Faculty
Matthew Brown
Associate Professor of Natural Sciences
Professional Profile
Dr. Brown earned his Ph.D. in Ocean Sciences at UC Santa Cruz in 2009. This followed a M.Sc. degree in Oceanography from the University of Hawaii in 2003 and a B.Sc. degree in Chemistry from Old Dominion University in 1998. Dr. Brown also served as an oceanographic research technician associated with the CLIVAR oceanographic program for two years while at the University of Hawaii. Dr. Brown has published extensively on the cycling of trace metals in estuarine and open ocean systems.
Education:
- B.Sc.—Chemistry (Old Dominion University)
- M.Sc.—Oceanography (U. of Hawaii)
- Ph.D.—Ocean Sciences (UC Santa Cruz)
Teaching
Classes Taught:
- Environmental Science
- Physical Science
- Oceanography
- Global Climate Change
- All associated laboratory courses
Research
- Author of numerous journal articles published in oceanographic research journals particularly focused on the marine chemistry and trace metal cycling
- Peer reviewer for journals including Marine Chemistry, Journal of Geophysical Research, Environmental Science and Technology, and Limnology and Oceanography Methods
- Participant on several major oceanographic research cruises with expeditions crossing ocean basins visiting Bermuda, Tahiti, New Zealand, Iceland, Antarctica, Chile, and Japan totaling nearly 300 days at sea
- Postdoctoral research associate at UC Santa Cruz
- Faculty Advisor, Surf Club
Publications:
- The biogeochemical cycling of iron, copper, nickelm cadmium, manganese, cobalt, lead, and scandium in a California Current experimental study
- Scandium in the open ocean: A comparison with other group 3 trivalent metals
- Occurrence of a nine-armed sea star larvae,Luidia senegalensis (Lamark, 1816) (Asteroidea Luidiidae), further north along Florida’s east coast
- Quantifying the Impact of Atmospheric Deposition on the Biogeochemistry of Fe and Al in the Upper Ocean: A Decade of Collaboration with the US CLIVAR-CO2Repeat Hydrography Program
- The influence of shelf processes in delivering dissolved iron to the HNLC waters of the Drake Passage, Antarctica
- Trace metal distributions within a Sitka eddy in the northern Gulf of Alaska
More Information
Office Hours (On Campus)
- Monday: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- Tuesday: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
- Wednesday: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM