Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATIONAL DETAILS

  • 1971 –  B.S., St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York.
    • Cum Laude with Highest Honors in Geology.
  • 1974 –  Masters of Philosophy (M.Phil.), Marine Geology, Columbia University, New York,
  • 1977 –   Ph.D., Geochemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

  • Faculty Fellow at Columbia University, 1971-1977.
  • Research Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, July 1977-July 1982.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, August 1982-July 1985.
  • Visiting Research Scientist, Cornell University, June – August 1985.
  • Associate Professor, Department of Geology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, August 1985-1991.
  • Visiting Fellow, Department of Geology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, January-March 1990.
  • Visiting Fellow, Department of Geology, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, March – December 1990.
  • Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, August 1991- 2016
  • Graduate Coordinator August, 1995 – August, 2005.
  • Visiting Research Scientist- Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute – June, 2001- November, 2001.
  • Visiting Professor at Institut de Physique du Globe (IPGP), University of Paris, Feb -May, 2002.
  • Associate Faculty, Department of Geology, Florida State University (2009-2012)
  • Chair, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, July 2007 – Sept. 2013
  • University Associate, University of Tasmania, Hobart Australia, (2015-2017)
  • Distinguished Professor, University of Florida (2016 – present)

 

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

  • Outstanding Teacher Award, UF College of Liberal Arts and Science, April 1986
  • Teacher of the Year – Semifinalist, UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 1989
  • Excellence in Undergraduate Education Award – UF, CLAS, April 1989
  • Teaching Improvement Award, University of Florida, 1995
  • Recipient of UF Productivity Achievement Award, 1997
  • Professional Excellence Award; UF, 1998
  • Anderson/CLAS Scholar Faculty Honoree –numerous years
  • UF Flint Term Professor, 1999-2000
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America, 2008
  • UF Research Foundation Professor, 2011-2014
  • Exemplary Teaching Activity Award, On the Cutting Edge, NAGT, 2012
  • Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, 2013
  • Visiting Scholar at the School of Physical Sciences – CODES, University of Tasmania and Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), Hobart, Tasmania (July, 2014)
  • University Associate, University of Tasmania, Hobart Australia, (2015-2017)
  • Trustee and EXCOM, Consortium for Ocean Leadership, (2010-2017)
  • Awarded 2016 PROSE Award for Earth Science from the Association of American Publishers, Inc. Presented on February 4, 2016 in Washington, DC. for “Discovering the Deep: A Photographic Atlas of the Seafloor”, Cambridge University Press.
  • Tuve Fellow, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington DC. (2017)

RESEARCH AWARDS AND GRANTS

              Total awards > $4.5M

  • Research Support Grant for new faculty U.F. Division of Sponsored Research (1983).
  • Geochemical Studies of Submarine Volcanic Rocks and Sediments from the Woodlark Basin; National Science Foundation Research Grant, 1/1/84 to 6/30/86; M. Perfit, PI.
  • Instrumentation Improvement:  Purchase of a High-Precision X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer National Science Foundation; 8/1/85 to 1/31/87; M. Perfit, PI.
  • Marine Geologic and Petrochemical Studies of the Galapagos Rift using ALVIN. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (1985-87); M. Perfit, PI.
  • Special Allocation Award. U.F. Division of Sponsored Research – (1985-87)
  • Sea MARC, II Investigation of Sea floor Along the East Pacific Rise, National Science Foundation; (1986-88). M. Perfit, Co-PI.
  • Geochemical and Tectonic Studies of Accretionary Magmas and Associated Massive Sulfide Deposits. National Science Foundation; 11/1/87 to 10/31/89; M. Perfit, PI.
  • Chemical and Isotopic Study of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks from Leg 114. JOI Science Support Program; 1987-1988;  Co-PI with Mueller
  • Geochemical and Tectonic Studies of Accretionary Processes along the Eastern Galapagos Rift and Juan de Fuca Ridge, NSF-OCE, $103,888, 12/89-2/92 (extended to 2/93) M. Perfit, PI.
  • ALVIN Diving on the East Pacific Rise 9°-10° North:  Hydrothermal, Volcanological and Geochemical Studies in Support of ODP Bare-rock Drilling; NSF-OCE, $46,599 (subcontract to Columbia University), 3/1/91 to 2/28/95, M. Perfit, co-investigator.
  • Geology and Geochemistry of the Maimon Formation and Associated Massive Sulfide; NSF, $8,000, M. Perfit, co-investigator (with J. Lewis, George Washington U.).
  • Geochemical and Tectonic Studies of Accretionary Processes along the Eastern Galapagos Rift and Juan de Fuca Ridge, NSF-OCE, $163,888 (total), 1/91- 8/94), M. Perfit, PI.
  • Supplement to “Geochemical and Tectonic Studies of Accretionary Processes along the Eastern Galapagos Rift and Juan de Fuca Ridge, NSF-OCE, additional $60,000 (extends project to 8/94), M. Perfit, PI.
  • ALVIN Diving in the Intra-Transform Spreading Centers of the Siqueiros Transform;  NSF-OCE, $139,773 , 3/1/91 to 2/28/95, M. Perfit, PI.
  • Support of the Office of the Deep Submergence Science Committee Chair, $17,500 (1997) $17,435 (1996)  $17,999 (1995), University of Rhode Island (UNOLS Office). M. Perfit
  • The University of Florida Laboratory for Advanced Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS Integration and Analysis to Regional and Global Environmental Assessments; NASA, co-PI with M. Binford, $94,952, 1997.
  • Acquisition of a new TIMS for ocean and earth science at the University of Florida. Geosciences  NSF- ARI/Instrumentation and Facilities; $428,460 ; 9/1/96 to 8/31/02 with P. Mueller and others
  • Geochemical and Volcanological Investigations of the Axial Summit Caldera and Crestal Plateau of the East Pacific Rise 9°-10° N, NSF-RIDGE, $151,799 (UF total) includes $55,626 sub-contract to WHOI, 5/1/94 to 4/30/98, M. Perfit PI (with D. Fornari, WHOI)
  • Temporal Evolution of Hydrothermal, Volcanic and Geologic Properties of the EPR 9°-10° N following the 1991 Eruption, NSF-RIDGE, $95,234, 12/15/96 to 12/31/01; K. Von Damm, Univ. New Hampshire, PI, M. Perfit, and 4 others co-PIs.
  • Upgrade for X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer in the Department of Geological Sciences: A Supplement. NSF-OCE, $24,835, plus $15K matching from UF. M. Perfit, PI.
  • Acquisition of an Electron Microanalyzer at Florida International University: A Regional Facility, NSF, $569,500 (co-I with G. Sen from FIU and 5 others)
  • Neotectonics and Geochemistry of Alkalic Volcanic Centers in the Tabar-to-Feni Island Chain: Participation in Project EDISON. NSF-OCE; $46,473, Co-PI.
  • Acquisition of a Noble Gas Mass Spectrometer for Geochronology and Isotopic Studies at the University of Florida. $280,000 NSF-EAR. Co-investigator.
  • Magmatic events on the East Pacific Rise, 20° N-20°S: Ground-truthing T-phase data from the NOAA autonomous hydrophone array. NSF, co-PI, $57,606, 1998-2003.
  • Tectonomagmatic Cycles and the Formation of Oceanic Crust at the Cleft Segment of the Southern Juan de Fuca Ridge. NSF-OCE, $229,343 plus $45,920 supplement, 8/1/02 to 1/31/07, M. Perfit, PI.
  • MORB Petrogenesis and Crustal Development on the East Pacific Rise from 8°-10° N; an Accomplishment-based renewal. NSF-OCE, $185,079, 3/1/02 to 1/31/05, $58,955 supplement to 1/31/07.
  • Technical Support for a new ICP-MS Laboratory for Earth and Ocean Science Research at the University of Florida. NSF, Instrumentation and Facilities, $217,901, 9/1/04 to 8/31/09, M. Perfit co-PI with Mueller, Foster, Hodell, Martin
  • Collaborative Research: Origin, Timing, and Significance of Millennial- Scale Ice-Rafted Detritus (IRD) Events in the Southern Ocean during the last Ice Age. NSF-OCE, 2/1/04 – 2/29/08, $346,763, with D. Hodell and others.
  • Supplement to: Tectonomagmatic Cycles and the Formation of Oceanic Crust at the Cleft Segment of the Southern Juan de Fuca Ridge. NSF-OCE, $229,343, M. Perfit, PI; Co I M. Smith additional year funding to do education and outreach  $45,920.
  • Collaborative Research: Anatomy of an Overlapping Spreading Center: Geochemical and Geological Study of the EPR 9° 03’ OSC.  NSF-OCE;  9/15/06 to 8/31/10, Collaboration with Duke Univ. and U. of South Carolina, UF portion $200,952.
  • Collaborative Research:  From Local to Extreme Environments: Deepening Earth System Science Understanding with GLOBE. NSF- GEO. $882,352 (UF Portion $12,270), 08/15/06 -07/31/10, M. Perfit and M. Smith; Co-I.
  • Geochemical Characterization of Lavas from the 2005-06 EPR Eruption at 9° 50’ N: Implications for Magma Genesis, Evolution, and Transport along a Fast Spreading Mid-Ocean Ridge; NSF-OCE RIDGE2000; 07/01/08 -06/30/11; $255,389
  • Collaborative Research: Probing mantle plumbing systems beneath Pacific ridges through study of the Lamont and Vance Seamounts; 09/01/08 -08/31/12; NSF OCE $157,868
  • Multi-Disciplinary Planetary Science at UCF and UF, UCF/ Space Research Initiative, Total $1.2M, UF portion $480K, (Funded 2009 -2012).
  • Collaborative Research: Investigating MORB differentiation through non-traditional stable isotope analyses, NSF-OCE, 03/01/011- 02/29/16 (with extension); UF portion $238,000
  • An Integrated Geochemical and Geodynamical Approach to the Origin of Off-axis Melt Production at a Range of Mid-ocean Ridge Settings.  Perfit and Walters Co-PIs, NSF-OCE, $196,048, 7/1/12 -6/30/15 (in no-cost extension)
  • MRI: Acquisition of a High Resolution Electron Probe Micro-Analyzer, Co-PI, NSF-MRI Total Award Amount: $903,000, 09/01/14- 8/31/16
  • Collaborative Research: Melting in the Off-Axis Environment Interdisciplinary Field and Modeling Studies of the 8° 20’N Seamount Chain, EPR, Co-PI, NSF-OCE; UF portion $145,459, 07/01/15 – 6/30/17 (with P. Gregg and D. Fornari)
  • Collaborative Development of High Spatial Resolution Trace Element Applications for Earth Systems and Materials Science; Research Opportunity Fund (UF), P0042305. $98,479, 6/1/17 – 5/31/19. PIs Foster, Perfit, Manuel, Dempere;
  • EAGER: Early Career Training Cruise Opportunity – East Pacific Rise 9° 50’N – Possible Recent Volcanic Eruption Surveying and Sampling -December 2018. NSF-OCE; $72,140, May 2018 – 2019; Patricia M. Gregg (University of Illinois), V. Dorsey Wanless (Boise State Univ), Daniel J. Fornari (WHOI), Michael R. Perfit.
  • NSF/OCE Supplement to “Melting in the Off-axis environment” 07/12/18- 07/31/19, $9,684.

 

SCIENTIFIC AFFILIATIONS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS (Since 1993)

  • Member: Geological Society of America; American Geophysical Union; Geochemical Society, Sigma Xi and Sigma Gamma Epsilon.
  • Geology Advisor and Book Reviewer, Plenum Publishers (1992-1999)
  • Associate Editor of Reviews of Geophysics (1993-2002)
  • Panel Member : JOIDES Lithosphere Panel and Sedimented Ridge DPG (1988-1991).
  • RIDGE Observatory Experiment participant (1993)
  • Chair- NSF/Ocean Drilling Program Review Panel U.S. Science Support Program Plan (1993)
  • Inter RIDGE Keynote Speaker on Ridge Segmentation (1993)
  • Blue Ribbon Panel Member to review the National Undersea Research Program (1995)
  • Symposium Chair- IUGG Meeting (Submarine Volcanism-July 1995)
  • RIDGE Observatory Experiment participant (1993)
  • RIDGE RISES Planning Meeting section chair (1994)
  • Editorial advisor for the BBC (UK) and University Science Books (1995)
  • Special Emphasis Panel in Geosciences, US Science Support Program for ODP (1996)
  • RIDGE, Event Detection and Response; panel leader (1997)
  • DESCEND, Deep Submergence Workshop; Group Leader (1999)
  • National Deep Submergence Science Committee (DESSC), Chair, 1995-1999
  • University National Oceanographic Laboratory System Council member (1995-1999)
  • RIDGE RISES Planning Meeting section chair (1994)
  • Special Emphasis Panel in Geosciences, US Science Support Program for ODP (1996)
  • NSF CAREER Panel Member (November, 2004)
  • Steering Committee Member RIDGE (2002) –Executive Committee (2003-2006)
  • NSF Marine Geology and Geophysics Data Systems Advisory Committee (2005-2007)
  • Chair of Education and Outreach Advisory Committee – RIDGE 2000 (2004-2007).
  • Distinguished Lecturer: RIDGE2000 NSF Program (2006-2008)
  • NSF Ocean Sciences Review Panel Member (Fall 2005, Spring 2013, Spring 2018)
  • Texas Earth and Space Science Revolution, Instructor UT Austin (2009)
  • Geological Society of America, Geology and Public Policy Committee; Sustaining Geoscience Education and Departments at the College/University Level (2009-2010)
  • NSF Frontiers of Earth Systems Dynamics, Panel Member (2010-2011)
  • Consortium for Ocean Leadership, Washington DC, UF Representative (2009-present)
    • Board of Trustees (2011-2017) and Executive Committee Member (2012-2013),
    • Chair, Scientific Ocean Drilling Subcommittee, Consortium for Ocean Leadership (2012-2017); Chair, Nominating Committee (2012); Public Policy Committee, (2011-2017); Finance Committee (2013-2017)
  • Fellows Committee, American Geophysical Union, Volcanology, Geochemistry, Petrology Division (2014-present); Chair (2015 -2019)
  • Commission on Submarine Volcanism (Co-founder), International Association of Volcanism and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior (IAVCEI) (2014-present).

 

SERVICE: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

  • Advisor, UF Geology Club and Sigma Gamma Epsilon (1982-1987)
  • Graduate Admissions Committee  (1983-1995).
  • Merit Pay Committee member  (1985-1987).
  • Graduate Coordinator Geological Sciences (1995 -2005)
  • Geology Dept. Executive Committee (1995-2005)
  • Field Camp Committee (1982- 1998)
  • Honors Faculty (1987-present)
  • Faculty Senator (1992-1994)
  • Member of Departmental Strategic Planning Committee (1993-1994)
  • Chair Departmental Curriculum Committee (1993-1996)
  • Member of Search and Screen Committee for Low-T Geochemists (1994)
  • Chair, Search and Screen Committee – Tectonics and Hydrogeology (1997)
  • Member, Fellowship Task Force, ORTGE (1996)
  • Member, Graduate Student Travel selection committee (1997)
  • Member, CLAS TIP Committee (1996)
  • Member, CLAS Dissertation Fellowship Committee (1996-98)
  • Member, CLAS Graduate Fellowship Committee (1997-1998)
  • Member, CLAS Search Committee for Associate Dean (1998)
  • Departmental Strategic Planning Committee (1993-1994)
  • CLAS Faculty Affairs Search Committee (1998)
  • Graduate Council Member (1997- 2000)
  • Lab host in Junior Science, Engineering and Humanities Symposium (various)
  • CLAS Step Committee (2002)
  • Chair, Department of Geological Sciences (2007 – 2013)
  • Affiliate Faculty, UF Water Institute (2007- present)
  • PRIME Proposal Review Committee (2009)
  • UFTeach, organizational committee member (2009 – 2013)
  • Outside member of Chemistry Department Chair Search and Screen (2012)
  • Outside member of Physics Department Chair Search and Screen (2013)
  • Marine Sciences Advisory Committee (2012-2015)
  • Graduation Marshall (May 2015)
  • Search Committee for CLAS Associate Dean, (Fall 2015)
  • Chair, Visibility Committee, Dept. Geological Sciences, (2014 – present)
  • Member SEA (Science Engineering Arts) Change committee (2012 – present)
  • Merit Pay Committee, Geological Sciences, (2014-2017)
  • Chair Search Committee; Petrology-GeochemistryAssistant Professor Search
  • Member, Curriculum Committee
  • Chair, Visibility Committee including Twitter (Gator_Geology) and Facebook (Gator Geology moderator)
  • Geologic Sciences Advisory Board, Member
  • Twitter tweeter (Gator_Geology), Facebook moderator (Gator Geology

TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

  • Courses Taught and Developed: Introductory Geology, Honors Physical Geology, Oceanography, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Silicate Mineralogy, Advanced Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology*, Advanced Igneous Geochemistry*, Marine Geology, Special Topics in Tectonics and Geochemistry*, Geochemistry Seminar, Analytical Methods*, Summer Field Camp. *New classes developed
  •  Co-Developed Marine Sciences Interdisciplinary Major in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and team-taught Introduction to Marine Sciences* (2011- 2015)

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor: 7 PhD, 22 MS, 3 MST; 13 undergraduate Honors theses; Current, 1 PhD

Ph.D. committee member in Statistics, Chemistry at UF, Geology at Florida State Univ.

Masters theses external evaluator, Queensland University of Technology, 2010, 2017.

Post Doctoral Researchers Mentor– Adam Goss (2007-2010), Rachel Walters (2010 -2014)

 

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

  • Geology Advisor, Plenum Publishers (1992-2001)
  • Geological Society of America Campus Representative (1983-2006).
  • Campus Representative, Student Conservation Society (1983-2006).
  • Alachua County School Volunteer (1984-present).
  • Alachua County Science Fair Judge (various, Regional Chair Earth Science 2006-7)
  • Gainesville High School Volunteer (1992-2000)
  • St. Lawrence University Regional Admissions Representative (1982-1993).
  • Editorial advisor for the BBC (UK) and University Science Books (1995)
  • Served as member of outside promotional review panel for Columbia University, Colgate University, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Central Washington University, University of Victoria, Oregon State University, Carnegie Institution, DTM, Indiana University, University of Hawaii, Boston University, Univ. Wisconsin.
  • Associate Editor of Reviews of Geophysics (1993-2005)
  • Proposal reviewer; NSF; National Undersea Research Program, Ocean Drilling Program, Australian Research Council, Smithsonian Research Division, National Geographic, Lawrence Livermore Laboratories, Canadian Research Council, National Environmental Research Council (NERC), UK; Australian Research Council.
  • American Geophysical Union (AGU) /Geochemical Society Joint Advisory Committee for publications (2005 – 2010)
  • Alumni Advisory Board, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (2013 – present)
  • Commission Co-leader, Commission on Submarine Volcanism, International Association of Volcanism and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior (IAVCEI), (2014 – present).
  • Columbia University Representative at President Fuchs’ Inauguration (Nov. 4, 2015)
  • Discussion (Geology) Leader DESCEND (DEveloping Submergence SCiencE for the Next Decade) meeting Harvard (January 14-15, 2015)
  • Program Committee and Co-Convener, AGU Chapman Conference  – Submarine Volcanism: New Approaches and Research Frontiers, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. 1/29/17 -2/3/17.
  • Geochemical Society, Finance Committee Member (2015-present)
  • Member, AGU Art and Science Group, advisory committee for AGU (2016 -2017)
  • UF Representative, Consortium for Ocean Leadership, Washington DC.
  • Alumni Advisory Board, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

FIELD REARCH AND INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CRUISES

  • R/V Eastward Cruise E31-f, Cayman Trough, Nicaragua Rise, Cayman Ridge (1972)
  • R/V Eastward Cruise E23-j, Puerto Rico Trench and Anegada Passage (1973)
  • Fieldwork, Aleutian Islands, (1974, 1975, 1999).
  • Fieldwork, Dominican Republic (1982,1983,1987)
  • Petrochemist on Leg IV of Kana Keoki cruise to the Woodlark Basin (1982).
  • Co-investigator and dive participant on RV Kila and submersible Makalii, Hawaiian Islands (1985).
  • Co-investigator and dive participant on RV Atlantis II and ALVIN on Galapagos Rift, Leg 112 (1985).
  • Co-investigator, RV Moana Wave, Sea MARC II investigation of East Pacific Rise (1987).
  • Three months teaching and mapping in Colorado (1983-1986).
  • Co-investigator and dive participant on RV Atlantis II and ALVIN on Juan de Fuca Ridge, NOAA VENTS Program, Leg 118 (1988).
  • Co-investigator and dive participant on RV Atlantis II and ALVIN on the East Pacific Rise Adventure Cruise AII 125-24  (April 1991)
  • Co-Chief Scientist on RV Atlantis II and ALVIN investigation of the Siqueiros Transform Cruise (AII 125-25) (May 1991)
  • Co-Chief Scientist on RV Atlantis II and ALVIN investigation of EPR at 9° 30’N off-axis volcanism (AII 125-38) Feb-March 1992
  • Co-PI and dive participant on RV Atlantis II and ALVIN on the East Pacific Rise Adventure Cruise AII 131 (March-April 1994)
  • Co-PI and dive participant on RV Atlantis II and ALVIN on the Juan de Fuca Ridge (June – July, 1994)
  • Co-PI HYDROTRACE Expedition, RV SONNE (German-Canadian -US) cooperative program on the Juan de Fuca Ridge (July 1996)
  • Co-PI EDISON II Expedition, RV SONNE Multinational Cooperative Program in Papua New Guinea, (July 1998).
  • Co-PI, RV T Thompson, NeMO ’99 cruise – Axial Seamount, Juan de Fuca Ridge (June 1999).
  • Cooperative Research with University of Alaska, Fairbanks and Franklin and Marshall College; Mapping on Unalaska Is. AK (July 1999)
  • Co-Chief Scientist RV Melville; AHA-Nemo2 Expedition – Central East Pacific Rise and Galapagos Spreading Center,  March-April 2000.
  • Co-Chief Scientist, RV Western Flyer – Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Expedition to the S. Juan de Fuca Ridge using the ROV Tiburon (July 2000 and 2002)
  • Science Party- Atlantis-ALVIN cruise East Pacific Rise (February 2004)
  • Co-Chief Scientist, RV Western Flyer – Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Expedition to the Endeavour  and S. Juan de Fuca Ridge (Sept. 2004)
  • Science Party – RV Atlantis-ALVIN, East Pacific Rise (June 2006) RESET06 RIDGE Response Cruise
  • Co-PI Vance Seamount Cruise; RV Western Flyer – Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Expedition to the Vance Seamounts, Juan de Fuca Ridge (August 2006)
  • Co-Chief Scientist East Pacific Rise, 9° 03’N Overlapping Spreading Center (MEDUSA) cruise; RV Atlantis – Jason 2, (March- April 2007).
  • Field research Oman Ophiolite – February 2013
  • Science Party – Axial Seamount- RV Western Flyer – Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Expedition, (August 2012 and 2013).
  • Co-Chief Scientist, 8°20’N Seamount Chain, East Pacific Rise. OASIS Cruise (Off-Axis Seamount Investigations at Siqueiros); RV Atlantis – ALVIN, SENTRY, (November, 2016)
  • Co-Chief Scientist, EAGER Cruise 8°20’N Seamount Chain and East Pacific Rise. OASIS2 Cruise (Off-Axis Seamount Investigations at Siqueiros); RV Atlantis – ALVIN, SENTRY, (December, 2018)

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES

  • Alachua County Resource Volunteer; frequently present results of ocean floor research to grade-school to high school classes, provide teachers with teaching aids.
  • Graduate Coordinator and Chair of Graduate Committee (1995-2005); Instrumental in developing the graduate and undergraduate curricula, advising graduate students
  • Encyclopedia Author: Written 4 articles for general audiences on mid-ocean ridges and volcanism.
  • Lab Host and speaker for Center for Precollegiate Education and Training, (1998-present).
  • Lab Host, Annual Junior Science, engineering and Humanities Symposium (2003-2011)
  • Campus Representative, Student Conservation Society (1983-2009).
  • Alachua County Science Fair Judge (various years)
  • Mentor for high school student Sarah Langberg (2003-2004):  Most Outstanding Speaker” and “Most Outstanding Research Paper” awards at UF; research project was awarded “grand prize” at the 2004 INTEL world competition.
  • RIDGE2000 – Education and Outreach committee; Chair (2003 – 2009)
  • UF Museum of Natural History: Participant in “Collections Day” and “Can You Dig It” (2007- 2019)
  • Advisor for Brazil Scientific Mobility Program: research program for Brazilian undergrad student Julia Goncalves during Summer 2015 as part of the sponsored by the Institute of International Education and UF (May 18 to Aug. 14, 2015)
  • “Talk to a Scientist” participant (2016), Gainesville.
  • Member of SEA Change (Science, Engineering and Arts Change) at UF that promotes the use of art in science and engineering and visa versa
  • Co-PI on “OASIS-EGOS” (Engagement of Girls in the Ocean Sciences) Curriculum Project” with the Campus Middle School for Girls at University of Illinois August 2016, that will follow our November 2016 cruise in real time.
  • University Scholars Program Mentor (various years – presently mentoring 3 students)