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Joseph P. Smith
Graduate Program: Ph.D. in Environmental, Coastal, and
Ocean Sciences
Field of Study: Environmental Biogeochemistry and Radiochemistry
Academic Background: M. S. in Environmental Science,
UMass, Boston, MA - 2003
B. S. in Physics, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD - 1993
Email Address: joe.smith@umb.edu
HomePage:
http://www.es.umb.edu/students/jps/index.html
http://www.es.umb.edu/students/jps/index.html
My research focuses on using radiochemical,
biogeochemical, and stable isotope tracers to study short-to-medium term
particle and contaminant dynamics in coastal marine systems. This includes
investigating the sources of materials in coastal systems and how physical,
chemical, and biological processes interact on different spatial and temporal
scales to determine fate of these materials. Other research areas that
I am interested in include: 1) Runoff, wastewater, and stormwater source
contaminant introduction and dynamics in urbanized estuaries; 2) Methane
hydrate formation and destabilization; 3) Human population growth, land
use, and anthopogenic perturbation of coastal marine systems; and 4) Climate
change and its effects on the global carbon cycle.