Benjamin Van Mooy
Preferred Name: Benjamin Van Mooy
DEPARTMENT CHAIR
MARINE CHEMISTRY & GEOCHEMISTRY
Email:
bvanmooy@whoi.edu
Phone: 508 289 2322
Address:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
Mail Stop 04
266 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Website: https://www.whoi.edu/staff/bvanmooy/
Education
B.A. Northwestern University, 1995, Chemistry and Geological Sciences
M.S. University of Washington, 2000, Chemical Oceanography
Ph.D. University of Washington, 2003, Chemical Oceanography
Research Interests
Microbial phosphorus and organic carbon cycling in marine and aquatic environments.
Membrane glycerolipids and sphingolipids in plankton, particulary from subtropical gyres and coastal Antarctica
Algal biofuels.
Cell-cell signaling in marine biofilms and particles.
Microbial petroleum degradation.
