Director

Dr. Michael Lutz           

Education

PhD, Stanford University, Geological and Environmental Sciences
    Advisor: Robert Dunbar
MSc, University of Miami, Marine Geology and Geophysics
    Advisor: Peter Swart
 BSc, University of Miami, Geology and Applied Mathematics, dual major
    Advisor: Cesare Emiliani

Biography

My field research and scientific training have motivated me to develop market-based solutions to environmental problems.  I have extensive experience connecting biological activity to environmental chemistry, including field research in various settings.  In the Indus Delta's mangrove forests, I worked with colleagues to examine ecosystem changes due to upstream competition for river water.  I quantified organic matter cycling in Florida Bay, a large subtropical estuary.  In the Ross Sea of Antarctica, I collaborated with and interdisciplinary team to investigate climate change impacts on pelagic ecosystems and related biogeochemical cycles.  I have extensive experience using the primary field and laboratory methods for measuring biogeochemical processes.  My publications include synthesis and modeling papers describing global marine biogeochemical cycling.

Selected publications

Lutz (2009) Timescales of Carbon Storage. Consultation report, World Bank.

Lutz, Caldeira, Dunbar, Behrenfeld (2007) Seasonal rhythms of net primary production and particulate organic carbon flux describe biological pump efficiency of in the global ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112: doi:10.1029/2006JC003706.

Lutz (2005) Marine particulate matter flux and regeneration, with focus on the Southern Ocean. Doctoral Dissertation, Stanford University.

Dunbar, Arrigo, Lutz, DiTullio, Leventer, Lizotte, Van Woert, Robinson (2003) Non-Redfield production and export of marine organic matter: a recurrent part of the annual cycle in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. in Biogeochemistry of the Ross Sea, AGU-ARS Monog. 78: 179.

Lutz, Dunbar, & Caldeira (2002) Regional variability in the vertical flux of particulate organic carbon in the ocean interior. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 16: 1037.

Swart, Healy, Greer, Lutz, Saied, Andereg, Dodge, Rudnick (1999) The use of proxy chemical records in coral skeletons to ascertain past environmental conditions in Florida Bay. Estuaries, 22: 384.

Lutz (1997) A carbon isotope study of the flux of organic material in a sub-tropical carbonate estuary, Florida Bay. Masters Thesis, University of Miami.

Fell, Statzell-Tallman, Lutz, Kurtzman (1992) Partial rRNA sequences in marine yeasts: a model for identification of marine eukaryotes. Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology, 1: 175.