Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry
Studying marine ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles in the face of environmental change
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Scientific Steering Committee

The Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Scientific Steering Committee (OCB-SSC) was formed in February 2006. The OCB-SSC was created jointly by NSF, NASA and NOAA to provide critical leadership to the OCB community by helping to identify research priorities and promote, plan, and coordinate collaborative, multidisciplinary research opportunities in ocean biogeochemistry. SSC members serve a term of three years. Parentheses indicate term end (end of year) for each member.

Jeff Bowman (SIO) (2024) - microbial ecology, bioinformatics, coastal and high latitude ecosystems, modeling

Randelle Bundy (UW) (2023) - cycling of bioactive trace metals, chemical speciation of iron, copper, nickel and cobalt, impacts on microbial community structure in the ocean, connecting trace metals with productivity and the carbon cycle

Dreux Chappell (ODU) (2025) (Vice Chair)- molecular microbial ecology, phytoplankton cultivation/physiology, and trace metal biogeochemistry

Anela Choy (Scripps Inst. Oceanography) - how organic matter flows through and connects species and assemblages, as driven by feeding and movement

Victoria Coles (UMCES) (2023) (Chair) - observation and modeling of ocean and estuarine circulation; climate impact; biogeochemical, ecological, and genomic modeling

Susanne Craig (NASA GSFC) (2024) - satellite RS, bio-optics, machine learning techniques and ocean color algorithm development

Tim DeVries (UCSB) (2024) - carbon cycle modeling (bio & solub pumps), inverse modeling of ocean circulation and mixing, carbon sequestration/Ocean CDR

Zachary Erickson (early career) (NOAA PMEL) (2024) - biophysical interactions

Xinping Hu (Texas A&M Univ-Corpus Christi) (2023) - estuarine carbon cycle under changing climate conditions and marginal sea acidification

Jessica Luo (NOAA/GFDL) - plankton ecology, food webs, and biogeochemical dynamics

Susanne Menden-Deuer (URI) (2023) - marine planktonic food web structure and function, plankton ecology

David “Roo” Nicholson (Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.) - global biogeochemical cycles in the context of a changing climate, cycling of dissolved gases, including oxygen, carbon dioxide, methane and the noble gases

Emily Osborne (NOAA/AOML) (2023) - ocean biogeochemistry, emphasis on evaluating ocean carbon dynamics and associated impacts to calcifying marine organisms, ocean observations, climate change impacts, paleoclimate

Shaily Rahman (Univ Colorado, Boulder) (2024) - sedimentary expertise

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Jeff Bowman
Randelle Bundy
Randelle Bundy
Dreux Chappell
Dreux Chappell
Anela Choy
Anela Choy
Victoria Coles
Victoria Coles
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Susanne Craig
Tim DeVries picture
Tim DeVries
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Zach Erickson
Xinping Hu
Xinping Hu
Jessica Luo
Jessica Luo
Susanne Menden-Deuer
Susanne Menden-Deuer
David Nicholson
David Nicholson
Emily Osborne
Emily Osborne
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Shaily Rahman

View OCB SSC Charge and OCB SSC Terms of Reference

View history of OCB SSC membership (2006-present).

View recent SSC minutes - 2022 SSC minutes, 2021 SSC minutes (to view SSC minutes prior to 2020, please contact Heather Benway)

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Funding for the Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry Project Office is provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The OCB Project Office is housed at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.