Staff Profile

Don Anderson

Preferred Name: Don Anderson

SENIOR SCIENTIST

BIOLOGY

Email: danderson@whoi.edu

Phone: 508 289 2351

Office: REDFIELD 332 

Address:
 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,   Mail Stop 32
266 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543

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Lab/Group Site: http://www.whoi.edu/groups/andersonlab/

Education

B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970, Mechanical Engineering

M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976, Civil and Environmentla Engineering

Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Postdoctoral Investigator, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1978 – 1979

Research Interests

Phytoplankton physiological ecology; red tides / harmful algal blooms (HABs); ciguatera; dinoflagellate toxins; dinoflagellate resting cysts; molecular and immunological probes; dinoflagellate “omics”; ocean instrumentation – biosensors for HABs; prevention, control, and mitigation strategies for HABs.