Robert F. Chen
Professor of Marine Organic Biogeochemistry
Environmental, Earth and Ocean Sciences
University of Massachusetts Boston
100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125

Office: (617) 287-7491
Fax: (617) 287-7474
Email: bob.chen@umb.edu
Website: http://alpha.es.umb.edu/faculty/rfc/chen.htm

Research Interests

• Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter in Coastal Environments
• Organic Geochemistry of Dissolved Organic Matter
• In Situ Fluorescence Analyses of Natural Waters
• Coastal Environmental Sensor Networks
• Ocean and Environmental Education

Appointments Held

• Professor EEOS, UMassBoston, 2005-present
• Associate Professor Environmental Coastal and Ocean Sciences, UMassBoston, 1999-2005
• ASEE Sabbatical Fellow SPAWAR, San Diego, 1999-2000
• Assistant Professor ECOS, UMassBoston, 1993-1999
• Postdoctoral Fellow Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1992-1993

Education

• Ph.D. Marine Chemistry, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, 1992
• A.B. Chemistry and Physics, Harvard University, 1986