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Professor OLSEN, CURTIS R. (Boston)
Professor, Department of Environmental, Earth, and Ocean Sciences

Phone: (617) 287-7440
Email: Curtis.Olsen@umb.edu

**Disclaimer: Condensed CVs for the School of Marine Sciences. For a full CV, please contact the professor.**

Education:
1979 - Ph.D, Lamont - Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University

1974 - M.Ph., Major - Biogeochemistry, Columbia University

1972 - B.A., Major in two Departments: Geology and Biology, Columbia College

Professional History:
1998 - 1999 - U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, NOAA/NOS, Office of the Senior Scientist Technical Coordinator for Interagency Ecosystem Activities and Eutrophication Studies

1990 - 1998 - U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Office of Health and Environmental Research Technical Coordinator for the Environ. Management Science Program (EMSP)

Technical Program Manager, Ocean Margin Processes and Ecological Dynamics (OMP); Ocean - Atmosphere Interactions and Global Carbon Cycle (JGOFS, WOCE); Environmental Radon and Subsurface Contamination; Arctic (R4D) Ecology and Watershed Science (Response, Resistance, Resilience, and Recovery of Arctic Ecosystems to Disturbance).

Developer and Manager of Educational Programs in Global Change Science
Graduate Research Fellowship Program; Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program; Minority College and University Research and Education Program

1980 - 1990 - OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY Environmental Sciences Division
Research Staff Scientist - co - developed, coordinated and implemented a $12M RCRA Facility Investigation Plan to assess the dispersal, ecological fate, and human - health risks of off - site contamination and to evaluate potential remedial action alternatives. Authored or co - authored over 50 peer - reviewed scientific papers, including one in Nature and two in Science.

Current Research Support:
UMB Startup Funds ($125,000) for Research;

UMB Research Associate for Technical & Research Assistance (Dr. Sarah Oktay - Quigley);

UMB Outreach and Partnership Building Funds ($30,000 a year for 5 years)

Selected Publications:
Foster, N., C. R. Olsen, F. Cross. 1998. Integrated Science and Management for Habitat Restoration. Proceedings of the Ocean Community Conference ¡®98, Marine Technological Society. Vol. 1, Washington DC, pp. 431 - 435.

Olsen, C. R., I. L. Larsen, P. J. Mulholland, K. L. Von Damm, J. M. Grebmeier, L. C. Schaffner, R. J. Diaz, and M. M. Nichols. 1993. The concept of an equilibrium surface applied to particle sources and contaminant distributions in estuarine sediments. Estuaries 16:683 - 696.

Cooper, L. W., C. R. Olsen, D. K. Solomon, I. L. Larsen, R. B. Cook, and J. M. Grebmeier. 1991. Stable isotopes of oxygen and natural and fallout radionuclides used for tracing runoff during snowmelt in an Arctic watershed. Water Resources Research 27:2171 - 2179.

Olsen, C. R., N. H. Cutshall, and I. L. Larsen. 1982. Pollutant - particle associations and dynamics in coastal marine environments: A review. Marine Chemistry 11:501 - 533.