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Michael E. Q. Pilson

Coastal Institute Bldg. , Room 323

pilson@gso.uri.edu

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:

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.