Dr. Alan M. Shiller
- Geosciences and Geochemistry
- Hypoxia
- Pollution
- Chemical Oceanography
- Ph.D. in Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, La Jolla, California, U.S.A., 1982
- B.S. in Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, U.S.A., 1975
Dr. Shiller serves as Professor and Director of the University of Southern Mississippi's Center for Trace Analysis. His research involves biogeochemistry of trace elements in natural waters, weathering and other controls on river composition, estuarine chemistry, and global carbon systems. At present, most work in his lab involves trace element studies. However, over the years Dr. Shiller has worked in many different areas of geochemistry ranging from sediment studies to radionuclide studies to studies of the oceanic carbon dioxide system.
Dr. Shiller's current research involves trace elements in both rivers and the open ocean. Surprisingly little is known about the concentrations of many dissolved trace elements in natural waters and what processes control those concentrations. His work has examined the mechanisms of seasonal concentration variations in the Mississippi and Yukon Rivers, distributions of trace elements on the Louisiana Shelf, and trace element distributions in the open ocean.
Current oil spill-related project:
- Oil spill effects on metal and nutrient distributions (NSF)
GoMRI-funded projects:
- A Comprehensive Assessment of Oil Distribution, Transport, Fate and Impacts on Ecosystems and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Release (Year One Block Grant
- The Northern Gulf Institute, Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Lead, Task Data Contact) - Chemical Effects Associated with Leaking Macondo Well Oil in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Phase II (Year One Block Grant - The Northern Gulf Institute Role: Principal Investigator, Project Data Point of Contact)