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Personal Information

• Born December 31, l943.
• Married to Yvette Mintzer, two children.

Education

• B.S. in Chemistry, Carnegie Institute of Technology, l965.
• Ph.D. in Geology, Columbia University, l970. Major Professor: Wallace S. Broecker.

Professional Experience

• Research Associate, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University, l97l-l972.
• Lecturer part time, State University of New York at Stony Brook, l97l.
• Assistant Professor of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, l972-l977.
• Associate Professor, l977-l982.
• Professor, l982-1997.
• Professor of Geosciences, Princeton University, 1997-.
• Visiting Researcher, Centre des Faibles Raidoactivities, CNRS-CEA, Gif sur Yvette, France, l983-l984 and 1992-1993.

Service (partial list)

• Manganese Nodule Program Scientific Advisory Committee, l978-l984; Executive Committee, l979-l983; director, l980-l982.
• Global Ocean Flux Program Steering Committee and Working Groups, 1985-1993.
• Associate Editor, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, l986-1990, 1993-2004.
• Visiting Committee, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999-present.
• OCTET Steering Committee, 1999-2002.
• NOAA CO2 Observations Advisory Group (Chair), 1999-2001.
• NRC Board on Atmospheric Science and Climate, 2004-present.
• Editorial Board member, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2002-present.

Honors

• Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, Fellow of the Geochemical Society, Patterson Medalist of the Geochemical Society, Member of the National Academy of Sciences.