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Michael R Hiscock
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Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
307 Sayre Hall, Forrestal Campus
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544

phone: (609) 258-0625
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CURRICULUM VITAE
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 MICHAEL ROBERT HISCOCK

Born: New York, New York, U.S. Citizen

Princeton University

Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

300 Forrestal Rd

Princeton, NJ 08544, USA

Voice: (609) 258-0625 Fax: (609) 258-2850

mhiscock@princeton.edu

Education - Advisors- Career History - Research Experience - Honors - Research Cruises- Professional Societies- Media & Public Outreach- Community Service- Publications & Presentations

EDUCATION

2004

Ph.D., Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke Marine Lab, Beaufort, NC, Biological Oceanography

1996

B.S., Duke University, Durham, NC; Biology, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa


  

Education - Advisors -Career History - Research Experience - Honors -Research Cruises - Professional Societies - Media & Public Outreach - Publications & Presentations

ADVISORS

Jorge L. Sarmiento

Princeton University, Postdoctoral advisor

Richard T. Barber

Duke University, Ph.D. advisor, committee chair

Joseph Bonaventura Duke University, Ph.D. committee member
John Marra Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Ph.D. committee member
Joseph S. Ramus Duke University, Ph.D. committee member
Walker O. Smith Jr. Virginia Institue of Marine Science, Ph.D. committee member

2006 - present

Associate Research Scholar, Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University

2006 - 2006

Lecturer, Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University

2004 - 2006

Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University

1999 - 2004

Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, Duke University

1998 - 1999 American Meteorological Society/NASA graduate fellowship, Duke University
1996 - 1998 Research Technician, Duke University, Antarctica
1994 - 1996 Lab Assistant, Duke University


Dec 3 - Dec 10, 2005

Dissertations Initiative for the Advancement of Limnology and Oceanography (DIALOG VII), International Symposium, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Mobile, Alabama, USA
Invited and supported to attend DIALOG VII – symposium designed to foster interdisciplinary understanding, communication, career-development and networking between recent limnology and oceaongraphy Ph.D. graduates. Organized by Sue Weiler.

Jun 30 - Jul 11, 2003

Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) International Summer School, Corsica, France
Invited and supported to attend the International SOLAS summer school – a cross-fertilization of 100 students and scientists spanning oceanographic and atmospheric disciplines. Organized by Corinne Le Quéré.

Jan 11 - Mar 10, 2002

Southern Ocean Iron Experiment (SOFeX), Christchurch, New Zealand
Led a five-person research team measuring primary production and photosynthetic efficiency in an open ocean iron enrichment south of New Zealand. The project included 76 scientists and three research vessels.

Jan 18 - Jan 30, 1999

International Scientific Symposium and Training Course, Bangalore, India
Invited and supported to attend the symposium “Biogeochemistry of the Arabian Sea: Synthesis and Modelling” and the training course “Biogeochemical Modelling of the Ocean.” Organized by Trevor Platt and Shubha Sathyendranath.

Aug 1999 - Dec 2004

Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment Teaching Assistantship and Research Fellowship
Ph.D. candidate with Richard Barber, Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences

Aug 1998 - Aug 1999 American Meteorological Society/NASA's Mission to Planet Earth Graduate Fellowship
May 1996 - Aug 1998

Duke University Research Technician, Antarctica
Research technican. Based out of Christchurch, New Zealand and McMurdo Base, Antarctica. I measured primary production and photosynthetic efficiency parameters in the Southern Ocean as part of the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study's (JGOFS) mission to improve our knowledge of the processes controlling carbon fluxes between the atmosphere and the ocean.

Mar 24 - Mar 29, 1996

R/V Endeavor - Coring samples in the North Atlantic Ocean
Technician in Bruce Corliss's lab. We cored sediment in 3000m water and did preliminary analysis of samples.

Feb - Mar, 1995

JGOFS Arabian Sea Process Study II, Muscat, Oman
Technician, John Marra's lab, Research Vessel Thomas G. Thompson. I measured in situ primary productivity and photosynthetic efficiency in the Arabian Sea as part of the JGOFS field study.



2005 Scholarship to attend Dissertations Initiative for the Advancement of Limnology and Oceanography International symposium
2004 Robert Safrit Fellowship

2003

Scholarship to attend the International Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study Summer School

2002

Duke Marine Lab Teaching Assistantship, Harvey Smith Fellowship

2001 Harvey Smith Fellowship
2001 Rachel Carson Fellowship
2000 Harvey Smith Fellowship
2000 Antarctic Service Medal of the United States of America, presented by the National Science Foundation in recognition of valuable contributions to exploration and scientific achievement under the U.S. Antarctic Research Program
1999 Scholarship to attend Biogeochemistry of Arabian Sea symposium and training course
1998 Elected Member of American Meteorological Society
1998 American Meteorological Society/ NASA's Mission to Planet Earth Graduate Fellowship
1996 Phi Beta Kappa, Dean's List, magna cum laude
1995 Sigma Gamma Delta National Honor Society
1994 Dean's List, Dean's List with Distinction, Golden Key National Honor Society
1993 Dean's List, Dean's List with Distinction, Phi Eta Sigma-Freshman Honor Society

Mar 1995 R.V. Thompson Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean JGOFS (map)
26
days

Mar 1996

R.V. Endeavor

North Atlantic Ocean
3
days

Oct 1996

R.V.I.B. Palmer

Ross Sea, Southern Ocean JGOFS (map)
38
days
Jan 1997 R.V.I.B. Palmer Ross Sea, Southern Ocean JGOFS (map)
30
days
Apr 1997 R.V.I.B. Palmer Ross Sea, Southern Ocean JGOFS (map)
39
days
Nov 1997 R.V.I.B. Palmer Ross Sea, Southern Ocean JGOFS (map)
39
days
Feb 1998 R.V. Revelle Pacific Sector Southern Ocean JGOFS (map)
35
days
Jan 2002 R.V. Melville Pacific Sector Southern Ocean SOFeX (map)
40
days


Education - Advisors -Career History - Research Experience - Honors -Research Cruises - Professional Societies - Media & Public Outreach - Publications & Presentations

MEDIA AND PUBLIC OUTREACH

Oct 2, 2005

Church of the Epiphany, Allendale, New Jersey, Adult Education - Creation Month - Lecture and Discussion, "Ocean: Past, Present and Future Regulator of Climate"

Sep 29, 2005

"Global warming lecture marks Creation Season", Town Journal, New Jersey, p17. (link)

Fall 2004

Dukenvironment Magazine, “The iron experiments: Richard Barber’s team goes to the end of the Earth to see if dust once played a role in climate change.” By Monte Basgall. (link)

Dec 2003

Global Change NewsLetter No. 56, p 2-6, "What regulates the efficiency of the biological pump in the Southern Ocean?" By Robert Anderson. (newsletter pdf) (link to IGBP)

Mar 2003

U.S. JGOFS News, Vol 12, Number 2, p 1-4, "What regulates the efficiency of the biological pump in the Southern Ocean?" By Robert F. Anderson. (newsletter pdf)


Education - Advisors- Career History - Research Experience - Honors - Research Cruises- Professional Societies- Media & Public Outreach- Community Service- Publications & Presentations

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Ewing, New Jersey Environmental Commission Chairperson
Elected and serving as chairperson, July 1, 2007 – December 31, 2007

Ewing, New Jersey Environmental Commission
Appointed to 3-year term on Environmental Commission for Ewing Township, Mercer County, New Jersey by Ewing Township Mayor Jack Ball. 2007–2009

Referee
Deep-Sea Research
National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs, Antarctic Biology and Medicine
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Council for the Earth and Life sciences
Marine Ecology Progress Series

Conference Co-Organizer
Ocean Ecosystems in the 21st Century, A Conference Honoring the Career of Richard T. Barber, Nicholas School of the Environment Marine Laboratory, Duke University, Beaufort, North Carolina, USA. Co–organizers: Marshall Hayes and Veronica Lance. June 23–24, 2006

Lecture Development
Worked with Helena Kawall, Oceanography, lecture of ocean division and food web, State University and Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. June, 2006

Green Building Design Committee
graduate student representative, Nicholas School of the Environment Marine Laboratory, Duke University, Beaufort, North Carolina, USA. On planning committee for design of the Ocean Sciences Teaching Center, the first green LEED building of the Duke Marine Lab

Seminar Director
Director of weekly seminar series in Marine Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment Marine Laboratory, Duke University, Beaufort, North Carolina, USA.

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