DARIUSZ STRAMSKI - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
EDUCATION / DEGREES:
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2002 |
Polish degree "Habilitacja" in Ocean Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland. |
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Dissertation: Optical properties of marine plankton: from individual cells to satellite applications. |
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1985 |
Ph.D. Earth Sciences, University of Gdansk, Department of Biology and Earth Sciences, Poland. |
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Ph.D. thesis (in Polish): Fluctuations of solar irradiance in the Baltic Sea, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Sopot, 251 pp. Advisor: J. Dera. |
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1978 |
M.S. Oceanography with specialization in Physical Oceanography, University of Gdansk, Department of Biology and Earth Sciences, Poland. |
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M.S. thesis (in Polish): Influence of environmental variables on short-term fluctuations of underwater irradiance in the violet spectral region (425 nm). Advisor: J. Dera. |
HONORS AND AWARDS:
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2000 |
Antarctica Service Medal of the United States of America presented by the National Science Foundation |
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1987 |
UNESCO Fellowship (SC/RP/236074-7). |
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1986 |
French Government Fellowship (CIES34400/120/84336). |
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1985 |
Maurycy Rudzki Award of the Polish Academy of Sciences for research on fluctuations of solar irradiance in the sea. |
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1978 |
M.S. degree with honors, University of Gdansk. |
FIELDS OF INTEREST:
Disciplines: oceanography, ocean optics, remote sensing, physical optics.
Specific research areas: ocean optical properties, optics of marine particles, radiative transfer in the ocean, remote sensing of ocean color, bio-optical interactions in the upper ocean, light fields within and leaving the ocean, optics of the air-sea interface, ocean carbon reservoirs and biogeochemistry, optical properties of the coastal ocean, optical methods in oceanography, monitoring and observational work in the marine environment.
EMPLOYMENT:
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1997 - present |
Marine Physical Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
University of California, San Diego. |
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1989 -1997 |
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los
Angeles, California, U.S.A. |
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1978-1988 |
Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland. |
Visiting positions:
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1996 |
"Poste Rouge"
Visiting Scientist, Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie Marines, Centre
National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Villefranche-sur-Mer, France. |
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1988-1989 |
Visiting Research Scientist, Departement de biologie, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada. |
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1986-1988 |
Postdoctoral Researcher, French
Government and UNESCO Fellowships, Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie Marines,
CNRS/Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France. |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Introduction to Ocean Optics. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, SIO 237A.
Ocean Color Remote Sensing. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, SIO 237B.
Optical-Biological Interactions in the Ocean. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, SIO 237C.
Fundamentals of Wave Physics (Optics Part), SIO 202B.
Marine Optics, Departement de biologie, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada
(1998/1999).
MEMBERSHIPS:
American Geophysical Union, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
MAJOR OCEANOGRAPHIC FIELD WORK:
2005 - R.V. Polarstern (German vessel), ANT-XXIII/1, Atlantic Ocean between English Channel and South Africa, Ocean inherent and apparent optical properties, suspended particulate matter, pigments; 5 weeks.
2004 - R.V. l'Atalante (French vessel), BIOSOPE (Biogeochemistry & Optics South Pacific Experiment), southeast tropical Pacific, light scattering in the ocean, particle size distribution; 4 weeks.
2000 - R.V. Oceania (Polish
vessel), Greenland Sea, Spitsbergen Bank; Ocean optical properties and
radiometric measurements; 2 weeks.
1999 - R.V. Oceania, Greenland Sea, Spitsbergen Bank; Ocean optical properties
and radiometric measurements; 4 weeks.
1998 - R.V. Oceania, Greenland Sea, Spitsbergen Bank; Inherent and apparent
optical properties (light absorption, beam attenuation, backscattering), and
radiometric measurements (downwelling irradiance and upwelling radiance); 2
weeks.
1997 - R.V. Nathaniel B. Palmer (U.S. vessel), Antarctica (Ross Sea), U.S.
Southern Ocean JGOFS; Inherent and apparent optical properties (light
absorption, beam attenuation, backscattering) and radiometric measurements
(downwelling irradiance and upwelling radiance); 6 weeks.
1989 - R.V. New Horizon (U.S. vessel), Pacific Ocean west off southern
California; Light absorption by oceanic particles, 2 weeks.
1987 - R.V. Suroit (French vessel), Chlomax, Sargasso Sea; Light absorption by
oceanic particles, 4 weeks.
1985 - International Coastal Experiment Sozopol, Black Sea, Bulgaria;
Bio-optical and ecosystem studies in the coastal zone, 4 weeks.
1984 - R.V. Akademik Kurchatov (Russian vessel), Baltic Sea; Wave-induced
fluctuations of underwater irradiance, 6 weeks.
1981- R.V. Profesor Siedlecki (Polish vessel), First International Biological
Experiment (FIBEX, BIOMASS Program) in Antarctica; Drake Passage and Bransfield
Strait, Solar irradiance at the ocean surface and underwater light-field, 4
months.
1980 - R.V. Profesor Siedlecki, Baltic Sea; Wave-induced fluctuations of
underwater irradiance, 4 weeks.
1979 - International Coastal Experiment Kamchiya, Black Sea, Bulgaria;
Relationship between sea surface waves and underwater irradiance, 6 weeks.
LANGUAGES:
Mother tongue: Polish
Other languages: English (read, understand, write, speak), French (read, understand, speak), Russian (read, understand, speak)
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