James E. Bauer

Education

• B.A., Boston University
• M.S., SUNY, Stony Brook
• Ph.D., University of Maryland

Research Interests

• Isotope geochemistry of marine organic matter
• Marine biogeochemistry
• Role of bacteria in elemental cycles and food webs

Current Projects

• Radiocarbon studies of dissolved and particulate organic carbon in the deep open ocean.
• Transport of dissolved and particulate organic matter to the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by rivers and estuaries.
• Assessing the role of heterotrophic bacteria in controlling organic matter turnover.
• Transformation rates and fate of dissolved, colloidal and particulate organic carbon in ocean margins.

Selected Publications

• Bauer, J.E., E.R.M. Druffel, D.M. Wolgast and S. Griffin. 2002. Temporal and spatial variability in sources and cycling of DOC and POC in the northwest Atlantic continental margin. Deep-Sea Research-II 49: 4,387-4,419.
• Bauer, J.E. Carbon isotopic composition of DOM. 2002. In: D.A. Hansell and C.A. Carlson, Eds., “Biogeochemistry of Marine Dissolved Organic Matter”, Elsevier Science Publishers, pp. 405-453.
• Raymond, P.A. and J.E. Bauer. 2001. Riverine export of aged terrestrial organic matter to the North Atlantic Ocean. Nature 409: 497-500.
• Bauer, J.E., E.R.M. Druffel, D.M. Wolgast and S. Griffin. 2001. Cycling of dissolved and particulate organic radiocarbon in the northwest Atlantic continental margin. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 15(3): 615-636.
• Raymond, P.A. and J.E. Bauer. 2001. DOC cycling in a temperate estuary: a mass balance approach using natural 14C and 13C. Limnology and Oceanography 46:655-667.

Past Students

• Leigh McCallister, Ph.D. degree awarded Fall 2002
• Ai Ning Loh, Ph.D. degree awarded Fall 2002
• Carol Pollard, M.S. degree awarded Fall 2002
• Peter Raymond, Ph.D. degree awarded Summer 1999
• Megan Bohlen, M.S. degree awarded Summer 1999
• Ai Ning Loh, M.S. degree awarded Summer 1998
• Jennifer Cherrier, Ph.D. degree awarded Spring 1997 (Florida State University)
• Gary Schultz, M.S degree awarded Fall 1994 (Florida State University)
• Padma Venkatraman, Ph.D.degree awarded Summer 2000

Courses Taught/Teaching

• Fundamentals of Marine Science (graduate)
• Advanced Principles of Chemical Oceanography (graduate)
• Marine Organic Geochemistry (graduate)
• Introduction to Oceanography (undergraduate)
• Biogeochemistry Seminar (graduate)
• Special Topics (graduate)
• Marine Microbial Ecology (graduate)
• Biogeochemistry of Marine Food Webs (graduate)

Faculty/Student Awards

• 1999. Distinguished Visiting Marine Scientist, University of Georgia, Department of Marine Science, Athens, GA.
• 1998. Best Paper in Geochemistry. The Geochemical Society, American Chemical Society (for: Eglinton, Benitez-Nelson, McNichol, Bauer and Druffel. 1997. Variability in radiocarbon ages of individual organic compounds from marine sediments. Science 277: 796-799).
• 1997. Alumni Fellowship Award, for excellence in teaching. Society of the Alumni, College of Wm. & Mary.
• 1988. NASA Planetary Biology Fellowship, NASA-Ames Research Center, Mtn. View, CA.
• 1987-89. CBL Fellowship, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland.
• 1985. Kenneth P. Stoudte Award, for best dissertation in environmental sciences. State University of New York, Stony Brook.

Professional Memberships

• American Chemical Society
• American Geophysical Union
• American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
• American Society of Microbiology

Collaborative/Interdisciplinary Efforts

• 2003-present. Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans
• 2001-2002. Guest Editor, “Carbon Cycling and Biogeochemistry in the Northwest Atlantic Shelf and Slope: Results of the Ocean Margins Program”, Deep-Sea Research-II, Volume 49
• Oceanographic Cruises - Chief Scientist, co-Chief Scientist, or participant on 22 major oceanographic research cruises.
• Public Outreach – present frequent (~2 per year) public lectures as part of the VIMS Mini-School of Marine Science in various local communities.
• 2001. Co-Chair, ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting Special Session, “Carbon Cycling in Margins of Ocean and Large Lake Basins”, Albuquerque.
• 2000-2001. Guest Co-Editor, Deep-Sea Research II special volume “The Ocean Margins Program – Carbon Cycling in the Northwest Atlantic Continental Shelf and Slope”.
  2000-present. Member, Steering Committee, River-Dominated Ocean Margins (RiOMar) Program, NSF.
• 2000-present. Associate Editor, Marine Chemistry.
• 1999-2000. Member, Organizing Committee, Ocean Sciences 2000 Meeting, San Antonio.