Staff Profile

Carl Wirsen

Preferred Name: Carl O Wirsen Jr

OCEANOGRAPHER EMERITUS

BIOLOGY

Email: cwirsen@whoi.edu

Phone: 508 289 2307

Office: BGC 2ND FLOOR 205 

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.