Marjorie A.M. Friedrichs

Education

• B.A., Middlebury College
• M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• Ph.D., Old Dominion University

About

My interdisciplinary research program (click here for my lab webpage) focuses on quantifying the historical and future impacts of climate and land-use changes, as well as population growth, urbanization, and local management efforts, on hypoxia, acidification, and biogeochemistry in coastal and estuarine systems. Research in the BioCOM lab focuses on combining mathematical computer models with biological, physical and chemical observations. I am currently looking for additional graduate students to assist in these modeling efforts. Specifically I am looking for prospective students who have a strong interdisciplinary background, including college-level physics, chemistry and math coursework. Experience with computer programming and mathematical modeling is not required, but would be a helpful additional asset. Post-doctoral positions in my lab are also available.

Funded projects currently include studies focused on:

• Assessing the impacts of climate change and land management on estuarine hypoxia and acidification
• Comparing and improving existing models of hypoxia and acidification within Chesapeake Bay
• Predicting how climate-related environmental changes will affect biogeochemical cycling and ecosystem dynamics on continental shelves and within the Chesapeake Bay

Other interests include satellite remote-sensing, model skill assessment, operational forecasting, and biogeochemical data assimilation.