Carl Wirsen
Preferred Name: Carl Wirsen
Oceanographer Emeritus
Biology
Email:
cwirsen@whoi.edu
Phone: 508 289 2307
Office:
BioGeoChemistry Laboratory-2nd Floor
Address:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
Mail Stop 52
266 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Education
B.S. University of Massachusetts, 1964, Zoology
M.A. Boston University, 1966, Microbiology
Research Interests
Microbial degradation of organic matter in the deep sea; activity of marine bacteria at elevated hydrostatic pressure and reduced temperatures; equipment development for conducting in situ deep sea microbiological experiments; physiology and morphology of sulfur bacteria from oceanic thermal vents; physiology of thermophilic microorganisms from hydrothermal vents; physiology and ecology of marine bacteria; continuous culture techniques.
