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Professor GARDNER, GEORGE B. (Boston)
Research Associate and Adjunct Professor, Department of Environmental, Earth and Ocean Sciences

    Phone: (617) 287-7451
    Email: bernie.gardner@umb.edu

Teaching the following courses:
  • Physical Oceanography

  • **Disclaimer: Condensed CVs for the School of Marine Sciences. For a full CV, please contact the professor.**
    Education:
    1984 - Ph.D., Geophysics/Oceanography, University of Washington

    1971 - M.A., Oceanography, The Johns Hopkins University

    1968 - B.E.S., Engineering Physics, The Johns Hopkins University


    Professional History:
    1971 - 1972 - Research Staff Assistant, Chesapeake Bay Institute, The Johns Hopkins University

    1972 - 1974 - Research Staff Associate, Chesapeake Bay Institute, The Johns Hopkins University

    1974 - 1984 - Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant: University of Washington

    1984 - 1990 - Assistant Professor of Environmental Sciences Program, University of Massachusetts Boston

    1990 - Present - Research Associate, Department of Environmental, Coastal and Ocean Sciences, University of Massachusetts Boston


    Current Research Support:
    Office of Naval Research, (3/00 - 9/02), “The Delivery of Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter to the Sea”, $388,815 (Robert Chen, co - PI)

    Enhancement of Observational and Analytical Capabilities, Establishment of Trace Element Analytical Facility; University of Massachusetts President’s Reserve Fund Award, $195,000 (Gordon Wallace, co - PI), January 1 - December 30, 2000.

    Assessment of Nutrient Loading and Sensitivity of the Weymouth Fore River To Nutrient Inputs; Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Coastal Zone Management Office; $15,500 (Gordon Wallace, co - PI), 2000 - 2001; 0.25 man months effort.

    Coastal 2000 EPA Coastal Massachusetts Monitoring Program; Commonwealth of Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Office; $174,000 (Gordon Wallace, co - PI), June 1, 2000 - May 30, 2002; 0.25 man - months effort/y.

    “Creating a Virtual Faculty and Student Environment for the Inter - Campus Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology”, University of Massachusetts President’s Office, $12,000 (Robert Bowen, co - PI).


    Selected Publications:
    Upward Oceanic Nitrate Transport by Migrating Diatom Mats, Tracy A. Villareal, Cynthia Pilskaln, Mark Brzezinski, Fredric Lipschultz and George B. Gardner, Nature, 397, pp. 423 - 425.

    Response of Boston Harbor to an Extreme Rain Event; 1997 Meeting of the Estuarine Research Federation, Providence, RI, 15 October 1997.

    Estuarine Circulation in Boston Inner Harbor; George B. Gardner, Steven Rudnick, Robert Chen, 1998 Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Boston, MA June, 1998.

    Development of an Undulating, Towed Vehicle for the Study of Coastal Biogeochemistry; George B. Gardner, Robert F. Chen, Steven Rudnick, Peter Edwards and Thomas Goodkind., American Society of Limnology and Oceanography 1999 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, New mexico, February, 1999.

    Physical Measurements From Deployments of the ECOSHuttle, the UMASS Boston Towed Undulating Vehicle in Boston Harbor, Chesapeake/Delaware Bays and San Diego Bay, 1999 Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Boston, MA , 1999.

    Studying the Sources of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Estuaries with an Undulating Vehicle, George B. Gardner, Robert F. Chen and Xuchen Wang, 2000 Meeting of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Copenhagen, Denmark, June, 2000