Chemistry of Marine Systems

Professor Penny Vlahos trained as an undergraduate in Chemical Engineering at the University of Toronto and did her masters in Environmental Engineering also at the University of Toronto . She completed her doctoral studies in Oceanography at the University of Massachusetts Environmental Coastal and Ocean Sciences program (ECOS) before coming to the University of Connecticut where she has been ever since. She is a member of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (CAAS), the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) and the International Panel on Chemical Pollutants (IPCC). Professor Robert P. Mason - Education: PhD. 1991- University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. M.Sci- University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa, B.Sci.-University of Natal, Durban, South Africa. Professional experience - 2005 -Present- Professor of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut. Department of Marine Sciences- Avery Point Regional Campus, Groton,CT. 2004 -2005- Professor-Chesapeake Biological Laboratory- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, University System of Maryland, Solomons, MD. 1999-2004- Associate Professor/1994-1998- Assistant Professor- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Unviversity System of Maryland, Solomons, MD. 1992-1994- Postdoctoral Investigator- Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory for Water Resources and Hydrodnamics Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

The Age of the Oceans. Oceans and Energy. Composition of Seawater (Major and Minor Elements). Revisiting Thermodynamics & Chemical Kinetics. pH and pε. Dissolved Gases. The Carbonate System. REDOX. Precipitation and Particles. Metals. Organic Matter. Photochemistry. Elemental Cycles. Hydrothermal Systems. Tracers of Chemical Transformations in the Ocean. Coastal Zones. Chemistry of Marine Systems.