S Bradley Moran

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S Bradley Moran

Professor of Oceanography
Assistant VP for Research Administration
Horn 211
(401) 874-6530

Educational Background

Ph.D., Chemical Oceanography
B.Sc., Chemistry
Dalhousie University
Concordia University
1991
1985

Areas of Specialization

Research

Brad Moran has over 20 years of experience in ocean-climate research, including Arctic oceanography, carbon dynamics, coastal groundwater transport, and environmental radioactivity. He has over 75 peer-reviewed publications and participated in 50 research cruises.

Teaching

Moran initiated the development of the new "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; OCG 640 Marine Particles; OCG 694F Radionuclides in the Ocean; OCG 451 Oceanographic Science.

Outreach

Moran is regularly invited to science panels (NSF, NOAA) and workshops (AOS94, OASIS, SBI, FATE, ARCSS, GEOTRACES, BEST, BSIERP), has sponsored a number of high-school teachers at sea, has lectured as an IAEA Expert in marine radiochemistry, and has advised state, federal and international environmental organizations. He evaluated GHG emissions and energy costs at URI for the President’s Council on Sustainability. He recently served as co-chair of the Environmental and Alternatve Energy Hot Team for the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce.

Students

Matt Baumann
Scott Stachelhaus
Haley Brew
Kate Lepore
Andrea Hougham
Elly Speicher
Sarah Weinstein
Ozge Kocabayoglu
Roger Kelly
Matthew Charette
M.S.
Ph.D.
M.S.
Ph.D.
M.S.
M.S.
Ph.D
M.O.
M.S.
Ph.D.
candidate
candidate
2008
2006
2006
2005
2003
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2001
1998

Publications:

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, C. Wankel and J.A.F. Stoner, Eds., IAP Publishers (in press).

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Presentations:

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.

Lepore, K., S.B. Moran and J.N. Smith (2007) 210Pb as a tracer of shelf-basin transport and sediment focusing in the Chukchi Sea. European Geophysical Union Meeting, Vienna, Austria, April 15-20, 2007.

Moran, S.B., K. Hagstrom, J.M. Grebmeier, L.W. Cooper, W. Maslowski, V. Hill, N.R. Bates and D.A. Hansell (2006) Seasonal and interannual changes in POC export and deposition in the Chukchi Sea. ASLO/TOS Meeting, Honolulu, HI, February 20-24, 2006.

Hall, I.R., S.B. Moran, R. Zahn, P.R. Knutz, C.-C. Shen and R.L. Edwards (2006) Accelerated draw-down of meridional overturning in the late-glacial Atlantic triggered by transient pre-H event freshwater perturbation. RAPID Climate Change International Conference, Birmingham, UK, October 24-27, 2006.

Moran, S.B. (2005) Radionuclide tracers of coastal groundwater transport (invited tutorial lecture). ASLO Summer Meeting, Santiago de Compostela, June 19-24, 2005.