; Barber, R.T.; Smetacek, V. (1998). "Biogeochemical controls and feedbacks on ocean primary production". Science . 281 (5374): 200–2006.
doi :
10.1126/science.281.5374.200 .
PMID
9660741 .
^ Falkowski, P.G. (2002). "The ocean's invisible forest - Marine phytoplankton play a critical role in regulating the earth's climate. Could they also be used to combat global warming". Sci. Am . 287 (2): 54–61.
doi :
10.1038/scientificamerican0802-54 .
PMID
12140954 .
^ Marais, D.J.D.; et al. (2003).
"The NASA astrobiology roadmap" . Astrobiology . 3 (2): 219–235.
Bibcode :
2003AsBio...3..219D .
doi :
10.1089/153110703769016299 .
PMID
14577870 .
S2CID
54485619 .
^ Falkowski, P.G.; et al. (2004).
"The evolution of modern eukaryotic phytoplankton" (PDF) . Science . 305 (5682): 354–360.
Bibcode :
2004Sci...305..354F .
doi :
10.1126/science.1095964 .
PMID
15256663 .
S2CID
451773 .
^ Falkowski, P.G.; et al. (2005).
"The rise of oxygen over the past 205 million years and the evolution of large placental mammals" (PDF) . Science . 309 (5744): 2202–2204.
Bibcode :
2005Sci...309.2202F .
doi :
10.1126/science.1116047 .
PMID
16195457 .
S2CID
30238604 .
^ Falkowski, P.G.; Raven, J.A. (2007).
Aquatic Photosynthesis (2 ed.).
Princeton University Press .
ISBN
978-0-632-06139-6 .
^
"A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in Marine Science; Past Recipient, Dr. Paul Falkowski (1998)" .
A.G. Huntsman Foundation . 1998. Archived from
the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2009-12-11 .
^
"G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award" .
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography . 2009. Archived from
the original on 2009-08-28. Retrieved 2009-12-11 .
^
"Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky Medal 2005" .
European Geosciences Union . 2005. Retrieved 2009-12-11 .
^
"ECI Prize Laureates and Their Major Scientific Achievements" . Inter-Research Science Center. Retrieved 2013-05-14 .
^
Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
^
James McCarthy (oceanographer)
^
"Tyler Prize Honors Two Leaders in Marine and Climate Science" .
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