S Bradley Moran | URI Graduate School of Oceanography

S. Bradley Moran

Professor of Oceanography

Horn 211

moran@gso.uri.edu

(401) 874-6530

Educational Background

Ph.D., Oceanography
B.Sc., Chemistry, Institute for Co-operative Education

Dalhousie University
Concordia University

1991
1985

Areas of Specialization

Research

Application of U-series and artificial radionuclides as tracers of marine geochemical processes, including; Arctic oceanography, particle and carbon dynamics, coastal groundwater transport, environmental radioactivity. Fostering the economic development of energy and environmental research, technology, and education among University and private sector partners. Over 90 peer-reviewed journal and book publications, and participant in 60 research cruises.

Teaching

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT: Initiated the development of the "Blue MBA" Masters of Business Administration-Masters of Oceanography (MBA-MO) dual degree, which has the goal of educating future leaders in the strategic management of global change opportunities. COURSE DEVELOPMENT AND TEACHING: OCG 451 Oceanographic Science (co-taught with D.C. Smith); OCG 640 Marine Particles; OCG 694F Radionuclides in the Ocean.

Outreach

ADMINISTRATION AND PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS: Program Director, Chemical Oceanography Program, NSF, 2012 to present. Special Assistant to the Vice President for Research, URI, 2010 - 2011. Assistant Vice President for Research Administration, URI, 2008 - 2010. Co-PI and Co-Director, NSF RI EPSCoR, 2009 - 2011. Adjunct Scientist, BIOS, Inc., Bermuda, 2006 to present. Adjunct Faculty, University of Tennessee, 2003 - 2006. EDITORIAL AND ADVISORY BOARDS, REVIEW PANELS: Editorial Board, Journal of Marine Research, 2010 - 2014. Editorial Advisory Board, CLEAN – Soil, Air, Water, 2007 - 2011. NSF MRI/OT Review Panel, 2011. NSF Chemical Oceanography Review Panel, 1996, 1998, 2008. NOAA Ocean Exploration Program Review Panel, 2003. NSF Integrated Carbon Cycle Program Review Panel, 2002. NSF Office of Polar Programs, RAISE Review Panel, 1999. VISITING SCIENTIST/LECTURER: IAEA Expert Lecturer: Indonesia, 2009; India, 2008; Monaco, 2007. Visiting Scientist, Alfred-Wegener Institute, Germany, 2007. Visiting Scientist, BIOS, Inc., Bermuda, 2005. Visiting Scientist, FACTS Program Planning, HCMR, Greece, 2003. Visiting Scientist, TRENDS Program Planning, ENEA, Italy, 2003. RHODE ISLAND STATE WIDE ACTIVITIES: Co-Chair, OSCAR Energy and Environment Collaboratory, 2010 to present. Rhode Island Sea Grant Senior Advisory Council, 2010 to present. Panelist, Rhode Island Green Economy Network (RIGEN), 2010. Steering Committee Member, NSF RI EPSCoR, 2010 to present. Co-Chair, Energy Efficiency Working Group, RI Green Economy Network, 2009 - 2010. Moderator, Green Economy Panel, Business Expo, 2009. Co-Chair, GPCC Environmental and Alternative Energy Team, 2007 - 2008.

Students

Brendan Mackinson
Matthew Baumann
Scott Stachelhaus
Haley Brew
Kate Lepore
Andrea Hougham
Elly Speicher
Sarah Weinstein
Ozge Kocabayoglu
Roger Kelly
Matthew Charette
Steve Pike
Jennifer Greenamoyer

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Publications:

(2008-2012; from a total of 96)

Maiti, K., K.O. Buesseler, S.M. Pike, C. Benitez-Nelson, P. Cai, W., Chen, J.K. Cochran, M. Dai, F. Dehairs, B. Gasser, R.P. Kelly, P. Masque, L. Miller, J.-C. Miquel, S.B. Moran, P. Morris, , F. Piene, F. Planchon, A.R. Renfro, M.M. Rutgers van der Loeff, P.S. Santschi, R. Turnewitsch, J.T Waples, C. Xu (2012) Total and particulate thorium-234 results from GEOTRACES intercalibration cruises. Limnology and Oceanography (in review).

Mathis, J.T., Grebmeier, J.M., Hansell, D.A., Hopcroft, R.R., Kirchman, D.L., Lee, S.H., Moran, S.B., Bates, N.R., VanLaningham, S., Cross, J.N., and Cai W.-J. (2012) Carbon biogeochemistry of the Western Arctic: primary production, carbon export and the controls on ocean acidification. PAG Synthesis Chapter, Springer (in review).

Anderson, R.F., M.Q. Fleisher, L.F. Robinson, R.L. Edwards, J.A. Hoff, S.B. Moran, M.M. Rutgers van der Loeff, A. Alexander, M. Roy-Barman, R. Francois (2012) GEOTRACES intercalibration of 230Th, 232Th, 231Pa, and 10Be. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods (in press).

Stachelhaus, S.L. and S.B. Moran (2012) A simple differential diffusion model to account for the discrepancy between 223Ra and 224Ra-based eddy diffusivities. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans (in press).

Rutgers van der Loeff, M.M., P. Cai, I. Stimac, D. Bauch, C. Hanfland, T. Roeske, and S.B. Moran (2012) Shelf-basin exchange times of Arctic surface waters estimated from 228Th/228Ra disequilibrium. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans (in press).

Stachelhaus, S.L., S.B. Moran, and R.P. Kelly (2012) An evaluation of the efficacy of radium isotopes as tracers of submarine groundwater discharge to Rhode Island coastal ponds. Marine Chemistry 130-131, 49-61.

Stachelhaus, S.L., S.B. Moran, D. Ullman, and R.P. Kelly (2012) Cross-shelf mixing and mid-shelf front dynamics in the Mid-Atlantic Bight evaluated using the radium quartet. Journal of Marine Research (in press).

Lomas, M.W., S.B. Moran, J.R. Casey, D.H. Bell, M. Tiahlo, J. Whitefield, R.P. Kelly, J. Mathis, and N. Cokelet (2012) Spatial and seasonal variability of primary production on the Eastern Bering Sea shelf. Deep-Sea Research II (in press).

Moran, S.B., M.W. Lomas, R.P. Kelly, K. Iken, R. Gradinger and J.T. Mathis (2012) Seasonal succession of net primary productivity, particulate organic carbon export, and autotrophic community composition in the eastern Bering Sea. Deep-Sea Research II (in press).

Smith, J.N., F. McLaughlin, W.M. Smethie Jr., S.B. Moran, and K. Lepore (2011) 129I, 137Cs and CFC-11 tracer transit time distributions in the Arctic Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 116, C04024, doi:10.1029/2010JC006471.

Lomas, M.L. and S.B. Moran (2011) Evidence for aggregation and export of cyanobacteria and nano-eukaryotes from the Sargasso Sea euphotic zone. Biogeosciences 8, 203-216.

Stewart, G.M., S.B. Moran, M.L. Lomas, and R.P Kelly (2011) Direct comparison of 210Po, 234Th and POC particle-size distributions and export fluxes at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series (BATS) Site. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 102, 479-489.

Cai, P., M.M. Rutgers van der Loeff, I. Stimac, E.-M. Notig, K. Lepore and S.B. Moran (2010) Low export flux of particulate organic carbon in the central Arctic Ocean as revealed by 234Th/238U disequilibrium. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 115, C10037, doi.10.1029/209JC005595.

Mathis, J.T., J.N. Cross, N.R. Bates, S.B. Moran, M.W. Lomas, C.W. Mordy, and P.J. Stabeno (2010) Seasonal distribution of dissolved inorganic carbon and net community production on the Bering Sea shelf. Biogeosciences 7, 1769-1787.

Weinstein Knowlton, S.E. and S.B. Moran (2010) Stable Pb isotope ratios in aerosols, precipitation and size-fractionated particulate matter in the Gulf of Maine, Scotian Shelf and Labrador Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.02.005.

Stewart, G.M., S.B. Moran and M.L. Lomas (2010) Seasonal POC fluxes at BATS estimated from 210Po deficits. Deep-Sea Research I 57(1), 113-124.

Paolino, J.R. Jr. and S.B. Moran (2010) The next Mayor should think “Green” to reduce energy costs, attract business, and create jobs. Op-ed. RIFuture.org, March 31, 2010..

Paolino, J.R. Jr. and S.B. Moran (2010) Next mayor should go green. Op-ed. Providence Journal. April 22, 2010.

Moran, S.B., M.M. Higgins, D.E. Rosen (2009) Educating future business leaders in the strategic management of global change opportunities: The Blue MBA. In Management Education for Global Sustainability, pp. 227-241. (C. Wankel and J.A.F. Stoner, Eds.), Information Age Publishing.

Brew, H, S.B. Moran, M.W. Lomas and A.B. Burd (2009) Plankton community structure, organic carbon and thorium-234 particle size-distributions, and particle export in the Sargasso Sea. Journal of Marine Research 67, 845-868.

Boes, X., S.B. Moran, J. King, N. Catagay and A. Hubert-Ferrari (2009) Records of large earthquake in lake sediments along the North Anatolian Fault, Turkey. Journal of Paleolimnology DOI 10.1007/s10933-009-9376-x.

Lepore, K., Moran, S.B., A.B. Burd, G. Jackson, J.N. Smith, M.L. Lomas, R.P. Kelly, H. Kaberi, S. Stavrakakis and G. Asimakopoulou (2009) Sediment trap and in-situ pump size-fractionated POC/234Th ratios in the Mediterranean Sea and North Atlantic: implications for POC export. Deep-Sea Research I 56, 599-613.

Lepore, K., S.B. Moran and J.N. Smith (2009) 210Pb as a tracer of shelf-basin transport and sediment focusing in the Chukchi Sea. Deep-Sea Research II 56(3), 599-613.

Moran, S.B. (2008) URI is working to make RI greener. Business Commentary, Providence Journal, November 30, 2008.

Moran, S.B. (2008) “Green” economy sets URI, and R.I., on right path. Providence Business News, Opinion, October 20, 2008.

Hougham, A.L. S.B. Moran, J.P. Masterson and R.P. Kelly (2008) Seasonal changes in submarine groundwater discharge to coastal salt ponds estimated using 226Ra and 228Ra as tracers. Marine Chemistry 109, 268-278.

Lalande, C., S.B. Moran, P. Wassmann, J.M. Grebmeier, L.W. Cooper (2008) 234Th-derived particulate organic carbon fluxes in the northern Barents Sea with comparison to drifting sediment trap fluxes. Journal of Marine Systems 73, 103-113.

Hung, C.-C., S.B. Moran, J.K. Cochran, L. Guo and P.H. Santschi (2008) Comment on “How accurate are 234Th measurements in seawater based on the MnO2-impregnated cartridge technique?” by Pinghe Cai et al. Geochemistry-Geophysics-Geosystems 9, doi:10.1029/2007/GC001770.

Moran, S.B. (2008) Educating future business leaders in the strategic management of global change opportunities. CLEAN 36(3), 249.

Moran, S.B. (2008) National Geographic Visual Atlas of the World. Description of World Oceans. National Geographic Society. pp. 38-39 (2008).

Presentations:

(2008-2012)

Hayes, C.T., R.F. Anderson, M.Q. Fleisher, L.F. Robinson, R.L. Edwards, H. Cheng, and S.B. Moran (2012) 231Pa and 230Th distributions along the GEOTRACES North Atlantic Transect. ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, February 19-24, 2012.

Anderson, R.F., Hayes, C.T., M.Q. Fleisher, L.F. Robinson, K.-F. Huang, R.L. Edwards, H. Cheng, S.B. Moran, R. Gersonde and M. Hatta (2012) Aerosol supply of soluble trace elements to the ocean evaluated using paired thorium isotopes. ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, February 19-24, 2012.

Baumann, M.S., S.B. Moran, R.O. Kelly and M.W. Lomas (2012) Seasonal particle retention on the eastern Bering Sea shelf evaluated using ²³⁴Th: implication for pelagic-benthic coupling. ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, February 19-24, 2012.

Choi, Y., G.M. Stewart, S.B. Moran, M.W. Lomas and R.P. Kelly (2012) Seasonal 210Po and 210Pb distributions and plankton community structure in the NE Pacific. ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, February 19-24, 2012.

Chevis, D.A, K.H. Johannesson, D.J. Burdige, J.E. Cable, J.B. Martin, R.P. Kelly, and S.B. Moran (2012) Assessing the Role of Submarine Groundwater Discharge on the Rare Earth Element budgets of Two Estuaries. ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, February 19-24, 2012.

Moran, S.B. (2011) Radionuclide tracers of ocean processes. Department of Chemistry, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, October 17, 2011 (invited).

Moran, S.B. (2011) Seasonal succession of lower trophic level carbon partitioning in the eastern Bering Sea. Physical Sciences Department, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, April 15, 2011 (invited).

Moran, S.B. (2011) Sea ice control of lower trophic carbon partitioning in the eastern Bering Sea. Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, Avery Point, January 28, 2011 (invited).

Moran, S.B. (2011) Guest panelist: Early Career Workshop - Beyond Imagination: Creating Research Opportunitiies, Leadership, and Thinking Big, ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 13-18, 2011 (invited).

Moran, S.B. and M.W. Lomas (2011) Aggregation and export of cyanobacteria and nano-eukaryotes from the Sargasso Sea euphotic zone. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 13-18, 2011.

Moran, S.B. (2010) Seasonal changes in primary production, phytoplankton community composition, and export during the Bering Sea Ecosystem Study. Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Summer Workshop, Scripps Seaside Forum, La Jolla, CA, July 19-22, 2010 (invited).

Moran, S.B. (2010) Overview of marine algal biofuel development. DAAD Alumni Seminar “Microalgae – Sustainable Resource for Energy and Chemical Feedstock Production – Scientific Aspects and Industrial Applications”, Technische Universitat Braunschweig, Germany, June 28 - July 3, 2010 (invited).

Moran, S.B. (2010) Energy Efficiency, Invited panelist, Rhode Island Green Economy Network (RIGEN) Presentation, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Warwick, RI, February 9, 2010 (invited).

Moran, S.B. M.L. Lomas, R.P. Kelly, K. Iken R. Gradinger and J.T. Mathis (2010) Carbon cycling within the lower trophic levels of the Southeastern Bering Sea: primary production and particulate organic carbon export. ASLO Meeting, Portland, OR, February 22-26, 2010.

Prokopenko, M.G., J. Granger, C. Mordy. N. Cassar, P.J. DiFiore, N. Kachel, D. Kachel, E.D. Cokelet, D.M. Sigman, S.B. Moran (2010) Primary Production on the Eastern Bering Sea Shelf as Estimated from Oxygen/Argon Ratios and Triple Oxygen Isotopes. ASLO Meeting, Portland, OR, February 22-26, 2010.

Cross, J.N. J.T. Mathis, N.R. Bates, S.B. Moran, M.W. Lomas, P.J. Stabeno (2010) Seasonal Distribution and Controls on Dissolved Inorganic Carbon and Net Community Production on the Eastern Bering Sea Shelf. ASLO Meeting, Portland, OR, February 22-26, 2010.

Cai, P., M.M. Rutgers van der Loeff, I. Stimac, E. Noethig, K. Lepore, S.B. Moran (2010) Low export flux of particulate organic carbon in the central Arctic Ocean as revealed by 234Th:238U disequilibrium (invited). ASLO Meeting, Portland, OR, February 22-26, 2010.

Hubeny, B., S.B. Moran and R.P. Kelly (2010) Historic trace metal accumulation in Sluice Pond, MA: Linkages between industry and the environment. Geological Society of America Northeastern/Southeastern Meeting, Baltimore, MD, March 13-16, 2010.

Moran, S.B. (2009) Green economy: future opportunities and barriers to success. Organizer and panel moderator, Providence Business Expo 2009, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI, May 5, 2009 (invited).

Moran, S.B., D.M. Farmer, D.C. Smith, M.M Higgins, D.E. Rosen (2008) Educating future business leaders in global change opportunities. ASLO Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 2-7, 2008.

Moran, S.B. (2008) Green industry workforce challenge = university + corporate opportunities. Association of Energy Services Professionals (AESP) – Northeast Energy Efficiency Council (NEEC) Green Industry Workforce Development Panel. Marlborough, MA, October 16, 2008 (invited).

Rutgers van der Loeff. M.M., S.B. Moran and P. Cai (2008) 224Ra in Arctic surface waters: a high 228Th/228Ra, low scavenging environment. Conference on Measurement and Application of Radium and Radon Isotopes in Environmental Sciences, Venice, Italy, April 7-11, 2008.