College of Marine Science Overview http www marine

College of Marine Science Overview http: //www. marine. usf. edu

~ Saint Petersburg, Florida ~ United States Geological Survey International Oceans Institute (IOI)

2006 -2007 • C. W. Young Marine Science Complex: Knight Oceanographic Research Center, MSL building, COT/SRI • 26 Tenure-track Faculty • 118 graduate students (M. S. and Ph. D. ) • ~$21 Million in research funding • ~$5. 7 Million in private support

Academics • Degrees offered: §Master of Science (MS) §Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D) • Areas of Study: §Biological Oceanography §Chemical Oceanography §Geological Oceanography §Physical Oceanography §Ocean Technology

Biological Oceanography • Research topics: • Courses offered: §Fish/marine mammals §Zoo/phytoplankton §Coral reef health §Water quality §Remote sensing §Biological Oceanography §Marine Microbiology §Zooplankton Dynamics §Environmental Virology §Coral Reef Ecology §Ecological Physiology §Deep Sea Biology §Phytoplankton Ecology

Chemical Oceanography • Research topics: • Courses offered: §Particulate material §Chemical sedimentology §Carbonate system §Trace metals §Nutrient dynamics §Radionuclides §Bioaccumulation §Modeling § Chemical Oceanography § Marine Pollution § Mass Spectrometry § Physical Chemistry of Seawater § Biogeochemistry § Basic Clean Room Techniques § Applications of Gas Chromatography

Geological Oceanography • Research topics: • Courses offered: §Coral reef ecology §Paleoceanography §Deep-sea sediments §Micropaleontology §Sea level change §Plate tectonics §Paleoclimatology §Geological Oceanography §Marine Isotope Geochemistry §Geology of Continental Margins §Natural Disasters §Marine Paleoecology §Advanced Carbonate Sedimentology §Principles of Sequence Stratigraphy

Physical Oceanography • Research topics: • Courses offered: § Ocean optics § Ocean circulation § Modeling § Ocean observing systems § Sea level change § Physical Oceanography § Ocean Circulation I & II § Ocean Modeling § Radiative Transfer § Ocean Waves § Turbulence and Boundary Layers § Oceanic Microstructure § Introduction to Satellite Oceanography

Center for Ocean Technology • Recent partnership with SRI International • Instrumentation under development §SIPPER §SEAS §Port Scanner §ROBOT §MEMS §BSOP § Wave energy buoy § Underwater mass spectrometers

Education and Outreach • Executive Internships • GK 12 Program • Oceanography Camp for Girls • Teacher and community workshops • Community, Science and Environmental Policy Brown Bag Discussion

Fellowships § Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship § Elsie and William Knight, Jr. Endowed Fellowship § St. Petersburg Progress Endowed Fellowship in Coastal Science § John and Katharine Ann Lake Endowed Fellowship § Gulf Oceanic Trust Fellowship § Paul Getting Memorial Endowed Fellowship § C. W. Bill Young Fellowship § Robert M. Garrells Fellowship § Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club Endowed Fellowship § Von Rosenstiel Fellowships § Wachovia Bank Fellowship § Carl Riggs Endowed Fellowship § Tampa Bay Parrot Head Endowment