Patricia Ana Matrai is a marine scientist known for her work on the cycling of sulfur. She is a senior research scientist at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences.
Patricia Matrai | |
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| Alma mater | University of California, San Diego |
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| Thesis | Phytoplankton production of organic sulfur in the ocean surface waters (1988) |
Education and career
editMatrai is originally from Chile.[1] Matria has a B.A. from the Universidad de Concepción (1981), an M.S. (1984) and a Ph.D. (1988) from Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the University of California San Diego. Following her Ph.D. she moved to the University of Miami. She became a senior research scientist at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in 1995.[2]
Research
editMatrai is known for her work on marine aerosols, especially those that contain sulfur. She has examined the production of sulfur compounds by coccolithophores,[3] a type of phytoplankton.[4] She has also examined the amount of organic sulfur inside phytoplankton cells[5] and during phytoplankton blooms.[6] Matrai has worked on the impact of declines in sea ice[7] and how primary production is measured in the Arctic.[8][9] In 2001 she went to the North Pole on an icebreaker where she studied aerosols produced by phytoplankton.[10] She also does work on outreach and mentoring children to introduce them to science[11]
Selected publications
edit- Kettle, A. J.; Andreae, M. O.; Amouroux, D.; Andreae, T. W.; Bates, T. S.; Berresheim, H.; Bingemer, H.; Boniforti, R.; Curran, M. A. J.; DiTullio, G. R.; Helas, G.; Jones, G. B.; Keller, M. D.; Kiene, R. P.; Leck, C. (1999). "A global database of sea surface dimethylsulfide (DMS) measurements and a procedure to predict sea surface DMS as a function of latitude, longitude, and month". Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 13 (2): 399–444. Bibcode:1999GBioC..13..399K. doi:10.1029/1999GB900004. hdl:10261/275431. S2CID 131236036.
- Matrai, Patricia A.; Keller, Maureen D. (1993-08-01). "Dimethylsulfide in a large-scale coccolithophore bloom in the Gulf of Maine". Continental Shelf Research. 13 (8): 831–843. Bibcode:1993CSR....13..831M. doi:10.1016/0278-4343(93)90012-M. ISSN 0278-4343.
- Matrai, P. A.; Keller, M. D. (1994). "Total organic sulfur and dimethylsulfoniopropionate in marine phytoplankton: intracellular variations". Marine Biology. 119 (1): 61–68. Bibcode:1994MarBi.119...61M. doi:10.1007/BF00350107. ISSN 0025-3162. S2CID 85286768.
- Codispoti, L. A.; Kelly, V.; Thessen, A.; Matrai, P.; Suttles, S.; Hill, V.; Steele, M.; Light, B. (2013-03-01). "Synthesis of primary production in the Arctic Ocean: III. Nitrate and phosphate based estimates of net community production". Progress in Oceanography. 110: 126–150. Bibcode:2013PrOce.110..126C. doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2012.11.006. ISSN 0079-6611.
- Matrai, Patricia A.; Vernet, María (1997-10-15). "Dynamics of the vernal bloom in the marginal ice zone of the Barents Sea: Dimethyl sulfide and dimethylsulfoniopropionate budgets". Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 102 (C10): 22965–22979. Bibcode:1997JGR...10222965M. doi:10.1029/96JC03870.
Awards and honors
editIn 2017 Matrai was named a fellow of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography.[12]
References
edit- ^ Grape, Nancy (1997-09-28). "Women scientists find options more available, at a price". Portland Press Herald. p. 33. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ "Paty Matrai - Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences". www.bigelow.org. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ Matrai, Patricia A.; Keller, Maureen D. (1993-08-01). "Dimethylsulfide in a large-scale coccolithophore bloom in the Gulf of Maine". Continental Shelf Research. 13 (8): 831–843. Bibcode:1993CSR....13..831M. doi:10.1016/0278-4343(93)90012-M. ISSN 0278-4343.
- ^ Samarrai, Fariss (Spring 1995). "Little alga has big place in global climate". Sea Frontiers; Miami. Vol. 41, no. 1. p. 15 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Matrai, P. A.; Keller, M. D. (1994). "Total organic sulfur and dimethylsulfoniopropionate in marine phytoplankton: intracellular variations". Marine Biology. 119 (1): 61–68. Bibcode:1994MarBi.119...61M. doi:10.1007/BF00350107. ISSN 0025-3162. S2CID 85286768.
- ^ Matrai, Patricia A.; Vernet, María (1997-10-15). "Dynamics of the vernal bloom in the marginal ice zone of the Barents Sea: Dimethyl sulfide and dimethylsulfoniopropionate budgets". Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 102 (C10): 22965–22979. Bibcode:1997JGR...10222965M. doi:10.1029/96JC03870.
- ^ Zhang, Jinlun; Spitz, Yvette H.; Steele, Michael; Ashjian, Carin; Campbell, Robert; Berline, Léo; Matrai, Patricia (2010). "Modeling the impact of declining sea ice on the Arctic marine planktonic ecosystem". Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 115 (C10): 2009JC005387. Bibcode:2010JGRC..11510015Z. doi:10.1029/2009JC005387. hdl:1912/4286. ISSN 0148-0227.
- ^ Lee, Younjoo J.; Matrai, Patricia A.; Friedrichs, Marjorie A. M.; Saba, Vincent S.; Antoine, David; Ardyna, Mathieu; Asanuma, Ichio; Babin, Marcel; Bélanger, Simon; Benoît-Gagné, Maxime; Devred, Emmanuel; Fernández-Méndez, Mar; Gentili, Bernard; Hirawake, Toru; Kang, Sung-Ho (2015). "An assessment of phytoplankton primary productivity in the Arctic Ocean from satellite ocean color/in situ chlorophyll- a based models". Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 120 (9): 6508–6541. Bibcode:2015JGRC..120.6508L. doi:10.1002/2015JC011018. ISSN 2169-9275. PMC 5014238. PMID 27668139.
- ^ Arrigo, Kevin R.; Matrai, Patricia A.; van Dijken, Gert L. (2011). "Primary productivity in the Arctic Ocean: Impacts of complex optical properties and subsurface chlorophyll maxima on large-scale estimates". Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 116 (C11): 2011JC007273. Bibcode:2011JGRC..11611022A. doi:10.1029/2011JC007273. ISSN 0148-0227.
- ^ Fish, Jen (2001-06-20). "Researchers get polar view of climate". Portland Press Herald. pp. [1], [2]. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ Grape, Nancy (2001-06-20). "How to open a child's mind forever". Portland Press Herald. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ "ASLO Fellows". ASLO. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
External links
edit- Patricia Matrai publications indexed by Google Scholar