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Michael Pilson

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Michael E. Q. Pilson
Emeritus Professor of Oceanography
Coastal Institute Bldg. , Room 323
401-874-6104

Educational Background

Ph.D., Marine Biology
M.S., Agr. Biochemistry
B.S., Chemistry-Biology,
Univ. of California, San Diego
McGill University, Canada
Bishop's University, Canada
1964
1959
1954

Areas of Specialization

Research

Michael Pilson's current interests include the chemistry of seawater, carbon dioxide, biochemistry and physiology of marine organisms, and nutrient cycling.

Teaching

Michael Pilson teaches the core course Chemical Oceanography (OCG 521).

Publications:

Soffientino, Bruno and Michael E. Q. Pilson. 2008.
Osservazioni intorno al Bosforo Tracio overo Canale di Constantinopoli Presented in a letter to Her Sacred Royal Majesty Queen Christina of Sweden, by Luigi Ferdinando Marsilii 1681: First English translation, with notes.
Earth Sciences History 28: 57-83.

Pilson, Michael E. Q. 2006.
We are evaporating our coal mines into the air.
Ambio 35: 130-133

Lohman, R., E. Jurado, M.E.Q. Pilson and J. Dachs. 2006.
Oceanic deep water formation as a sink of persistant organic pollutants.
Geophysical Research Letters 33: LXXXXX, doi:10.1029/2006GL025953.

Soffientino, Bruno and Michael E. Q. Pilson. 2005.
The Bosporus Strait: A special place in the history of oceanography.
Oceanography 18(2): 16-23.

Pilson, Michael E. Q. 1998.
An Introduction to the Chemistry of the Sea.
Prentice Hall Publ. Co. 431 pp.