Ellen Druffel

Advance Chair and Professor                         
Department of Earth System Science

    Croul Hall 3222ellen

    University of California, Irvine                 

    Irvine, CA   92697-3100

    Phone: (949) 824-2116 Fax: (949) 824-3874 

    Email: edruffel@uci.edu

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Employment and Positions:

    2002-present        Co-Director, Keck Carbon Cycle AMS Laboratory (web.ess.uci.edu/ams)

    2004-present        Advance Chair, UCI

    1993-present        Professor, Department of Earth System Science

    1997-2000            Chair, Department of Earth System Science

    2006-present        Adjunct Scientist, Urban Water Research Center, UCI

    1996-present        Joint Appointment, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, IOD, UCSD

    1986-1988            Resident Scholar, Oceanography Department, U.C. Santa Cruz

    1981-1993            Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    1980-1981            Postdoctoral Investigator, U.C. San Diego

 

Professional Societies:

    American Geophysical Union

    The Oceanography Society

    American Chemical Society

    American Association for the Advancement of Science

    American Society of Limnology and Oceanography

    Geological Society of America

    Union of Concerned Scientists

 

Honors and Awards:

    2004-present        NSF Advance Chair 

    2004                    Ruth Patrick Award, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, 2004

    2001                    Elected Hall of Fame, Loyola Marymount University, 2001

    2001                    Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

    1998                    Best Paper Award, Organic Geochemistry Division of the Geochemical Society, Eglinton et al, 1997

    1990                    James B. Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union

    1990                    Fellow of the American Geophysical Union

    1987                    Visiting Professorships for Women Award, NSF

    1975                    American Institute of Chemists Award

 

Selected Professional Activities:

    Editorial Board: Journal of Marine Systems, 2002-present

    Visiting Committee, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2005

    Co-Chair, Palmyra Atoll Research Consortium Science Committee, 2006-2008

    Visiting Committee Chair, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, 2006

    President, AGU Ocean Sciences section 2004-2006

    Elected Member-At-Large Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences, AAAS 2001-2006

    Waterman Award Selection Committee, 2004-2006

    Steering Committee member: IGBP/WCRP/IHDP Global Carbon Joint Project, 2001-2003

    Chair, AGU Honors and Recognition Committee, 2000-2002

    Editorial Board: Marine Chemistry, 1995-present

    NRC Committee on Major U.S. Ocean Programs, 1996-1998

    Co-Chair of NSF-sponsored FOCUS (Future of Ocean Chemistry in the U.S.), 1997-1999

    Member, NSF Academic Fleet Review Committee, 1998
    Ocean Studies Board Member (National Research Council), 1994-1997

    Chair, AGU Union Committee of Fellows, 1994-1996

    Editorial Board: Radiocarbon, 1989-present

    Editorial Board: Oceanography Magazine, 1987-2003

 

Teaching:

    Undergraduate Subjects Taught:
    Introduction to Oceanography (ESS3)

    Introduction to Earth and Environmental Sciences (ESS25)

    Graduate Subjects Taught:

    Marine Biogeochemistry (ESS202A)

    Paleoclimatology (ESS212A)

 

Research Interests

    General Areas:  Chemical Oceanography, Biogeochemistry and Paleoclimatology.

    Current Interests: Changes in Pacific Ocean circulation during the past millennium; Sources and cycling of carbon

    in dissolved and particulate marine organic matter; Study of the ventilation in the upper ocean using transient tracers.